Event Timetable

Welcome

Allen Brown, President & CEO, The Open Group

Enterprise Transformation and the Role of Open Standards

Enterprise transformation seems to be gathering momentum within the enterprise architecture community.  The term, enterprise transformation, suggests the process of fundamentally changing an enterprise.  Sometimes the transformation is dramatic but for most of us it is a steady process.

Key takeaways:

• Setting expectations and planning transformatio
• The role of standards in enterprise transformation
• The work of the members of The Open Group.

Bio

Allen Brown is President and CEO, The Open Group – a global consortium that enables the achievement of business objectives through IT standards.  For over 10 years Allen has been responsible for driving The Open Group’s strategic plan and day-to-day operations, including extending its reach into new global markets, such as China, the Middle East, South Africa and India. In addition, he was instrumental in the creation of the AEA, which was formed to increase job opportunities for all of its members and elevate their market value by advancing professional excellence.

Prior to joining The Open Group, Allen Brown held a range of senior financial and general management roles both within his own consulting firm, which he founded in 1987, and other multi-national organizations.

Allen is TOGAF® 9 certified, an MBA alumnus of the London Business School and a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.

Spotlight 1

TOGAF® as a Powerful Tool to Kickstart Business Transformation

TOGAF® is a powerful tool to kickstart business transformation -- "12 weeks + 500K = twice the accuracy, half the risk."
Business transformation is a tricky beast. It requires many people to be bought in to a singular vision, and it requires even more people to be aligned to an often multi-year execution program throughout which personal and organization priorities will change. As a firm with considerable business architecture and transformation experience, Ernst & Young deploys multi-discplinary teams of functional and technical experts and uses a number of approaches, anchored on TOGAF®, to address these issues. This is necessary to get a handle on the complexity inherent to today's business environment so that stakeholders are aligned and remain actively engaged, past investments in both processes and systems can be maximized, and transformation programs are set up for success and can be driven with sustained momentum. 

In this session Peter Haviland and Martin Keywood will take us through EY's Transformation Design approach; an approach that, within 12 weeks, can define a transformation vision, get executives on board, create a high level multi-domain architecture, broadly outline transformation alternatives and finally provide initial estimates of the necessary work packages to achieve transformation. They will also share case studies and metrics from the approach from financial services, oil & gas, and professional services sectors. The session should interest executives looking to increase buy-in amongst their peers, or professionals charged with stakeholder engagement & alignment. It will also show how specifically to use the TOGAF framework within this situation.

Audience:
Business executives in charge of transformations, business leaders looking to start transformation, strategy or planning professionals seeking new ways to improve estimate accuracy, transformation professionals looking for different ways to engage stakeholders, architects looking for different ways to use architecture

Key learning points:
1) See how others are using this approach to engage a broad selection of stakeholders in super quick time
2) Learn how to use TOGAF for transformation planning
3) See what other companies are doing to combat transformation fatigue and staff attrition
4) Learn how to link architecture to solution alternatives, and alternatives to estimates
 

Bio

Peter Haviland is the Chief Architect and Head of Business Architecture within Ernst & Young's Advisory Services practice globally. In this role he works with a broad range of organizations to design and implement technology-aware business & operating models. He is the co-chair of the TOGAF® Next Generation Work Group that is responsible for shaping the next version of TOGAF, and the vice-chair of the Value Realization Workgroup that is responsible for the "world-class" series of whitepapers. Peter was a key contributor to TOGAF 9 and is an Open CA Distinguished Chief Architect within The Open Group's Open CA scheme; as such he has extensive experience working with clients on how best to leverage TOGAF 9 within the enterprise, and set up architecture functions for success.

Capability Based Strategic Planning in Transforming a Mining Environment

David David, EA Manager, Rio Tinto, UK

This presentation will cover the following:

-- What are capabilities?
-- How do we use them to link business strategy to IT strategy?
-- How do we measure value outcomes?
-- Capability based strategic planning
-- Use of the EMMM Capability Reference Model
-- Relating capabilties with traditional ADM architecture domains

Key takeaways:

-- Practical advice on use of capabilities to support strategic planning
-- Existing models available from EMMM to get you started
-- Invitation to collaborate via EMMM to mature the capability model for mining industry attendees.
 

David David is an experienced IT professional who has performed several delivery and strategic roles across the Utilities and Mining & Minerals Industry. He is a Chartered Engineer and a Chartered IT Professional.

Spotlight 2

Development of the National Broadband Network IT Architecture - A Greenfield Telco Transformation

This presentation is a NBN case study that explains the journey in TOGAF® terminology, even though the journey was not TOGAF motivated in the beginning.  Highlights include:

• creation of TOGAF information system service models inspired by construction / enterprise / telco reference models
• mapping to application architecture
• evolution of a business service model aligned to our process architecture and it's current state
• focus on business demand management, alignment of stakeholder communities by end-to-end processes for prioritisation, initiative driven capabilities and tracking through to estimation and management of work package

Intended audience: Architects involved in transformation programs

Key takeaways:
- how to apply TOGAF metamodel to program and portfolio management
- linking application change initiatives and process architectures
 

Roger Venning, Chief IT Architect, NBN Co Ltd, Australia

Roger Venning career has evolved through software development, research and startup projects, operations and architecture and architecture leadership within the telecommunications domain.

Cloud Infrastructure as an Enabler of Innovation in Enterprises

Peter Dalmaris, Principal, EA Principals, US

Cloud computing is transforming the way enterprises implement and use technology. The impact is material in multiple levels: functional, financial, geo-spatial, strategic. This kind of transformation is predominately top-down, whereby high-level management considers, decides, and executes Cloud initiative. Typically, such initiatives have a considerable cost and depth in time.

At another level, Cloud computing is a force that brings extra-ordinary freedom to enterprises, and for some this freedom is daunting. This freedom relates to the confidence enterprises have in being innovative.

In my talk I wish to present some insights on the use of Cloud infrastructure to energise the creativity of people at the 'bottom' level of the enterprise, and especially the influence of the Cloud in delivering capability for rapid and low-cost prototype development and scalable design principles. I will do this by drawing examples from my own small projects completed in the last two years, and how the Cloud enabled a small team of innovators to deliver real applications that can be easily scaled indefinitely without a need for architectural change.

During my presentation I will briefly discuss the specific technologies I have used in my own work, how these technologies made rapid prototyping possible, how they translated to a competitive advantage, and how they can be used by enterprises large and small.

Key takeaways:

-- Cloud computing is a competitive playing field leveller
-- Cloud computing is a powerful enabler of innovation and scalable design principles
-- Enterprise must consider carefully the use of Cloud computing infrastructure and design principles as part of their innovation strategy

Peter Dalmaris is an Electrical Engineer, and an educator for over 10 years teaching programming, management information systems and Innovation Management. He has completed a PhD in Business Process management and Knowledge Management. He also holds two Masters degrees in Engineering, and likes making cloud-based applications. He is fascinated by the potential of the cloud to transform enterprises, small or large.

Simplifying Data Integration in the Government and Defense Sector

Ronald Schuldt, Senior Partner, UDEF-IT, US

 This presentation highlights an Open Group vocabulary integration standard that simplifies data integration between enterprises, within the Government and Defense sector. Adopters follow a standardized structured process for harmonizing terms that promote normalization of data models, representing application integration between business partners. Adopters of The Open Group standard leverage a language independent universal alias that is reusable for all future data integration efforts. The presentation includes example Use Cases by actual adopters.

Ron Schuldt has been involved with The Open Group's Universal Data Element Framework (UDEF) standard since its inception. He has over twenty-eight years experience as a systems engineer for Lockheed Martin working systems design and integration. He has been involved in multiple data interchange standards activities and is recognized as an expert on data standards. He is Chairman of The Open Group UDEF Interested Parties Project and previously served as Chairman of the Electronic Enterprise Integration Committee within the Aerospace Industries Association.

Currently, he is a Senior Partner with UDEF-IT, LLC, providing data integration training and consulting services.

You Can Forget an Integrated Mining Value Chain without a Reference Architecture

Peter Blecher, Managing Director, BedrockMG Pty Ltd, Australia; and
Peter Mclure, CIO, Minerals and Metals Group (MMG), Australia

Most miners are looking to move to an integrated business model encompassing diverse areas such as mine planning, pit to port supply chain and workforce management. With the surging volume of available data and the integrated relevance of this data, the complexity of delivering automation and management information is skyrocketing. The presentation will discuss how reference models with broader industry recognition can address this challenge across different levels of the business and ICT management.

Key takeaways:

• Clarity around the challenges related to an integrated mining value chain.
• How to practically align reference models to the maturity level of different mining businesses.
• Contribution of reference models in guiding systems investments

Backed by 30 years of IT experience spanning Tier 1 Corporates, Management Consulting, Software Development start-ups and Academic Research, Peter Blecher has held advisory and strategy leadership roles for various divisions of BHPB, MMG, BMA Coal and Coles Myer Ltd.

Panel Discussion: The Use of Cloud in the Finance and Commercial Sectors

Facilitator: Dr. Chris Harding, The Open Group

How Many Tanks Do I Have ?

Robert Weisman, CEO / Principal Consultant, Build The Vision Inc., Canada

Operational Effectiveness is a major concern in defense and simple questions as in the title are crucial, but the answer varied with respect to the system queried. The presentation discusses the EA required to address the semantic, cultural and technical challenges associated with the creation of an information sharing environment. The environment was rapidly created in part through the re-use of enterprise continuum artefacts and the effective delivery of capability increments by a joint defense/contractor team. It is a CGI top success story.

Robert Weisman MSc, PEng, PMP has a background in military/civil/environmental engineering as well as a graduate degree in Computer Science specializing in knowledge-based systems for crisis management and C4ISR. During 25 years in uniform and 12 years in the private sector he has been working in Enterprise Architecture and Enterprise Knowledge Management since 1993. Bob was a key contributor to TOGAF 9 and has chaired the Open Group Information Architecture Working Group since 2009.

A Mapping of Current Vendor Solutions to the EMMM Business Capability Model

Johan Schoeman, Real IRM Solutions, South Africa

Application Portfolio Management in exploration and mining is faced with a number of industry specific challenges. This presentation will discuss an analysis of the common industry vendors and their software solutions and how a mapping to the EMMM Business Capability Reference model can assist in addressing these challenges.

In particular:
- the background to the analysis and mapping process is described
- the use of such a mapping by mining organisations and software vendors is discussed
- proposed next steps given that this mapping will be donated to the EMMM Forum to build on together with the Business Capability Reference model.

Key takeaways:

• A common reference for evaluating vendor software is available for exploration and mining
• A mapping has been done for a diverse set of software and is being donated the EMMM forum
• Call to action for vendors to verify mapping and contribute
• Call to action for mining organisations to use the reference material as input into application portfolio exercises

Johan Schoeman is a senior EA consultant at Real IRM. He has over 9 years of experience in Enterprise Architecture, with extensive application and technology architecture experience in the mining space.

Using TOGAF to Drive Integrated Banking Operating Model Design

Peter Haviland, Head of Business Architecture, Ernst & Young, US; and Mick Adams, Chief Business Architect, Ernst & Young, UK
 

Peter Haviland is the Chief Architect and Head of Business Architecture within Ernst & Young's Advisory Services practice globally. In this role he works with a broad range of organizations to design and implement technology-aware business & operating models. He is the co-chair of the TOGAF® Next Generation Workgroup that is responsible for shaping the next version of TOGAF, and the vice-chair of the Value Realization Workgroup that is responsible for the "world-class" series of whitepapers. He was a key contributor to TOGAF 9 and is an Open CA Distinguished Chief Architect within The Open Group's Open CA scheme; as such he has extensive experience working with clients on how best to leverage TOGAF 9 within the enterprise, and set up architecture functions for success. Peter will also be joined on stage by specialists from Ernst & Young's global Enterprise Intelligence team.

Mick Adams is the Chief Business Architect at E&Y’s European ‘Centre of Excellence: Major Program Transformation’. He has over twenty years of experience in the IT services industry. Most recently he has been working in the number of sectors: Government, CPG, Financial services and Energy (Oil and Gas). He is an accomplished delivery executive and architect and has developed and delivered many end-end complex transformations. He holds the Open Group CA Distinguished Profession Leader certification and was vice chair of the Open Group architecture forum 2010. He continues to develop thought leadership material and has most recently published a whitepapers on Cloud services and AGILE via the Open Group.

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Governance Gangnam Style

Geri Born, Enterprise Architect, Oracle Corporation, US

Governance often gets overlooked or becomes a point of contention for the architects responsible for delivering technical services. Through iterative and repeatable processes governance can enable both the technology and the business. Successful delivery of architecture includes a governance roadmap.Examples will include:
1. Oracle: Information Technology faced similar hurdles as any public or private sector company struggling in trying to deliver business value.
2. State of Texas: Through the use of governance explained and mapped to the technical goals, the state of Texas is also on their way to providing a shared service model.

Key takeaways:

1. Governance can be a positive enabler for any organization struggling to offer shared services and/or cloud.
2. Governance forces the conversation of business and technical alignment.
3. Governance prioritizes and aligns the technical capabilities to business goals.

Geri Born is the National Director leading Oracle's governance, risk, and compliance solutions, working with Public Sector and Fortune 500 companies. Prior to her current position, she was the Chief Technology Officer for a Charles Schwab subsidiary. Born also served as head of information security for a $30 billion federally funded cooperative bank as well as head of global Security Operations for PeopleSoft. She began her career with the U.S. Department of Defense in classified intelligence and security roles.

Banking on Integrated Information

Vish Viswanathan, Managing Principal, C C and C Solutions, Australia

This case study involves an APAC regional bank that uses EA successfully as the vehicle for expansion into new markets through creating an integrated Information environment . The initiative involves a large data ware housing solution underpinned by EA and IA best practices.

Key takeaways:

• Strong Information foundation is essential for succeessful business growth for a bank
• An integrated information environment helps to understand the customers better
• EA / IA approach leads to innovative solutions that prevent vendor lock in

Vish Viswanathan has over 30 years of experience in the IT & Telecommunications industry in senior management and director level positions in multinational organizations. During this time, he championed several IT Architecture projects ranging from infrastructure / data centre to applications and rationalising and integrating entire IT operations in Asia/Pacific.

As the managing principal of CCANDC solutions, Vish has assisted several large corporations and Government agencies in Australia, New Zealand and US, to develop their Enterprise Architecture expertise through a well planned skills transfer model including top management appreciation workshops, project managers/ end user training and hand-holding and practical guidance for architecture practitioners.

Cloud Computing: Overcoming Risks and Security Issues Through Better Governance

Steve Else, CEO, EA Principals, US

This presentation will feature some lessons learned from large government, quasi-government, and non-profit organizations related to rolling out enterprise cloud solutions effectively. In addition, the topic of Secure Cloud Computing will also be addressed in general and through some case studies, highlighting some best practices.

Key takeaways:

--The U.S. government mandate for agencies to tackle Cloud initiatives is leading to valuable lessons learned about the importance of governing these initiatives from the very start in light of predictable risks -- these are shared
--Similarly, lessons learned about more secure Cloud Computing are emerging overall and will also be shared

A passionate participant in EA, IT and systems engineering professional communities, Steve is CEO of EA Principals, a Gold Member of The Open Group. He is also the Founder and Chair of the Washington DC Chapter of the Association of Enterprise Architects, and Assistant Director of Knowledge on the Technical Operations Board of the
International Council on Systems Engineering (see http://INCOSE.org). A former U.S. Air Force pilot and Air Force Attaché in Paris, France, Steve is married and lives in Alexandria, VA.

Welcome

Allen Brown, President & CEO, The Open Group

Building a More Cohesive Organization Using Business Architecture

In shifting the focus away from enterprise architecture being seen purely as an IT discipline, organizations are beginning to formalise the development of business architecture practices and business architecture outcomes. The Open Group has made the differentiation between business, IT and enterprise architects through their various working groups and certification tracks. However, industry at present is grappling to try and understand where the discipline of business architecture resides in the business and what value it can provide separate of the traditional project based business analysis focus.

This presentation will take the audience through an overview of some of the critical questions being asked by business and how these are addressed through the discipline of business architecture. Using both method as well as case study examples, I will show the audience an approach to building more cohesion across the business landscape using business architecture techniques and artefacts. The presentation will focus on using business motivation models, strategic scenario planning and capability based planning techniques to provide input into the strategic planning process. It will also highlight some of the outputs examples from engagements.

Intended audience: Business Stakeholders, Strategic and Business Planners, Enterprise Architects, Business Architects, Business Analysts

Key takeaways:
•    Overview of the business architecture discipline and how to differentiate this from the other disciplines
•    An overview of how to provide input into strategic scenarios using business architecture
•    Insight into the expected outcomes of a business architecture exercise using case examples
•    A view into some of the data reports that can be extracted and what business questions these can answer
•    A view into where business architecture provides value to business at a strategic level
•    An overview, using examples, of a strategic business architecture technique that complements the TOGAF framework.

Craig Martin, COO and Chief Architect, Enterprise Architects pty, Australia

Craig’s career spans the entire architecture discipline from strategy and planning to implementation.
He has held executive positions in the communications, high tech, media and entertainment and government markets and has operated as an enterprise architect and chief consulting architect to local and international markets.

Craig has consulted, led, trained and mentored clients and architectural teams across the globe. As chief architect and COO of the global architecture services company, Enterprise Architects, Craig’s role is to use business and architecture disciplines and techniques to deliver against the future organisation transformation strategy.

Spotlight 3

Finance Panel

Moderator: Chris Forde, VP Enterprise Architecture, The Open Group

This panel will discuss and field questions on the spectrum of use for Enterprise Architecture in Financial Services companies.

Topics will range from IT Architecture to Business Transformation and how Architecture relates to Corporate Governance, Mergers & Acquisitions.
 

Supporting Transformation Integration based on a Finance Industry Reference Model

Arnold Miranda, Enterprise Integration Architect, Westpac Group, Australia

Having delivered Westpac Group SOA strategy in 2012, EA now finds itself in driver’s seat of strategy execution in partnership with internal and external stakeholders. EA is working with teams in business architecture, application development, infrastructure, security, engineering and vendors, ensuring all activities are focused on realisation of the SOA strategy. One of the key themes of this strategy is the use of IFW to accelerate the modelling process, promote consistency and maintain alignment to the bank's business processes. The reference model helps contextualise, identify and define appropriate abstract enterprise service constructs, independently of the back-end interfaces and functions, to maximise the realisation of appropriate and stable enterprise services.

Arnold Miranda is Westpac Group's Enterprise Integration Architect. Prior to this role he led the architecture teams for some of Westpac's strategic transformation programs including Cards, Information Management and Core Banking. Before joining the bank, Arnold worked across a number of industries, focusing primarily on International Trade, Transportation and Supply Chain automation.

Agile EA in Government Business Transformations

Michael Pearson, Director, Capgemini, New Zealand

Governments globally are increasingly focused on areas of priority to provide a public sector that can respond even more effectively to the needs and expectations of its citizens. These priorities have to be delivered in a fiscal environment that has reducing resources, a demanding public, and increasing expected levels of service.

Large government change proigrammes are being forced to consider more immediate outcomes for government. For Enterprise Architecture functions, this requires radical re-think in the way that they support the transformational agenda.

We look at how an agile enterprise architecture approach can support large scale business transformations in government, balancing the need to deliver solution outcomes while supporting a wider cross government agenda.

Key takeaways:

-- Key insights into applying TOGAF in an agile manner to support a government business case process
-- How to balance top down architecture and bottom up architecture effort to drive transformational outcomes
-- How agile enterprise architecture forces a "conversation" with the business, accelerating transformational outcomes

Michael Pearson is the Business and Technology Consulting lead for Capgemini, based in Wellington, New Zealand. He has worked around the world in Australia, Asia, North America and Europe, working with clients to execute business transformation, and set up suppoting architecture capabilities. He has published a number of articles with The Open Group on World Class EA.

Risk Analysis: Measuring and Managing Cybersecurity Risk

Jim Hietala, VP, Security, The Open Group, US

Risk analysis has grown to be a critical function in enterprises. As organizations are confronted with more threats, gaining a more precise understanding of which risks are the most serious ones to address is important. The Open Group published our Risk Taxonomy Standard, based upon FAIR (Factor Analysis for Information Risk) two years ago to address the need for a standardized taxonomy in risk analysis. To help further the risk analysis profession, The Open Group is launching a new risk analyst certification program.

This session will explore current issues in risk analysis, describe various types of risk analysis frameworks and methods, and it will highlight the elements of risk analysis that the new Open Group certification will test competency in. It will also provide an overview of the certification program and the various testing options.

Key takeaways:

-- Effective risk analysis is important to securing information assets

-- Standards and tools exist to make the risk management job easier

-- The forthcoming Open Group risk analyst certification program will help advance the practice of risk management

Jim Hietala, CISSP, GSEC, is Vice President, Security for The Open Group, where he manages all security and risk management programs and standards activities.

Jim is a frequent speaker at industry conferences, and he recently authored a comprehensive course on IT risk management. He participates in the SANS Analyst/Expert program, having written several research whitepapers and participated in several webcasts for SANS. He has also published numerous articles on information security, risk management, and compliance topics in publications including The ISSA Journal, Bank Accounting & Finance, Risk Factor, SC Magazine, and others.
 

Merger Transformation of Three Financial Firms: how TOGAF and ArchiMate made this possible

Henry Franken, CEO, BizzDesign, Netherlands

The case concern the merger of three previously independent insurance companies (named A,B, C), located in different metropolitan areas:
• A: specialized in homeowner’s and travel insurancance.
• B: specialized in auto insurance.
• C: a small company specialized in legal expense insurance.

ABC now offers all the insurance products of the original companies. It has a common front-office for customer contacts, and for each class of insurance products, there is a separate back-office, located at the headquarters of the original companies. The merger has resulted in a fragmented IT landscape: each of the original companies brought in their ‘heritage’ of legacy applications.tions. ABC wanted to rationalize their IT applications portfolio, to simplify the application landscape, improve consistency, reduce maintenance costs.This presentation shows how they did it using:

• TOGAF®: The Open Group standard - the leading method for EA development, including a process, techniques and best practices.
• ArchiMate®: the Open Standard modeling language for Enterprise Architecture, maintained by The Open Group.

Henry Franken is chair of the ArchiMate Forum at The Open Group. Henry is co-founder of the BPM Forum Netherlands. He has co-authored several international publications and Open Group white papers.

At BiZZdesign, Henry is responsible for research and innovation. Alignment with and contribution to open standards are key. BiZZdesign has contributed to and edited the ArchiMate 2 specification. BiZZdesign is involved in the workgroup working towards the next version of TOGAF® and its alignment with ArchiMate®.

BiZZdesign offers native tooling, consultancy and training for TOGAF and ArchiMate. BiZZdesign offers complete and integrated solutions (tools, methods, consultancy and training) to design and improve organizations. Enterprise architecture, business requirements management and process business analysis and management are important ingredients in the solutions. 

Transforming DoD Avionics Software Industry through the Use of Open Standards

David Lounsbury, Chief Technical Officer and VP, Services, The Open Group, US
Kirk Avery, FACE Technical Working Group, Lockheed Martin, US
Chip Downing, FACE Business Working Group, Wind River Systems, US

It is widely acknowledged throughout the DoD aviation community that most future expansion of aviation capability will come from integration of systems controlled by software. However, long lead times, cumbersome improvement processes, lack of re-use, platform-unique design, and extensive testing requirements characterize current DoD aviation software capability. Avionics software has been acquired and implemented without adherence to open standards, resulting in tightly coupled systems with unique interfaces that inhibit re-use and adversely affect interoperability. In addition, the current DoD procurement system does not support the process of hardware and software re-use across different programs. This results in higher costs and the inability to deliver capabilities to the war fighter in a timely manner.

With the fiscal environment being more constrained than ever, the US DoD avionics software community recognized that it is no longer possible to continue "business as usual", and is adopting a revolutionary approach, the Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE™), to transform the DoD Avionics Software Industry through the use of open standards. In the current world of plug-and-play standards and portable applications for cell phones, the FACE Consortium Government and industry member organizations are defining both the technical and business infrastructure to enable avionics capabilities to be acquired in a similar manner. Business processes to adjust DoD procurement and incentivize industry, processes to support and promote development of re-usable software components, a technical standard for a software computing environment that promotes development of portable components between differing aviation architectures, and a conformance process to ensure these components are certified to conform to the technical standard are all methods to ensure Government and industry can both benefit from the broad adoption and implementation of the FACE Standard and business practices, and reach the ultimate goal of the FACE approach: to ensure that the warfighter continues to get best-in-class systems while lowering costs and reducing implementation times.

Key takeaways:

-- FACE Approach enables getting capabilities to the Warfighter faster and at an affordable cost
-- FACE Consortium is addressing the business concerns that have hampered other OA initiatives
-- FACE Enterprise is being designed through industry and government collaboration, and is creating a new Defense marketplace for embedded software
 

David Lounsbury is Chief Technical Officer (CTO) and Vice President, Services for The Open Group. As CTO he ensures that The Open Group’s people and IT resources are effectively used to implement the organization’s strategy and mission. As VP of Services, David leads the delivery of The Open Group’s proven collaboration processes for collaboration and certification both within the organization and in support of third-party consortia.

David's previous executive assignments at The Open Group and the Open Software Foundation (OSF) include VP Advanced Research and Innovation. In this role, he was in charge of coordinating corporate activity for major programs among the development, membership, and specification/test/branding business activities. He also served as VP of the Collaborative Development Group, which fostered availability and proliferation of open systems technology through collaborative funding and development. Major programs in the group included LDAP, ActiveX Core Technology, DCE 1.2, CDE-Next, and Complex Text Layout PST's, as well as support and consulting activities. Other assignments at OSF included Director of the Distributed Environment Engineering group. This group was responsible for production of the DCE 1.1 and DME 1.1/Network Management Option technologies. David was the manager of OSF's DCE effort from the announcement of the RFT in 1990.

Prior to coming to OSF, David worked for Prime Computer as the manager of the Multiprocessor Operating Systems group, working on systems incorporating CMU Mach and Unix System V release 4 technology. Earlier, he led the Open Systems technology group, which developed a variety of networking products including SNA, TCP/IP, and OSI Ethernet.

David holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and is holder of three U.S. patents.

Has Anybody Seen My Data?

Stephen Whitlock, Information Security Chief Strategist, The Boeing Company, US

As the value of information and the exgtent of internet connectivity increase, the current model for protecting infomration is inadequate. This talk will focus on technical and business requirements for protecting information as well as an architecture for implementing fine graind dat access control. The information will derive largely form the 2012
Data Protection paper published by the Open Group Jericho Forum.

Key takeaways:

-- Threats that increase the risk to information are growing.
-- Current information protection mechanisms are inadequate for business and technical needs.
-- There are new techniques for protecting information.

Stephen Whitlock has been responsible for information security vision, strategy and architecture for the Boeing Company for the past twelve years. He was a founding Board member of the Open Group Jericho Forum, and is a past Chair and Vice-Chair of the Open Group Security Forum. He is a representative to international and US government and standards activites.

Risk-driven and Business-outcome-focused Enterprise Security Architecture Framework

Ana Kukec, Lead Enterprise Security Consultant, Enterprise Architects, Australia

The Open Group Architecture Forum and Security Forum agree that the coverage of security in TOGAF should be updated and improved. The understanding and focus of security architecture has moved from a threat-driven approach of addressing non-normative flaws through systems and applications to a risk-driven and business outcome-focused methodology of enabling a business strategy.

Following this trend, we defined fundamental characteristics of effective security architecture. 1) Capabilities are primary assets at risk, while information systems and technology components are secondary assets at risk supporting the primary assets. 2) Security requirements include the business aspects and not only the technology aspects of confidentiality, integrity and availability. 3) IT risk management is business-opportunity-driven. It requires understanding of risk appetite across business, information systems and technology architecture to manage security risks of vulnerabilities and compliance issues, which may arise at any layer of enterprise architecture in a business-outcome-focused way. 4) Security services are aligned to business drivers, goals and objectives, and managed in a risk-driven way.

Yet, there is no single security architecture development methodology to deliver these characteristics. We believe that existing information security standards and frameworks in a combination with the TOGAF are sufficient to meet the aforementioned fundamental characteristics of effective security architecture. However the challenge is in their integration. Our Enterprise Security Architecture Framework integrates key industry standards and best practices for information security and risk management, such as COBIT 5 for Information Security, ITILv3 Security Service Management, ISO/IEC 27000 and ISO/IEC 31000 families of standards, using the TOGAF Architecture Development Method and Content Meta-model as the key integrators. It is a pragmatic security architecture framework which establishes a common language between IT, security, risk and business organisations within an enterprise and ensures effective and efficient support of long-term security needs of both business and IT, with a risk-driven enterprise as a final outcome.

We will present a case study of the implementation of the aforementioned business-outcome-focused and risk-driven Enterprise Security Architecture Framework at the University of New South Wales.

Key takeaways:

-- Overview of a risk-driven and business-outcome-focused security architecture methodology seamlessly integrated with the TOGAF
    -> Security strategic planning
    -> Enterprise-wide compliance, internal (policies and standards) and external (laws and regulations
    -> Business-opportunity driven management of security risk of threats, vulnerabilities and compliance issues across business, information systems and technology architecture
 

Dr. Ana Kukec is the Lead Enterprise Security Consultant at Enterprise Architects and her consulting engagements include the government, financial and higher education institutions. She has a strong background in Internet security that includes protocol design and implementation, where she was sponsored by multinationals such as Siemens, Ericsson and Google. She has co-authored three security-related IETF Internet specifications.
 

ArchiMate and the Australian Government Architecture (AGA): Realising the Vision of Whole-of-Government Coordination

Dr Daniel Moody, Director, Ozemantics Pty Ltd., Australia

The Australian Government Architecture (AGA) defines a standard framework (consisting of a set of reference models) against which government agencies can map their enterprise architectures. Its aim is to improve coordination both within and across agencies, streamline processes, reduce duplication and promote standardisation. It has been adopted by the Commonwealth and Victorian Governments, with other state governments likely to follow. ArchiMate is a language for modelling enterprise architectures,
recently adopted as an international standard by the Open Group. It is one of the three most significant developments in the history of the enterprise architecture field (along with the Zachman framework and TOGAF), and possibly the most influential of all. It provides enterprise architects with a common language, something they have never had before, and has the potential to unite the field in the same way UML has done in software development. This presentation shows how ArchiMate can be used to translate the vision of the AGA into reality. It shows how the AGA itself can be modelled in ArchiMate and also how agency-level enterprise architectures can be modelled and mapped
to the AGA classifications. ArchiMate provides a way of formalising the AGA reference models (that are currently only described informally) and for modelling agency architectures in a consistent way that supports reuse and standardisation. This greatly simplifies the process of adopting the AGA and supports systematic analysis of synergies, duplication and gaps.

Key takeaways:

-- How to model the Australian Government Architecture (AGA) using ArchiMate
-- How to model a government agency enterprise architecture using ArchiMate
-- How to map an enterprise architecture to the AGA
-- How to analyse an enterprise architecture for opportunities for integration, rationalisation and reuse

Dr. Daniel Moody is Director of Ozemantics Pty Ltd, a Sydney-based information management consultancy firm. He is recognised as one of Australia's leading experts in data modelling and data management and has an international reputation in these fields. He was a contributor to the ArchiMate standard (the only one from Australia) and a certified ArchiMate practitioner. He holds a doctorate in Information Systems from the University of Melbourne and has conducted consulting assignments in 12 different countries, covering a broad range of industries. He has also published over 100 scientific papers, been a keynote speaker 9 times and chaired national and international conferences. He was the inaugural President of the Australian Data Management Association (DAMA), former Vice-President on the DAMA International Board and is listed in Who's Who in Science and Engineering. He has lived in 8 different countries, speaks fluent English and can say "hello", "thank you" and "cheers" in at least 10 different languages.

Practical Application of Architecture Methods to Deliver a Mining Transformation Strategy and Roadmap

Mark Dwyer TBC, Manager Business Technology, MMG - Minerals and Metals Group, Australia
Gus Fergerson, CTO and Enterprise Architect Lead, BedrockMG Pty Ltd, Australia

Over the past couple of years MMG has embarked on a number of business and systems transformation strategies, one being the transformation of the organisations Mining Operational Systems (MOS). This case study will describe the business drivers, strategy and employed architectural methods and artifacts (with reference to TOGAF and EMMM); and the use of a functional reference model in shaping the strategy and subsequent deployment projects. Scope will cover methods of business stakeholder engagement, related financial planning, governance and vendor and product selection.

Key takeaways:

-- Mining systems strategy;
-- Mining systems architecture;
-- Mining reference models

Mark Dwyer is Strategy, Planning & Architecture lead on MMG's whole of company program to improve it's Mining Operations Systems. The program covers the full mining value chain:
- Geological modelling, mine design and planning.
- Mine operations & fleet management
- Plant operations, metallurigical accounting & laboratory information management
- E2E material management and advanced planning & scheduling

He is also involved in operations support activities, such as operational workforce management, reliability engineering, and environmental & energy management

Which information risks are shaping our lives?

Stephen Singam, Chief Technology Officer, HP Enterprise Security Services, Australia

Despite widespread awareness of the impact of cyber crime, cyber attacks continue to occur more frequently and result in serious financial consequences. The HP Ponemon 2012 Cost of Cyber Crime Study revealed that cyber attacks have more than doubled and the financial impact has increased by nearly 40 percent in a three year period. At HP, we believe a better understanding of the cost of cyber crime can assist organizations in taking proactive measures to identify, combat and mitigate the potentially devastating consequences of an attack.HP is changing the enterprise security landscape with advanced security solutions that uniquely leverage leading threat research and powerful
correlation of security events and vulnerabilities to deliver security intelligence spanning IT operations, applications and infrastructure.

Key takeaways:

• Which information risks are shaping our lives?
• Analysis of current and emerging risks
• A proactive approach: Risk based, adversary-centric solutions

Adapting TOGAF to Empower Brazilian Social Projects

Marcelo Bassous, Senior IT Architect, Atos, Brazil

This presentation will explain how TOGAF is being adapted to support and empower Brazilian social projects, to reduce poverty and re-enter social excluded people in the professinoal job market, creating a project called "Competent Dreamers".

An Enterprise Architect, currently hired by Atos and working at Petrobras, Marcelo Bassous is entitled MBA in IT, TOGAF 9 Certified and Professional Scrum Master II. He is a very dynamic and adaptive professional with extensive architecture and project management experience proved over 12 years in Latin America, Europe and North America.

A Journey into the Clouds

Helius Guimaraes, Global IS&T Manager - Exploration, Rio Tinto, UK

This presentation will be an overview of how cloud computing has been incorporated into Rio Tinto's IT / Business Strategy and how implementing Cloud influences multiple areas within companies. Most CIOs develop a cloud strategy to be “back in control." Rio Tinto assessed their Safe Cloud Readiness across nine key dimensions that led to the development of a strategy for safe use of cloud services

Intended audience: EA Practitioners, Business Managers

Key takeaways:
1. Example strategic approach to adopt Cloud into strategic planning
2. How to incorporate EA Governance into the cloud decision

Helius Guimaraes, Global IS&T Manager - Exploration, Rio Tinto, UK.   Helius is passionate about emerging technologies. He started his professional career in 1987 in a start-up company involved in selling and implementing CAD (Computer Aided Design) software and afterwards developing and selling accounting software and services. After graduating as a geologist in 1990 and completing a master degree in geosciences, Helius supported the implementation of a geo-processing laboratory for a mineral resource government state organization. In 1994 joined De Beers and implemented GIS and database systems to support diamond exploration in South America. In 2001 moved to De Beers Corporate Headquarters in Johannesburg to lead global projects aimed at standardizing processes and systems as well as fostering a culture of global collaboration. In 2003 he completed his MBA and in 2005 became responsible for strategic planning and international co-ordination of process, application, data and information management for the De Beers group exploration diamond team. Helius was certified as a Project Management Professional in 2005 and in early 2007 joined Rio Tinto in London to establish a Global IS&T Exploration team. Helius is a member of the Rio Tinto IT Working Group responsible for formulating and implementing IT strategies. He is the founder Chairman of Rio Tinto’s Enterprise Architecture Council and a founding member of the EMMMv.

Driving Improved Customer Experience through Technology

Tien-Ti Mak, Chief Technology Officer, Australia Post, Australia

In many organizations, there is a huge amount of data about customers and what they expect (e.g. surveys, research etc). However, there is usually no way to translate those customer insights into technology requirements that can be architected, developed and implemented.

As part of a drive towards customer centricity, Australia Post, with the help of outside experts, recently developed a methodology and process to:

1) Understand and measure the customer experience using techniques such as Customer Journey Mapping
2) Map each part of the customer experience to the Business and IT Capabilities that enable it
3) Determine which capabilities would need to be created / enhanced in order to improve the customer experience
4) Prioritise enhancements based on which ones would drive the most value for our customers as well as our business

Creating a strong link (or line of sight) from technology to the customer experience has been a challenging and difficult task for Australia Post (and most other organisations). However, when done successfully, it provides a very strong motivation model for driving IT investments.

This presentation seeks to share some of our key techniques, experiences, and learnings on this topic.

Key takeaways:

-- How to understand and quantify the customer experience
-- How to map it to capabilities to create line of sight
-- How to prioritise in order to drive value for both customers as well as your business

Tien-Ti Mak leads all IT Architecture functions at Australia Post. Prior to this, Tien-Ti had a long career in Consulting, where he developed deep expertise in all aspects of Architecture, IT Delivery and Management, as well Customer Experience Management.

Peter Caccaviello is General Manager Technology - Parcels & Express Services.

Alma Laaksonen is Head of Business Engagement - Parcels & Express Services.
 

Model Driven Operational Architecture and Multi-Supplier Outsourcing

Peter McKenzie, Acting CTO, Defence Account, Hewlett Packard, Australia

Many companies within Australia are involved in Multi Sourced arrangements as either Customer, Service Integrator or Supplier.

The presentation will focus on how model driven architecture principles can be used to align technical and operational Architecture. This has been demonstrated to reduce time and cost both in the initial transition and in future transitions, as well as supporting maintainable business as usual processes.

Key takeaways:

-- Operational Architecture is key to designing and implementing the transitional stages in multi sourcing.

-- Aligning Operational and Technical Architectures can create maintainable environments and supports service catalogue implementation.

-- Model Driven Architecture principles are extensible to use in Operational Architecture.

With over 25 years as an IT professional in roles related to technical, operational and commercial outsourcing and transition Peter McKenzie has a broad view of technical and operational Architecture, how they are implemented in Multi Sourced environments and the transition planning required. Experience includes Global Lead for strategy during the design and transition of the General Motors IIM/OM contract.

Big Business Blueprinting: Planning IT Investment in a World-first Megaproject

Simon Roberts, Regional Architecture Manager, QGC, Australia

This presentation will cover some of the challenges and successes experienced from applying Enterprise Architecture planning principles to plan IT investment in the delivery of a world first $22bn megaproject.

Key takeaways:

-- Developing and executing a 2-3 year roadmap
-- Demonstrating traceability of IT delivery to Business need
-- Using a roadmap to drive the budget cycle

Simon is a seasoned architecture practitioner with 23 years experience in IT, with 17 years experience in the Oil & Gas Industry. Responsible for the Architecture Delivery and Assurance Framework for BG Group he is now leading the Architecture practice in support of QGC's world first CSG to LNG project.

EA, Innovation and Enterprise Transformation

Jude Umeh, Senior Consultant / Enterprise Architect, Capgemini, UK

Innovation and Enterprise Architecture are not often used in close proximity to each other, but that isn't to say they are mutually exclusive. If anything, given the increasing complexity of digitally enabled businesses, time has definitely come for Enterprise Architecture to play a more prominent role in bringing innovative business models to life. To do this successfully, the focus must remain squarely on 3 key dimensions of: People, Process & Technology, and this talk will explore these and other themes in discussing
the role of Enterprise Architecture and innovation for enterprise transformation.

Key takeaways:

1. Enterprise Architecture has a critical role to play as a key enabler for sustainable innovation. The broader vision and wealth of skills / experience / knowledge that is available to an Enterprise Architect makes it a crucial enable for digital innovation and enterprise transformation.
2. EA has an image problem, arguably due to misconceptions of being too restrictive or otherwise limiting to the spirit of innovation, but the time has come to change this perception and demostrate the true value of EA for innovation.

Jude Umeh is a Senior Consultant / Enterprise Architect with Capgemini UK, and he enjoys helping to define future business and technology strategies that shape clients' response to a challenging digital environment. Jude is a published author, with a book and several articles around the impact of digital content technologies. 

Is Whole-of-Government EA an Elusive Target?

Vish Viswanathan, Managing Principal, CCandC Solutions, Australia

Australian organisations fall into three patterns :

1. those who have serious business challenges but do not see the potential of EA to deal with them

2. those who see the potential of EA but do not know where to start

3. those who have started on a EA journey but have perceived to have failed or need guidance to succeed .

This interactive workshop with active audience participation will outline the top ten EA challernges and discuss who is responsible to tackle them . Is it the EA function? Is it all the others? Or will they be solved in tyime automatically?

Key takeaways:

-- EA is a mandatory foundation to organisational survival and success
-- Reasons for failure of EA are 100% within the control of EA function - no one else is to blame
-- There are several success stories in Australia and globally to share best practices in EA - you are not alone !

Vish Viswanathan is an intenationally recognized EA mentor, trainer, advisor and implementation programme manager. With over 35 years of experience in including senior management roles in IBM & Fujitsu in Australia,India, Japan & SIngpaore, he is well positiond to share his global EA experiences with several Fortune 500 organisations.

LNG and Mining Major Capital Projects - An IT Journey

Mario Gaon, Executive Architect, IBM Australia
Graham Davis, Chief Architect, Brighton Software Technology P/L, Australia

 A booming Natural Resources industry in Australia is facing common problems in bridging gaps between their Process Control Assets and Enterprise Management Systems and reducing complexity by increasing end to end automation.

This session provides insights in how to stand up an IT landscape for a Major Capital Project (MCP) in both LNG and Mining industries.

The brief coverage of the industry domain and high level processes involved is followed by identification of the common IT challenges of an MCP. We demonstrate how to address these challenges by providing comprehensive enterprise architecture models and layers and mapping those to the suitable set of technologies and solutions that can be readily instantiated.

Key takeaways:

-- Understanding of the Natural Resources Industry, Major Capital projects (MCPs) and associated IT Challenges.
-- Approach to developing reference models and architectures in those industry domains.
-- Leveraging proven technologies and COTS solutions in those domains.

Over his long IT career, Mario Gaon has worked with a large number of organizations in most industry sectors in a variety of roles focusing on the development of complex systems, enterprise-wide architectures and the organization and governance needed to ensure an effective alignment between the technology and business agenda.

Mario is currently focusiusing on helping IBM̢۪s Natural Resources Clients in Western Australia.

Graham Davis is a Senior Enterprise Architect who provides the vision, leadership and technical experience enabling focused and cost effective IT solutions and maximizing business alignment with optimum business value.

He is a seasoned architectural practitioner with extensive experience in Natural Resources and Manufacturing Industry, Major LNG and Mining Capital Projects (MCPs), over the full life cycle of "grass-roots to operate" in Australia.

An Introduction to TOGAF, its Value and Adoption in the Australian Market

Jon McLeod, Enterprise Architects pty., Australia

We will examine the adoption of TOGAF in the Australian market and offer views regarding the maturity of enterprise architecture practice in the Australian market generally.

Key takeaways:

-- Australia is at the forefront of global TOGAF adoption
-- The "Australian Architecture Experience" - relative to USA and Europe

Jon McLeod is a practising Enterprise Architect with experience in the private and public sector. He is a certified and accredited Open Group TOGAF9 and ArchiMate2 trainer.

WORKSHOP: Architecting the Future - Cloud, Mobility and Analytics

Daniel Spar, PhD, Deloitte Consulting; formerly of the US Army Signal Corps and the Institute for Defense Analyses

New technologies in cloud computing, mobility devices and analytics provide extensive opportunities. However, new technology alone will not address business objectives. Performance and security requirements must be addressed by the new technology solutions as well, and these must be directly linked to business requirements, with clear "line-of-sight." With the proposed TOGAF-based enterprise architecture approach, organizations can leverage new technology to achieve much of the Open Group's "Boundaryless Information Flow" vision.

A scenario-based technique will be presented as well to illustrate effective ways to document and analyze this approach.

Dr. Daniel Spar has over 20 years of international management consulting experience in technology strategy and architecture. Dr. Spar contributed to federal standards in data and process modeling, and has presented at over 30 academic and professional conferences. Spar is an adjunct professor at 3 universities.

Case Study: How Enterprise Architecture has helped RIO with its Expansion Projects in the Pilbara

Neil Spragg, Strategic Architect - Iron Ore, Rio Tinto, UK

This presentation will focus on the relationship between the business, EA and ICT and why the business should be in the driver's seat. It will discuss the important issue "How much EA can a business bear"; how to deliver a lean Enterprise Architecture and not over-deliver on shelf-ware; and why the business often tries to circumvent EA and what can be done to address the issue.

Key takeaways:

-- the most common things that canreadily be done by EA to earn the trust of the business

-- why the business leads EA activities, and what should be done to ensurethat the tail does not wag the dog.

Neil Spragg has worked in a number of Information and Communication Technology roles over the past 26 years. He has been involved in various industries such as Native Title, Grain Handling and Mining.Neil in known for taking a pragmatic approach to Enterprise Architecture and not overselling it based on some ideal. In doing so, Neil has the ability to
simplify complexity, making it understandable at all levels within the enterprise, enabling the business to realise the value of Enterprise Architecture.

Adapting the TOGAF Architecture Development Method

Chris Armstrong, President, Armstrong Process Group, US

In the Preliminary Phase: Framework and Principles of the Architecture Development Method (ADM), TOGAF specifies that one is to "define the framework and detailed methodologies that are going to be used to develop enterprise architecture." This session will review best practices for adapting the ADM (phases, activities, deliverables, guidelines, examples) to the specific needs of an organization. This includes adding domain-specific content (such as financial services, telecommunications, healthcare,
manufacturing, government, and defense) and technology-specific content such as service oriented architecture (SOA), system platforms (IBM, HP, Microsoft, Sun, etc) and package platforms (SAP, Oracle, etc). The speaker will also discuss how the ADM can be integrated with other EA frameworks such as Zachman, MDA, DoDAF, and FEA. There will also be a demonstration of using the APG TOGAF Process Library (ATPL) and EPF Composer for customizing TOGAF.

Key takeaways:

-- Best practices for adapting the ADM to the specific needs of an organization
-- How to apply industry standards for customizing and extending the ADM
-- Understand common TOGAF ADM adaptation scenarios

Chris Armstrong, President of Armstrong Process Group, Inc., is an internationally recognized thought leader in enterprise architecture, formal modeling, process improvement, systems and software engineering, requirements management, and iterative and agile development. Chris represents APG at The Open Group, the Object Management Group and the Eclipse Foundation.

Cloud Computing: Overcoming Risks and Security Issues Through Better Governance

Steve Else, CEO, EA Principals, US

This presentation will feature some lessons learned from large government, quasi-government, and non-profit organizations related to rolling out enterprise cloud solutions effectively. In addition, the topic of Secure Cloud Computing will also be addressed in general and through some case studies, highlighting some best practices.

Key takeaways:

--The U.S. government mandate for agencies to tackle Cloud initiatives is leading to valuable lessons learned about the importance of governing these initiatives from the very start in light of predictable risks -- these are shared
--Similarly, lessons learned about more secure Cloud Computing are emerging overall and will also be shared

A passionate participant in EA, IT and systems engineering professional communities, Steve is CEO of EA Principals, a Gold Member of The Open Group. He is also the Founder and Chair of the Washington DC Chapter of the Association of Enterprise Architects, and Assistant Director of Knowledge on the Technical Operations Board of the
International Council on Systems Engineering (see http://INCOSE.org). A former U.S. Air Force pilot and Air Force Attaché in Paris, France, Steve is married and lives in Alexandria, VA.

Modeling the Mine - Using Systems Thinking to Transform Operations

David Daniel, Enterprise Architecture Consultant, IBM, US

Outline:
• Introduction of Subject Area
• Personal Introduction
• Pain Points to Mining
  – Operational Systems Deployment
  – Supply Chain Optimization
  – Operational Efficiency
  – Agile Production
• Pain Point Propagation
  – Case Study Example of Process Floor
   -- Horizontal vs Vertical Integration
• Systems Approach
   – Case Study Results AFTER Adopting TEAM
• Systems Thinking – Foundation
   – Total Enterprise Architecture - Mines (TEAM)
   – Pieces of the Whole (Framework Components)
   – Introduction of ArchiMate
   – Introduction of ISA-95
• Systems Approach – Component
   – Break Enterprise Into Manageable Pieces
   – Establish ArchiMate to ISA-95/88 Tie-In
   – Supply Chain and Organizational Optimization Resolutions
• Systems Approach – Integration
   – Tie Component Architectures with iTEAM (See Slide)
• Methods
   – Disciplined Agile Delivery of Architecture Overview
   – TOGAF 9 ADM to ArchiMate with ISA-95 Mapping
• Analysis
   – Sanitized Examples of Real World Analysis
   – HEAT Maps for Business Capabilities
• Results
   – Expected Results from Systems Approach
   – Time Frame for Results/Effort Required
• Summary

David Daniel is an Enterprise Architecture Consultant with IBM in the US. He has 18+ years experience in the systems engineering and enterprise architecture space, across industries including  defense, manufacturing, heavy-industry, banking, telecom and others. He is an active IBM industry consultant.

Successful EA with the TOGAF® Framework and the ArchiMate® Modeling Language

Henry Franken, CEO, BizzDesign, Netherlands

A complete approach to Enterprise Architecture (EA) requires:

-- A framework describing architectural viewpoints;
-- A language for architectural descriptions;
-- A method for constructing architectures.

The TOGAF® 9 standard, an Open Group standard, is the defacto global standard for Enterprise Architecture. It is used by the world's leading organizations to improve business efficiency. ArchiMate®, an open and independent modelling language for enterprise architecture, provides instruments to enable enterprise architects to describe, analyze and visualize the relationships among business domains in an unambiguous way. It is supported by different tool vendors and consulting firms.

Just as an architectural drawing in classical building architecture describes the various aspects of the construction and use of a building, ArchiMate offers a common language for describing the construction and operation of business processes, organizational structures, information flows, IT systems, and technical infrastructure. This insight helps stakeholders to design, assess, and communicate the consequences of decisions and changes within and between these business domains. standard is the leading language for integrated EA modelling, describing the business, application and technology layers and their relationships. In a recent update of the language, two extensions have been added for modelling the motivation for the architecture (e.g., goals, principles and business requirements) and implementation and migration planning.

Based on a comprehensive case study of application portfolio rationalization in a post-merger insurance company, this presentation will show how ArchiMate is used with TOGAF to improve business efficiency.

Key takeaways:

-- Short introduction to the TOGAF® standard and the ArchiMate® EA modeling language
-- Demonstration of a complete real life case study.

Henry Franken is chair of the ArchiMate Forum at The Open Group. Henry is co-founder of the BPM Forum Netherlands. He has co-authored several international publications and Open Group white papers.

At BiZZdesign, Henry is responsible for research and innovation. Alignment with and contribution to open standards are key. BiZZdesign has contributed to and edited the ArchiMate 2 specification. BiZZdesign is involved in the workgroup working towards the next version of TOGAF® and its alignment with ArchiMate®.

BiZZdesign offers native tooling, consultancy and training for TOGAF and ArchiMate. BiZZdesign offers complete and integrated solutions (tools, methods, consultancy and training) to design and improve organizations. Enterprise architecture, business requirements management and process business analysis and management are important ingredients in the solutions.

A Business Interoperability Framework for Government

Christine Stephenson, Enterprise Services Manager, Enterprise Architects, Australia

Despite the focus on eGovernment and the delivery of seamless services to citizens, Government continues to be challenged to deliver business interoperability goals. Interviews with Government Enterprise Architecture stakeholder and a search of the literature suggests why government has failed to achieve seamless service delivery. It appears that interoperability in government is largely a combination of “bottom-up”, standards or application design based approaches. These result in Information Systems solutions that achieve interoperability within the application and technology domains, but not the business domain. Consequently, the public sector operates as a fractured collection of departments, with much complexity and bureaucracy reducing the effectiveness and efficiency of service delivery.The Business Interoperability Framework (BIF) draws from three disciplines of management practice and applies industry standards. These practice areas are; Enterprise Architecture; Service Oriented Architecture; and Business Process Management. The frameworks, standards/specifications that will be referenced are ISO/IEC 10746 (RM-ODP), TOGAF, OASIS, UMM, BMM, BPMN and ISO 15000.

Key takeaways:

-- How to achieve top-down business interoperability outcomes
-- An architected framework for business success
-- Methods and tools that can be used to deliver business/IT alignment

With industry expertise that includes strength in manufacturing and logistics, airline, travel, tourism, health and government Christine Stephenson has managed a broad spectrum of projects, for global organisations and government agencies. She is completing a Professional Doctorate in IT Management through UNISA and will deliver a Business Interoperability Framework for Government.

Pragmatic IT road-mapping with ArchiMate

Martin Owen, CEO, Corso, UK

The Open Group recently announced version 2.0 of the ArchiMate standard language. ArchiMate 2.0 now provides TOGAF compatibility for Enterprise Architecture and adds extensions for transition planning. This session will discuss how ArchiMate can be leveraged to implement full IT roadmapping in enterprise architecture tools (here shown in IBM Rational System Architect). The session will show how to achieve time-based analysis, milestones, gap-analysis, heatmapping and work packages.

Martin Owen has spent over 20 years in Enterprise Architecture and is a co-author of the original Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) standard. Martin has run teams driving the product directions, strategies and roadmaps for the Enterprise Architecture tools at IBM.

Shared Services in Government

Robert Weisman, CEO / Principal Consultant, Build The Vision Inc., Canada

With robust networks and technology, the vision of Shared Services is now possible, and not a moment too soon as rust-out is a major concern. Surprisingly the major challenge is not technical. There is a huge business transformation opportunity and supporting effort required in the business as well as the CIO ranks. The presentation will discuss challenges faced by various governments from the business and IT perspectives on how to modernize the delivery of government services using techniques such as EA.

Key takeaways:

-- Shared Services have a major enterprise impact
-- Business and Information Interoperability are key
-- Retraining CIO personnel from platform to application services

Robert Weisman MSc, PEng, PMP has a background in military/civil/environmental engineering as well as a graduate degree in Computer Science specializing in knowledge-based systems for crisis management and C4ISR. During 25 years in uniform and 12 years in the private sector he has been working in Enterprise Architecture and Enterprise Knowledge Management since 1993. Bob was a key contributor to TOGAF 9 and has chaired the Open Group Information Architecture Working Group since 2009.

Securing Personas

Professsor Clark Thomborson, University of Auckland, New Zealand

We all have many personas: we share different information with different people and organisations, depending on whether we are acting as a friend, an employee, a parent, a citizen, or a consumer. Most people shift fluidly and rapidly -- often unconsciously -- between their personas.

Persona management is an everyday routine. Every hiring officer must determine, quickly and accurately, whether an interviewee is exhibiting an appropriate persona for a responsible role in an organisation. Security officers create lists of suspects, by considering the people who show signs of having a malfeasant persona.

Ideally, our computer systems would help us with our routine tasks in persona management, and this is a key requirement in The Jericho Forum's Identity Commandments of May 2011. In July 2012, persona management entered Gartner's Hype Cycle at the Technology Trigger phase.

In this presentation, I will explain how we introduce security risks into our organisations, whenever we use our personal computing devices to act as an employee, and whenever any of our private personas is allowed to use an organisationally-managed device without a major context-shift (into a private login account). We risk our own privacy, whenever we expose our personal information to an inappropriate context. These risks could be mitigated if our computing platforms were better at deducing an appropriate context, and if we (as computer users) were more conscious and careful about our persona-shifts on computing systems.

Key takeaways:

-- What is persona management, and why is it important?

-- How can I manage my own personas more safely?

-- What are the near-term prospects for persona management on a computer?

Clark Thomborson is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Since 2005, he has been an active participant in The Jericho Forum's internal discussions on identity, entitlement and access management. His research interests also include the modelling of privacy requirements, software obfuscation, and software watermarking.

Architecting for the Cloud with TOGAF

Sunil KempeGowda, SOA Architect, CC&C Solutions, Australia

Enterprises are now seriously considering cloud as a viable architectural style . However , without a disciplined process and techniques for evolution, governance, change management and measurement , it will be disastrous to adopt cloud in a random fashion . TOGAF ADM can provide the approach for adopting cloud in an orderly way.

Key takeaways:
-- Importance of EA for successful implementation of Cloud Computing
-- Identifying the road map for adoption of cloud computing

Sunil KempeGowda is SOA Architect in CC&C Solutions, specialized in Cloud Computing, Enterprise Architecture, Business Process Design and Service Oriented Architecture.

He has worked in large scale business critical systems in domains such as Accounting, e-Commerce, Education, Banking and Video on Demand.

Welcome and Introduction
Hugh Evans, Group CEO, Enterprise Architects pty, Australia

The Professional Landscape for Enterprise Architecture in Australia: Composition, Trends and Emerging Needs
Maire Ruane, Architect Services Director, Enterprise Architects pty, Australia

How to Ensure Privacy in Data Mining

Professor Ljiljana Brankovic, The University of Newcastle, Australia

Data mining and statistical analysis are routinely used for research and strategic planning by companies, governments and research institutions alike. They both depend on massive databases often containing personal information collected by doctors, hospital, marketers, telephone providers and social networks, to mention but a few. It is commonly assumed that removing unique identifiers from personal records is sufficient to ensure that only aggregate values and patterns will be made available to users and that no confidential individual values could be disclosed. Unfortunately, this is not the case and additional measures are needed to ensure privacy. There are two general approaches to ensure this:

1) adding noise to the original data, and

2) restricting queries that can be asked of the database.

In either case, it may still be possible to "compromise" the database, that is, to compute individual values or other sensitive information from a suitable combination of aggregate values. In general, it is the matter of balance between utility and confidentiality of the data: absolute confidentiality would render data unusable, while unrestricted access to the data would provide little or no
confidentiality.

In this talk we present novel protection techniques that allow data owners to find a preferred balance between the utility of data and the privacy of the individual records in the database.

Key takeaways:

This talk will
1) raise awareness of privacy issues in data mining
2) explain basic techniques for protecting privacy
3) give an insight into new techniques that can balance privacy and utility
 

Dr Ljiljana Brankovic obtained her PhD in 1997 in Computer Science and currently is an Associate Professor at The University of Newcastle. Ljiljana was a Chair of the ACS National Committee for Computer Security from 2007 to 2010. Her main research interests include security, privacy in data mining and algorithms.

SOA in the Cloud

Sreeparna Pal, TCS, India

The Value of Enterprise Architecture Certification Within a Professional Development Framework

David Wright, Manager - Enterprise Architecture, Sydney Water; and Chair, ACS Advisory Group on Enterprise Architecture

Security at the Speed of Light

Stephen Whitlock, Information Security Chief Strategist, The Boeing Company, US

Protecting data and IT systems often relies on several disconnected processes: 1) First we create a standard configuration, 2) Second we monitor to detect changes. These changes can be the results of admin error, attackers, malware, etc. 3) Third we send oput a message or alert when a change is discovered. 4) Finally we repari the damage - this may result in a new standard configuration.

Today although there are many tools availalbe to perform these tasks, this is a largely manual process and will not keep up as threat evolve. There needs to be formal recognition of this cycle, an architecture governing it, and international open stnadrds for the component to work together.

Key takeaways:

-- Cyber attacks are outpacing defense mechanisms.
-- Automating the security response cycle is necessary to keep up.

The Agile Architecture Revolution

Jason Bloomberg, President, ZapThink, US

Cloud Computing, Big Data, Social Media, Enterprise Mobility...the techies are as excited as kids in a candy store, but the business executive's head is spinning. The old days where you wrote up a requirements document, tossed it over the wall to IT, and they built what you wanted are long gone. Business needs are far too dynamic and the technology too complex and diverse.

In fact, the entire notion of what it means to implement a technology solution to a business problem is undergoing a radical shift. That tired old requirements document just doesn't cut it anymore -- because the business doesn't just want functionality, they want business agility.

Business agility is the promise of Cloud and the rest of the candy store full of tech goodies, after all. Technology that can help the organization deal better with change, and leverage change for competitive, strategic advantage. If only we knew how to put it all together properly.

Enter Agile Architecture. How can we design systems that provide such agility? Take the best part of Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), combine with what works from the Agile Manifesto, and mix with Complex Systems Engineering to create a revolutionary approach to meeting changing business needs in the context of today's ever-changing set of technology capabilities.

Attendees of this session will learn:

* How to think of business agility as a requirement that drives a new approach to architecture
* What we can learn from both the successes and failures of SOA
* How Cloud Computing, Big Data, Social Media, and Enterprise Mobility fit together to support long-term agility at large organizations

One attendee will receive a free copy of the book The Agile Architecture Revolution by Jason Bloomberg.

Jason Bloomberg is President of ZapThink, a Dovel Technologies Company. He is a global thought leader in the areas of Cloud Computing, Enterprise Architecture, and Service-Oriented Architecture. He created the Licensed ZapThink Architect (LZA) SOA course and associated credential, and runs the LZA course as well as his Cloud Computing for Architects course around the world. He is a frequent conference speaker and prolific writer, including as a regular columnist on US Government IT for CIO Magazine and blogger for DevX.

Mr. Bloomberg is one of the original Managing Partners of ZapThink LLC, the leading SOA advisory and analysis firm, which was acquired by Dovel Technologies in August 2011. His book, Service Orient or Be Doomed! How Service Orientation Will Change Your Business (John Wiley & Sons, 2006, coauthored with Ron Schmelzer), is recognized as the leading business book on Service Orientation. His newest book, The Agile Architecture Revolution: How Cloud Computing, REST-based SOA, and Mobile Computing are Changing Enterprise IT (John Wiley & Sons), is due in the spring of 2013.

Mr. Bloomberg has a diverse background in eBusiness technology management and industry analysis, including serving as a senior analyst in IDC’s eBusiness Advisory group, as well as holding eBusiness management positions at USWeb/CKS (later marchFIRST) and WaveBend Solutions (now Hitachi Consulting). He also co-authored the books XML and Web Services Unleashed (SAMS Publishing, 2002), and Web Page Scripting Techniques (Hayden Books, 1996).

Enterprise Architecture - Addressing the People Capability Issue

Jamie West, Director - Enterprise Architecture, PwC, New Zealand

Enterprise Architecture is making strides towards becoming a profession, however the increasing gap in compotent high performing enteprise architects is counter productive to any progress being made. When surveying Chief Architects within NZ and UK markets, people capability was top of many issues facing our EA leaders. This session explores the root causes of issues, exploring organisaiton maturity, culture and the overall life-cycle of enterprise architects, with practical approaches on addressing the issue.

Key takeaways:
1. Recognition that the people capability is a big issue that needs attention.
2. Understanding of how architecture institutions (AEA, Open Group), learning institutions (Poly Techs, Universities) and corporations (Telcos, Banks etc).
3. What progress has been made in addressing this so far?

Formally part of the leadership team of Capgemini's UK enterprise architecture and strategy team, Jamie West is currently heading the IT Strategy and Enteprise Architecture Advisory team at PwC NZ. He contributed to the initial release of TOGAF 9.0 as part of the Capgemini Platinum partner review team. He is a reviewer of World Class papers, and is co-author of the White Paper "World Class, Agile Enterprise Paper".

The Open Group Trusted Technology Forum - Best Practices and Accreditation for a Secure Global Supply Chain

Andras Szakal, Vice President, Chief Technology Officer, IBM U.S. Federal IMT, US

Andras Szakal will outline the objectives of the OTTF and provide an overview of the Open Trusted Technology Provider Framework (O-TTPF), a set of best practices for engineering development and supply chain integrity.

Andras will illustrate the value of the O-TTPF, which will enable the technology and communications industries to build with integrity so that government and enterprise customers can buy with confidence. And discuss how a planned accreditation program will enable customers to identify technology providers who implement these practices throughout their global supply chains.

Andras Szakal is an IBM Distinguished Engineer and Chief Architect of IBM's Federal Software business unit. He is an IBM Distinguished Engineer, also an IBM Senior Certified Software IT certArchitect and an IBM Certified SOA Solution Designer. His responsibilities include developing e-Government software architectures using IBM middleware and leading the IBM federal government software IT architect team. Mr. Szakal holds undergraduate degrees in Biology and Computer Science and a Masters Degree in Computer Science from James Madison University.

Mr. Szakal has been a driving force behind IBM's adoption of government IT standards and is a member of the IBM Software Group Strategy Team. The team he leads has been responsible for helping the federal government move e-Government into the On-Demand era through the application of SOA. His team has been directly involved with multiple, high-profile, successful government software and services engagements based on open standards and open source.

Mr. Szakal represents IBM SWG on the Board of Directors of The Open Group. He currently holds the Chair of the IT Architect Profession Certification Standard (ITAC) within the Open Group.

An Integrated, Agile Approach to Enterprise Architecture for Managing Complex Enterprise Transformations

Krish S. Ayyar, Managing Principal, Martin-McDougall Technologies, Sydney, Australia; and Dr. Asif Q. Gill, Centre for Human Centred Technology Design, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia

Recent research in Australia indicates that there is a need for an integrated agile approach to Enterprise Architecture (EA) as an enabler of Enterprise Transformation. This presentation introduces a pragmatic framework to support continuous technology-enabled enterprise transformation. It addresses the nature of complex enterprise transformation and demonsrtates how to use TOGAF and related enterprise management disciplines for smooth and consistent transofrmaion of an enterprise. It aims to simplify and speedup the complex technology driven transformaions using TOGAF. It introduces the following emerging concepts in EA discipline.
--  Information Architecture
--  Social Architecture
--  Facility Architecture

Key takeaways:
1. How to apply a "Service Oriented" framework for Enterprise Transformation
2. Understanding of emerging concepts in Enterprise Architecture
3. Insights into the practice of Enterprise Architecture in Australia

Krish Ayyar is the Managing Principal at Martin-McDougall Technologies, an Australia based Management Consulting company specializing in Enterprise Architecture Enabled Enterprise Transformation (EAET) and an Open Group Member. Krish is a practising Enterprise Architect with over 30 years experience in IT in Australia. Krish evangelises on the usage of EA for Enterprise Transformation. Krish is an international consultant in Enterprise Architecture and TOGAF apart from having mentored and trained many architects towards their TOGAF certification globally. Krish is also an active participant as a Core Group member in the “TOGAF Next” Working Group within the Architecture Forum of the Open Group.

Dr. Asif Q. Gill is a TOGAF 9 Certified Enterprise Architect, Lecturer and Researcher at the School of Software at the University of Technology, Sydney. He specialises in agile software engineering and enterprise architecture practices. He is author of a number of academic and industry articles including two books. In his previous role as an IT practitioner, he has worked in both agile and non-agile environments, displaying a deep appreciation of their different perspectives in a number of industry projects of varying sizes. He has a PhD Computing Science, MSc.

The Enterprise Architect as Broker of Services

Marnix Gillis, IBM Distinguished Engineer, IBM, Belgium

With the growing success of cloud, most consultant companies agree that the job of a CIO is evolving from (business) manager of an IT department to a function as "broker of services", but shouldn't that be the role of an "enterprise architect". And if so, are the current methods good enough to support this role, or isn't there anything fundamentally different, apart from some minor changes in focus. And what are the pitfalls with this potential increase of sourcing granularity ? Looking at the job description of a financial stock broker, it seems that there isn't that much difference, or is there ? This presentation illustrates the impact of Big Data, Cloud, Internet of Things on the role of an enterprise architect.

Key takeaways:

-- New technologies like cloud, big data and internet of things will not change the life of an enterprise architect
-- Focus will change towards service modeling, but the methods - that are supposed to be technology agnostic - will still work

Marnix Gillis is a senior technical advisor, leading and shaping the technical strategy and direction for IBM's most complex accounts. He has a reputation for strong technical leadership, demonstrated by his success in leading large and complex infrastructure projects. He has gained the depth and breadth of this technical skills through more than 25 years of experience from a varied range of challenging services projects and from working with advanced technologies inside and outside IBM