Monday
11 June, 2001
Registration: 8:30 - 9:30
Workshop:
9:30 – 17:00
Cocktail
Reception & Exhibits: 17:00 - 18:00
The Core Ideas of Adaptive Enterprise Architecture
About the Workshop
Workshop Outline
What you will learn
Featured Speakers
Richard
BuchananBrian
Burke Bjorn
Tuft - Creating a common architecture vision between lines of business and IT
- Demonstrating the value of enterprise architecture (EA) to senior management
- Realising key issues an EA must address
- Profiting from consistent best practices in EAs of the Global 2000
- Organising for successful EA
- Constructing an "adaptive architecture"
- Leveraging emerging technologies and impacting business strategy
- Customising EA approaches among organisations
- Mapping the maturity of EA processes
- Understanding the role of enterprise programme management
This full day workshop provides a comprehensive overview of state-of-the-art enterprise architecture processes, best practices and models. Agile Global 2000 companies recognise that enterprise architecture is a practical mechanism for bridging the gap between business strategy and technology implementation. Successful 21st century organisations create sustainable competitive advantage and promote business and IT innovation by exploiting three synergistic disciplines:
- business strategy/planning,
- enterprise architecture, and
- enterprise programme management.
In this well received session, Richard Buchanan, Brian Burke and Bjorn Tuft will dissect the relationships between these three core enterprise disciplines and provides numerous examples, cases and models that demonstrate how successful companies organise for architecture and dynamic planning. Based on in-depth research with over 300 companies, the speakers will provide detailed recommendations for performing the analysis and making the key decisions required across this spectrum of activities and for communicating the value of this work to senior business and IT decision-makers.
- Gain insight into the business and technology value of adaptive enterprise architecture.
- Learn how an adaptive enterprise architecture helps companies manage investment risks and align with business goals.
- Focus on making enterprise architecture real – avoiding architecture 'shelf-ware' – via enterprise programme management.
- Bring home proven strategies and techniques that can immediately be put in place at your enterprise.
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Richard
Buchanan |
Mr. Buchanan is a world-renowned expert on enterprise architecture and IT strategy. With 15 years of experience as a practitioner and consultant to Global 2000 companies, he has published numerous articles on topics as diverse as integrated logistics, electronic commerce, component-based software development, competitive intelligence and financial modelling. Prior to joining META Group in November 1996, Richard was the founder and principal of The Buchanan Group, an analysis and consulting firm responsible for enterprise architectural planning, market studies, competitive profiles, white papers, focus groups, scenario planning, and competitive war gaming. Prior to founding The Buchanan Group, he was an analyst in the Computing Strategy Service of Forrester Research. Richard’s experience also includes work at Digital Equipment Corp., where he managed product research and competitive intelligence activities and was a key member of its global strategy planning team.
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Brian
Burke |
Mr. Burke has a broad and diverse background in technology and strategy, gained over 15 years in the industry. Prior to joining META Group in October 1998, he was chief architect and director of the architecture office for the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) in Toronto. Brian’s key focus is driving digital innovation strategy and business alignment to maximise the value contribution of IT. Being a technology innovator, he has held senior management positions with responsibility for the development of IT strategies and the implementation of emerging technologies, including Internet, knowledge management, data warehouse, groupware, client/server, and LAN/desktop technology.
| Bjorn
Tuft Vice President International Enterprise Architecture Strategies META Group |
Mr. Tuft is a leading expert on enterprise architecture, IT strategy, and business alignment, with more than 20 years of practical international experience. Prior to joining META Group in June 1999, he was consulting and integration services manager (Europe, Middle East, and Asia) at Dell. Previously, he held senior management positions at various companies, including AT&T (Europe, Middle East, and Asia), Digital Equipment, and Hewlett-Packard. Bjorn also researched and promoted emerging network and object-oriented technologies on behalf of The Open Group, SPAG (Standard Promotion and Application Group), OSITOP (the premier user group in Europe), and EMUG (electronic messaging user group). As a business manager, he was formerly export manager at Rhone-Poulenc and consultant in franchising for a French restaurant company. Bjorn received his M.B.A. from University of Economics and Business Administration (St. Gallen, Switzerland).
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on 1 Meta Group Analyst Meetings
12 & 13 June
While many companies use similar approaches to develop the enterprise architecture, the speedbumps encountered while undertaking the effort are unique to each organisation. META Group Analysts are available to meet with conference delegates 1 on 1 to advise you on the unique enterprise architecture challenges facing your organisation. Use this valuable opportunity to gain insights from the analysts on how to overcome your specific architecture barriers, and mobilise the effort to success.