The Enterprise Architecture Conference
Today, I will be attending The Enterprise Architecture Conference in Washington, D.C., which is an effort to support the employment of enterprise architecture in government agencies.
Here is how the Conference describes itself:
"The #1 Enterprise Architecture Conference and Exhibition for government.
Achieving results from Enterprise Architecture Investments.”
For those of you unfamiliar with the concept, here is how Wikipedia describes it:
“Enterprise Architecture is a complete expression of the enterprise; a master plan which “acts as a collaboration force” between aspects of business planning such as goals, visions, strategies and governance principles; aspects of business operations such as business terms, organization structures, processes and data; aspects of automation such as information systems and databases; and the enabling technological infrastructure of the business such as computers, operating systems and networks.”
Microsoft also has a wonderful page dedicated to Enterprise Architectures. They include this bumper sticker:
“Enterprise Architecture has become a common practice for large IT organizations. For the first time there is a methodology to encompass all of the various IT aspects and processes into a single practice. However, realizing the full potential of Enterprise Architecture (EA) can be challenging. There are many aspects to EA, including architecture planning, governance, taxonomies and ontologies, all of which impact its success. Without the right guidance, tools, frameworks and methodologies EA can quickly become unwieldy.”
The event takes place on September 9 & 10, 2009 at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington D.C.
The specific goals of the conference include the sharing of best practices for collaborating across government agencies to foster enterprise architecture investment.
I am looking forward to the event and hope to see some readers there. If you are going to be there please contact me and we can do a meet-up!
Do you know of other conferences setup to accomplish similar objectives? Do you have any best practices of success stories to share in government use of enterprise architectures? Please put your thoughts into the comments section below.
That is my Information Technology Thought of the Day (ITTOD) for September 10, 2009 ©Scott Coughlin .
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