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Digitization is creating a lot of opportunities, but with those opportunities come challenges. This is especially the case in financial services, where digitization is causing noticeable disruption. Banks are going to have to make some radical changes if they want to stay profitable and relevant to a broad range of customers. What is happening in […]
Strategy execution remains a challenging task for many organizations. The ‘Digital Enterprise’ requires major business transformations, delivered at speed. Most organizations are in a constant state of change. The ‘unfreeze-change-freeze’ model, reasoning from the current to a desired future state, no longer applies; the current state is always in flux and the future state is a moving target.
Strategy+Business has just published an interesting article about how companies are making data a source of sustainable growth. It’s not a new topic – data architects have long recognized the need to treat data as a treasured corporate assets. The article is called “The Quantified Self Goes Corporate”
In the world of Audit[1], a Control[2][3] is basically a mechanism allowing to validate that an organization is functioning in an effective[4] and efficient[5] manner. It is also a way to reveal potential risks, areas of improvement and anti-patterns[6]. Controls allow to assess the gap between the reality and the perception we have of it. […]
Colorado Springs, CO, USA — Jan. 27, 2015 – John A. Zachman is set to present at The Open Group Conference in San Diego, CA on Feb. 3, 2015.
The division of labour has been the main principle for structuring organisations in the last two centuries. That is still the dominant approach for allocating resources, information and power in companies and public institutions. The new dynamics in a connected world have revealed a rich spectrum of problems related with these structures ranging from ineffective coordination to […]
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We are proud to announce our 4-day, hands-on workshop in Colorado Springs!
This 4-day training course is designed to build an understanding of the concepts of Enterprise Architecture and develop a sense of urgency for implementing those concepts in a modern enterprise. The Level 1 Zachman Certified™ – Enterprise Architect Associate course gives today’s Enterprise Architects the opportunity to strengthen their skills as well as broaden their understanding of industry trends and the use of The Zachman Framework™. This course is designed to teach the science of EA- what things exist in the Enterprise, about the ontology, and then equip Enterprise Architects to make their own methodological choices.
• You can register for any course or seminar by clicking the register button. All payments made on-line are to be made in USD.
• Prices stated here DO NOT include taxes of any kind. Import duties and/or local taxes/GST/VAT, if applicable, are NOT INCLUDED in prices and must be borne by the registrant.
• Confirmation of registrations will be subject to availability and timely receipt of payment.
• Registrations are transferable within your organization (to a colleague) on request until 2 days before the event date.
• On-site registration will be on a first-come, first-served basis and will be accepted ONLY if seast are available.
• All confirmed, but unpaid, registrations need to be paid at the venue.
• For cancellation, please refer to the “Cancellation Policy” section below.
• Registration allows us to use the name of your organization in our future marketing activities as our customer.
| Credit Cards | We accept all major credit cards: | |
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• All “early bird” discount offerings require payment at the time of registration and before the cut-off date.
• Any discounts offered (including team discounts) must be paid in advance.
• All discount offerings may not be combined with any other offer.
The following cancellation fees apply for cancellation of registrations received in writing via fax, email or phone:
• 25 days prior to the scheduled date: 10% of total the registration fee will be levied to cover administration costs. In addition, a refund charge of $25 USD is also applicable.
• 15 days prior to the scheduled date: 20% of total the registration fee will be levied to cover administration costs. In addition, a refund charge of $25 USD is also applicable.
• 5 days prior to the scheduled date: no refund of monies paid.
• Registrations are transferrable within your organization (to a colleague) on request until 2 days before the event date.
• Note: the above cancellation policy is applicable for confirmed but unpaid registrations as well. There will be NO exceptions to this policy for any reason.
Zachman International reserves the right to postpone or cancel an event, to change the location of an event. In the event that Zachman International postpones a conference, delegate payments at the postponement date will be credited towards the rescheduled date. If the delegate is unable to attend the rescheduled event, the delegate will receive 100% credit representing payments made towards a future Zachman International event or you may send a replacement. No refunds will be available for cancellations or postponements.
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Four useful articlesThe IRM newsletter often covers contemporary EA topics. The latest issue (January 2015) has four articles, including one that I’ve written that provides a step-by-step guide to using Enterprise Patterns: Real World Business Processes: There is No Such Thing as a Bad Example – “After the Fire Alarm”, Roger Burlton We Want to…
I’ve made a free excerpt of Chess and the Art of Enterprise Architecture available. It contains the Prologue Loosely Coupled Spaghetti, and the Table of Contents. Please go the the home page of the book.Filed under: Book