Aggregated enterprise architecture wisdom
Recent hiring trends data released by leading IT staffing and services firm, TEKsystems, shows continued strong demand for architects, and surging demand for architects with cloud experience.
We spoke with Tania Lavin, market research manager at TEKsys…
All right, I admit it: I allowed frustration to get the better of me in the previous post, ‘How not to define business-architecture‘. But the real point is this: IT-centrism is killing enterprise-architecture. Gartner made that clear some months back (apologies, can’t find the link…) in their ‘Hype Curve’ on EA: the IT-centric view of […]
Oh no, not again… Having all but crippled enterprise-architecture for the past decade with a muddled mess of myopia and misdefinitions, it seems Open Group are hell-bent on making the same kind of mess in business-architecture… I need to be upfront about this: I don’t regard Open Group as ‘the bad guys’. Far from it: […]
Coordinate from the outside in. Once the “outside” design is in place, it serves to guide the foundation for inside structures.
Pursue a portfolio of strategies. Evaluate many small bets instead of single large ones
Harmonize,…
Last week John Zachman released the third edition of his EA Framework. Like with other versions seen below, he has made iterative refinements to the model. After many years as noted as being a framework, it is slowing starting to…
The Zachman Certified™ – Methodology designation is based upon a mapping of the metamodel of the Methodology to the meta model of The Zachman Framework™, essentially answering the following questions:
Certification fees are assessed per cell.
There are two parts to this certification. In the first part, the requester identifies which cells are to be considered for certification. The cells considered are evaluated and objectively given a numerical rating (Coverage Index) based on the primitive models and the components in relation to the entire Framework set. If a cell wins the designation as “Zachman Certified™ it will be so marked. If only some portion of the cell is formalized, the cell may be considered “authorized” and a portion of the certification fees assessed proportionately.
Zachman International is responsible for the second part. Additionally, as part of the certification process and fees, we will then perform an analysis on the capacity and robustness of the integrations across each row and transformations down each column for each “certified” cell. An objective, numerical rating will be assigned based upon the percentage of the total possible integrations and transformations (Capacity Index) and their degree of association (Robustness Index) which will be reported and posted on the Zachman.com site.
The important thing about the Methodology Certification is that it confirms that Enterprise Engineering work is being accomplished as opposed to merely Systems Building work. The evaluation of the quality or appropriateness of the Methodology should be based upon the Enterprise Engineering design objectives… which Primitives does the Enterprise need to get under control and from which “architected” Primitives must the Enterprise’s implementations and realizations be composed.
To submit your methodology for review, please contact our Standards Department.
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The Zachman Certified™ – Enterprise Architect Program |
After countless discoveries about the science of Enterprise Architecture from the Zachman Framework 3.0; and due to unprecedented demand, we are proud to offer the Zachman Certified™ – Enterprise Architect program.
Founded in 1990, Zachman International® is the education and consulting firm started by John A. Zachman, author of the Zachman® Framework.
After 26 years at IBM, John founded Zachman International as a company dedicated to the research and advancement of the state of the art in Enterprise Architecture principally based on the Framework for Enterprise Architecture- The Zachman® Framework. Now, over 20 years later, The Zachman® Framework has become the de-facto standard in defining the Enterprise Architecture ontology as it exists from a scientific perspective.
Zachman International will continue to forge ahead at it’s new home Zachman.com, with completely re-designed education and certification program: Zachman® Certified, in addition to its range of consulting and on-site services.
More information on this forthcoming…
JOHN P. ZACHMANBiographical Sketch |
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John P. Zachman is the President of Zachman International®, Inc, an organization dedicated to the research and advancement of the state of the art in Enterprise Architecture principally based on the Framework for Enterprise Architecture- The Zachman Framework™. The Zachman® Framework has received broad acceptance around the world as an integrative framework, or “periodic table” of descriptive representations for Enterprises. John is also the CEO of the FEAC® Institute, the premier training and certification Institution for Enterprise Architects.
As son of Zachman Framework originator, John A. Zachman, John has worked closely with his father in the management of Zachman International for nearly a decade. In addition to the consulting practice and operation of Zachman International and FEAC, John has over 18 years of diverse experience in high-level management in the automotive industry and in the music industry as the Vice President of Marketing for Big Fish Audio, a sound manufacturer in the Los Angeles area. In these roles his focus was on entire organizational management with emphasis on analysis and implementation of enterprise systems. John is also currently an adjunct professor of ancient Greek at The King’s University as well as an adjunct professor in the Business School at Colorado Christian University.
John holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Management and a Master of Arts degree in Organizational Management, both from Azusa Pacific University. He is near completion of a second Bachelor’s degree from L.I.F.E. Pacific College, has served on the Board of Directors for Arcadia Christian School, serves as a jury member for the Enterprise & IT Architecture Excellence Awards at iCMG in Bangalore, India and is on the Enterprise Architecture Education Forum out of the Executive Office of the President – Office of Management & Budget in the United States.
John is an accomplished musician, has coached varsity football at Rampart High School, and serves in the Children’s Department at New Life Church in Colorado Springs.
JOHN A. ZACHMANBiographical Sketch |
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John A. Zachman is the originator of the “Framework for Enterprise Architecture” (The Zachman Framework™) which has received broad acceptance around the world as an integrative framework, an ontology for descriptive representations for Enterprises. Mr. Zachman is not only known for this work on Enterprise Architecture, but is also known for his early contributions to IBM’s Information Strategy methodology (Business Systems Planning) as well as to their Executive team planning techniques (Intensive Planning).
Mr. Zachman retired from IBM in 1990, having served them for 26 years. He is Chief Executive Officer of his own education and consulting business, Zachman International®.
Mr. Zachman serves on the Executive Council for Information Management and Technology (ECIMT) of the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) and on the Advisory Board of the Data Administration Management Association International (DAMA-I) from whom he was awarded the 2002 Lifetime Achievement Award. He was awarded the 2009 Enterprise Architecture Professional Lifetime Achievement Award from the Center for Advancement of the Enterprise Architecture Profession as well as the 2004 Oakland University, Applied Technology in Business (ATIB), Award for IS Excellence and Innovation.
Mr. Zachman has been focusing on Enterprise Architecture since 1970 and has written extensively on the subject. He has facilitated innumerable executive team planning sessions. He travels nationally and internationally, teaching and consulting, and is a popular conference speaker, known for his motivating messages on Enterprise Architecture issues. He has spoken to many thousands of enterprise managers and information professionals on every continent.
In addition to his professional activities, Mr. Zachman serves on the Elder Council of the Church on the Way (First Foursquare Church of Van Nuys, California), the Board of Directors of Living Way Ministries, a radio and television ministry of the Church on the Way, the President’s Cabinet of The King’s University, the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles Citywide Children’s Christian Choir, the Board of Directors of Heavenworks, an international ministry to the French-speaking world and on the Board of Directors of Native Hope International, a Los Angeles-based ministry to the Native American people.
Prior to joining IBM, Mr. Zachman served as a line officer in the United States Navy and is a retired Commander in the U. S. Naval Reserve. He chaired a panel on “Planning, Development and Maintenance Tools and Methods Integration” for the U. S. National Institute of Standards and Technology. He holds a degree in Chemistry from Northwestern University, has taught at Tufts University, has served on the Board of Councilors for the School of Library and Information Management at the University of Southern California, as a Special Advisor to the School of Library and Information Management at Emporia State University, on the Advisory Council to the School of Library and Information Management at Dominican University and on the Advisory Board for the Data Resource Management Program at the University of Washington. He has been a Fellow for the College of Business Administration of the University of North Texas and currently is listed in Cambridge Who’s Who.
What do I do, and how do I do it? What’s the nature of my work, and the methods that I use? And for that matter, why? That’s perhaps the shortest summary to a request by Anthony Draffin, in a comment to my previous post ‘Not quite bus-pass day‘: On a selfish note… It’s apparent that […]
Listen to our recorded podcast on defining the role and scope of the Business Architect, or read the transcript. This podcast was recorded by Dana Gardner of Interarbor Solutions in conjunction with The Open Group Conference, Austin 2011. Continue rea…
