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Open Group Rebrands Certification Programs
This week The Open Group IT Architect Certification (ITAC) program has now become The Open Group Certified Architect (Open CA) program....
Mike J. Walker
Jul 21, 20112 min read
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Business Model Generation Book
This week I talked in length about The New World of Enterprise Architecture or also referred to as Contemporary Enterprise Architecture. ...
Mike J. Walker
Jul 21, 20111 min read
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Get the TOGAF 9 Template Artifacts and Deliverables for Free
Free Registration Required. This is an example set of templates for TOGAF 9. It includes example artifacts for all catalogs, matrices and...
Mike J. Walker
Jul 20, 20112 min read
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Open Group Conference Austin 2011–Keynote Coverage Day 2
The second morning at the Open Group Conference changed themes a bit. The focus shifted from Enterprise Architecture and Business...
Mike J. Walker
Jul 20, 20115 min read
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The New World of Enterprise Architecture–The Journey from IT Architecture to Enterprise Arc...
While at the conference I received lots of great feedback on my presentation. The most popular request has been publishing my deck. Below...
Mike J. Walker
Jul 19, 20111 min read
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Open Group Conference Austin 2011–Keynote Coverage Day 1
What a great first day at the Open Group conference in Austin. The big theme for today was the transformation of Enterprise Architecture...
Mike J. Walker
Jul 19, 20116 min read
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Speaking at the Open Group Conference–Austin 2011
Below is my session, I take a future look at where I see the Enterprise Architecture industry going. The New World of Enterprise...
Mike J. Walker
Jul 6, 20111 min read
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CIO's Must Make Enterprise Architecture a First Class Citizen
I am really liking the new string of articles and posts on The New World of Enterprise Architecture as I am calling it. It seems like the...
Mike J. Walker
Jun 23, 20115 min read
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EA Classification, Understanding, and Frameworks
I ran across an interesting article today written by Mike Rosen on Enterprise Architecture Frameworks. He shares a similar belief as I on...
Mike J. Walker
Jun 21, 20111 min read
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Microsoft Joins the Open Group as a Gold Member
There has been a great deal of momentum with the Open Group over the past few weeks (Microsoft Solutions Framework (MSF) recognized by...
Mike J. Walker
Jun 9, 20111 min read
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Microsoft Enterprise Strategy Program
Some of you have asked about what I am doing these days at Microsoft. So I thought I would let you all know. I joined the Enterprise...
Mike J. Walker
Jun 9, 20112 min read
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Microsoft Solutions Framework (MSF) recognized by The Open Group's ITAC as valid Architecture Fra...
This is a very interesting move for the Open Group as MSF originated as a variant of an SDLC process at the development (i.e., Solutions)...
Mike J. Walker
Jun 2, 20111 min read
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Gartner Webinar: Best and Worst Enterprise & Application Architecture Practices
Best and Worst Enterprise & Application Architecture Practices Presented by: Betsy Burton & Michael Blechar Those who have cracked the...
Mike J. Walker
May 27, 20111 min read
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Enterprise Architecture Tool Assessments
It’s been a busy couple months for the analysts. Both Forrester and Gartner have built out and refreshed their latest Enterprise...
Mike J. Walker
May 27, 20111 min read
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Enterprise Architecture Mind Maps
I’m a big fan of mind maps for their simplified communication style. So when I stumbled across these interesting Enterprise Architecture...
Mike J. Walker
May 26, 20111 min read
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Clarifying Alignment of Frameworks for Business Benefit
Most organizations employ multiple frameworks and standards for implementing and controlling technology. Here are some publications that...
Mike J. Walker
May 26, 20112 min read
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By 2016, 30 Percent of Enterprise Architecture Efforts Will Be Supported as a Collaboration Betwe...
Richard Seroter posted a great recap on the Gartner press release “Gartner Says By 2016, 30 Percent of Enterprise Architecture Efforts...
Mike J. Walker
May 25, 20115 min read
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Getting Enterprise Architects to the Business Decision Making Table
At the recent Troux Worldwide Conference I spoke on the panel with three other Enterprise Architecture industry experts. We discussed or...
Mike J. Walker
May 23, 20113 min read
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TM Forum Frameworx and TOGAF Alignment
Recently launched at the Open Group meeting in London last week a venture between The Open Group and the TM Forum produced a 110 page...
Mike J. Walker
May 19, 20112 min read
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Speaking at the Troux Enterprise Architecture Conference
I had the pleasure of being asked to speak on the Industry Perspectives Panel at the very first Troux Enterprise Architecture conference...
Mike J. Walker
Mar 21, 20112 min read
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