Enterprise Architecture Knowledge Digest

The mission of the Association of Enterprise Architecture (a|EA) is to provide a global forum for the advancement of the profession and practice of enterprise architecture.

High level overview of the integrated EA Framework and Meta Model from Inspired

Work area for the upcoming a|EA Enterprise Architecture Management Guide

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is an agency that works for Congress and the American people. Congress asks GAO to study the programs and expenditures of the federal government. GAO, commonly called the investigative arm of Congress or the congressional watchdog, is independent and nonpartisan. It studies how the federal government spends taxpayer dollars. GAO advises Congress and the heads of executive agencies (such as Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Department of Defense, DOD, and Health and Human Services, HHS) about ways to make government more effective and responsive. GAO evaluates federal programs, audits federal expenditures, and issues legal opinions. When GAO reports its findings to Congress, it recommends actions. Its work leads to laws and acts that improve government operations, and save billions of dollars.

ISO 15704:2000, Requirements for enterprise-reference architectures and methodologies, places the concepts used in methodologies and references architectures such as ARIS, CIMOSA, GRAI/GIM, IEM, PERA, and ENV 40 003 within an encompassing conceptual framework that allows the coverage and completeness of any such approach to be assessed. The IS draws heavily on the work of the IFAC/IFIP Task Force on Enterprise Integration and on previous work from Purdue University. The conceptual framework is textual and relatively informal. It does not provide a basis for actual implementations and requires understanding of the field to apply. An informative annex to this standard details the Generalized Enterprise Reference Architecture and Methodology (GERAM) prepared by the IFAC/IFIP Task Force. Amendment 1 that adds informative annexes for an Economic View and a Decision View as alternative views of an enterprise model is in preparation for ballot. A systematic review of ISO 15704 will begin in 2005. Intended audience: Enterprise-modeling specialists assessing the suitability of a methodology for their needs.

History and Future of the Internet

Business interaction patterns identify the interaction between users, businesses, and data. Business patterns are used to create simple, end-to-end e-business applications.

The Institute for Software Research International, Executive and Professional Education, offers training courses with certification exams in the domain of Enterprise Architecture (EA).

University course managed and taught by Dr John Gøtze of Copenhagen Business School, but offered at the IT University of Copenhagen. The course is offered also on open university. This 12-week masters class gives information technology practioners and university students students an introduction to enterprise architecture. Dr Scott Bernard's textbook is course material.

Magic Quadrant for Business Process Analysis Tools

The Institute For Enterprise Architecture Developments Enterprise Architecture / Systems Architecture Tools Overview