Business Architecture Guild News!

EUROPEAN BUSINESS ARCHITECTURE INNOVATION SUMMIT TO BE HELD IN BERLIN

Administrator Post — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 20:39:03 GMT

The Business Architecture Guild and Object Management Group (OMG) are excited to announce the European Business Architecture Innovation Summit: a two-day practitioner-focused event on June 18^th and 19^th, 2013 in Berlin, Germany. The Summit brings together practitioners and industry experts to share business architecture best practices, deployment strategies and real life experiences.

“Business architecture is delivering real value to organizations and we are excited to bring these practitioner experiences to Europe,” said William Ulrich, President of the Business Architecture Guild and Summit Co-chair. “The cross-section of industries presented at the Summit demonstrates the wide applicability of business architecture from a global perspective.”

The Berlin summit will focus on Europe’s unique business situation with practitioners sharing stories on how they deployed business architecture at their organizations. Speakers will discuss the use and success of business architecture within the financial, insurance, manufacturing, transportation, healthcare, agribusiness and service industries from a global perspective. Highlighted practitioners include:

· Michael Clark, VP, Lead Business Designer, JPMorgan Chase
· Eric Karsten, Senior Manager, Enterprise Engineering, Ford
· Tim Blaxall, Chief Business Architect, Global Life Division, Zurich Insurance Services
· Jasper Lentjes, Innovation Manager, Vlastuin Group
· Andy Sommers, Business Architect, the Capital Group Business Architect
· Diana Krohn, Principal Enterprise Architect, United Airlines
· Steve DuPont, Associate Technical Fellow, Enterprise Architecture, The Boeing Company

The Summit will also include presentations from leading industry experts along with an authors’ panel discussion. In addition, practitioner panel sessions will allow attendees to have focused discussions with the speaker to share solution-oriented best practices.

Attendees of the OMG technical meeting being held that week may attend the summit at no additional cost. For all other attendees, there is a $395 USD fee.

For a complete list of speakers and panelists and more information on this exciting event, please visit http://www.omg.org/news/meetings/tc/berlin-13/special-events/European_Business_Architecture_Info_Day.htm

The Business Architecture Guild is an international, not-for-profit membership organization that provides valuable resources to business architecture practitioners and others interested in the field. The Guild promotes best practices and expands the knowledgebase of the Business Architecture discipline and is the source of “A Guide to the Business Architecture Body of Knowledge (BIZBOK™). For more information visit www.businessarchitectureguild.org.

OMG is an international, open membership, not-for-profit computer industry standards consortium. OMG Task Forces develop enterprise integration standards for a wide range of technologies and an even wider range of industries. OMG’s modeling standards, including the Unified Modeling Language (UML) and Model Driven Architecture (MDA) enable powerful visual design, execution and maintenance of software and other processes. For more information go to www.omg.org.

Announcing Business Architecture Body of Knowledge 3.0

Administrator Post — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 15:51:30 GMT

The Business Architecture Guild Launches “A Guide to the Business Architecture Body of Knowledge” (BIZBOK™ Guide) 3.0

The Business Architecture Guild is proud to announce a new release of A Guide to the Business Architecture Body of Knowledge (BIZBOK™ Guide) V3.0. Business architecture helps organizations improve customer experience, market analysis, partner alignment, product delivery, merger and acquisition deployment, and business transformation efforts. As demand grows, practitioners are seeking increasingly sophisticated ways to leverage this rapidly growing discipline.

The Business Architecture Guild produces the BIZBOK™ Guide in a series of iterative stages to incorporate the practice-based experience and expertise of Guild members who represent a large and growing community of practice. Each content release builds upon previous releases, expanding the breadth of practice and depth of content. This community of practice represents hundreds of organizations, in multiple industries, across six continents.

The BIZBOK™ Guide V3.0 highlights include expanded capability mapping and value mapping sections, building on business architecture efforts underway across a number of industries. New blueprint sections address product and service mapping, initiative mapping, and stakeholder mapping. The BIZBOK™ Guide V3.0 also focuses on alignment to related business disciplines, including new practice-based sections that align business architecture with the Osterwalder business model framework and Lean Six Sigma, as well as expanded sections on leveraging business architecture in conjunction with case management and business process management.

The BIZBOK™ Guide Part six has been introduced to address business architecture / IT architecture alignment. New sections address business architecture and enterprise architecture, including DoDAF and TOGAF alignment; business architecture and requirements analysis, business architecture and application portfolio management; business architecture and Services Oriented Architecture; business architecture and data architecture; and business-driven business / IT transformation. Additional updates include the early addition of industry reference models, an updated glossary, and various other refinements.

The BIZBOK™ Guide will continue to evolve based on member forums for advanced and interest–based discussions, feedback webinars, collaboration groups and Guild sponsored events. Future releases will continue to reflect best practices as business architecture continues to deliver business value to organizations worldwide.

About the Business Architecture Guild:

The purpose of the Business Architecture Guild is to promote best practices and expand the knowledgebase of the business architecture discipline. The Guild is a not for profit, international membership organization for practitioners and others interested in the developing the field of business architecture. With members on six continents, a strong Advisory Board and a growing number of business partners, the Guild will continue to serve as a focal point for the evolving business architecture practices and disciplines.

Business Architecture Innovation Summit -- DC, March 2013

Administrator Post — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 17:35:25 GMT

Sponsored By OMG Business Architecture Special Interest Group & The Business Architecture Guild present a two-day practitioner-focused event on March 19-20, 2013 in Reston, VA.

Registration now available at a discounted rate for Guild members only.

The Business Architecture Innovation Summit will feature business practitioners from industry and government to share stories about how they deployed business architecture in their organizations and discuss pitfalls and benefits. Panel sessions allow attendees to have focused discussions with practitioners and practice leaders, going beyond the superficial and focusing on solution oriented disciplines and practices.

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The Guild Community opens for members

Administrator Post — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 20:21:40 GMT

What is the Guild Community?

The Guild Community is a replacement for our current forums. It is a private online community designed specifically for professional associations. Our goal in providing this space is three-fold.

1. We want to build a stronger association for business architecture practitioners from all over the globe.

2. We want to provide improved and increased opportunities for our members to provide feedback and input to the BIZBOK™. We have established a collaboration team focused on developing our information sharing practices and enabling our collegial, contributory relationships within the Guild Community.

3. We want to be the place-to-go for Business Architecture knowledge. We are creating A Guide to the Business Architecture Body of Knowledge (BIZBOK™) specifically in support of that goal, and with the addition of the Community we will be able to cultivate a high quality repository of Business Architecture knowledge. In addition to enhanced opportunities for a more sophisticated, satisfying level of discussion than you can find elsewhere, the community provides valuable content management tools such as tagging, search, topic hierarchies, content ratings, file libraries, etc. We hope to make the professional development of Business Architects lot simpler and more rewarding with our collected and maturing knowledgebase.

For more information and how we plan to engage our members in feedback and collaboration , please go to this page.

Four new members to the Board of Directors

Mon, 09 Jul 2012 16:33:46 GMT

July 2^nd, 10 a.m. PT – The Business Architecture Guild announces the addition of four new board members. The new board members bring invaluable expertise to the Guild as it continues to expand its outreach, enhances its partnering abilities, and collaboratively develops an evolving Body of Knowledge (BOK). The new Board members include:

Tammy Adams, a well-regarded project facilitator and strategic thinker. Tammy’s skill set brings additional focus to the creation of the profession’s BOK, and improved benefits to the Guild’s current members. Tammy will serve as the Guild’s Chairman of the Board.

Robert Bratulic, who is applying his expertise in organizational change to the newly created role of Editor-in-Chief. His ability to visualize a project outcome, communicate with all stakeholders, formalize outcomes, and prioritize goals has clarified the process of creating an evolving, living body of knowledge for all involved.

Greg Geracie, another new board member who brings invaluable skills and experience to the Business Architecture Guild. A best–selling author who is leading the industry effort to develop the product management body of knowledge (ProdBOK®), Greg’s experience is invaluable. Greg is co-ordinating partnering requests from industry organizations, and helping to expand our outreach to prospective members across the globe.

Linda Finley, our newest Board member and we are very excited to have her experience, energy, and love of collaborative teamwork contributing to our organization. Linda is the co-chair and Board liaison to our Collaboration team, working with the Guild’s associate level members on channeling the power of their feedback and input into future releases of the BOK.

“It gives me great pleasure to see the quality of individuals that have chosen to join our Board of Directors. I look forward to their many contributions and I’m confident that their experience and skills will speed along our critical growth objectives.”

- William Ulrich, President of the Business Architecture Guild

For brief bios of the board of directors, click here.

The Guild has made several additional changes to its organizational structure.

John Machiski of Daiichi Sankyo Inc. has agreed to step into the role of co-chair of the Collaboration team as well as the member representative for this team. John’s taking the lead on creating goals based on collaboration outcomes.

Steve DuPont of the Boeing Company has joined the Advisory Board. We value Steve’s passion and look forward to his input.

Whynde Melaragno, of STA Group, has stepped down as our Guild secretary, but has been added to our advisory board. We are very grateful for her past contributions and continued commitment to the work of the Guild.

Janice Lewis, of Pfizer, Inc., has agreed to step into the role of Secretary beginning July, 2012. We look forward to working with Janice.

About:

The primary purpose of the Business Architecture Guild is to promote best practices and expand the knowledgebase of the Business Architecture discipline. We are the place to go for business architecture knowledge. We are building Business Architecture Body of Knowledge (BIZBOK™) with the input of our authors, advisory board and members. We are happy to have so many industry practitioners recognize and rally around our efforts.

Revised Draft ToC for BIZBOK™ 3.0 is now posted

Administrator Post — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 01:27:18 GMT

The draft ToC is posted here for the public. If you like what you see, please visit the Join Us page

For the members it is posted on the member pages We would like your feedback and collaboration.

Draft Table of Contents for Handbook 3.0

Administrator Post — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 01:34:46 GMT

The draft Table of Contents has been posted to the member Handbook discussion Page for review and comment

Section 1: Introduction released to the public

Administrator Post — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 20:11:27 GMT

The Board of Directors of the Business Architecture Guild has voted to release Section 1: Introduction of the Business Architecture Body of Knowledge Handbook™ to the public.

Originally released to Guild members for review in August of 2011, this section has been reviewed, revised and re-released in Handbook 2.0 - January 2012. It is our pleasure to release it now for use by practitioners everywhere. Please see our Resources page to view or download Section 1.

Business Architecture Body of Knowledge Handbook 2.0

Administrator Post — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:04:37 GMT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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BUSINESS ARCHITECTURE BODY OF KNOWLEDGE HANDBOOK 2.0

Jan. 30, 2012

Business Architecture Guild is proud to announce Business Architecture Body of Knowledge Handbook 2.0. Business architecture helps organizations improve customer experience, market analysis, partner alignment, product delivery, merger and acquisition deployment, and business transformation efforts. As demand grows, practitioners are seeking increasingly sophisticated ways to leverage this rapidly growing discipline. To meet this demand, Handbook 2.0 incorporates twelve new sections and subsections focused on blueprint creation, practice guidelines and scenario templates .... (read more)

Chicago event

Administrator Post — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 20:18:15 GMT

November 12 - 14, 2012

Hyatt Regency O’Hare

www.projectsummit.com/chicago

For more information on member discounts, click here (you must be logged in)

Business Architecture Guild Event!

Administrator Post — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 19:57:12 GMT

This event has passed. See our Events page for information on future events.

Business Architecture: Taking it to the Next Level

Co-Sponsored By OMG Business Architecture Special Interest Group & The Business Architecture Guild

Wednesday, March 21, 2012 – Reston, Virginia USA

Guild members registering for this event receive a $50 discount. For more information and how to register using the Guild member discount, please go to the member pages. If you are interested in attending this event and would like to recieve the member discount, check out our Membership Benefits and go to the Join Us page. Otherwise scroll down for more information.

Business Architecture: Taking it to the Next Level is a one-day only event featuring business leaders from various industry and government organizations sharing stories about how business architecture helps their organizations. Panel sessions will allow attendees to have focused discussions with practitioners and practice leaders, going beyond the superficial and focusing on solution oriented approaches and best practices. Come and join us as we take business architecture to the next level. For the complete press release, go here.

There will be a Guild member advisory meeting the follow day.

This event is open to the public. For more information and registration details, follow this link http://www.omg.org/news/meetings/tc/dc-12/special-events/Business_Architecture_Info_Day.htm

Group Forums moved to Member Pages, What's New at the Guild Blog, New whitepaper added

Administrator Post — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:12:50 GMT

Group Forums are moved to the Member pages. Most of our members signed up for groups when they registered. Many signed up for several. You can create topics, new groups and talk privately.

The Guild Blog is ready for guest bloggers. We've got a post up from Advisory Board member Steve Dean. Read it, make a comment, ask a question, or just say Hi. We are releasing a new blog post about every month. If you are interested in blogging for us, starting early next year, contact admin@businessarchitectureguild.org.

We've added a new whitepaper on Business Architecture and sustainability to our Resources page, written by co-founder Whynde Melaragno. We think many of you will find this paper really interesting. (We've "gone Green" in a smaller way here at the Guild, by releasing our early work in progress content digitally. When Handbook 2.0 arrives, Handbook 1.0 will be archived - no paper waste.) The whitepaper discusses the concept of sustainability and relates it to the implementation of Business Architecture in several ways. The link is posted at the Business Architecture Forum for discussion and comment.

Table of Contents 2.0, New Guild Blog post and 2 New Resources

Administrator Post — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 20:44:31 GMT

For Members Only

We've posted a working version of the Table of Contents for Handbook 2.0 Please go to the Member-Only Handbook discussion forum. We need your input! (for non-members, the Table of Contents for Handbook 1.0 is still posted on the F.A.Q.page)

For Members, Visitors and Guests

Advisory Board member Steve Dean - Blue Cross/Blue Shield of North Carolina has a new Guild Blog post. We've also moved an older post by Advisory Board member Andrew Guitarte of Well Fargo & Company to the General Business Architecture Discussion Forum.

Based on our Member Survey results, we have posted a PDf of the draft Glossary for Handbook 2.0 on the Resources page.

And we have a new article by our Honorary First Member, Diana Krohn. posted on the Resources page.

New Member-Only Handbook Discussion Forum is Available

Administrator Post — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:17:40 GMT

Go to the Member Pages for the new forum. We've posted a video narration and discussion introduction of 3 of the concepts illustrated in the Business Architecture Body of Knowledge Handbook™. Let us know in the comments what you think and if you find the videos helpful as conversation starters.

Interview with Founder and Author William Ulrich - take a listen

Administrator Post — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 17:40:27 GMT

Audio interview with Abbie Lundberg. About 20 minutes. Includes information about The Business Architecture Guild, the Business Architecture Body of Knowledge Handbook™, a business architecture overview, and a couple of examples of how business architecture is being applied in organizations today.

A Practical Guide to Business Architecture

Business Architecture Guild Announces the Inaugural Edition of the Business Architecture Body of Knowledge Handbook in Conjunction with Opening of Guild Membership to the Public

Administrator Post — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:49:00 GMT

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August 24, 2011 - The inaugural edition of the Business Architecture Body of Knowledge Handbook™ was released today to members of the Business Architecture Guild. The release is based on the collaborative effort of a cadre of business architecture experts with input from an expert Advisory Board of corporate, government, academic and industry leaders. The Handbook is an evolving, living document that will continue to develop over time in response to the input, experiences and needs of practitioners in the field. In conjunction with the inaugural release, the Business Architecture Guild is pleased to announce that application for the Associate Level membership in the Guild is now open to business architecture practitioners and those interested in the field of Business Architecture.

According to William Ulrich, a founding member of the Guild Board of Directors, “The Business Architecture Guild is not only publishing a comprehensive, meaningful and evolving Body of Knowledge that incorporates feedback from practicing business architects, but is also providing a professional membership community that offers opportunities for ongoing knowledge sharing and networking.”

The Business Architecture Body of Knowledge Handbook™ organizes best practice-based disciplines into an easy to use handbook specifically aimed at the business architecture practitioner.

Included in the inaugural release are the Table of Contents, Introduction section, Capability Mapping section, Value Mapping section and the Business Architecture Glossary. A feedback structure is provided with the Handbook. With input from members, the Business Architecture Guild is planning a second release with more content for the fall of 2011. Members of the Guild will find that the Handbook is a sustainable, easily accessible online publication that they can refer to on a frequent basis.

Using the Body of Knowledge Handbook, practicing organizations will be able to quickly understand business architecture and begin to apply this important discipline to priority business challenges across a number of different business scenarios. Neal McWhorter, Jim Rhyne, Mike Rosen, Greg Suddreth and William Ulrich are the primary authors of the Handbook. They are practicing business architects who work closely with organizations to develop business-driven solutions across a variety of industries and government environments.

Membership in the Business Architecture Guild offers more than just access to the Business Architecture Body of Knowledge Handbook™. In addition to actively seeking feedback from members on the Handbook, the Guild has created an interactive website with discussion forums, a searchable member directory to promote social networking and other opportunities for members to form an online community where they can connect, share ideas, learn from one another and help to expand the practice of business architecture.

Diana Krohn, the Business Architecture Guild’s first member, stated that ”For anyone interested in business architecture, already working in the field, or exploring the idea of becoming a business architect, the Business Architecture Guild provides a member-based community where knowledge of the field can be shared and expanded. This is an exciting milestone in the formalization of the business architecture practice and its community."

The Business Architecture Guild is a not-for-profit corporation. For more information, go to www.businessarchitectureguild.org or contact info@businessarchitectureguild.org.

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