Presentations Archive

TOGAF 10th Edition
EA Forum Presentation Stuart Macgregor EA Forum Presentation Stuart Macgregor

TOGAF 10th Edition

Stuart Macgregor's presentation is an overview of the new TOGAF Standard 10th Edition. It focuses on some key aspects, including the new structure of the standard: the Core Standard and the TOGAF Series Guides, as well as the extension of the certification programme. In addition, the presentation looks at the significant updates and enhancements in the 10th Edition and their relevance to us in Africa

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Why is Data Integration so Difficult?
EA Forum Presentation Chris Harding EA Forum Presentation Chris Harding

Why is Data Integration so Difficult?

Dr Chris Harding explores the data integration context including why data is integrated, what kind of data is integrated, and he looks at the pain points and issues. In addition, Chis reviews the developments in data integration practices and technology, including Data Virtualisation, Data Fabric, Data Mesh, and Data Platforms.

As part of this presentation, Chris also touches on how The Open Group standards; TOGAF, the O-AA (Open Agile Architecture), and the DPBok (Digital Practitioners’ Body of Knowledge) can help and support architects engaged in data integration projects.

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How Is Your Agile Today?
EA Forum Presentation Adriaan Vorster EA Forum Presentation Adriaan Vorster

How Is Your Agile Today?

In a world where Agile has been elevated to the Ultimate Silver Bullet, with world-leading consultancies establishing Agile consulting teams, Adriaan Vorster takes a slightly irreverent look at what Agile is all about (and what it is not).

By investigating the Agile environment from a Control Systems perspective Adriaan Vorster will attempt to pare concepts to the bone and propose a way of managing complex environments with significant uncertainty by using a simple rule-based approach.

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Architecture Blueprint for a Global Company Merger
EA Forum Presentation Mark Van Bavel EA Forum Presentation Mark Van Bavel

Architecture Blueprint for a Global Company Merger

In his presentation, Mark van Bavel, Executive Vice President, Digital Platform Architecture at NTT Limited, will describe how Enterprise Architecture was used to formulate the strategy to both integrate and transform the organisation. Their strategy was to enable the integration, consolidation and digital transformation of the entire organisation. Mark will include details of the architecture approach, technology strategy, blueprint, methodology and tools they used.

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Business Insights as a Service - Cultivating Data Citizenship
EA Forum Presentation Ana Moreira EA Forum Presentation Ana Moreira

Business Insights as a Service - Cultivating Data Citizenship

At this month’s EA Forum, Data Architect, Ana Moreira, will describe how they set up a data architecture for a Data Analytics platform that enables Data Citizenship. She will discuss how the architecture leverages Cloud infrastructure as well as metadata-driven data processing mechanisms to provide speedier delivery to address business requirements

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Standard Bank's New Ways of Working
EA Forum Presentation Josef Langerman EA Forum Presentation Josef Langerman

Standard Bank's New Ways of Working

At this month’s EA Forum, Josef has returned to share his experiences at Standard Bank during the past two years. His presentation will focus on business transformation and the role that Programme and Portfolio management have played. He will also touch on culture as the key differentiator and the role that Enterprise Architects can play in guiding the organisation.

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The Game Plan Canvas
EA Forum Presentation Suren Naidoo EA Forum Presentation Suren Naidoo

The Game Plan Canvas

The Game Plan Canvas is a simple tool for crafting strategies across the IT Value Chain. Based on the popular Business Model Canvas from strategyzer.com, it is composed of 9 building blocks that allow for the development of a common language for strategy development within the Enterprise IT context.

At this month’s EA Forum, The Foshini Group’s Suren Naidoo, will set the context for, and take us through the Game Plan Canvas to show how it can be leveraged for different scenarios.

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e-Government Architecture Framework
EA Forum Presentation Romi Vidmar EA Forum Presentation Romi Vidmar

e-Government Architecture Framework

Through e-Government initiatives, South Africa’s Government seeks to provide improved services, greater public service efficiencies and cost containment. These endeavours meet and have met with varying levels of success since 1998.

In this month’s EA Forum, Romi Vidmar, ESM Architect at SARS, will take us through a newly-proposed framework of twelve architectural artefacts which aims to facilitate the successful use of the Government Wide Enterprise Architecture (GWEA) framework and ICT governance

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TOGAF Business Architecture in Practice
EA Forum Presentation Jason Bell EA Forum Presentation Jason Bell

TOGAF Business Architecture in Practice

As part of the TOGAF 9.2 standard, The Open Group released the TOGAF Series Guides which contain detailed guidance on how to use the TOGAF framework. Included in this set are Guides on Business Models, Business Capabilities, Value Streams, Business Scenarios, and Information Mapping.

At this month’s EA Forum, Michael Payne will provide an overview of these TOGAF Series Guides and show how these support the new TOGAF Business Architecture Level 1 qualification. He will also take us through some of the requirements for establishing a sustainable business architecture capability, as well as some of the considerations and issues Business Architects may face

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Putting The Open Group EMMM Models to Work
EA Forum Presentation Mike Woodhall EA Forum Presentation Mike Woodhall

Putting The Open Group EMMM Models to Work

The Open Group EMMM forum commenced work on mining business models in 2008. Their first published model was the ‘Exploration and Mining Business Process Reference Model’, and was followed by the ‘Exploration and Mining Business Capability Reference Map’. In this presentation, Mike Woodhall will show how these reference models have been used at MineRP as the foundation for their understanding of the mining business. He will also discuss how their employees, clients and ecosystem partners have benefited from this approach.

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Security-by-Design in Enterprise Architecture
EA Forum Presentation Ngoie Wandelewe EA Forum Presentation Ngoie Wandelewe

Security-by-Design in Enterprise Architecture

The strategic importance of Information Security for organisations is gaining momentum. The current surge in cyber threats is compelling organisations to invest in information security to protect their assets. Rushing to protect assets often comes with the expense of excessive technology adoption without a valid strategic foundation. Enterprise Security Architecture is geared to address these issues but is frequently misaligned with Enterprise Architecture.

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Debunking Technology Trend Myths
EA Forum Presentation Gerhard Botha EA Forum Presentation Gerhard Botha

Debunking Technology Trend Myths

The latest technology trends seem to promise almost magical results….. Artificial Intelligence will take over the world, the Internet of Things is everywhere, and everything is in the cloud. In this presentation, Lead Enterprise Architect, Gerhard Botha, separates the magical from the mythical and debunks the myths surrounding these technology trends so that we can focus on the real value they can deliver.

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Architecting Solutions for the Cloud
EA Forum Presentation Michael Needham EA Forum Presentation Michael Needham

Architecting Solutions for the Cloud

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the fastest-growing and first IT company in history to reach $10 Billion in revenue. In this presentation, Michael Needham focuses on how Amazon innovates at a break-neck pace through its culture, organisation and technology while still operationally running workloads of 1 Million+ customer.

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Approaches to Business Architecture
EA Forum Presentation Michael Payne EA Forum Presentation Michael Payne

Approaches to Business Architecture

In this presentation Michael Payne debates the merits of placing Business Architecture within an organisation’s Business, IT or Enterprise Architecture departments. He examines some of the options available to organisations starting out with Business Architecture, and touches on Business Architecture engagement models.

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ArchiMate 3.0 - Trick or Treat?
EA Forum Presentation Bruno Vandenborre EA Forum Presentation Bruno Vandenborre

ArchiMate 3.0 - Trick or Treat?

In this presentation, Bruno Vandenborre, The Open Group accredited trainer at Real IRM, explores the purpose and utility of the new version of the ArchiMate standard. As well as a look at the updates and changes to the new version, he discusses the various responses and critiques to ArchiMate, and provides insight into how ArchiMate benefits the South African market.

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