EA Forum Archive

Topic / Speaker Synopsis Date Presentation
Moving From Checkmate to Archimate by Louw Labuschagne, Real IRM

ArchiMate is an exciting new development within The Open Group that is focused on providing mechanisms to support enterprise architects in describing, analyzing and visualizing the relationships between business domains in an unambiguous way. The aim of this presentation is to introduce the Archimate Language to South African architects with a special focus on describing the key elements of the notation. A sample set of domain viewpoints described by ArchiMate is also discussed and explained.

 Nov 2008 Download
Business Requirements, Use Cases, and EA Assets… by Marius Snel, Nedbank

This presentation describes how Nedbank has improved the quality of business requirements by using an Enterprise Architecture approach to identify and create processes from which use cases are defined and automatically generated for solution development.

 Oct 2008 Download
Enterprise Architecture in Support of Project Execution by Etienne Venter, Woolworths

This presentation includes the manner in which the domain architectures are used in the solution architecture to support project execution. The solution architecture comprises project definition, business requirement specifications, system requirement specifications and application integration specifications.

 Aug 2008 Download
Solution Architecture for Eskom Distribution by Krystal Raptopoulos, Eskom

Following on from Shannon Naidoo’s successful presentation at the Enterprise Architecture Practitioners’ Conference in June, this presentation outlines the history of Solution Architecture modelling at Eskom Distribution. Particular emphasis is placed on the usage of the Solution Architecture domain and examples of solution models representing various views of the application and/or integration are discussed.

 Jul 2008 Download
Life Assurance Industry EA Event by Stuart Macgregor, Real IRM and Freda du Toit, SDT Financial Software Solutions

Event took place during July 2008 at Emperors Palace, Johannesburg, South Africa.

 Jul 2008 Download
Enterprise Architecture Practitioners' Conference by Various

Event took place in Johannesburg during June 2008. Please follow this link for the program: http://www.opengroup.org/johannesburg2008/program.htm

 Jun 2008 Download
Taking TOGAF™ Forward by Stuart Macgregor, Real IRM

Where is the information?

 Apr 2008 Download
Benchmark for IT Architects by Paul van der Merwe, Real IRM

The Open Group has developed an IT Architect Certification (ITAC) programme in response to the growing demand for IT Architects with a proven track record of success. The programme sets an independent, industry-wide standard for IT Architects that validates their skills, experience and success in architecting solutions across the whole lifecycle.

 Feb 2008 Download
The Role of EA in ICT Strategy by Johan van Tonder, Anglo Platinum

Anglo Platinum used principles developed by their EA practice to guide the development of their ICT Strategy. This included both the directing and organising of the ICT function.

 Nov 2007 Download
Telkom Realises Returns from Reference Architectures by Peter Waugh, Telkom

Telkom SA maximised the value gained from reference architectures; e-TOM, TAM, SID and TOGAF, to create an effective enterprise architecture.

 Sep 2007 Download

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