The Open Group 25th Anniversary Global Virtual Event

Conference Presentation
Written By Stuart Macgregor

The Open Group South Africa participated in the The Open Group 25th Anniversary Global Virtual Event on 27 October 2021.

This was a celebration of 25 years of the open digital standards produced by The Open Group. The event was hosted in different parts of the world including Shanghai, Mumbai, London, Sao Paulo, San Francisco, Tokyo, Boston and Johannesburg.

Wednesday, October 27, 2021 - 09:00

The Open Group in South Africa
Stuart Macgregor, Chief Executive of The Open Group South Africa and Real IRM
This presentation is a look at the vision created for The Open Group South Africa from its founding to today and into the future.

TOGAF for Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Paul van der Merwe, Head of Enterprise Architecture at Standard Bank Group
Paul van der Merwe shares his practical experience of applying TOGAF at some of the country’s largest banks, and will provide insight into what the future holds for the TOGAF standard:

Stuart Macgregor

Stuart Macgregor is the CEO of Real IRM and The Open Group - South Africa. Through his personal achievements, he has gained the reputation of an Enterprise Architecture and IT Governance specialist, both in South Africa and internationally. Stuart is a member of John Zachman’s advisory committee, and is openly obsessed with Enterprise Architecture with a definite business bias.

Stuart served as an officer of The Open Group Architecture Forum and fulfilled a liaison role between The Open Group and ISACA. He has participated in the development of both COBIT® and TOGAF® over a number of years; including the COBIT 5 development workshops held in London and Washington. As the lead researcher, Stuart led the mapping of COBIT to TOGAF® which was published by ISACA and The Open Group.

As a founding member of the Exploration, Mining, Metals and Minerals (EMMM) Forum of The Open Group, Stuart helped to establish the first industry vertical Forum within The Open Group. The EMMM Forum went on to create industry reference models for process and capabilities - The Business Process Reference Model and the Business Capability Reference Map. These reference models have been used globally by thousands of individuals across various industries.

In the role of lead consultant, Stuart has assisted numerous organizations to establish their Enterprise Architecture practices and has also used COBIT to develop IT Governance frameworks for NYSE Top 100 companies. While participating in the development of the TOGAF standard, Stuart drove the adoption of TOGAF in South Africa and continues to evangelise the discipline of Enterprise Architecture and The Open Group standards through speaking opportunities, professional services engagements, and TOGAF and Zachman Framework training.

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