Enterprise Architecture

The importance of an organization’s Enterprise Architecture (EA) cannot be overstated. Organizations will only succeed in meeting these internal and external challenges through the effective development, implementation and use of their EA.

The organization’s EA provides the framework to help establish the necessary business foundation, providing the strategic and operational direction for the business, and environment for the effective integration of processes, information, and data.

The Objectives for This Intensive Two-Day Seminar Include:

1. Understanding the dynamic “change” environment, critical events driving major business transformation

2. Understanding the organization’s Global Value Chain and strategic coupling with EA

3. Learning the concepts, principles and rationale for the EA

4. Learning approaches, techniques, tools and methodologies used for the planning, organizing, designing, developing, implementing the EA

5. Learning the EA in addressing key business process, information, data and IT issues both inside and outside the organization

6. Understanding how a dynamic EA provides the effective strategic decision-making framework for organizations in the context of its strategic environment

7. Identifying the critical factors for success for the effective use of an EA

Participants will gain valuable insights into EA concepts and principles; various approaches and methodologies for the development and use of an EA, and the value of the EA as an important integrative tool to be used by both business and IT managers.

Presenter - Edward G Lewis, President, Enterprise Transformation Group

Edward G Lewis is one the leading authorities on enterprise transformation. Today a distinguished professor and internationally respected consultant, Lewis was the first CIO in the U.S. Federal Government as the Chief Information Officer and Assistant Secretary for Information Resources Management, Department of Veterans Affairs under President George H W Bush.

As an international consultant and educator, his career in strategic management and information technology spans 40 years. His clients include PEMEX, Microsoft, Lattelekom, Ericsson, INESC, Factor de Equilibrio, Banco Portugal, Steelcase, Telecom Italia, US WEST, BDM, Mobil Oil, Lockheed Martin, USDA, Texas Guaranteed, and Quest Diagnostics.

In 2001, Ted was appointed by President George W. Bush to a four-year term on the Board of Directors for the National Veterans Business Development Corporation, responsible for developing and implementing information and resource programs to assist veterans in their entrepreneurial and small business activities.

In 1989, Ted was appointed by then President George H. W. Bush to the sub-cabinet position of Assistant Secretary for Information Resource Management, becoming the very first Chief Information Officer in the U.S. Federal Government. As Chief Information Officer, he was responsible for overseeing a large information technology environment, including over 4,300 IT employees, a $600 million annual IT budget, four large data processing centers, and all major information technology projects.