Start of the journey
December 12th, 2009
Start of the journey
This is the beginning of the journey to developing a flourishing professional body. Since it is the Association of rather than for Open Group Enterprise Architects, its success is going to be mostly down to the members.
To start out, we have announced the AOGEA and opened it up to membership now, even though the launch is scheduled for the beginning of February 2007 at the Open Group conference and Member Meeting, if for no other reason than we might not have everything right and we can use that time to get your feedback on improvement points……. don’t wait to be asked.
We also need to start getting you engaged as soon as possible. There is much to be done. Although The Open Group members are responsible for TOGAF and for programs such as ITAC there is a lot more that needs to get done. For example, if we are going to develop a real profession we need to develop a code of ethics and a process for policing them. This is a something for an AOGEA Work Group …….
We will also need to have special interest groups. These might be industry specific or subject specific. And we will need Chapters, for local networking among AOGEA members.
This could be very exciting. If you would like to start a Work Group, SIG or a Chapter or just get involved, let me know………
Finally we will have a Bulletin Board where members can post questions and hopefully other members can give them some help.
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Thank you for posting this very interesting post.
I would like to challenge your opinion. If all Architects have to be former practioners in the technologies they use in their architecture then:
- How do we then make holistic approaches to architecture? If architects are to be restricted by what they have been practising?
- How do we architect with new technologies? Do we have to change the architects.
- How do we make sure that architects understand the non-technical perspective?
I feel tempted to make another thesis:
“To architect a solution you have to have experience from the the business-area you are architecting for”.
To be honest I do not believe in either.
The most important caracteristics for an architect is to:
- Be a quick learner
- Have no prejudices for or against technologies, but be able to learn about and select the right one for the right solution.
- Have an open mind, being a good listener when the businnes explains ther needs.
My apologies, comment put on the wrong post