Enterprise Architecture Links

Open Group news – today they announced the availability of the latest version of its industry standard enterprise architecture framework, TOGAF, version 9 [2/2/09]

Resources for Enterprise Architects

  • The Association for Open Group Enterprise Architects AOGEA (and GEAO)
  • Center for the Advancement of the Enterprise Architecture Profession
  • Cutter Consortium's Enterprise Architecture Executive Report series. Ruth Malan and Dana Bredemeyer wrote the following reports in this executive report series:
    -- Innovation and agile architecture in "Getting Past "But...": Finding Opportunity and Making It Happen." August 2008. You can download a complimentary copy from See synopsis.
    -- "How to be a Great Enterprise Architect." August 2004. You can download this issue free at
    -- "Enterprise Architecture as Strategic Differentiator." June 2005. You can download a complimentary copy from
  • DCI Enterprise Architecture Network
  • Enterprise-Wide Information Technology Architecture (EWITA)
  • The Enterprise Architecture Community
  • The International Enterprise Architecture Center Knowledge Library
  • Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework (FEAF) EA Zone
  • Resources for Software Architects web site
  • The ArchiMate site
  • The SEI's Product Line Practice Site http://www.sei.cmu.edu/plp/framework.html
  • Unified Modeling Language (UML) Documentation
  • The Zachman Institute for Framework Advancement (ZIFA) site

Enterprise Architect Certification

  • The Open Group's IT Architect certification Bredemeyer Consulting's Visual Architecting Process (VAP) is one of the architecture methods recognized by The Open Group; see
  • Certification on the Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework (FEAF) and DODAF
  • Certification on The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF)
  • Microsoft Solution Architect Certification and Microsoft Infrastructure Architect Certification
  • Sun Certified Enterprise Architect See also SCEA Info at
  • Ed Tittel's "IT Architects: Blueprint for a Future Career," Certification Magazine, October 2005.

Enterprise Architect Skills

  • Bredemeyer's Architect Competency Framework,
  • TOGAF Architect Skills Framework,
  • Bredemeyer, Dana and Ruth Malan, "What it Takes to be a Great Enterprise Architect," Enterprise Architecture Executive Report, Cutter Consortium, August 2004. Cutter is running a promotion, and you can download this issue free at
  • Scott Bittler, Characteristics of an effective enterprise architect, itWorldCanada, May 18, 2005.
  • Brenda Michelson's blog post titled IT Linchpin 2006: The (Business-Driven) Enterprise Architect, January 8, 2006.

Classes and Seminars for Enterprise Architects

  • Architecture Training from Bredemeyer Consulting
  • 4-day Enterprise Architecture Workshop from Bredemeyer Consulting
  • 1-day Enterprise Architecture Seminar from Bredemeyer Consulting

Enterprise Architecture Conferences

  • Integrated EA Conference, London, UK, 24-25 Feb 2009
  • Gartner Enterprise Architecture Summit, Orlando, FL, 7 - 9 October 2009
  • Enterprise Architecture Conference Europe 2008, 9-11 June 2008, UK

Enterprise Architecture Frameworks

  • Bredemeyer Consulting's Business Capabilities Architecture Framework, Introductory slides
  • Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF)
  • Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework (FEAF): Overview by Systems and Software Consortium,
  • Federal Segment Architecture Methodology (FSAM) http://www.fsam.gov/
  • Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework (FEAF) and Federal Enterprise Architecture Reference Models, USA
  • MOD Architecture Framework (MODAF), UK
  • U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) Enterprise Architecture Framework
  • The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF)
  • Zachman EA Framework

Software Architecture Frameworks

  • Bredemeyer Consulting's Architecture Decision Model and Visual Architecting Process.
  • "Architectural Blueprints: The 4+1" View Model of Software Architecture", IEEE Software 12, November 1995,

Relevant Journal and Magazine Issues on Enterprise Architecture

  • IBM Systems Journal special issue on Enterprise Solutions Structure (with architecture as a focus)
  • GEAO Journal (the 2nd issue is due out in May 2006),
  • CIO's Architecture topic area and Enterprise Architect article

Blogs on Enterprise Architecture

  • EA Glossary blog on egov.blogs
  • Enterprise Architecture blog on egov.blogs
  • GotzeBlogged: Blogging eGovernment from EA to eDemocracy
  • James Hooper's Enterprise Architecture Journal blog,
  • Alan Inglis' Enterprise Architecture blog on Chief Architect
  • Ruth Malan's TraceInTheSand Architects/Architecting/Architecture journal notes
  • Nick Malik's Inside Architecture blog, and Dont walk in with a problem until you have a solution post, July 1, 2006.
  • Brad Meyer's Pragmatic Enterprise Architecture blog
  • Jim Parnitzke's Applied Enterprise Architecture bog

Enterprise Architecture Sites

Federal Enterprise Architecture Sites

  • Federal Enterprise Architecture site http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/egov/a-1-fea.html
  • ArchitecturePlus site http://www.itpolicy.gsa.gov/mke/archplus/others.htm
  • Department of Commerce IT Enterprise Architecture Home Page http://www.hpcc.noaa.gov/docita/
  • Department of Defense Joint Technical Architecture (DoD JTA)
  • Center for Disease Control IT Architecture (CDC ITA) http://www.cdc.gov/irmo/ea/default.htm
  • Department of Veteran's Affairs IT Architecture Program site http://www.va.gov/oirm/architecture/default.asp
  • Federal Enterprise Architecture Program Management Office, http://www.feapmo.gov/
  • HUD's Enterprise Architecture, http://www.hud.gov/offices/cio/ea/eamodel.cfm
  • NASCIO's Adaptive Enterprise Architecture Development Program Resources
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH) Enterprise Architecture website http://enterprisearchitecture.nih.gov

UK Government Enterprise Architecture Sites

  • Office of Government Commerce Successful Delivery Toolkit http://www.ogc.gov.uk/sdtoolkit/deliveryteam/briefings/businesschange/enterprise_arch.html

Agency Enterprise Architecture Sites

  • Chicago Operations Office Information Architecture, http://www.ch.doe.gov/programs/iap/chiap.html

State Enterprise Architecture Sites

  • State of California Enterprise Architecture http://www.cio.ca.gov/ITCouncil/Committees/ArchStandards.html
  • Commonwealth of Virginia
  • Department of Information Technology, Connecticut,
  • Kansas Statewide Technical Architecture site:
  • Kentucky’s EA site:
  • North Carolina’s Technical Architecture
  • Ohio’s EA web site:

Enterprise Architecture Case Studies and Reports

  • The Air Force C4 Architecture Planning Process, by Michael D. Riha,
  • Department of Energy Corporate Systems Information Architecture, Final Report (May 2000) http://cio.doe.gov/Publications/csia/CSIA_Final.PDF
  • Enterprise Architecture (version 1.0) from Stanford University, http://www.stanford.edu/group/APS/arch/
  • The Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework http://www.hpcc.noaa.gov/docita/files/federal_enterprise_arch_framework.pdf
  • A Practical Guide to the Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework http://www.hpcc.noaa.gov/docita/files/a_practical_guide_to_federal_enterprise_architecture.pdf
  • Gartner Report, The New Enterprise Architecture,
  • State of North Dakota Criminal Justice Information Sharing Technology Architecture Report, (May 2002),
  • United States General Accounting Office Report to Congress, "Enterprise Architecture Use Across Federal Government Can be Improved," from 2002 so no doubt out-of-date but does include the survey used to assess EA "maturity," http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d026.pdf
  • Architecture Maturity Model from the Department of Commerce, https://secure.cio.noaa.gov/hpcc/docita/files/acmm_ver_4.pdf

Other Enterprise Architecture Resources

  • Association of Enterprise Architects
  • Bredemeyer Consulting, Enterprise Architecture Services
  • Cutter Consortium, Enterprise Architecture Practice,
  • Enterprise-Wide IT Architecture (EWITA)
  • GEAO Newsletters
    - Issue 3 February 2005
    - Issue 4 April 2005
  • Intervista Institute, Building the Knowledge Enterprise
  • META Group, Enterprise Architecture Planning and Strategies,
  • MITRE's Enterprise Architecture Body of Knowledge (EABOK),
  • NASCIO's Enterprise Architecture site,
    - The States and Enterprise Architecture: How Far Have We Come? Findings from the NASCIO 2005 EA Assessment (October 2005)
    - NASCIO Enterprise Architecture Business Case Studies,
  • PatternShare Community EA Pattern Organization and Links
  • The Enterprise Newsletter (TEN)

Papers on Enterprise Architecture

  • Boster, Mark, Simon Liu, and Rob Thomas, "Getting the Most from your Enterprise Architecture", IT Pro, July/August 2000,
  • Bredemeyer, Dana and Ruth Malan, "What it Takes to be a Great Enterprise Architect," Enterprise Architecture Executive Report, Cutter Consortium, August 2004. Cutter is running a promotion, and you can download this issue free at
  • Burt, Carol, "Enterprise Architecture Whitepaper: Managed Migration to a Distributed Environment",
  • Cecere, Mark, "Architecting Architecture",
  • Finkelstein, Clive, "Enterprise Architecture For Senior Managers",
  • Grossman, Ira and James Sargent, "An IT Enterprise Architecture Process Model", http://www.hpcc.noaa.gov/docita/files/ita_process_paper.htm
  • Harvey, David, "The Role of Patterns in Enterprise Architecture",
  • Kaisler, Stephen, Frank Armour, Michael Valivullah, "Enterprise Architecting: Critical Problems," Proceedings of the 38th Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences, 2005,
  • Koch, Christopher, "A New Blueprint For The Enterprise," CIO Magazine, May 1, 2005.
  • Leganza, Gene, "Enterprise Architecture: Making It Real, Keeping IT Relevant",
  • Malan, Ruth and Dana Bredemeyer, "Enterprise Architecture as Strategic Differentiator," Enterprise Architecture Executive Report, Cutter Consortium, June 2005. You can download a complimentary copy from
  • Malhotra, Yogesh, "Enterprise Architecture: An Overview",
  • Pastore, Richard, "GM's Cure for Complexity: Interview with Tony Scott, CTO of GM's Information Systems and Services Group, CIO, August 15, 2004,
  • Perkins, Alan, "Enterprise Architecture Engineering Critical Success Factors",
  • Zachman, John, "Concepts of the Framework for Enterprise Architecture",
  • Zachman, John, "Enterprise Architecture: The Past and the Future",

Business Architecture

Business Modeling

  • Business Process Modeling Notation:
  • Business Objects & Business Engineering Paper Links:
  • Business Process Management Initiative:
  • Business Motivation Model:
  • The Business Rules group:
  • The Business Rules Community:
  • The Business Rules Forum:
  • The Business Rule Solutions:
  • Business Rules Mark-up Language (BRML):

Strategy and Competitive Intelligence

  • Freakonomics blog:
  • Tom Hawes blog: