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03.26.2010

Enterprise Architecture Conference Europe 2010

The European Enterprise Architecture Conference is an independent, well-established event that has brought the EA community's foremost experts together in London for the past 10 years. It offers opportunities to meet and learn from an unparalleled range of leading-edge thinkers and experienced practitioners from around the world. This is Europe's Leading Enterprise Architecture Conference that is not analyst or vendor led. http://www.irmuk.co.uk/eac2010/

 

18.02.2010

Third Annual FEAC/DGI EA Symposium - April 22, 2010@ the Regan Center

Looking ahead FEAC will be engaged in both the Digital Governments EA Conference in April.. Remember as educational training event, you earn EADUs for all CEAs needing them to maintain certification. An effective Enterprise Architecture plan maximizes technology investments to simplify processes and streamline operations, which helps achieve mission outcomes and improve cross-agency collaboration. The Public Sector employs EA as a management tool to facilitate IT planning and budget activities to create opportunities to save time and resources. Enterprise Architecture professionals who are implementing EA initiatives within the public sector will gather at DGI's EA Conference, which is free for government professionals, to look beyond the policy and theory and discuss lessons learned, best practices, technology applications, and what's next from a practical perspective. Join this targeted group of leading public sector EA professionals before the end of the government's fiscal year for a full day of collaboration, education and networking. The event curriculum is developed in conjunction with an independent group of advisors comprised of IT professionals from government, academia and industry.  For a synopsis of last year's event, click here.

12.01.2009

AOGEA Completed a Plenary Event of its First EA Series: EA--Bridge to Business Value

AOGEA Washington Metropolitan Area is focused on bringing value to its members throughout the year. The seminar series "EA: Bridge to Value" is focused on how EA can directly benefit the value chain of businesses organically. EA, in addition to providing governance is invaluable in uncovering complexity and understanding complex value chains and planning complex operations and systems in the context of an enterprise. Learn more.
Highlights Seminar Topics:

• The Open Group and SOA Working Group Activities: Andras Szakal, Director Software Architecture, IBM
• EA & TOGAF 9: Enhanced Bridging to the Business Value Chain—Steve Else, PhD, TOGAF Program Director, FEAC Institute, and Co-Chair of AOGEA-WMA
• DoDAF 2.0: Extending Business Value to Capability and Portfolio Planning—Prakash Rao, FEAC DODAF Faculty, and Co-Chair of AOGEA-WMA
  

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11.13.2009

FEAC™ Completes Successful Workshop for the Australian Department of Defence

This November, Dick Burk and Mike Tiemann, representing FEAC, conducted a Workshop on the US FEA Reference Models in Canberra, Australia. FEAC was asked by the Australian DoD to conduct a Workshop aimed at helping them create reference models, leveraging US best practices, for their architecture. The program was customized over a two month period before the trip and delivered over a week of classes, in Canberra, in early November. Commodore Mark Purcell, Chief Architect in the Office of the CIO, stated that he felt this workshop was just the beginning of a continuing relationship with the FEAC Institute. The workshop was also atteded by members of the Department of Finance, Australia's equivalent to the US Office of Management and Budget.

9.22.2009

FEAC™ Faculty Leads Successful 9th Annual Enterprise Architecture Conference presented by the 1105 Group

The FEAC Program Director and Senior Faculty Mike Tiemann served as the Master of Ceremonies at the 9th annual EA Conference, held September 9th and 10th at the Ronald Reagan International Trade Center in Washington D.C. By any measure the Conference, with over 400 attendees was a success but the high caliber and information filled program sessions, as noted by attendees seemed to stand out as evidence of the maturity and capability of both the presenting and attending entities. The keynotes by Kshemendra Paul, Dave Wennergren and Dennis Wisnowsky, from the government and Padmasree Warrior, of Cisco, all blended to a core theme that can be summarized as, EA is as important now, as ever, for the success of the governments missions. FEAC also conducted the 7th Annual Excellence in EA Results Awards at the Conference. In the Civilian Agency Category the winners were the GAO and HUD, in the Defense Category the winners were the DOD BTA and the Air Force. The new State And Local Category went to the Kansas Department of Corrections and the two new inductees to the Federal EA Hall-of-Fame were Mr. Thomas Lucas, Former chief architect at the IRS and Mr. John Teeter, Deputy CIO and Chief Architect at the HHS. Click here for a link to the Excellence in EA Results Awards photos.

7.10.2009

FEAC™ Faculty Interviewed on "When Architect is a Verb" on Federal News Talk Radio, WFED 1500 AM

Recently Mike Tiemann, FEAC Program Director and Senior Faculty was interviewed on the radio program Federal Tech Talk with John Gilroy on WFED 1500 AM. The topic was "When Architect Becomes a Verb" and is about the growning didcipline of EA and FEAC's contribution to EA Certification and training. It also speaks to the upcoming 9th Annual EA Conferenvce on September 9th and 10th. The interview can be heard in its entirety by clicking this link. FEAC Faculty Interview Federal Tech Talk, July 2009

6.23.2009

Third Annual FEAC™CEA Symposium and DGI EA Conference (June 18th and 19th) Successfully Concluded

The FEAC™ Institute and Digital Government teaming up to present the 3rd Annual FEAC™ CEA Symposium and EA Conference on June 18th and 19th at the Ronald Reagan World Trade Center, In Washington, D.C. The event featured the Certification Program Practicum awards for the second year and an amazing program of current EA information and topics. Some of the featured speakers included Kshemendra Paul, US Chief Architect, FEAPMO OMB, Colleen Coggins, Chief Knowledge Officer at the DOI, John Teeter, Deputy CIO HHS, Walt Okon from OSD OCIO and Rob Thomas, Senior VP for Accenture, former Chief Architect at the Customs Service and Air Force's Warfighter mission area and, most recently before retiring, Executive in Charge of the Next Generation Air Space Program. There were more than 200 attendees on thursday for the Conference and over 150 for the friday CEA Symposium's program. Attendance at this event earned one EADU, for every hour attended, towards annual CEA re-certification requirements. Note: Links to the Symposium (Friday's) program videos and to the Conference and Symposium's Presenter's slides will be posted soon on FEAC's EA Zone.

6.15.2009

Coming Up - 7th Annual FEAC™ Excellence in EA Results Awards

At the upcoming 9th Annual Enterprise Architecture Conference, presented by the 1105 Group, on September 9th and 10th, FEAC will announce, for the seventh consecutive year, selections for EA Excellence in Results Awards. In addition we will induct another person into the Federal EA Hall of Fame. Nominations are open and the instructions can be found at EXCELLENCE IN EA RESULTS AWARDS.

6.10.2009

The GTRA Symposium ( June 6-9 - Hot Springs Va. at the Homestead Resort).

The GTRA Symposium, an invitation-only, executive-level meeting for government and IT leaders coming together to collaborate, network, share best practices and lessons learned across the areas paramount to executing successful IT strategies for: Security, Enterprise Architecture, Health IT, Leadership, Green IT and Defense was held June 6th thru the 9th at Hot Springs, Virginia. FEAC's Executive Director attended and led a panel discussion on the CIO role in government. The Symposium was well attended and much of the focus was around technologies role in supporting major administration initiatives in areas like Healthcare, Energy and the Environment.

6.8.2009

NDIA DoD Enterprise Architecture Conference Summary (June 1-4 in St. Louis, MO.)

The NDIA DoD Enterprise Architecture conference held in St Louis from June 1-4 had over 450 persons interested in Enterprise Architecture in the Defense sector of government in attendance. The conference was designed to provide the DoD architecture community with a way to bridge the gap between architecture and programs and a tool to drive architecture into DoD organizations at the major commands and below. The conference included the formal announcement of the DoDAF 2.0, which was provided to all attendees on CD, can be downloaded from DoD sites and is available to FEAC students on our virtual university. The conference included many case studies of DoDAF based DoD Information architectures, and concluded with addresses by Kshemendra Paul, the US Government's Chief Architect, and John Zachman, who in our community really needs no introduction. The presentations from the conference are available online at http://www.dodenterprisearchitecture.org .

4.16.2009

Enterprise Architecture being Embraced by the New Administration

Both the Recovery.Gov and Data.Gov applications established by the new administration, focused on increasing transparency and citizen participation in Government are being architected using the still, fairly new, Federal Segment Architecture Methodology(FSAM). Several former detailees to the Federal Enterprise Architecture Program Management Office (FEAPMO) have been called back to lead and contribute to these efforts. While Kshemendra Paul, Chief Architect from the FEAPMO, is managing the development and roll out of Recovery.Gov, Colleen Coggins (CEA) has been detailed from her role as Chief Knowledge Officer at the Department of the Interior, to manage the FEAPMO and the Data.Gov efforts. Both Recovery and Data.Gov were discussed in some detail at the ACT/IAC Architecture Plus Seninar Series on April 16th. With the recent submittal of 566 Segment Architecture Reports by Federal Agencies, it appears the current administration is continuing the use of EA as a primary transformational change mechanism looking for ways to better architect the Government's services and programs. FEAC is constantly monitoring and integrating the latest on all the FEA elements into its FEA-F Certification and supplemental training programs. For example, a two day FEAC course on FSAM has been available since its announcement as guidance several months ago and an overview session has already been added into The FEA-F Certification Program.

2.20.2009

Enterprise Architecture Director Salary (Nationally) - Average $150K

The range of salary for the position, Enterprise Architecture Director can be found on Salary.Com here. This is an amazing range from $95K at the low end to almost $300K at the top. This is even more reason to become certified, in order to vie for the better paying positions in the EA field. The average for the Washington DC area is around $134K.

2.17.2009

NEW FEAC™ Graphical Guide to the Federal Enterprise Architecture

FEAC™ has developed the first, in a series of Architecture Graphical Guides, this one for the Federal Enterprise Architecture. View the two sided reference guide suitable for laminating, here: Graphical Guide to the FEA .

1.30.2009

NEW - FEAC™ Certification Refreshment Policy Now in Effect.
Based on student requests and industry best practices the FEAC™ Institute announced its policy for and process to support re-certification of CEA credentials earned at FEAC™. The policy is available and posted on the CEA Alumni area of the FEAC™ Virtual University. FEAC is developing an FAQ regarding the process. ALso the online system for submitting EADUs and paying the recertification fee is available at: http://www.regonline.com/FEACRecert

1.30.2009

FEAC™ Program Director wins ACT/IAC Awards for Service

Recently at the American Council for Technology and the Industry Advisory Council (ACT/IAC) Community Fair, Mike Tiemann, FEAC™ Institute's Program Director and Senior Faculty, received not one, but two ACT/IAC Challenge Coins for his service over the past three years as the Enterprise Architecture Shared Interest Group's Chair and Vice Chair, and for his contributions to the Transition and Telecommuting white papers, produced by IAC. With his award earlier this year for swift response to the IAC Board's request for information, Mike now has earned three challenge coins in one year reflecting very positively on the FEAC™ Institute and its support of the IAC- EA SIG.

1.30.2009

NEW Federal Segment Architecture Methodology (FSAM) Training now available through FEAC™ (REGISTER HERE)

The FEAC™ Institute this week launched its inaugural Federal Segment Architecture Methodology (FSAM) Training Course. The course is a two day overview with exercises intended to get students familiar with the FSAM and Segments approach to Architecture quickly. Additional courses have already been announced and are open for registration. It is expected that these classes will fill quickly.

1.30.2009

FEAC™ To Participate in and support upcoming Conferences

The FEAC™ Institute is supporting the upcoming Knowledge Management Conference and will be teaming with the Digital Government Institute to put on a two day EA Conference (and CEA Graduates Symposium) June 18th and 19th in Washington, DC. Dr. Beryl Bellman, FEAC™ Academic Director will represent FEAC™ at the Open Group Meeting in San Diego, CA. FEAC™ will also be supporting the 1105 Group sponsored FOSE(Federal Office System Exposition and Show) and FEA Conference, in March and September respectively. At FOSE Mike Tiemann, Program Director will moderate a panel of experts on the topic of "where are FEA, SOA, and BPM Taking the Federal Government?" Dr. Bellman will also be representing FEAC™ at the Department of Defense's EA Conference, also coming up soon.

9.27.2008

FEAC™ Institute’s Certification Program Being Revised into two parts to accommodate training budgets. (Green Belt Certificate-two courses and Black Belt CEA Certification three courses)

The 10 week long (only 2 weeks in class the rest you are on-line) FEAC™ Certification Programs are being considered for revision into into two levels, called Green Belt and Black Belt, with our regular certification examination to complete the Black Belt CEA designation. This will be offered as an option rather than taking the entire class and all five courses at once. All current certifications are grand fathered as Black Belts. The main benefit of doing this is that financially students can break the program up and take the Green Belt and Black Belt levels spaced as far as a year apart and spread their costs over a longer time frame. The Green Belt will feature the Concepts and Planning Courses and the Black Belt will include the additional Implementation and Integration Courses. The Project Practicum course would be split between the two programs.  The Green Belt level will start in the upcoming Winter Sessions in January 2009.

9.27.2008

FEAC™ Provides TOGAF Certification

The FEAC™ Institute has been given permission by The Open Group TOGAF Certification Authority to award TOGAF Certification to students completing the green belt portion of the FEAF and DoDAF programs. During the first phase students attend lectures about TOGAF and then are required to submit online TOGAF specific assignments and pass an examination that demonstrates competence on the framework.

2nd Annual FEAC™ Certified Architects Symposium

On June 27th the second annual FEA CEA Symposium was held at the Sheraton Premier at Tyson’s Corners Virginia.  Thanks to this years advisory group the symposium shaped up as a very memorable event. Keynotes by Armando Ortiz (CIT Corporation), Michael Daconta (Accelerated Information Management) and Walter Okon (Office of the CIO, DoD) were all excellent and full of information you could only get at an event like this. The panel on the FEA Past, Present and Future moderated by Mike Tiemann and featuring three past and present members of the FEAPMO, Bob Haycock, Norm Lorentz and Kshemendra Paul was enlightening and full of information about the FEA and where it could and should go in the future. Major kudos go to our great partners at Digital Government, especially Kathy Hughes and Mike Smoyer for making the event and its logistics, run very smoothly. If you missed the event you can catch the major presentations on the videos which will be posted to the FEAC™ web site soon.  

5.29.2008

FEAC™ Introduces 10 New Instructors in its Programs

The FEAC™ Institute welcomes ten new instructors to its three EA Certification Courses, including John Dodd, Michael Daconta, David Dutton, Dan Appleton, Armando Ortiz, Todd Werts, Bill Simpson, Cortland Coghill and Duane Gelderloos. In future notices we will include profiles on these industry EA thought leaders and experienced practitioners. These instructors significantly raise the bench strength of FEAC™ Institute's educator and training corps and provide our students with unparalleled access to new and innovative processes, thoughts and procedures regarding the practice of Enterprise Architecture.

6.2.2008
FEAC™ completes the FEAC™ Commercial (CEAC) Enterprise Architecture Certification Program
The program's practicums were incredibly interesting and deep. One of the practicums dealt with establishing a Vineyard, winery and all of t the related issues. It is better than any business plan for such an undertaking could ever have been. For the Fall 08 and Winter 09 programs we decided to combine the CEAC with the FEA(F) as we have changed the FEA(F) to be more generic and include TOGAF in the future. The key to all our programs are the Project Based EA Practicum students have to develop and present. The types of projects can be varied for real world EAs for organizations, to segment and solutions architectures for Government.

Past Events

San Diego DoD EA Conference Presentations
(Webinar/PDF format)

e-Gov EA Conference Downloads
2007 | 2006 | 2005 (PDF format)

April 14-17, 2008
DoD EA Conference (AFEI)
Orlando, Florida
View conference material

April 28-29, 2008
1105 Media KM Conference
Washington DC

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