Carnegie-Mellon

The Software Engineering Institute (SEI) is a federally funded research and development center sponsored by the U.S. Department of Defense. The SEI contract was competitively awarded to Carnegie Mellon University in December 1984. Technical and administrative professionals from government, industry, and academia staff it. 

Carnegie Mellon University - Work in Software Architecture at the SEI 7 August 1998 

Software Architecture lies at the heart of successful system design. The Software Engineering Institute has advanced work in software architecture, primarily as a part of its Product Line Systems Program. 

Carnegie Mellon - Related Architecture Web Sites 19 October 1998 

Carnegie Mellon - Distributed/Collaborative Enterprise Architectures 

Example of a completed specification. 

EDCS Home Page 

SEI - Distributed/Collaborative Enterprise Architectures

The distributed/collaborative enterprise architecture allows a business to analyze its internal processes in new ways that are defined by changing business opportunities instead of by preconceived systems design (such as monolithic data processing applications).

SEI - About The STR

The Air Force acquisition community tasked the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) to create a reference document that would provide the Air Force with a better understanding of software technologies. This knowledge will allow the Air Force to systematically plan the research and development (R&D) and technology insertion required to meet current and future Air Force needs, from the upgrade and evolution of current systems to the development of new systems.

Oklahoma State

OSU - Master Plan for Information Technology April 15, 1994 

The IBM Network Consulting Group asked IBM's Academic Consulting and Services (ACIS) to facilitate the development of the plan. ACIS has facilitated the development of such plans at hundreds of universities and colleges throughout the United States. 

Ohio State

Ohio State - University Technology Services Advanced Administrative Projects 9/3/93 

A White Paper on Implementing a Proposed Information Technology Strategy for The Ohio State University (9/3/93) 

Stanford

Stanford University Data Administration June 19, 1996 

Our Mission: Assist the business and ITSS community in managing the University's information resources as an asset. 

Stanford University Enterprise Architecture (Meta) 08/02/96 

The Stanford University Enterprise Architecture (version 1.0) is the foundation for building and maintaining modular, dynamic, and open information systems. The publication of the material included in this web site marks the first in a series of efforts to describe Stanford University's information technology architecture, including the underlying concepts, framework, practical guidelines and implementation. The Enterprise Architecture will help application and infrastructure projects develop an institution-wide strategy towards more effective systems. It will significantly enhance Information Technology Systems and Services (ITSS) ability to plan technology investments and decisions. 

Stanford University - Architecture, Planning & Standards 10/24/96 

Architecture Planning & Standards is part of the Information Technology Systems & Services division at Stanford University. 

Stanford University - Infrastructure Projects list 11/1/96 

The ITSS Infrastructure Program consists of a number of active and planned projects, 

managed and executed by various departments in ITSS. 

Stanford University - Enterprise Architecture 10/31/96 

The publication of the material included in this web site marks the first in a series of efforts to describe Stanford University's information technology architecture, including the underlying concepts, framework, practical guidelines and implementation. 

U-Arizona

U-Arizona - Information Technology - Strategic Directions For The Year 2000 June 27, 1994 

In spring 1994, The University of Arizona (UA) decided to work with consultants from IBM Academic Consulting and Services (ACIS) and Integrated Systems Solutions Corporation (ISSC) to develop a strategic plan and an operational plan for the University's primary information systems 

U-Arizona - U.N.I.T.E. Effort Homepage 

U-Arizona - UNITE May 1997 

The following architectural design principles and reference models provide a beginning point for the development of product recommendations, guidelines, and standards. These must continuously be identified and endorsed through campus collaboration. 

U-Arizona - Architecture Index 

Pointers to UNITE and other pages 

U-Arizona - SIS2000 Home Page March 5, 1998 

SIS2000 is a campus wide-wide effort to restructure the environment in which students gain access to and participate in the learning process at The University of Arizona. The effort will include the complete redesign of many critical processes, the automation of currently unautomated processes, and the incremental improvement of others. 

U-Arizona - Data Administration homepage 09/04/98 

the University has determined to focus on the development of an integrated information environment. The intent is not merely to integrate current information systems or processes but to redesign the University's business processes using business process reengineering (BPR) techniques and methodologies. 

University of California

UC Berkeley

UC Berkeley - Chancellor's Office-Information Systems October 13, 1998 

UC Berkeley - ITATF October 28, 1998 

UC Berkeley - Information Technology Architecture GTS DRAFT 10/26/98 

ITA documents in this section are generally under construction or revision and therefore have not been approved or otherwise officially recognized or supported. 

UC Berkeley - ITA: White Papers: Overview May 6, 1996 

The ITA is a set of information technology principles, standards, guidelines, and statements of direction intended to facilitate and promote the design and purchase of interoperable systems. 

UC Berkeley - ITA: Other ITA web sites August 5, 1998 

This is a (growing) list of other web sites relating to Information Technology Architecture. 

UC Berkeley - An Information Technology Architecture for the campus 1996 

An ITA is a set of information technology principles, standards, guidelines, and statements of direction intended to facilitate and promote the design and purchase of interoperable systems. Appropriate architecture leads to savings in delivery time, price, training, support, and maintenance. 

UC Berkeley - Information Technology Architecture Task Force (ITATF) October 28, 1998 

The ITATF identifies, analyzes, and makes recommendations on major campus information technology issues in areas of strategic importance -- security, hardware and software platforms, interconnectivity, training, resource and services management, etc. 

UC Berkeley - PC Hardware 10/26/98 

Our general recommendations for PC systems are formally reported as part of the Information Technology Architecture. 

UC Berkeley - Convergence of telecommunications and computing August 1996 

As has been widely recognized for some time, the computing and telecommunications technologies are converging. This has meant different things at different times. In this review paper, we describe the current state of convergence, and speculate about what it may mean in coming years. 

UC Berkeley - Draft Report of the Commission on Computing August 11, 1998 

The commission was given a broad mandate to review the current state of academic computing on campus and propose principles to guide campus wide planning for information technology. 

UC Berkeley - ITA: Framework + Components June 23, 1998 

The Framework + Components will house and organize this description of current practices and also new architecture decisions as they emerge. 

UC Berkeley - ITA: Security November 30, 1998 

Security is a very large topic, much of which is outside the scope of the ITA. This page lists ITA activities and references but also points to some other security resources and general references. 

Information Technology Architecture Task Force (ITATF) 

UC Davis

UC Davis - ADM Home Page May 30, 1997 

The ADM provides a standard, consistent way of developing and maintaining information systems. It provides uniform terminology and expectations for all project participants. This consistency reduces the learning curve when bringing new people into an on-going project. It also serves as a roadmap for both experienced and inexperienced staff. 

UC Davis - DCAS Home Page 

Distributed Computing Analysis and Support (DCAS) The strategic directions outlined in the " Campus Plan for Information Technology " will result in the creation, evolution, and implementation of an information technology environment that is relevant, empowering, and based upon an architecture flexible enough to enable rapid adjustment to unpredictable change. 

UC Davis Distributed Computing Architecture May 1, 1998 

The UC Davis Information Technology Strategic Plan acknowledges the value of a distributed client/server computing environment to the campus and the need to provide a supporting infrastructure. 

UC Davis - A Campus wide Distributed File System 

a file distribution and version control mechanism. 

UC Davis Distributed File System Architecture Security 

Description of the Security Architecture with Administrative Applications 

UC Irvine

UC Irvine - Software Architecture Research 

UCI's research in software architecture is directed at reducing the cost of application development by focusing attention on high level design issues and increasing the potential for reuse among systems in closely related product families. 

UC LA

UCLA - Make IT Work for UCLA 28 Feb 1997 

The primary goal of the plan is to design a responsive, cost-effective, campus-wide structure for the development and deployment of IT 

UCLA - Department Profiles - Administrative Information Systems July 16, 1998 

AIS is responsible for campus wide central administrative computing and related information management activities at UCLA 

UC Santa Barbara

UC-Santa Barbara - The Next-Generation Networked Multimedia Project 

A 4-year research program to develop new tools for the transmission, retrieval, and processing of multimedia data. 

UC Santa Barbara - The NGNM Project 09/18/1996 

We call the group (and the project we are undertaking) " Next-Generation Networked Multimedia " (NGNM). The partners (in north-to-south order) are UC Berkeley's Center for New Music and Audio Technologies (CNMAT), Stanford University's Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), UC Santa Barbara's Center for Research in Electronic Art Technology (CREATE), and UC San Diego's Center for Research in Computing and the Arts (CRCA). 

UC Office of Vice Chancellor - Chancellor's Office-Information Systems 8/18/98 

UC Office of the President - white PAPERS 

whITe PAPERS is a University of California series of reports on current issues affecting the deployment of information technologies, applications and services at UC. These reports are intended to articulate issues to a wide audience, with the goal of stimulating discussion and soliciting feedback. white PAPERS is coordinated by Information Resources and Communications in the UC Office of the President. 

U Connecticut

U-Connecticut - Health Center Information Technology Plan 1997 

U-Illinois

U Illinois - Interactive Image Client Environment (IICE) Home Page 2/13/96 

The primary purpose of IICE is to Design and implement a client-side environment that allows significant interactivity between image based products and the user. A variety of interactive capabilities will be supported: 

U Iowa

U Iowa - ITS Enterprise Information Architecture * 

U Iowa - EIA Foundations * 

Foundations of the University of Iowa's Enterprise Information Architecture

U Minn.

U-Minn. - RFP Draft for State-wide Library System July 11, 1996 

specifications and related information for the furnishing, delivery, installation, and maintenance of an online integrated library system to the University of Minnesota (UMN). 

U- Minn. ITA Home Page 1997 

Information Technology Architecture (ITA) seeks to serve the mission of the University through achieving widespread agreement on the coordination, integration, and harmonization of information technology resources throughout the University. 

U-Mass

Software Architecture Resource Sites (Meta) * 

 

U-Michigan

U-Mich. - An Information Technology (IT) Architecture for ITD 8/1995 

The IT Architecture is an organized set of consensus decisions on policies & principles, services & common solutions, standards & guidelines as well as specific vendor products used by IT providers both inside and outside of ITD. 

U-Mich. - It Architecture - Lowest layer of Specification - Products 

It Architecture - Lowest layer of Specification - Products 

U-Michigan Digital Library Original Proposal 

The University of Michigan plans a coordinated program of experimental research and development to gain insight into the creation, operation, and use of advanced digital libraries. 

U-M Administrative Systems to Be Streamlined, Integrated (Info. Tech. Digest-9/95) 09/11/1995 

A plan for changing the infrastructure, processes, and systems that support administrative functions at U-M and requested that the plan be implemented as quickly as possible. 

U-Michigan Index of /~gpirkola/IT_arch_ss 

Slide show Presentation: IT Architecture for ITD 

U- North Carolina

UNC-CH ATN / Campus Tech Issues 09/1998 

U-NC - ACS CLIENT/SERVER STANDARDS (DRAFT) Revised: March 1994 

ACS Client/Server Standards The following document contains the original outline and resulting standards document in the order listed below. The documents are in a continual state of revision. 

U North Carolina - Carolina Computing Initiative Home 10/26/98 

As part of the university's coordinated technology plan, the Carolina Computing Initiative (CCI) aims to ensure that Carolina students, faculty and staff have easy access to high-quality and affordable technology and can use it effectively. At the center of the initiative is the requirement that, beginning with incoming freshmen in the fall of 2000, undergraduates at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill own laptop computers that meet University specifications. 

U-Penn

U-Penn - Information Technology Architecture and Standards December 2, 1998 

The Technical Architecture is a blueprint for how future technology acquisitions and deployment will take place. It consists of standard, investment decisions, and product selections for hardware, software and communications. 

U- Penn - Reshaping the Enterprise: Information Architecture and Process Innovation 

University of Pittsburgh has completed the design of an enterprise-wide information architecture and a framework for engaging the University community in business process re-engineering. The architecture provides the blueprint for developing an integrated set of information services, processes and technologies, enabling significant efficiencies in business and service processes and facilitating informed decisions concerning information technology expenditures and acquisitions. 

U-Penn - Information Technology Architecture and Standards 2 December 1998 

he Technical Architecture is a blueprint for how future technology acquisitions and deployment will take place. It consists of standard, investment decisions, and product selections for hardware, software and communications. 

U-Penn - Network Architecture Task Force 1 May 1997 

This Task Force functions within a larger set of ISC committees, task forces, and advisory groups which help ISC serve the campus. 

U-Penn - Network Architecture Task Force: Products 11/25/98 

U - Penn - Campus Financial Systems for the Future

Information Technology Principles, The University of Pennsylvania University of Colorado Financial Management System Principles and Assumptions

UW-Madison

UW-Madison - Charter of the Committee on Information Technology Architecture (CITA) September 12, 1995 

The University of Wisconsin-Madison seeks to build a shared vision among technology experts across the University on the interoperability and efficient use of information systems. 

UW-Madison - IT Architecture Results August 28, 1998 

Guidelines - active standards, guidelines and statements of direction. Interoperability guides provide information on how to exchange documents and other files Guides are available for Spreadsheets, Word Processors, and E-mail Collaborations DoIT's Architecture Department frequently works with other organization on and off campus to promote interoperability of IT systems. Research and Reports includes various research reports, surveys results and white papers 

UW-Madison Architecture Home Page 09/28/98 

This document highlights the industrial impact of research in Computer Architecture at the University of Wisconsin since 1980. There are four broad areas of contributions: (i) processor design, with an emphasis of instruction-level parallel processor technology, (ii) cache memory systems, (iii) multiprocessor systems, and (iv) enabling technologies. 

UW-Madison Process Jan 27, 1997 

Process: Steps in Drafting Guidelines and Standards 

UW-Madison Overview of IT Architecture Jan 23, 1997 

Introduction Information technology is improving at a remarkable pace, providing real benefits to many University activities. Much of this improvement is derived from making many applications and systems work together. However, with today's technology smooth interaction of different applications requires complex system implementations. 

UW-Madison IT Architecture Home Page Sept 1998 

Noteworthy Architecture Bits 

UW-Madison - IT Architecture Groups October 22, 1997 

Other Colleges

Baylor - A Framework for the Alignment of IT Architectures * 

The information processing perspective and defined two constructs, sharing and customization, as a link between organizational requirements and technical capabilities. G. Bracchi, C. Francalanci Milano, Italy 

Binghamton University Long-Range Information Technology Plan 1996 

This document is intended to serve as a starting point, in the Fall of 1996, for the development of the University's long-range technology plan. 

Canada - MU of Newfoundland - Information Technology Plan November 27th, 1995 

This document is the strategic information technology plan of Memorial University of Newfoundland. 

De Anza - District Technology Plan June 4, 1996 

A technology plan for the Foothill-De Anza Community College District. 

Emory Univ. - Decision Matrix * 

Social Structure: Decision Matrix 

Emory University -- ITD Design Team * 

The general purpose of the Information Technology Division's redesign process is to create a new organization with a culture that supports our mission and values and the changing needs of the Emory University system 

Georgia Tech - Strategic Plan Sept 18, 1995 

Georgia Tech is well-positioned among research universities to prosper in the coming century. Nevertheless, the Institute will need to make critical and sometimes difficult choices if it is to maximize the advantages that it enjoys and surmount the challenges that lie before it.

Griffith University - AU - GERAM - A Framework to Define a Generic Enterprise Reference Architecture and Methodology 11/3/94 

The Generic Enterprise Reference Architecture and Methodology is about those methods, models and tools which are needed to build the integrated enterprise. The architecture is generic because it applies to most, potentially all types of enterprise.    The coverage of the framework spans Products, Enterprises, Enterprise Integration and Strategic Enterprise Management, with the emphasis being on the middle two. The proposal for the architecture follows the architecture itself improving the quality of the presentation and of the outcome.  

Golden Gate University - Management Information Systems * 

QUESTION SET FOR THE CASE STUDIES CS 301 

Holy Cross - Campus Computing - AJCU Presentation at Seattle University 1996 

Slide show 

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - definition of architecture May 1996 

Descriptions of various architecture styles 

Mesa CC - Network Architecture Planning * 

Computing and Communications Systems Architecture draft examines several networking and computing issues. 

MIT - Information Technology Integration Process October 21, 1998 

The Integration Process helps determine if and how a new or modified computing system will fit into MIT's existing computing infrastructure. 

New York -Buffalo University An Enterprise Architecture for Distributed Computing Jan 1997 

slide show - Craig Mac Vittie 

Northern Virginia CC Technology Plan 1997-98 

           Northern Virginia Community College plans to achieve by the end of academic year 1997-98. 

Palomar CC -Technology Master Plan April 27, 1998 

Discusses the key technological issues facing the District, the current environment, and Task Force recommendations for the future. It also provides network and infrastructure details to those persons who will be responsible for the day-to-day operation of information technology and the agreed-upon strategy for addressing infrastructure issues 

Southwest Baptist University - A Technology Strategy June 1995

 a discussion of the circumstances at SBU in the Spring of 1996, a list of recommended actions to be taken over the next three years in order to address issues raised in the discussion, and an Appendix which contains the faculty and staff responses to a survey concerning computing needs and expectations and a comparative technology plan

U Pittsburgh - IAIMS Executive Summary * 

Integrated Information Systems (IAIMS) Plan to Advance the Academic Mission Across a Distributed Enterprise 

U - Omaha - Class Information Systems Architecture & Organization * 

Lots of pointers

U - Omaha - Zachman's Information Systems Architecture Framework 1997 

USC - Center for Software Engineering Home Page 10/26/98 

Purpose of providing an environment for research and teaching in the areas of large-scale software design and development processes, generic and domain specific software architectures, software engineering tools and environments, cooperative system design, and the economics of software engineering. 

U Toronto BASIC RESEARCH

U Tronto - Enterprise Integration Laboratory

The Enterprise Integration Laboratory (EIL) research will enable businesses to develop, manufacture, sell, deliver and support products and services with unprecedented speed, flexibility, quality and economy. This is achieved through the application of business practices and technologies that create a business infrastructure enabling the dissemination of information, coordination of decisions, and management of actions to and among people and systems within the organization and outside of it. EIL research explores the creation of Enterprise Integration concepts in a bi-directional manner, in that it is simultaneously theory and application driven; an underlying philosophy to this research is that solving real problems leads to breakthrough research.

Washington University - Information Systems Meta-List * 

Comprehensive list of things IT 

Calgary - Information Technology Architecture (ITA) - Executive Summary 1997 

The resulting Information Technology Architecture was published in 1994 May, and included eight strategies, each with several short-term and longer-term action ideas. 

Foster City 1998-1999 Information Technology Plan Intro 1998 

This IT Plan, a true "working document," serves as the tool to ensure that the City's use of such tools is well planned and sufficient to meet the City's business needs. 

Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada - Computer Network Study: Strategic Direction for an Enterprise-wide Network Infrastructure; Telecommunications; Information Technology. 12/08/98 

The study examined present and future network infrastructure, and recommends an improved overall design (architecture) that will integrate the central AS/400 computer, desktop computers, local area networks, and external networks. It will also provide the foundation for creating and applying information tools and techniques needed by senior management and staff. 

Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada - Electronic communications - between people, machines, systems and networks. Assistance in sharing, cooperating and partnering to improve timeliness efficiency and effectiveness; Information Superhighway; Telecommunication 12/08/98 

The technology of electronic communications has lately become a vitally important cornerstone in human endeavor, especially in the developed world. This page will outline the City of Grande Prairie's use of a variety of electronic communications media, and will ultimately attempt to define some of the guiding policies and philosophies. 

New York - Technology District 1997 

Downtown's Information Technology District is rapidly becoming the heart of Silicon Alley. The IT District, which extends south of Chambers Street to the tip of Manhattan, is home to hundreds of high-growth information technology companies. These firms are quickly emerging as the City's prime economic generators, creating jobs and innovative products, and serving as pioneers in revitalizing Downtown as a 24-hour community. 

Sudbury - Highlights: Technology Management Plan March, 1996 

To set forth a framework for all technology implementations, define the roles and responsibilities of all persons who use technology, and articulate an Information Technology (IT) Strategic Plan for the next three to five years. 

The Center for Civic Networking - Life in the Fast Lane : A Municipal Roadmap for the Information Superhighway 1994 

This paper provides some compelling rationale along with examples from other communities for the involvement of Local Government in information infrastructure planning and development 

City of Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada - Information Management Advisory Committee: 01/03/98 

IMAC is a strategic planning and policy making body which oversees collection, storage, processing, exchange and display of information through use of electronic and telecommunications equipment and systems for the City of Grande Prairie. 

City of Grande Prairie - Making Government Better 12/09/98 

Index of Links to Web Sites for Strategic Improvement and Business Planning; City or Municipal; State and Provincial; Federal Government; Information Technology and Telecommunications Planning; University Strategic Planning. 

*** City and County of SF | DTIS | Strategic Plan | 09/14/97 

A project to develop a City-wide Strategic Plan for Information Technology using the aid of an outside consultant. 

City of Victoria Information Technology Strategic Plan 02/19/97 

Slide Show 

Army (US)

Army - USACE - Architecture 09/98 

USACE, along with many other federal Agencies, is approaching a challenging era of restrictive funding, downsizing workforce, and demanding workloads. Information Management (IM) and Information Technology (IT), used wisely, will be two of the greatest force multipliers available to the Corps in the present and foreseeable future. IT and IM will be extremely helpful in achieving the Corps Vision of "Revolutionizing Effectiveness." 

Army C4I Technical Architecture 03/31/95 

Mandates standards on information processing, data transport, information standards, and human-computer interfaces. 

Army - Systems Architecture Branch - Fort Gordon November 18, 1998 

Provides technical and analytical engineering support to DoD agencies in developing C4I architectures for battlefield systems 

Army - Electronic College of Process Innovation * 

Comprehensive set of documents, tools, and guidebooks available on the topic of business process change and creating customer value. 

Army Enterprise Architecture Website Unavailable 

Army - JTA-Army Version 5.0 Website Unavailable 

Army - Architecture Directorate Website Unavailable 

Army - JTA-A Homepage * 

Joint Technical Architecture- Army (JTA-A) Compliance Documents 

Army Enterprise Strategy Nov. 3, 1998 

A seamless information architecture from the sustaining base to the foxhole. Contains a pointer list 

Army - Operational Architecture Combined Arms Center Home Page Sept 29, 1998 

Operational Architecture (OA) is tied to both Systems and Technical Architecture. OA provides a disciplined approach/methodology to review baseline requirements, assess doctrinal impacts, examine and assess alternatives through excursions (functional/process improvements, DTLOMS requirements). Operational Architecture Defined A set of elements consisting of information exchange requirements, mission area interactions, tasks, interoperability tables, logical connectivity and a description of the environment where the information system is to be operated. 

Army - AEAFD Public Site

This is the second version of the Army Enterprise Architecture Guidance Document (AEAGD). This document continues to evolve from the Army Systems Architecture Framework Document (ASAFD) and Army Enterprise Architecture Framework Document (AEAFD) and is designed to implement Chapter 4 of the new AR 25-1.

Dept of Defense

DOD - DTIC - Homepage September 1998 

DTIC is the central Department of Defense facility for providing access to and facilitating the exchange of scientific and technical information. 

DOD Framework for Managing Process Improvement 12/94 

While many useful and rewarding process improvements can be achieved apart from any consideration of technology enablers or information system betterments, true or radical reengineering efforts invariably depend on exploitation of available or emerging information technology capabilities.

DOD - Joint Technical Architecture (JTA) Home Page 26 May 1998 

DOD - Software Architecture Technology Guide 1995 

Introduces the reader to architecture concepts and terminology, as well as representation tools and techniques addressing both the state-of-the-practice and the state-of-the-art. The Guide also provides links to external on-line resources such as DoD architecture-focused program home pages and architecture-related reference materials. 

DOD - Strategic Information Management Plan (SIMP) April 1996 

This Strategic Information Management Plan maps out where the District plans to head through the year 2010. The eight basic tenets provide focal areas to ensure that managers integrate information technology into their business processes. The plan does not direct how the strategy will be achieved, leaving that matter to be detailed in the annual Information Mission Area Modernization Plan. 

DOD - TAFIM Technical Architecture Framework for Information (Meta) 3 March 1997 

The official version of the TAFIM is Version 3.0 dated 30 April 1996. The latest version of the TAFIM, Version 3.0, is a fully coordinated maintenance update to Version 2.0. It consists of eight volumes. The substantive changes to Volumes 2, 5, and 7 together with the Joint Technical Architecture (JTA) and the C4ISR Integration Task Force recommendations, will provide a firm foundation to continue refinement of the Department's technical architecture strategy. The electronic TAFIM version is available in HTML format. 

DOD - TAFIM Volume 4 (Foreword) 30 April 1996 

Volume 4: DoD Standards-Based Architecture Planning Guide 

DOD Standards and Guidelines Architecture Guidance 05 Nov 98 

Pointer List 

DOD - A Testbed for Analyzing Architecture Description Languages * 

DOD - CONCEPT FOR LABORATORY INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE * 

We have developed a framework or model for an information infrastructure modernization plan. This framework subdivides the components of the information infrastructure into four parts: backbone technology and protocols; tools which empower users and facilitate the transfer of information across the networks; a user support/training/help program; and a maintenance-operations funding policy. 

DOD TAFIM 04/03/98 

Technical Architecture Framework for Information Management Version 2.0 (TAFIM) 

DOD Lockheed Martin STARS Reuse Papers September 4, 1996 

Reuse Papers 

DOD - TAFIM 3 April 1998 

The TAFIM is intended to guide the development of architectures that satisfy requirements across missions, functional areas, and functional activities. 

DOD - Chief Information Office - Home Page * 

Our purpose is to give you ready access to the Information Technology (IT) and Information Management (IM) plans, policies, and initiatives that are the CIO's primary responsibility or for which the CIO is a significant team player. These elements are by their very nature STRATEGIC and have an AGENCY-WIDE FOCUS. However, in the rapidly changing technical and cultural environment of IT/IM, strategic efforts are often revised and updated. Please visit this site often for the latest developments. 

DOD Joint Technical Architecture 7 December 1998 

Dept of Education

D of Education - Inside Project EASI/Tech Info/SFAP Business Drivers and Architecture Principles

SFAP Enterprise Information Technology Architecture Framework: Business Drivers and Architecture Principles (BDAP)

Dept of Energy

DOE - Information Architecture

The DOE Information Architecture (IA) Program was established over the past 4 years to foster economies of scale through collaborative development of Departmental, site, and program information architectures.

DOE - A Progress Report on Enterprise Architecture Planning 1997 

The basis for building blueprints or architectures for ER's data, applications, and technology. 

DOE - AOSS Communiqué, 1997 

Will link IM planning to Departmental program and project planning, establish an information architecture as the focal point for information planning, and integrate and coordinate IM planning with budget formulation and execution processes. 

DOE - Effective IT Infrastructure Management as an Enterprise Survival Mechanism * 

Ties together:

CIDS/Intranet - Company Information Delivery Strategy 
ISP - Information Systems Planning

DOE - GSII Plan/Architecture Overview 7/16/96 

This Plan will consist of summarized reports which are already completed or underway, which are relevant to the subject area, and which provide or recommend a strategy that encourages cooperative infrastructure development and use. An information infrastructure is a complex undertaking which requires common strategies in many areas in order to promote interoperability across many systems and organizations. 

DOE - Information Management Strategic Plan * 

Dept of Navy

DoNavy * 

Power Point Slides (21) 

DoN Data Architecture IPT * 

DON CIO Home Page: Initiatives : Center For Architecture and Standards 11-Dec-1998 

Environ Protection Agency

EPA - Information Technology Architecture Road Map Nov 13, 1997 

An integrated framework for evolving and acquiring new information technology to achieve the Agency's strategic goals and information resource management goals. 

GSA

GSA - Architecture Presentations and Articles * 

Architectural Presentations and articles

GSA - ArchitecturePlus 12/09/98 

GSA - Enterprise Architecture - Conceptual Framework August 1998 

Traditional architecture efforts require a substantial initial investment in time and dollars. First, the current baseline must be captured, and then a target architecture must be developed. Only after these efforts are completed, is it possible to begin to implement needed architecture changes. Yet, today, many initiatives are underway for implementing new Federal architectures. These initiatives are important for supporting Federal business needs and cannot be stalled pending the development of a current Federal architecture and a target Federal architecture. 

GSA - Effective Practices Program 11/24/98 

"Best practices" are good practices that have worked well elsewhere. They are proven and have produced successful results. Agencies need to share best practices internally and externally. 

GSA - IT Policy OnRamp 11/24/98 

"This site is everything a federal IT professional needs to survive." - 1998 Best Fed on the Web, Government Executive Magazine - 

GSA - Other IT Architecture Sites 12/9/98 

Pointer List 

GSA - About META Group, Inc. 4/8/98

Navy (DON) - IT Standards Guidance IPT

The DON CIO is assigned the responsibility of developing, maintaining and facilitating the implementation of a sound and integrated information technology architecture and standards for the enterprise. As described in the DON CIO operational model, the Department will perform this task collaboratively by relying upon Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) that report to the DON CIO Board of Representatives.

Los Alamos National lab 

LANL - Title and Credits May 3, 1994 

An Information Architecture (IA) provides a framework for overall planning and coordination of Laboratory-wide information infrastructure and information services activities. The targets are systemic, structural problems at the Laboratory that currently deny the workforce the full benefit of an adequately supported, institutional, digital infrastructure, despite major investments of Laboratory resources. 

LANL - Information Architecture Standards 12/14/98 

These are the standards that have been adopted by the Information Architecture Project. 

LANL - Introduction to the IA Online Materials 11/25/98 

Online materials for the Information Architecture Project, the Laboratory-wide effort to define a "band of coherence" within which Laboratory personnel can share information more easily and use information tools more effectively. 

LANL Information Architecture Project Nov 12, 1998 

the Information Architecture Project, the Laboratory-wide effort to define a "band of coherence" within which Laboratory personnel can share information more easily and use information tools more effectively 

Miscellaneous

DISA - The Defense Information Infrastructure COE Home Page 06/98 

NIST - CAT Government Information Technology Services (GITS) Working Group March 31, 1997 

NTIS DOD TAFIM Technical Architecture Framework for Inform. April 30, 1996 

WG1 Standards View 15 January 1997 

Reactions Regarding Enterprise-Reference Architectures Under Development 

GERAM NP 20 May 1996 

The IFAC/IFIP Task Force on Architectures for Enterprise Integration has studied enterprise-reference architectures since its establishment in 1990. In its work the Task Force has established the requirements to be satisfied by candidate enterprise-reference architectures and their associated methodologies to fulfill the needs of industry for such aids to enterprise integration. The result has been called GERAM, for Generalized Enterprise-Reference Architecture and Methodology, by the Task Force. The Task Force has shown that such an architecture is feasible and that several architectures presently available in the literature can already or potentially can fulfil such requirements. 

Requirements for Enterprise-Reference Architectures 1997-April-29 

The IFAC/IFIP Task Force on Architectures for Enterprise Integration has studied enterprise-reference architectures since its establishment in 1990. In its work the Task Force has established the requirements to be satisfied by candidate enterprise-reference architectures and their associated methodologies to fulfill the needs of industry for such aids to enterprise integration. The result has been called GERAM, for Generalized Enterprise-Reference Architecture and Methodology, by the Task Force. The Task Force has shown that such an architecture is feasible and that several architectures presently available in the literature can already or potentially can fulfil such requirements. 

DARPA Information About the Information Technology Office * 

to provide the networking and computing hardware, software, systems and management technologies vital to ensuring DoD military superiority. 

NASA

NASA 1998 Strategic Plan - Cover Page October 30, 1997 

NASA - Architecture and Design of Storage and Data Mining. June 30, 1995 

Architecture and Design of Storage and Data Management for the NASA Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) 

Oakridge 

Lockheed Martin Energy Systems - Adaptive Information Architectures for LMES June 1996 

The information architectures and strategies are mostly products of teams led by the Corporate Information Management (CIM) Strategies & Architectures group of five people, with the exception of the data management strategy which will be pointed out. 

USDA

USDA - Data Management Handbook: Index 

USDA Service Center  - Data Management Team - Data Management Handbook 

USDA - Data Management Team Home Page 10/29/98 

Data Management Team Home Page - Good pointers for Data Administration 

USAF

USAF - Fight or Flight - ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE - CIO Magazine September 1, 1998

USAF - Air Force - DARPA STARS Program Sept 1996 

The Software Technology for Adaptable, Reliable Systems (STARS) program is sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), contracted through the Air Force Electronic Systems Center (ESC), and involves three cooperating prime contractors -- Boeing, Loral Federal Systems, and Loral Defense Systems-East -- and a large number of subcontractors

USAF - Air Force CIO - IT Responsibilities - Architecture 2 July 1998 

This set of integrated IT architectures will help the Air Force CIO guide the evolution and maintenance of its existing information technology (IT) systems, and the acquisition of new IT systems, to achieve Air Force strategic missions and goals for the 21st century. 

USAF - HQ Information Architecture Planning (IAP) Sept 1998 

A proven, structured methodology (Enterprise Architecture Planning) created by Dr. Steven Spewak. The methodology begins by setting down some overarching business principles that touch all aspects of the HAF business. Examples of some principles include "data is an asset," "data is shared," and "data is accessible." Once these principles were in place, the foundation was set for the remainder of the work to be done. 

USAF - DataStrat WhtPap2.0 2 September 1998 

Standardization of data elements from the enterprise perspective is a good alternative and a good investment. This data strategy is the road map to future information management, identifying the most cost-effective approach (using Integrated Engineering (IE) methodology) and outlining the implementation process. 

Veterans Affairs

VA INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ARCHITECTURE DOCUMENTS May 1997 

The VA Information Technology (IT) Architecture will focus on those activities that need to take place to reach out to external customers (veterans and their surrogates) and partner Federal agencies, and to empower VA employees with the capability to deliver one-stop service.

Dept of Treasury

***Treasury Information Systems Architecture Framework 9/30/1997 

Treasury Architecture Development Process (TADP), Treasury Architecture Development Guidance (TADG), Treasury Information System Architecture Framework (TISAF) ---- This document presents the architecture development process for developing an enterprise information system architecture (EISA) according to the Treasury Information Systems Architecture Framework (TISAF). 

Belgium - definition of architecture 1996 

Webster's dictionary definitions 

Hong Kong Telemedicine Association 11/27/97 

Aspects of Telemedicine on the Hong Kong Health Information Superhighway 

Hong Kong PPT Slide 11/97 

Hong Kong Health Administration - Enterprise Information Architecture

Powerpoint Slides (13)

Alberta -Office of the Chief Information Officer * 

The Alberta Government realizes it must develop and use new technology and sound information resource management practices to keep pace with our ever-changing world, and to ensure we provide our clients, all Albertans, with the best possible service. 

Arizona 

Arizona Strategic Plan Download

1998 Strategic Plan

Connecticut

Connecticut - Purpose of the Strategic Plan 10/01/1994 

Improving the planning process is one of the major strategic goals of the Office of Policy and Management and the Office of Information and Technology. 

Indiana

Indiana - DPOC Architecture February 3, 1995 12/14/98 

This information technology document is published as the result of Data Processing Oversight Commission (DPOC) coordination with State data processing professionals, input and feedback from businesses with whom the State has conducted business, and executive management of State government. This document is targeted to the Executive Branch of the State of Indiana, otherwise termed in the following pages as the "enterprise". The architectural objective upon which the information technology principles are based is organizational efficiency, effectiveness and responsiveness. Services provided and functions performed by agencies of the State of Indiana have as their primary goal the improved quality of life of Indiana citizens. 

Kansas

Kansas - KIRC Home Page February 6, 1998 

We also recognize the need to integrate our programs and organizations across agencies to deliver coordinated services as an enterprise. Services from disconnected, seemingly uncoordinated organizations are frustrating, costly, and sometimes poorly serve our citizens. Furthermore, for many of the services that citizens receive, the point of delivery occurs at the local level. 

Kentucky

Kentucky - Architecture Introduction

An information technology architecture and related set of standards are necessary to ensure the compatibility of the current IT projects and other future IT initiatives. The architecture and standards provide a blueprint for the development of information technology applications. The information technology architecture provides a framework for the development of new applications. The architecture includes models for data and applications along with the technical environment including hardware, software, and networks. A working plan to accomplish the future Commonwealth IT architecture is detailed in the following document.

Kentucky - Information Technology - Table of Contents

Kentucky - Emerging Technologies Intro Page

The purpose of this paper is to identify technologies with potential application within the agencies and departments of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Maine

Maine - PRINCIPLES OF INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE * 

An information architecture is a planning tool which helps develop technically compatible systems by providing a consistent approach to information technology across an organization. 

Massachusetts

Massachusetts - Network Management Final July 1998 

The Commonwealth and its agencies have committed to building a common enterprise network in order to reduce the Commonwealth's expenditure on telecommunications and to promote connectivity and interoperability among various state agencies. 

Massachusetts - ITD NT/Exchange - Design & Naming Guidelines April 24, 1998 

This paper is targeted towards IT professionals within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 

Massachusetts - Information Technology Standards and Guidelines April 1998 

The purpose of the attached standards is to provide a blueprint for migration towards true enterprise computing. Agency investments in network technology should be made in a manner consistent with these standards in order to promote overall inter-agency connectivity. 

Missouri

MO IT Strategic Plan October 29, 1998 

This document is a road map for using Information Technology throughout Missouri State Government. It is the result of recommendations originated by Governor Carnahan's Commission on Management and Productivity. 

MO IT Tactical Plan 09/08/98 

This volume, the Tactical Plan, is a collection of project summaries. These provide more detail on specific issues and projects the state information technology community is addressing; the who, how and when. 

Minnesota

Minnesota- Information Infrastructure Report June 1996 

Information Technology (IT) has never been more critical to quality of life and economic vitality than now, and it will increase in importance as we move into the 21st century. This is an issue that touches every citizen throughout the state of Minnesota, at work, at school and at play. It affects their well-being whether they are involved in businesses large or small, patients in a health care facility, government leaders, or individuals in the privacy of their home. 

New Mexico

New Mexico CIO: Statewide IT Strategic Plan

Statewide Information Technology Strategic Plan

New York

NY - Office for Technology -- Policy Listing

New York State Office for Technology Technical Policy Bulletins-

New York - An Enterprise Architecture for Distributed Computing 1/10/97 

Slide Show - Craig MacVittie 

North Carolina

North Carolina - Statewide Technical Architecture EAS (Meta) 1997 

Based on DeBoever - EAS from Meta Group This document defines the new technical architecture. It serves as a blueprint for the design and deployment of the full spectrum of information systems owned by the State, and for the computing, communications, and management infrastructure required to support these systems. The Statewide Technical Architecture will allow individual departments to respond to specific business needs using common components, thus ensuring that information systems will be shared and managed on a statewide basis. 

North Carolina - Public schools - Executive Summary * 

Long-Range State Technology Plan - Because the classroom is the focal point for teaching and learning, the standard for creating a technology-supported school should be set within this context. In so doing, two fundamental characteristics will differentiate the daily surroundings and activities of a technology-supported classroom in North Carolina from most classrooms today. 

North Carolina - Statewide Technical Architecture Strategy Fall 1996 

State government must develop the capability for responding more quickly to a rapidly changing environment. The state's approach to the management and use of information technology is critical for successfully meeting the expanding responsibilities, and satisfying the increasing desires of its citizens. 

North Carolina - Technology Recommendations & Standards February, 1995 

North Carolina Instructional Technology Plan Guide: Technological Recommendations and Standards February, 1995 

Ohio

Ohio - State of Ohio's Enterprise Architecture

Ohio's chief information officer, together with the Interagency Information Management Group, realizes that in order for Ohio's information technology to progress, a structured, coordinated effort crossing agency boundaries must exist. To that end, the state of Ohio will adopt and implement a standards-based technology information architecture which assures timely, accurate and cost-effective information delivery from source to consumer, regardless of the platform, technology or location of either.

Texas

Texas State Strategic Plan for Information Resources Management, 1995 

This plan articulates our strategy for managing the state's information resources to serve citizens. 

"A Vision for the Millennium" - DIR October 30, 1998 

 

A Vision for the Millennium describes a broad approach to providing government information and services to the public. It proposes improved sharing of information among agencies, and defines roles for public and private sector providers. Several profiles are featured throughout the plan to describe how a variety of Texans will benefit from the vision. 

Texas - Standards Page May 1994 

An overview of the Architecture Framework for Information Resources Management (AFIRM). It describes a conceptual approach to using the AFIRM. It also relates information technology (IT) and information management (IM) guidance published in the Department of Information Resources recommendations, plans and policies to the AFIRM guidance.

Utah

Utah - CIO Home Page

State of Utah Information Technology Architecture Business Problem: The rate of change in the state's business processes and information technology resources continues to increase at an increasing rate.

Utah - State IT Architecture

The following sites are useful architecture sites with many examples of architecture development processes and technical architecture documents from other states and organizations.

Utah - IT Initiatives

Vermont

Vermont - Telecommunications Plan * 

This Plan lays out a vision, long range goals, specific objectives and recommended actions for meeting Vermont's telecommunications needs. 

Washington

Washington State Department of Ecology Information Technology Strategic Plan October 1996 

The project approach was based on Information Engineering Methodology (IEM). The phases of IEM define the tasks and deliverables over the full spectrum of information systems development from strategic planning to systems implementation. This project focused on the initial planning phase and resulted in an agency wide ISP based on the organization's key business drivers and information needs. 

Information Technology Tactical Plan November 1997 

 

Washington - ISB: Statewide IT Policies

Startegic Plan

Wisconsin

Wisconsin: Department of Administration, BadgerNet 

Wisconsin: Internet Architecture Project May 7, 1998 

The purpose of the Internet Architecture Project is to outline a general architecture for Internet services for state government in Wisconsin. This will focus on basic Internet business requirements and how the state should organize its technology and services to meet those requirements. 

Wisconsin: Table of I.T. Standards December 4, 1998 

Enterprise Standards: - Table of Standards 

Wyoming

Wyoming Information Strategy Plan February 14, 1997 

A process called Information Strategy Planning has been adopted to address this need. Information Strategy Planning creates a high-level view of the State of Wyoming's information and interaction, paying particular attention to where data is created, read or retrieved, updated, and/or deleted. This type of planning ties general state processes, and data categories to organizations and it allows identification of data usage across agencies. 

Wyoming's Strategic Direction for Information Technology * 

State government must be an active technological force, through empowering its citizens with direct and easy access to needed information and the ability to interact ~ be it on the local, state, regional or national levels. 

2ab - EA

Enterprise Architecture Consulting and Architecture Reviews

Ackley Associates Home Page 03/31/98 

Ackley Associates designs and implements advanced modeling methods to improve management decisions and business performance. Integrated Modeling produces an architectural tool 

Architect's role in package application integration - SunWorld - August 1998 

Architecting Architecture - Giga View - CIO Magazine April 15, 1998 

ASHTON ARCHITECT 

systems planners can now employ a business-driven, tool-based method for developing systems plans and technology architecture

Babbage-Simmel - Enterprise Architecture Planning * 

Enterprise Architecture Planning is a process utilized to carefully match investment of technology dollars to business needs, goals and objectives. 

Babbage Simmel - Enterprise Architecture Planning 2

An Enterprise Architecture can benefit your organization in many ways: Lowering the costs of computing Aligning Information Technology investment with business goals and objectives Focusing Information Technology initiatives on the highest payoff projects, just to name a few

Baynetworks - Adaptive Networking Enterprise *

Mission-Critical Applications; The Wiring Closet; The Campus LAN Backbone; WAN Routing Between Main Sites; Branch Office Routers; Network Management

BCR - The Importance of a Network Architecture October 1995 

A formal network architecture can play an important role in your network's evolution. It helps control the amount of diversity within your network and enhances stability of service. Further, when you don't have an architecture, you're more vulnerable to being manipulated by vendors. Finally, an architecture serves as a point of focus and identifies long-term goals. 

 

BerMark Dynamics Inc. - Enterprise Solution Builders 1957 

Consultant - Deploying qualified and seasoned Enterprise Architects - Deploying technical Solution Consultants - Providing consulting services using BDI's E-Dimension methodology and visual - modeling toolset 

Brancheau, James - Architecture 01/02/98 

Recent research shows that "building a responsive technology architecture" has become one of the most important issues facing information systems executives today. Technology architecture is  a broad topic that includes hardware, software, and network components. The term architecture is often expanded to include technical issues such as database and program design, as well as management issues such as development life cycles and people support strategies. 

BRINT - Enterprise Architecture: An Overview (Paper) (Meta)1996 

The concept of Enterprise Architecture has been defined and discussed variously in extant articles in practitioner and research publications. This article attempts to take a holistic view of diverse interpretations while aligning with Digital's overall approach as outlined by Darnton and Giacoletto (1992). 

Bull/France - Development Trends in the Architecture of Enterprise Information Systems * 

A new major development took place the mid eighties, with the introduction of micro computers, placing the power of the  computer on every desk in the company, thereby further enhancing individual productivity. Micro computers also constituted a significant dynamic force for the development of computing products. 

Computer Science Technical Report (CS-TR) Project: A Pioneering Digital Library Project Viewed from a Library Perspective 1996 

build a large-scale, distributed digital library of computer science technical reports produced by project participants. 

Contents (Generic Office Environment) 1994 

The Generic Office is an architecture for the management, organization, composition and retrieval of the data, information and knowledge embodied in paper and electronic documents. This architecture allows the adaptation and evolution of these documents and their components. 

CSTR -- Computer Science Technical Reports 1966 

Digital library 

CVISN Architecture

The architecture is intended to provide guidance to CVO system implementers. Critical areas of guidance will be incorporated into standards. A good architecture allows component systems to:

Use consistent concepts, processes, data definitions, and user interfaces
Share data
Cooperate in carrying out a process
Be developed independently
Avoid overlapping functions & redundant development
Evolve with changing practices & technology

Data Architects Welcomes You * 

Consultants 

DCI: Sue Mellen - Enterprise Architecture Planning February 5, 1998 

Enterprise Architecture refers to the process of totally integrating your business and your business goals with your computing capabilities. In a way, it's a means of re-engineering your thought processes. 

DCI's Managing Enterprise Architecture Planning Seminar: Enterprise Modeling for Business, Data, Applications and Technology * 

Seminar by Spewak - Enterprise Modeling for Business, Data, Applications and Technology 

DMTF The Desktop Management Task Force 1998 

The DMTF has re-designed its web site to allow better access to the tools and information on the standards that are driving the enterprise and desktop industries.

Dialogue Switching Technologies - Business Plan * 

Enterprise Architecture Modeling(LCP) 10/15/97 

Slide Show (23 slides) - Enterprise architecture is at the heart of the Lifecycle Process. Knowledge of the current state from these different facets is necessary in order to evaluate what you have and how transformation of the current state can occur without a major disruption to existing activities and systems 

EDCAUSE - Campus Financial Systems for the Future

articulating a strategic framework; facilitating institution-wide perspective and buy-in; structuring and managing the project; determining business and technology requirements; selecting a solution; and implementing the system. The process detailed in this book is applicable to any type of system implementation.

EDCAUSE - The Learning Action Plan: A New Approach to Information Technology Planning in Community Colleges

offers a blueprint for creating an IT strategic plan to support the institution's mission. The very pragmatic model, developed at the Maricopa Community Colleges, is illustrated by experiences of Maricopa and several other community colleges. The model incorporates elements not always found in traditional planning: alignment, shared vision, strategic principles, IT organizational structure, business process reengineering, and continuous feedback, within a framework of organizational culture, customer communities, and current technology.

Enterprise Architects, Inc. Spewck 1997 

Enterprise Architecture Services * 

Extending the industry standard Zachman framework for systems architecture, APG-USA has included the dynamics of human resources, time, and change management to deliver an all encompassing framework for systems architecture 

Enterprise Logic, Inc. - Networks by Design

Enterprise Logic, Inc. provides Enterprise Architecture services in the design, development and deployment of intranets, extranets and electronic commerce systems.

Enterprise Security Architecture and Implementation * 

Maintaining appropriate levels of security has become a serious issue for today's corporations. As an IT manager in this environment you have to contend with global networks, distributed applications, the Internet, intranets, electronic commerce, and widespread demand for virtual office capabilities. All this makes it seem almost impossible to sort out the issues and weave the necessary components and controlling processes together into a secure environment. 

 

Friedman - IAIMS (Integrated Advanced Information Management Systems) 3/98 

Health Care Slides

Framework Software, Inc. 1998 

A set of enterprise architecture document and model management tools that provide fast access to work products and electronic performance support materials based on the concepts of the Zachman Framework for Enterprise 

Finkelstein Home Page: Clive Finkelstein 12/09/98 

Grant-Thorton SE-com - Enterprise-Wide Technical Architecture (EWTA)

Today, companies or organizations operate in an extremely dynamic and fast-paced environment where success in the future depends greatly on how change is managed. Consequently, an organization must deploy business information systems that can change rapidly in response to business needs. Jim Fischella

Hackett - Information Technology Benchmark 1998 

To help IT professionals and managers get a handle on where they spend their time and resources, The Hackett Group's Best Practices Benchmark Study of Information Technology collects data on 10 specifically defined processes, including operations, end-user support and training, application software development and supplier management. 

Honeywell - Domain-Specific Software Architectures for GN&C 1996 

We seek to make this intuitive notion of an architecture more rigorous by defining precise meanings and notations for such specifications. This means using machine-processable languages to capture architecture specifications; tools to analyze architectures and estimate system properties; and tools to automate the production and testing of software from an architecture specification. 

HP - Enterprise IT Architecture Planning

To get the most business benefit out of your information systems, it is important to create a vision for IT's role. Experienced HP consultants can assist with IT vision and IT strategy setting. This can include a review of standards and technologies, and the creation of IT architectural principles. This process aligns IT with the business strategy.

Hurwitz - Enterprise Architecture Online Forum

Welcome to the Enterprise Architecture Online Forum, moderated by Hurwitz Group Senior Consultant Beth Gold-Bernstein. In recognition of the growing importance of Enterprise Architecture, Hurwitz Group created this site to provide an online forum to exchange ideas on defining, planning, selling and implementing an enterprise architecture. The goal of this online discussion group is to provide a free exchange of ideas and an evolving repository of best practices.

Hurwitz Group Analysis of Enterprise Architectures

A comparative analysis

Introduction
Management Summary
Evaluation Criteria
Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Solution Frameworks
IBM Open Blueprint
Microsoft Corp.
Netscape Communications
Oracle Network Computing Architecture
SunSoft NEO

International Enterprise Architects Consortium

The IEAC is committed to providing members with the best educational arena in which to determine corporate strategy, compare solution alternatives, and focus on industry-specific issues. The On-Line Network allows you to connect with individuals who have faced or are facing similar issues.

IEAC International Enterprise Architects Consortium Links 

Enterprise Architecture Industry Links

Enterprise Architecture Examples 
Enterprise Architecture Taxonomies 
Industry Experts 
Enterprise Architecture Consulting Firms 
Enterprise Architecture Related Tools 
Enterprise Architecture Related Conferences and Seminars 
Enterprise Architecture Related Associates and Working Groups 
Other Enterprise Architecture Related Sites of Interest 

IEAC International Enterprise Architects Consortium 

The International Enterprise Architects Consortium (IEAC) is dedicated to providing the knowledge, theory and applications required to optimize an organization's ability to implement business strategy. The IEAC is an alumni organization for conference attendees of DCI's Enterprise Architecture Conferences.

IFIP/IFAC Task Force on Enterprise Integration

In 1990 IFIP and IFAC set up the Task Force (TF) on Architectures for Integrating Manufacturing Activities and Enterprises with the aim of defining and evaluating Enterprise Reference Architectures. The timeliness of this move was marked by the fact that by that time several groups around the world had been working on the definition of reference architectures and there was no way to compare or evaluate the results. These groups included private organisations/ sw/hw vendors, academic research institutions, and standards bodies.

ISWorld Net Home page 8/98 

ISWorld Net, a worldwide virtual learning community of information systems scholar 

Info Advisors - Framework Architectures List

This is the home of the Framework Architectures List, an e-mail-based discussion group for those interested in Enterprise Architectures and Frameworks.
Zackman

ISW - Business Themes and Enterprise Architecture June 1995 

management introduction to the concept of the Enterprise Architecture 

IBM Systems Management and Networking 12/08/98 Services 

The World Wide Web, client/server environments, disparate networking systems, enterprise distributed systems, open systems, and the new role of the data center are but a few tactical and strategic challenges. 

 

IBM - Open Blueprint home page (Meta) 10/22/97 

The Open Blueprint is a descriptive reference model for distributed computing. It's a logical blueprint that can be used to: 

Develop an enterprise wide architecture - Plan, design, and implement systems and applications - Harness new technologies - Cope with a heterogeneous environment 

JBA Technology - JBA Active Enterprise Strategy * 

Neat Graphic

No healthy business can afford to stand still, and the same is true of application software. We need a framework for both functional and architectural developments that is tuned to satisfy the future needs of the Active Enterprise. 

Kluth - Frederick John Kluth - Enterprise Information Architecture 1993 

EIA provides an analysis of seven distinct but related aspects of the business environment, but "It is not the analyses, but the vision that results from them that makes an enterprise information architecture". EIA consists of seven layers -- environment, business requirements, data architecture, application architecture, infrastructure, vendored systems, and physical equipment. 

Knowledge Partners Inc.1998 

Lockheed - Home Page -- Software Architecture Technology Guide * 

A "virtual road map" to additional web resources for understanding and applying architectural techniques to domain-specific reuse. The reader is guided through software architecture concepts, representation methods, architecture-focused software efforts, recommended readings, and additional sources for software architecture technology information. 

Louden - IPT Ken Louden - Architecture Presentation 25 October 1996 

Slide Show 

Lash - The Information of Architecture Meets the Architecture of Information April 16, 1996 

The central "architecture of information" challenges are discussed, the industry fragmentation dilemma, the ability to influence outcome, new management tools for creative processes, GroupWare and the virtual studio, and open information technology standards. Although this category is but one dimension of the challenge to improve project delivery, it is the one where external change the change of the digital age has the greatest potential to benefit, or destabilize, project delivery and the design and construction industry as a whole. 

MCI - Cerf - Looking Beyond the Millenium 

35 slides 

MCI - Systemhouse Solve (Meta) 1998 

Search engine will find two (at least) articles on EA 

McAfee, David Research Page Architecture Pointer List

Pointer list of enterprise (technical) architectures on the web

META Group Collaborative IT Decision Making 1998 

MetaGroup About META Group, Inc. 04/98 

Slides by Larry Debover to GSA 

META Group INfusion- Enterprise Architecture Strategies (EAS)

EAS provides an invaluable, ongoing resource that enables organizations to create an adaptive architecture that "engineers out" everything that inhibits change, while "engineering in" a high tolerance for the unanticipated. Offering a set of architectural best practices to guide IT in the process of designing a flexible technical infrastructure, EAS helps clients assess effectiveness, enhance adaptability, and lower total cost of ownership.

Meta View - Three Architectural Sins- CIO Magazine May 1, 1997 

The three architectural sins: confusing an architecture with a "buy list" of approved products, failure to focus on adaptability as the key architectural design goal and treating architectural planning as a one-time event. 

Meta Enterprsie - Links

Here are some related and competitor Websites in no particular order

Metadatabase Research Homepage 12/08/98 

This home page describes an on-going international research effort through government and industrial sponsorship on developing new information technologies for distributed and global enterprises. Available to the users here are: a free CASE tool suite for integrated data and knowledge systems development, brief bio-sketches of the researchers, and their publications. 

Microsoft Solutions Framework -- Enterprise Architecture July 01, 1998 

IT organizations struggle to achieve tighter integration between IT and business, improve efficiency, and reduce costs. Enterprise architecture is the right tool for the job. However, the IT industry has had little success in architectural efforts. What are the issues and problems, and how can they be avoided? This white paper presents the position that when developing an enterprise architecture, it pays to stay focused on the essentials. 

Microsoft Solutions Framework - Enterprise Architecture Model (Meta) June 4, 1998 

Enterprise architects plan for the necessary infrastructures, utilities, systems, and processes that business applications use to access and exchange critical information throughout the organization. 

Microsoft Solutions Framework - Best Practices 06/97 

Microsoft Solutions Framework 

Microsoft Solutions Framework can help you plan an enterprise architecture that adapts to (or drives) industry change. Consistently build business-driven applications. And manage your computing environment.

North East EA Council - Who Are We

For further information about our firm, the services we provide or the North-East Enterprise Architecture Council, we encourage you to e-mail us at info@bitSymbiosis.com

Northeast Consulting Resources, Inc.* 

Strategy Mapping scenario planning tools help to clarify, or "map", specific areas of strategic concern. Designed to work together as part of an overall planning cycle, they are also applied to individually to address specific problems or issues. 

NCR The Open Group and NCR's Architecture Framework Comparison December 19, 1996 

comparison is of The Open Group's Architecture Framework Version 2.0, and NCR's Enterprise Architecture Framework. 

NCR - OCCA 6.0.2 Banner 

On-line version of NCR's Open Cooperative Computing Architecture (OCCA) we have embedded many links, some inside and some outside the firewall. We realize that many of these links will not be accessible to all audiences and wish to beg your indulgence regarding the state of these links. We look forward to providing future updates of OCCA where these links are maintained more rigorously. 

Object Ideas - Enterprise Architecture Modeling(LCP) 10/15/97 

Enterprise architecture is at the heart of the Lifecycle Process. Knowledge of the current state from these different facets is necessary in order to evaluate what you have and how transformation of the current state can occur without a major disruption to existing activities and systems. This presentation is simply an initial introduction to the subject of enterprise modeling. Keep checking here from time to time for updates to this presentation.

Slide Show 23 slides

Onsett - Technology Architecture and Roadmap

The technologies available to the IT organization for building and delivering business value are changing rapidly. Some changes are "natural evolutions" and can easily be incorporated into the existing infrastructure. Others are wrenching discontinuities, requiring careful assessment and preparation for their impact on existing applications, infrastructure systems, and operations. How can an IT manager plan the corporate infrastructure so as to minimize future discontinuities and incompatibilities?

Open Group Architectural Framework (Meta) 1998 

An architecture is a formal description of a system. It acts as a detailed plan from which a system can be implemented, and it is organized in such a way that it supports reasoning about the structural properties of the system. Any complex computer-based information system needs an architecture to provide a strategic context for its evolution. An architecture provides a description of the components or building blocks that constitute an information system, the responsibilities and rules for each component, and the complex interrelationships between those components. (See TOGAF)

Oracle's NCA (Meta) 1998 

Network Computing Architecture is Oracle's implementation of a fully networked computing environment. It is a robust, scalable, and open infrastructure that will serve as the basis for the next generation of distributed computing. NCA is a multi-tiered architecture that can utilize the entire Oracle product line, as well as products from 3rd party vendors. Network Computing Architecture brings unprecedented simplicity, flexibility, and cost-savings to enterprise computing. 

Orr - Ken Orr Enterprise Data Architecture 1997 

Ken Orr Enterprise Data Architecture (EDA) is the latest version of the visual representation of the various levels of the Data Warehousing provides a way of looking at the entire decision support space for large organizations. Every few months, the EDA is updated to reflect new technologies and/or client experiences. 

Orr - Ken Orr - Data Warehouse Paper 1997 

If there is a single key to survival in the 1990s and beyond, it is being able to analyze, plan and react to changing business conditions in a much more rapid fashion. 

OTIS - Information Technology at OTIS March 4, 1996 

Student project The information presented in this site is only for the education of those interested in the international business applications of information technology. 

Performance Engineering Corporation - business

Organizations use mission systems, administrative applications, databases, and data warehouses to help them access the information they need to make competitive business decisions, produce quality products and services, and attract and retain customers. An organization whose suite of computer hardware and software matches its business objectives has the competitive edge in all phases of doing business in today's information age.

Quidnunc (Enterprise Architecture)

EVERY ENTERPRISE has an IT architecture- the environment underpinning the systems that run the business. For most, their architecture is a mish-mash, dictated by old applications they can't quite kill and new PCs they can't quite keep track of. The timing of this guide is deliberate. The appearance of two new actors on the IT stage components and the internet means many organisations need a re-think now or they risk losing the plot. The appropriate response is, in fact, rather easier than you might suppose. You don't need a grand plan, or to throw out your existing systems. But you need some new concepts.

*** Scheider - INFOED - Architecture Strategy 1996 

Architecture is defined as the formal, considered plan or design that guides development or construction of business systems. In more detail, it is the framework of principles, guidelines, standards, models and strategies which directs the design, construction and deployment of information technology throughout the enterprise. 

Spewak - Seminar Managing Enterprise Architecture Planning

Enterprise Architecture Planning is a process for defining the top two layers of John Zachman's Information Systems Architecture Framework. EAP results in a high-level blueprint of data, applications, and technology that will be a cost-effective long-term solution, not merely a quick-fix. 

Spewak, Steven -Enterprise Architecture Planning by Spewak, Steven; Hill, Steven C. ISBN: 0471599859; Softcover

Enterprise Architecture Planning (EAP) is a high-level blueprint for data, applications, and technology that is a cost-effective long-term solution. The authors give you a common-sense approach to EAP, supported by examples of architectures, procedures, checklists, and useful guidelines.

Stevenson - Dennis Stevenson - ISW - Enterprise Architecture - 4 Domains Image * 

Stevenson - Dennis Stevenson - Enterprise Architecture * 

Stevenson - Dennis A Stevenson ISW - Enterprise Architecture References July 5 1995

Stevenson, Dennis - The Chief Architect's Bookshelf

The Chief Architect must maintain an up-to-date understanding of a wide range topics both business and technical. In association with Amazon.com Books we are pleased to present this selection of books from the Chief Architect's Bookshelf. We've picked outstanding books to support your most effective and inspired work - from Business Design and Innovation to the nuts and bolts of Technical Architecture.

 

Stevenson - Dennis A Stevenson -ISWorld Net Research - Enterprise Architecture 25th November 1997 

Welcome to the Enterprise Architecture international research stream. This page provides a centralized point from which academics and practitioners can access information relating to enterprise architecture. Enterprise Architecture is an enterprise-wide, integrating framework which incorporates: business architecture (strategy, governance, organization, process); data/information architecture; application (systems) architecture; and technology (IT) architecture. 

Sun - The world of the technical architect - SunWorld - March 1998 

An introduction to the basic principles that should guide your IT design. 

Sybase, Inc. SBC Enterprise Work Architecture 1998 

Developing an Enterprise Work Architecture brings a systematic and integrated approach to the analysis, design and communication o