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Important Message About our Books

Due to the take over of Trafford Publishing by Author Solutions USA last year, the Bookstore of Trafford has been reorganised in line with Author Solutions bookstore structure.

The effect of that change is that all our links to our books at Trafford Publishing have been changed.

We apologize for this inconvenience and have updated all our pages to that. If we missed some links please let us know.

Below you will find all direct links from our books to the Trafford Bookstore.

Enterprise Architecture Good Practices Guide

http://bookstore.trafford.com/Products/SKU-000163288/Enterprise-Architecture-Good-Practices-Guide.aspx

The Economic Benefits of Enterpise Architecture

http://bookstore.trafford.com/Products/SKU-000145342/The-Economic-Benefits-of-Enterprise-Architecture.aspx

How to Survive in the jungle of EA Frameworks

http://bookstore.trafford.com/Products/SKU-000154944/How-to-Survive-in-the-Jungle-of-Enterprise-Architecture-Frameworks.aspx

How to Manage the Enterprise Architecture Practice

http://bookstore.trafford.com/Products/SKU-000166469/How-to-Manage-the-Enterprise-Architecture-Practice.aspx

The IFEAD development & research team

Jaap Schekkerman


STREAM (Speedy, Traceable, Result driven, Enterprise, Architecture, Management) a Successful and Pragmatic 'Managed Diversity' Enterprise Architecture Approach


So how do you create a pragmatic managed diversity Enterprise Architecture program driven by the business?

Describing and selling an EA program to any organization is a challenge. Translating the “EA language” into your organization’s jargon will add credibility to your program. First, your organization’s knowledge workers will understand the program’s impact and value to their jobs. If they just shake their heads, but don’t understand the message, your credibility as a Lead Enterprise Architect can be lost immediately.

This instantly labels the Lead Enterprise Architect as the book smart academic that can’t apply EA into real world scenarios.

So you need another approach like the successful STREAM (Speedy, Traceable, Result-driven, Enterprise, Architecture, Management) approach developed by the Institute For Enterprise Architecture Developments in cooperation with Logica Business Consulting that has proven its value in real world scenarios.

The STREAM Approach

This STREAM approach is focused on balancing the need for a set of standards with the need for a diversity of solutions to increase innovation, business growth and competitive advantage and the need to deliver concrete added value in an agile way.
The characteristics of the STREAM approach are:
The Results must be Traceable … in order to add value: Start at the business side and make all choices and decisions traceable to the sources.
The Process must be Pragmatic ... in order to add value: Focus only on those elements that directly contribute to the goals & objectives. Make a difference between EA thinking and EA doing.
The trajectory must be Rapid ... in order to add value: Most STREAM EA transformation / rationalisation trajectories are delivering their results within a 4 to 5 months timeframe.
The Process must be Productive ... in order to add value: STREAM EA transformation / rationalisation trajectories are delivering predefined type of results, related to the goals & objectives.
The Results must be Relevant ... in order to add value: STREAM EA transformation / rationalisation / legacy trajectories are always starting at the business site and are delivering significant added value due to the focus to contribute to organisations strategic objectives & direction.

The STREAM phases are based on the characteristics of a managed diversity EA approach focused on balancing the need for a set of standards with the need for a diversity of solutions to increase innovation, business growth and competitive advantage in an agile way.

More Info:

Are you interested in the STREAM approach, then download the STREAM Paper or download the STREAM Presentation.

For more information goto: www.logica.nl/STREAM or contact IFEAD by e-mail at info@enterprise-architecture.info


EA Good Practices Guide

Trafford Publishing, Canada

ISBN: 1-4251-5687-8

by Jaap Schekkerman

A 386 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #07-2553; ISBN 1-4251-5687-8; Price: US$73.12, C$73.12, EUR49.95, £37.75

This Enterprise Architecture Good Practices Guide is based on IFEAD's well known sets of EA guides that are published over the years and enhanced on feedback from users.

About the Book: Enterprise Architecture Good Practices Guide

The purpose of this guide is to provide guidance to organization's in initiating, developing, using, and maintaining their enterprise architecture (EA) practice. This guide offers a set of Enterprise Architecture Good Practices that have proven their benefits to organizations and that addresses an end-to-end process to initiate, implement, and sustain an EA program, and describes the necessary roles and associated responsibilities for a successful EA program.

Enterprise Architecture is a complete expression of the enterprise; a master plan which “acts as a collaboration force” between aspects of business planning such as goals, visions, strategies and governance principles; aspects of business operations such as business terms, organization structures, processes and data; aspects of automation such as information systems and databases; and the enabling technological infrastructure of the business such as computers, operating systems and networks.

While EA frameworks and models provide valuable guidance on the content of enterprise architectures, there is literally no guidance how to successfully manage the process of creating, changing, and using Enterprise Architecture.

This guidance is crucially important. Without it, it is highly unlikely that an organization can successfully produce a complete and enforceable EA for optimizing its business value and mission performance of its systems. For example, effective development of a complete EA needs a corporate commitment with senior management sponsorship. Enterprise Architecture development should be managed as a formal program by an Enterprise Architecture Department that is held accountable for success.

Since that EA facilitates change based upon the changing business environment of the organization, the enterprise architect is the organization’s primary change agent.

Effective implementation requires establishment of business and system compliance with the enterprise architecture, as well as continuous assessment and enforcement of compliance. Waiver of these requirements may occur only after careful, thorough, and documented business case analysis. Without these commitments, responsibilities, and tools, the risk is great that business changes or new systems will not meet organizations business needs, will be incompatible, will perform poorly, and will cost more to develop, integrate, and maintain than is warranted.

For more info about this go to the book webpage.


Download book index here: Book index

For ordering the book directly at the Publisher, go to: http://bookstore.trafford.com/Products/SKU-000163288/Enterprise-Architecture-Good-Practices-Guide.aspx

Ordering this guide directly at the website of the Publisher is the easiest and fastest way of getting this guide.



Enterprise Architecture Consulting Services (EACS) is een bewezen bron voor, op onderzoek en best practices gebaseerde, Enterprise Architectuur Consulting Services zoals EA tool selectie, EA implementatie begeleiding, coaching en mentoring van enterprise architecten, enterprise architect profielen en vacature begeleiding, ondersteuning bij het opstellen en implementeren van EA raamwerken, etc. Enterprise Architecture Consulting Services werkt nauw samen met de onderzoekers van het Institute For Enterprise Architecture Developments (IFEAD).

Enterprise Architecture Consulting Services professionals leveren deze Enterprise Architectuur advies diensten via het web, bij u op lokatie en via EA leadership conferenties over de hele wereld.

In Nederland worden deze diensten geleverd door CGI Consulting.

CGI Consulting

Prof. W.H. Keesomlaan 14

Amstelveen
Mobiel: 0613186370 E-mail: jaap.schekkerman@cgi.com

Enterprise Architecture Consulting Services (EACS) is een samenwerkings verband aangegaan met CGI Consulting, een uitertst professionele adviesorganisatie, o.a. gespecialiseerd in Enterprise Architectuur.

Onderstaande diensten kunnen via Logica Business Consulting geleverd worden.

EACS; EA Consulting Services:

Voor meer informatie over EACS bezoek de website http://www.ea-consulting.com

 

 

The new version 7.0 of the EA Tool Selection Guide 2013 will be available in Q1-2013

Enterprise Architecture Tool Selection Guide version 6.3

Version 6.3 of the Enterprise Architecture Tool Selection Guide have some enhancements to the content and some corrections to the references in this document.

In this guide there is an updated overview of current EA tool suppliers. A new column is added about support of Governance, Risk and Compliancy. Even so the Soluton Architecture column and SOA is combined, a new colum is added with all the references to suppliers websites. Based on research from Gartner 2010 and Forrester 2011, the leading vendors, challangers, visionaires and nice players are marked with colors. So this vendor and tools overview is now covering the most important areas of architecture work.

The Enterprise Architecture Tool Selection Guide version 6.3, can help you defining your organization specific architecture tool selection requirements and criteria.


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Het eertse Enterprise Architectuur Boek dat de issues adresseert gerelateerd aan de Economische Waarde van Enterprise Architectuur; Lees meer hierover.....

Dit engelstalige boek is Nu beschikbaar via Trafford's online boek winkel...........

'The Economic Benefits of Enterprise Architecture: How to Quantify and Manage the Economic Value of Enterprise Architecture'

ISBN 1-4120-6729-4

Trafford Publishing, Canada

door Jaap Schekkerman

Eerste Editie;295 pagina's; Perfect bound; catalogue #05-1640; ISBN 1-4120-6729-4

Dit boek legt uit hoe de economische waarde van Enterprise Architectuur is te quantificeren en te managen.

Verschillende methoden, modellen en technieken worden beschreven om een economische aanpak te adopteren wanneer men werkt met Enterprise Architecturen.

Ga naarTraffords website over dit Boek en bestel dit boek direct via de uitgever's online website, de makkelijkste en goedkoopste manier om te doen.


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