30min | Planning for first large group New2EA Session | whole group, facilitated by Alberto/Jacob | - We discussed how to structure this session
- We agreed to prepare some viewpoints beforehand to share
- It could be helpful to provide a template with questions
- What questions should we ask?
- What was/is the motivation for starting EA at your institution?
- What type of EA are you considering?
- Architect over a big system/solution architecture – for example an ERP program
- Head architect for an IT organization – how the technology pieces will fit together; might run an Architecture Review Board
- City planning metaphor – looking ahead, setting strategy, not limited to strategy, laying out where others will build something
- Business process outcome – primarily with working with business stakeholders
- Note: An EA practice could fit in several
- Also, before that, more of an icebreaker – what are you thinking about, what are you shooting for? Let's hear more about each individual and their context – then move to their "flavor" of EA (above)
- What challenge do you think EA is going to resolve for you? Or help you do better?
- Or: What is your sense of what the value of EA is, that you are hoping to get or that you are describing to others in your organization?
- Where have you been looking to learn about EA? What external organizations, publications, have you been looking at and what's been helpful?
- Think of the whole meeting as an icebreaker/getting to know each other, with some questions just for a little structure – for most participants, this is only the first meeting
- Goal is for people to feel like the topic and the group is worth coming back to again
- This could be a recurring theme every year – we could be doing this meeting again to welcome people
- It could be "who is new to EA", or "welcome to EA"
- So should we provide a template/advance work?
- If it's an icebreaker, less formal is better
- The steering group participants can be prepared to speak, giving time for others to think and then jump in
- Closing the meeting
- Show people a little of where we're headed
- Include/show more of the themes from the survey
- Mention that there will be a panel; there will be other resources/people and perspectives coming to the working group
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10min | Determine schedule for large group New2EA Sessions, as well as WG Steering team sessions | Alberto/Jacob | - Two week schedule is still fine with everyone
- Fridays are pretty loaded on the Itana calendar between regular calls, Steering, Business Architecture
- Consider the international participants - e.g. Ceri Davies at Cardiff
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