Topic/Theme Order:
| Theme | Date | Topic | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Growing an EA Practice | 5/6 | Reflections on What You've Heard So Far... And what are the questions you want to have answered? | How does what you've heard from the New2EA community relate to Growing an EA Practice
What did you see? why does that connect? What questions do you have for growing a practice. |
| 5/20 | CANCELLED | ||
| 6/3 | EA Practice Journey Maps | 5 Five-Minute Lightening Round Presentations
5 breakout rooms with the 5 presenters - then share those back | |
| 6/17 | Strategy on a Page (SoaP) | You might start broad (long-term) then narrow to a short term | |
| 7/1 | Wiki Workshop Planning | ||
| 7/15 | Wiki Workshop Planning | ||
| 7/29 | SUMMER HIATUS | ||
| 8/12 | SUMMER HIATUS | ||
| 8/26 | SUMMER HIATUS | ||
| 9/9 | SUMMER HIATUS | ||
| 9/23 | Maturity Models - personal and EAMM?? | ||
| 10/7 | Capability Maps | What do i need to deliver to achieve this; where do I have or not have the right skills needed | |
| 10/21 | Stakeholder Analysis + Communications Plans | Are we actually doing what we said and planned to do |
- Attendees: Louis King, Jim Phelps, Rich Cropp, Yolanda Uzzell, Nina Fox, Jacob Morris
Itana Wiki Refresh Workshop
- Kickoff 7/20 - 2:30PM to 5PM Eastern / 11AM to 1PM Pacific
- Full Day 7/21 - Noon to 2:00PM AND 2:30 to 5PM
- Full Day 7/22 - Noon to 2:00PM AND 2:30 to 5PM
Name, Email, Timezone, Problems you are trying to solve or trying to accomplish on the wiki, EA Journey (1 = new, exploring / 5 = experienced practicioner ), familiarity with EA Practices in Higher Education (1 - 5), familiarity with the ITana Wiki, do you have current wiki edit right OR do you have info architecture skills
Virtual Kanban board / Mural / Miro?
- Attendees: Louis King, Jim Phelps, Mary Stevens, Marlon Raghunanan, Jacob Morris
Ideas:
- Skillsets and levels of skillsets - is there a base that you should be working on?
- Three Lenses: Political (Champions/Detractors, Influencers/Followers), Fiscal (ROI), Strategic (SoaP)
- Maturity Models
- EAMM
- Personal MM
- Growing a Federated Architecture practice (Pros vs. Cons, where does this fit well, etc.)
- Minimal Viable Product for your EA Practice
- UW's EA Practice 2.0 - how we built the backlog, worked the backlog, think about growing
- Journey Mapping for EA Practices?
- Lightening Round: Personal Stories - when you were just starting as a solo architect, how did you get started, how did you gain ground?
- Mark Poepping - CMU
- Piet Niederhausen - Georgetown
- Jim Phelps - UW
- Louis King - Yale
- Breakout rooms - come back and present stories
- Google Doc ahead of time for pairing
- May want to move it out two meetings due to conflict with CSG
Action Items:
Notes from prior planning meetings:
Growing an EA Practice
- Strategy on a Page (SoaP): Strategy on a Page
- This is an outcome that we see that we can influence - what we do and who we would do it with
- Capability Map (both for your EA Practice and your university)
- Stakeholder Analysis
- Work Planning methodology (e.g. prioritizing the projects you take on)
- Exercise: Scenario - have to build an annual work plan (quarter by quarter)
- e.g. summer camp (scout projects, turn into firewood)
- Exercise: Scenario - have to build an annual work plan (quarter by quarter)
- Program Evaluation
- Maturity Assessment
- Methodologies (9-10 over 3 meetings)
- look at Itana library (e.g. strategic thinking, roadmaps, 25/10 crowdsourcing, etc.)
- Think of these methodologies as facilitation opportunities
- each has a structured way to reach specific outcomes
- can reduce variables of individuals and provide guidance to avoid blockers
Theme Ideas from December 2019 General New2EA Meeting:
Managing/Growing an EA Practice
- How to manage and grow your practice
- Capacity-building models for the EA capability
- how they have been used, models that people like
- Determining your start-up outcomes to help deliver value to your institution
- How to create a talent pipeline for EA and architecture skills
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