2021-2022 IBAWG Program

What's Your Business Architecture Vision?

As you think about applying business architecture at your institution, what challenges do you hope to address? What outcomes are you working toward?

• Format: Open discussion; bring your thoughts and hear from your peers

How Does Business Architecture Happen Today?

Most of us don't work in institutions with enterprise-wide business architecture practices. So how does business architecture happen today? How do enterprise goals and strategies get set, and decisions made about investments and initiatives? Who defines what the business of the institution is, and how is its "architecture" described?

• Format: Open discussion; bring your thoughts and hear from your peers

Unconference

• Format: We'll build an agenda on the fly; bring any topic you'd like to share or hear from your peers about

Organizational Readiness for Business Architecture

Most of us are just getting started with business architecture in our organizations. What should be in place for an enterprise, project, or team to benefit from business architecture? What about your current organization affects your ability to do what with business architecture?

• Format: Open discussion; bring your thoughts and hear from your peers

Applying the Higher Education Reference Model

Tony Turrin will share his work applying a capability model while exploring and building shared language at the University of North Florida. He'll illustrate how to connect a stable capability framework with elements in the business within each capability.

• Format: Presentation and discussion

Presentation deck

Business Terms and Rules example

Unconference

• Format: We'll build an agenda on the fly; bring any topic you'd like to share or hear from your peers about

CANCELED

Business Architecture and People

What’s involved in getting people and teams to the point of working together on, and benefiting from, a business architecture analysis? What else do business architects need to do, such as network, facilitate, and influence?

• Format: Open discussion; bring your thoughts and hear from your peers

Unconference

• Format: We'll build an agenda on the fly; bring any topic you'd like to share or hear from your peers about

Why Business Architecture?

What’s the purpose of doing business architecture in your organization? What are alternative or related practices, and what need does business architecture in particular fulfill? What outcomes are you looking for, and what do you need people to know about it? 

• Format: Open discussion; bring your thoughts and hear from your peers

Unconference

• Format: We'll build an agenda on the fly; bring any topic you'd like to share or hear from your peers about

Starting Small With Business Architecture

What are smaller scale ways to apply business architecture, not for the whole enterprise? Where have business architects gotten traction in individual projects or teams?

• Format: Open discussion; bring your thoughts and hear from your peers

Unconference

• Format: We'll build an agenda on the fly; bring any topic you'd like to share or hear from your peers about

Architecting Alignment of IT and Business Outcomes

Often this is where business architecture gets started. How has business architecture been used to build alignment between IT and business stakeholders?

• Format: Open discussion; bring your thoughts and hear from your peers

Unconference

• Format: We'll build an agenda on the fly; bring any topic you'd like to share or hear from your peers about

Strategic Change and Business Architecture

How should business architecture support major change efforts such as Digital Transformation (DX) or other institutional initiatives or strategies?

• Format: Open discussion; bring your thoughts and hear from your peers

Unconference

• Format: We'll build an agenda on the fly; bring any topic you'd like to share or hear from your peers about