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ITANA is a professional organization of I.T. Architects (Enterprise Architects, Infrastructure Architects et al) who work in higher education. This group is focused on:

• professional development
• tools and tricks of the trade
• forming working groups on topics of interest
• producing common frameworks, diagrams, whitepapers
• increasing the understanding about the role of architects in the enterprise and
• providing support and outreach

You can see our charter here:ITANA Charter.  For more information about how to join ITANA, see our document here: How To Join ITANA.  IMPORTANT: Please Join the Educause CG to take part in the email discussions and to get the news and hear about upcoming events.

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Quick Links:

• ITANA Charter
• How To Join ITANA
• Getting Started with the Shibboleth-enabled Wiki
• ITANA.org Site
• EDUCAUSE ITANA Constituent Group

By Focus (Implementing, Acting, Producing)

See the Future Activities page for laundry list of possible next steps.

Implementing Enterprise Architecture 

• Architecture Review Board Implementations
• Enterprise Architecture as Strategy and SOA
• St. Louis Universities Pillars and Value Chain
• EA - Taxonomy of Pain - what are the EA Pain Points and how have the different groups addressed them.
• Enterprise Architecture Facets
  • study of architecture implementations and maturity in various higher education
  • effectiveness of EA on the enterprise (see EA Facets)
  • Peer directory

Acting On Enterprise Architecture 

• SOA

• • Best of Breed SOA Tools
  • SOA Governance
  • Version Management, SLAs, Data Management (what happens when interfaces change)
  • SOA models--What SOA is and is not
• Data Management issues and best practices

Products of Enterprise Architecture

• EDUCAUSE Presentation on Enterprise Architecture: What is it and why you should care
• Surveys of key enterprise IT capabilities

Your ideas here...   Future Activities

Organizational Activities

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