The ITANA Business Architecture Working Group discusses the broad domain of Business Architecture with the intent to develop tools and methods for the IT organization to become a strategic partner with the business. The goal is to bring together practitioners and provide a forum for sharing resources, ideas, experience and, inspiration.

Interested in participating? Please contact Dana Miller at mille704@miamioh.edu


Working Group Members

NameInstitutionRoleContact
Piet NiederhausenUniversity of WashingtonEnterprise Business Architectpietn@uw.edu
Angela ChauncyKansas State UniversityPMO Directorangela@k-state.edu

Jonathan "J.J."

Du Chateau

University of Wisconsin
jonathan.duchateau@wisc.edu
Dana MillerMiami University-Ohio
mille704@miamioh.edu
Robert SnyderPennsylvania State University
rns3@psu.edu
Gregory Paul CharestHarvard University
gregory_charest@harvard.edu
Raoul SevierHarvard University
raoul_sevier@harvard.edu
Betsy DraperKansas State
betsydraper@ksu.edu
Angela ChauncyKansas State
angela@k-state.edu
Jeep HauserUSC
jhauser@usc.edu
Jeff KennedyUniversity of Auckland
jken016@aucklanduni.ac.nz
Louis KaczmarekTufts
Louis.Kaczmarek@tufts.edu
Matthew McVeyTufts
matthew.mcvey@tufts.edu
Rafael ManceraILUMNO Network - Whitney International University System
rafaelmancera@gmail.com
Lonnie SmetanaUniversity of Manitoba
Lonnie.Smetana@umanitoba.ca
David HuthUniversity of Utah
Dave.Huth@utah.edu
Ladan HeitWilfred Laurier University
lheit@WLU.CA
Russell ConnacherUC Berkeley
russellc@berkeley.edu
Michael WatsonUniversity of Nottingham
Mike.Watson@nottingham.ac.uk
Ruth DodsonUniversity of Minnesota
dodso015@umn.edu
Sara FoxUniversity of Saskatchewan
sara.fox@usask.ca
Kathleen O'SiadhailThe George Washington University
keo@gwu.edu
Andrew KrellGeorge Mason UniversityManager, Systems Integrationakrell1@gmu.edu



















Week/DateTopicMaterial
10/27/17
  • ITANA Business Architecture Working Group Kick-Off Meeting
Meeting Notes
12/8/17
  • Determination of working group focus
  • Collection of Reference Material
  • Roundtable - Quick overview of what other campuses are doing in regards to Business Architecture
Meeting Notes
1/19/18
  • Sharing of experiences in developing a Business Architecture
  • Trying to define Business Architecture
Meeting Notes
2/2/18
  • Miami University Business Architecture Vision and Action Plan: Presentation by Dana Miller, Miami University-Ohio

Meeting Notes

Presentation

2/16/18
  • Jeff Kennedy (University of Auckland) and Nigel Foxwell (James Cook University) will share an overview of the Council of Australasian Directors of Information Technology (CAUDIT) Higher Education Reference Architecture models and their underpinning catalogues.

3/16/18
  • Review of the CAUDIT presentation and preparation for May 18th ITANA report out.

Looking Ahead

Development of the working group charter

Topics of Interest:

  1. Effective, repeatable tools/approaches/processes

  2. What works specifically in higher ed; what’s worked/hasn’t?

  3. Strategy/policy deployment

  4. Use of best practices such as Lean, Agile, ITSM, EA

  5. How and where does Business Architecture fit into higher ed?  What is the value proposition?


Additional Topics


Reference Material: