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 WisconsinEnterprise Architectjonathan.duchateau@wisc.edu
Dana MillerMiami University-OhioBusiness Analystmille704@miamioh.edu
Robert SnyderPennsylvania State UniversitySystems Designerrns3@psu.edu
Gregory CharestHarvard UniversityEnterprise Architectgregory_charest@harvard.edu
Raoul SevierHarvard UniversityEnterprise Architectraoul_sevier@harvard.edu
Betsy DraperKansas StateAssociate Vice Provostbetsydraper@ksu.edu
Jeep HauserUSCDirector, Business Enterprise Systemsjhauser@usc.edu
Jeff KennedyUniversity of AucklandEnterprise Architectjken016@aucklanduni.ac.nz
Louis KaczmarekTuftsEnterprise Architecture DirectorLouis.Kaczmarek@tufts.edu
Matthew McVeyTuftsBusiness Solutions Consultantmatthew.mcvey@tufts.edu
Rafael ManceraILUMNO Network - Whitney International University SystemEnterprise Architecture Directorrafaelmancera@gmail.com
Lonnie SmetanaUniversity of ManitobaSolution ArchitectLonnie.Smetana@umanitoba.ca
David HuthUniversity of UtahEnterprise Data Architect Dave.Huth@utah.edu
Ladan HeitWilfred Laurier UniversityEnterprise Architectlheit@WLU.CA
Russell ConnacherUC BerkeleyBusiness/Data Architectrussellc@berkeley.edu
Ruth DodsonUniversity of MinnesotaBusiness Analystdodso015@umn.edu
Sara FoxUniversity of SaskatchewanSenior Business Architect - Enterprisesara.fox@usask.ca
Kathleen O'SiadhailThe George Washington UniversityIT Project Managerkeo@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: