The Evolving Enterprise
Architecture Body of Knowledge:
The EABOK™ Initiative
Sheila Cane: [email protected]
Charlie Martinez: [email protected]
Richard McCarthy: [email protected]
11/28/2012
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Agenda
■ Who is MITRE, What is an FFRDC
■ EABOK concept and Demo
■ Governance
■ Knowledge structure
■ Discussion / feedback
– Content
– Knowledge Structure
– Governance
■ How to participate
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The MITRE Corporation
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■ Currently manages six Federally Funded Research and
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Federally Funded Research and
Development Centers (FFRDCs)
■ Operate as strategic partners with their sponsoring
government agencies
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restrictions on their activities
■ Assist the U.S. government with scientific research and
analysis, development and acquisition, and systems
engineering/integration
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industry, and academia to solve complex technical
problems
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About the EABOK
■ The practice of Enterprise Architecture is evolving
– From frameworks to strategy
– From systems to enterprises
■ MITRE is revitalizing the EABOK to
– Provide a public service
– Bring the World to Bear
2004
EABOK
2012
EABOK™
1995
• TOGAF
• DODAF
19871992
• Zachman
• Spewak
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Demo
■ Enterprise Architecture Body of Knowledge
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EABOK Collaboration Model
Goal: International multi-stakeholder collaboration,
facilitated and hosted by MITRE
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DRAFT
Governance Model
Actors:
Non‐Profits
Academia
Government
Actors:
Professional Organizations
Commercial
Non‐Profits, Academia, Government
Actors:
All participants
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Governance Process Flow
MITRE Support
EABOK Governance Board
Receive Notification of New Submission (Situational Awareness)
Review Submissions Approved submissions posted to External Website
Manage EABOK Content
DRAFT
Pre‐Approval Review ‐
SharePoint
Final Approval ‐ SharePoint
Panel of Advisors
Receive Notification of New Submission
Receive Notification of Recommendations
EABOK
Submission
Advise on Submission Recommendations
Receive Notification of Approved/
Declined Submissions
Advise on Submissions
Receive and Review Submission
Knowledge Area Committees
Disseminate Submission to KA Committee
Review EABOK Submission
Recommend Submissions/ Content of Insertion into EABOK
Receive Notification of Approved/Declined Submissions
Send Status Notification
(Received, Pending, Approved/Denied)
Submission tasked using SharePoint
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Knowledge Structure Overview
Knowledge Areas
Candidate Topics
Planning an EA
Purpose, Drivers
Impediments and Barriers,
Strategy, Scope,
Organizational Positioning
Managing an EA
Governance, Roles,
Implementation, Resourcing,
Education and Training
Developing an EA
Principles, Modeling,
Methodologies and
Processes, Frameworks,
Tools, Standards, Reference
Models
Overviews for each knowledge area and topic
complete. Developed author guidelines for
knowledge (new and existing)
Partial Knowledge Hierarchy
EABOK
Plan
Manage
Develop
Measuring the Impact
of EA
Planning, Research,
Acquisition & Development,
Engineering, Oversight,
Operations Improvement,
Operations Support and
Sustainment, Communication
Value Proposition, Quality,
Maturity
Measure
Knowledge
areas
Modeling
Using an EA
Use
Frameworks
Topics,
subtopics…
TOGAF
DODAF
Knowledge types:
analysis, methods,
sample artifacts…
New knowledge areas, topics, and subtopics will be created as needed
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Guide to EABOK
MITRE Web site
Knowledge Structure
Top Level
Additional Elements
Glossary
EABOK
Related Disciplines
Knowledge Areas
Topics
Planning an EA
Purpose
Managing an EA
…
Governance
…
…
Content: Overview/summary, pointers to BOK items
Abstract, classify
Collected References
Feature:
Search Guide contents
Key Terms
• Knowledge Areas
• Knowledge Types
(Method, case study, etc.)
• Current Activities
• Glossary terms
Reference, link
EABOK
Analyses, case studies, methods, patterns, research results, sample artifacts shared by the EA community, including MITRE, in publications and Web sites
New BOK items: MITRE Web site repository
Existing BOK items: Distributed, virtual repository
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■ Content
– Do you see your organization contributing to this effort?
– Can you get professional stature from submitting content?
– Can you recommend initial content?
■ Knowledge Structure
– What do you think of the structure?
– Have we missed anything? Is anything out of scope?
■ Governance
– Feedback on our concept?
– What type of role do you think your organization could play?
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Participate in the EABOK
■ Site launched “Under Construction”
■ Formal launch planned for March 2013
■ To participate, contact us: [email protected]
www.mitre.org/eabok/
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