Monday, March 5th
8:30 am - 4:45 pm

Tutorial: Introduction to Enterprise Architecture and the Zachman Framework- John Zachman; Stan Locke, Zachman International

In this brief one day introduction to Enterprise Architecture and the Zachman Framework, John Zachman will develop the rationale for Enterprise Architecture, the reasons why Enterprise Architecture is so profoundly important to the modern Enterprise. He will also develop the basic logic behind the Zachman Framework. Stan Locke will discus some of the implementation implications and approaches to making Enterprise Architecture a reality in an Enterprise using the Zachman Framework as a base.

Session 1: Zachman Framework Metamodel for Enterprise Metadata - Zachman

A complete enterprise-wide “Knowledgebase” would consist of knowledge about the Product (the “Product Definition”- the Product Data, if a Product is being produced by the Enterprise), knowledge about the Enterprise (“Enterprise Definition” – the Enterprise Data) and knowledge about the community of people, including the I/S community, that is involved in building and managing the Enterprise’s manual and/or automated systems (the Enterprise Metadata). The Semantic Model of the Zachman Framework is a complete metamodel for these three “knowledgebases” and therefore provides a context for defining and managing the Enterprise-wide “Knowledgebase”.

Session 2: Generating Strategic Value from Row 1 Models- Sam Holcman, Pinnacle Business Group

Although John Zachman would argue that “Someday, the Enterprise is going to wish they had all of the Zachman Framework models made explicit …etc., etc.,” several case studies establish that substantial strategic value accrues to Enterprises that simply formalize some of the Row 1 Models of the Zachman Framework. A modest amount of work in the context of the Zachman Framework can produce a major amount of value to the Enterprise in relatively short periods of time.

Session 3: Data Quality: Aligning Data Implementations with Enterprise Intent - Locke

The Zachman Framework precisely defines the structure of the set of “data models” that bridge between the Enterprise Strategy for Inventory Management, the context for defining the Enterprise’s data models, and the instantiation of the data in the Enterprise databases. This structural alignment is fundamental for managing Data Quality and Administration of the Data.

Session 4: Zachman Framework Standards for Certification and Compliance - Zachman

John Zachman has argued that the concepts of certification and compliance are meaningless until there is a published set of standards against which various people, methods or tools can be evaluated. An example of how certification could be effected against the Zachman Framework standards that were published in August 2005 sets a precedent for compliance and certification.

Session 5: Zachman Framework Cell Contents and Sample Models - Zachman/Locke

The Zachman Framework prescribes the set of models that are relevant for describing an Enterprise. These models were not arbitrarily identified as they were derived from hundreds if not thousands of years of precedent in describing any complex object. John Zachman defines what is to be found in several of the Framework Cells and Stan Locke shows some samples of the Cells described.

Session 6: Generalized Enterprise Modeling (GEM) Language - Locke

Five years of development work has been invested by some PhD Linguists to develop a Generalized Enterprise Modeling language workbench that can take the descriptions of Rows 2 and 3 Models of the Zachman Framework as input and generate Rows 4 and 5 and Row 6 implementations based upon the Rows 2 and 3 models. This presentation describes a demonstration of “Model Driven Architecture” based on the Zachman Framework as executed in the GEM workbench with the local Framework elaborations as used by the client and certified against the Framework standards.