Sharing Best Practice to Improve Operational Efficiencies - May13-15

The CIO Network Architecture Focus Group

The CIO Network is proud to launch the Architecture Focus Group enabling architecture teams from larger organisation's in Australia to share best practice and leverage peer experience to address common challenges.

Membership to the Architecture Focus Group is for the architecture team within the organisation/business unit, depending on the size/structure of the organisation. Organisations with several business units like banks would need separate memberships for each business unit if each business has their own architecture group. Architecture Focus Group members will have access to architecture specific discussion groups only and not other generic CIO Network discussions.

Members of the Architecture Focus Group will be entitled to monthly discussion group on topics nominated by architecture executives, practical library of notes created from all our discussion groups, 1-1 engagements with peer companies via teleconference or face to face, mentoring service to enable executive development and access to discounted industry events to name a few.

To enable organisations to trial our services, we are offering architecture executives the option to attend the discussion group as a non-member so as to help make the decision to join the focus group as a member easier.

The Role of Enterprise Architecture in Business Transformation

'Business transformation presents both a challenge and opportunity for Enterprise Architects to add value. Join us to learn how enterprise architects at Perpetual, and our other members, are tackling transformation.’

Melbourne, 9.00am-12.00pm, 14 March, 2012
Sydney, 9.00am-12.00pm 13 March 2012
Led by Stephen Smith, Senior Manager – Architecture and Governance, Perpetual

Effectively Implementing Strategy whilst Providing Operational Service Delivery

-Many organisations are struggling strategically in a bid to come to terms with their operational requirements
-Learn how some organisations are using effective Enterprise Architecture practices to overcome these issues
-Elevate your impact as an Enterprise Architect beyond technology and deliver value at the business level

Melbourne, 9.00am-12.00pm, 22 November, 2011
Sydney, 9.00am-12.00pm 24 November 2011
Led by Pratap Patnaikuni, Enterprise Architecture Manager at Victorian Government - Department of Justice

Leveraging Industry Models, Frameworks, and Tools to drive Enterprise Architecture Best Practice

- What are companies doing in practice and how is it working for them?
- Success stories and value
- Lessons Learnt

Melbourne, 9.00am-12.00pm, October 18, 2011
Sydney, 9.00am-12.00pm October 20 2011
led by Graeme Perrins,Lead Architect, AXA Australia

Effectively Integrating Enterprise Architecture into the Governance Process

- How can governance better support EA?
- Where to best position Architecture?
- How can it add better value?

Melbourne, 9.00am-12.00pm, September 12, 2011
Sydney, 9.00am-12.00pm September 14 2011
led by Rukesh Patel, Director of Technical Architecture, American Express

Impact of Cloud Computing on Enterprise Architecture
- How is it changing ICT delivery models?
- Where should enterprises stop architecting?
- Effectively managing EA in an outsourced environment
Melbourne, 9.00am-12.00pm, July 18, 2011
Sydney, 9.00am-12.00pm July 20 2011
led by Deborah Weiss, Manager, Strategy & Technology Planning, VICTrack

Strategies to Demonstrate and Measure the Value of the Enterprise Architecture Function

Melbourne, 9.00am-12.00pm, March 28, 2011
Sydney, 9.00am-12.00pm March 31 2011
led by David Preiss, Head of IT Strategy & Architecture, Superpartners

Strategies to Manage the Impact of Software-as-a-Service and Infrastructure-as-a Service on Enterprise Architecture
Some topics which will be included in the disussion:
• What skills will need to be changed?
• What methods will need to be changed?
• Will methods like TOGAF cope with these demands?
• What will be the source of Enterprise Architecture skills
• How will the convergence between Service Architecture and Enterprise Architecture be managed?

Melbourne, 8.30am-11.30am, February 23, 2010
Sydney, 8.30am-11.30am February 21 2011
led by Dinsha Palkhivala ,Manager, Service Delivery Assurance, Strategy Architecture and Operations, Qantas

The AMP Architecture Framework: Effectively Using Enterprise Architecture to Improve Business Strategy Alignment
Over the last two years, AMP have created a series of Enterprise Architecture artifacts that are targeted at:
a) assisting the strategic planning process in the business
b) assess the impact of IT change against the business strategy. The discussion will be around how AMP have created and used these roadmaps to improve strategic alignment.
Key challenges overcome were:
• How to overcome a lack of trust in IT's ability to see the strategic picture and inform the strategic planning process
• How to consolidate fragmented and divergent views across IT of the meaning of the business strategy; and, more practically
• How to visualise and present business strategy and IT architecture in a way that is meaningful to both business and IT stakeholders at the same time
Melbourne, 8.30am-11.30am, December 7, 2010
Sydney, 8.30am-11.30am December 6
led by Max Muermann ,Enterprise Architect, AMP

Solution Architecture: Maintaining Accountability Through The Lifecycle - From Concept Through to Design to Development and Execution

What roles work and don’t work? How is governance achieved effectively? Learn from the BlueScope Steel Experience
Melbourne, 8.30am-12.00pm, Sept 27, 2010
Sydney, 8.30am-12.00pm Sept 30, 2010
led by David Johnston, Chief Architect, BlueScope Steel Ltd

Additional discussion groups to be scheduled shortly.

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