Business Ecology Webinar: Formal Business Architecture

Presented by Theodore Kahn, Independent Systems and Business Architect, formally a Systems Engineer working on NASA's Constellation Program

NEEDHAM, Mass., Aug. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- OMG's® Business Ecology® Initiative (BEI) today announced that Theodore Kahn, Independent Systems and Business Architect, formally a Systems Engineer working on NASA's Constellation Program, will present "Formal Business Architecture: Separating the Data and Analytic Functions of Business Process Improvement," on Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. EDT as part of the BEI Webinar Series. To register to attend this complimentary webinar, visit http://www.business-ecology.org/events.htm.

Webinar Overview

Virtually every human discipline has evolved specific vocabularies and grammars for concisely and precisely communicating concepts among its practitioners. It is probable that these and other fields would not have been able to evolve to the level they have without linguistic specialization. The glaring exception to this list is a language designed expressly for communicating how an enterprise is organized and what it does. For this task, we are still largely dependent on standard natural languages and notional graphic symbols. 

This presentation makes the case that technologies developed over the last 10 years by the aerospace and defense communities for expressing complex technical systems can be applied for representing enterprises and their business systems— the business architecture. 

The presentation is in three parts starting with the business case. This is followed by a brief discussion of a pilot study done at NASA and concludes with a look at the actual case study model in the tool.

About the Presenter

Theodore Kahn is an Independent Systems and Business Architect, formally a Systems Engineer working on NASA's Constellation program defining enterprise software crossing traditional engineering and project disciplines.

BEI Webinar Series

Each complimentary webinar in the series examines trends, best practices and hot button issues in one of five categories: Business Planning & Design, Business Process Excellence, Intelligent Business, Sustainable Business, and Secure Business – the five main focus areas of the BEI and its communities of practice. The next two in the series are:

• September 27th, 2011, 11 a.m.-12 p.m. EDT, Business Architecture at Wells Fargo, Paul Tazbaz and Jeffi Sannapu, Wells Fargo
• October 25th, 2011, 11 a.m.-12 p.m. EDT, The role of Business Architecture in Acquisitions & Mergers, Deb Boykin, Pfizer

The Business Ecology Initiative is sponsored by IBM.

About the Business Ecology Initiative

Business Ecology® is a management imperative to make business more responsive, effective, sustainable and secure in a complex, networked world. Organizations that pursue Business Ecology optimize business operations and foster innovation through business-technology convergence, better decision making, business process excellence, removal of waste from business practices and technology portfolios, holistic risk management, and real-time insight and action.

The Business Ecology Initiative (BEI) is a non-profit, member-led organization committed to breaking down silos and promoting Business Ecology practices both within organizations and among them. It provides thought leadership, education, advocacy and a platform for the development and sharing of case studies and practices among business and technology leaders.

For more information or to join the BEI, visit http://www.business-ecology.org or email [email protected]. The BEI is managed by OMG®.

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SOURCE Business Ecology Initiative