Enterprise Architecture Management Guide Contents Coordination

1. Association of Enterprise Architects International Committee on Enterprise Architecture Standards Enterprise Architecture Management GuideContents Coordination Haiping Luo aeajournal.org

2. Overview • Outline Review Results • Next Steps for the Outline Refining • Coordinate Content Authoring • Logistics • Other issues & concerns? aeajournal.org

3. Outline Review Results • The EAMG outline was sent to a|EA members, Associated EA Organizations, Federal Chief Architect Forum, and other EA mailing list to review. • We got 26 replies. No one said the high level structure is in the wrong direction. But a few people suggested major structure changes. • We will leave the next outline revision to the lead authors. • Suggesting Chapter name change:Chapter 2. EA Concepts and TerminologyChapter 3. EA Design Theory (or: EA Principles and Patterns) aeajournal.org

4. Next Steps for Outline Development • Lead authors revised outline for Chapters.Due: 4/30/2006 • All Lead authors harmonize the whole outline.Due: 5/10/2006 • Ratify the Outline by our whole team, a|EA Executive Committee and a|EA Standards Committee. The ratified outline will become the baseline structure of the EAMG.Due: 5/30/2006 • Determine topic leads and authors for each Chapter, confirm writing assignments and collaboration approaches. Due: 6/20/2006 aeajournal.org

5. Coordinating Contents Authoring Principles (Quality criteria for content authoring) • Horizontal consistency and balanced content distribution. • Between Chapters • Vertical logicality, completeness, and integrity. • Within each Chapter aeajournal.org

6. Coordinating Contents Authoring Roles and Responsibilities • Lead Authors ensure vertical logicality, completeness, and integrity within each Chapter. • Topic Leads ensure horizontal consistency and balanced content distribution between Chapters. • A topic lead oversees each major topic that across Chapters. • Editor in Chief ensures overall integrity and quality. aeajournal.org

7. Coordinating Contents Authoring Process • The lead author for a Chapter leads the detail development of the Chapter outline to ensure Chapter’s logic flow and quality. aeajournal.org

8. Coordinating Contents Authoring Process • For horizontal consistency and balanced content distribution between Chapters • Maintain consistent terminology and definitions: Topic leads get terms and definitions for that topic defined and ratified first. All authors use those ratified terms consistently throughout the Guide. Ratified terms are change controlled. • Maintain balanced content distribution: A topic lead makes sure all authors who cover the same topic address different aspects of the topic in the context of the Chapter/section; and each aspect of the topic is addressed in a proper place in the Guide. aeajournal.org

9. Coordinating Contents Authoring Process • Overall Harmonization • The Editor in Chief reviews refined outline and conducts integrity check and quality assurance throughout the outline revision process and contents authoring process. aeajournal.org

10. Coordinating Contents Authoring Approach and Mechanism • Glossary building and sharing • Use blog to share glossary and add comments? • Once ratified, move to the glossary page. The glossary page should be linked from the Work Area page. • Chapter coordination • Topic coordination aeajournal.org

11. Logistics • Keep a good record of • Contributors and reviewers. • References: • If directly referred, record the page number. • If inspired, record the article and source. • Overall outline change management? • Potential authors’ list • Target volume: 250 pages? aeajournal.org

12. Other Issues and Concerns? aeajournal.org