Indy-Area
Architect
Community

Location

Barnes & Noble (in the Cafe)
Clearwater Crossing
3748 East 82nd Street
Indianapolis, IN 46240 

Due to Spring break, our Lilly hosts are unable to offer their facilities for this meeting. We are a small group, and will take advantage of good coffee and tables at the Barnes and Noble cafe.

Meeting Agenda

Community Objectives: 
i. Our primary objective is to become better architects by providing a forum for active learning.
ii. Develop a network of relationships with other Indy-area architects.

(Draft) Community Vision: 
We will work on an architecture so that we can learn by doing. We will place the architecture in the public domain, piloting the idea of "open source architecture". This will extend the learning opportunity to others outside the Indy-area Architects Community, and give us the benefit of receiving input and constructive reviews from architects around the world. We propose working on the architecture for HelpMatch, to provide a needed service to the world.

April 6th Meeting Objectives: 
i. Work on HelpMatch Value Propositions.
ii. Better understand how HelpMatch will be differentiated.

Preparation: 
i. If you need to refresh your memory, see the HelpMatch Problem Statement
ii. You might also want to read Cutter Consortium's June 2005 Enterprise Architecture Executive Report, titled "Enterprise Architecture as Strategic Differentiator," by Ruth Malan and Dana Bredemeyer. You can download a complimentary copy from http://www.cutter.com/offers/strategic.html

Agenda: April, 2006

Admission

We will create a "team" of architects committed to working with each other to learn and make a difference to each others personal development, as well as to the global community of architects (through "open source" architecture) and the world (by architecting HelpMatch).

This event is free and open to practicing architects in information systems, products, software, solutions, business, etc. The qualification is commitment. You must have a clear intent to maintain a high level of attendance and participate fully in the monthly meetings you are able to attend.

The objective of this community is to do real work that will enhance our effectiveness as architects. This objective will be undermined if the group meetings become too large. Please let us know if you are planning to attend.

Event organizers for April 6th Meeting

Ruth Malan, Bredemeyer Consulting (agenda)
 

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