Architecture Training

Software Architecture Class

- Denver, CO on March 15-18, 2004
- London, UK on June 28-July 1, 2004 
- Boston, MA on October 5-8, 2004 

Architectural Leadership Class

- Indianapolis, IN on Jun 2-4, 2004

Architecture Overview Seminar

- Atlanta, GA on April 26, 2004.
- San Diego, CA on November 15, 2004

Architecture Requirements Workshop

- Indianapolis, IN on May 27-28, 2004

Enterprise Architecture Workshop (4-day)

- Atlanta, GA on April 27-30, 2004 
- London, UK on June 21-24, 2004
- San Diego, CA on November 16-19, 2004

Enterprise Architecture Seminar (1-day)

- Washington, DC on April 16, 2004
- Boston, MA on October 4, 2004

Component Design Class

UML and Software Architecture

Architecture Program Management Services

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Site Update History: 1999 - 2009

• plus lots of stuff we forgot to mention here!
• Added Architecture Principles: Definitions and links <3/24/09>
• Updated SOA books page; see also Recommended Books for links to various categories of books
• Updated HelpMatch Architecture Project Overview and Strategy. March 2007.
• Added a link to the new SOA Magazine edited by Thomas Erl, and links to blogs and discussions relevant to vendor approaches to Service-Oriented Architecture (Oracle, SAP, Sun), to our SOA Links page. September 11, 2006
• Added upcoming Enterprise Architecture Conferences to Enterprise Architecture Links page. September 6, 2006
• The sections on the Architect Role and Skills have continued to expand, with more content on this site as well as more links to blogs, essays, and papers on other sites. See More on the Architect Role, and navigate from there. August 2006
• Added Driven by BHAGs. July 28, 2006
• Updated Architect Skills: Websites, Essays, and Blogs page. July 27, 2006
• Numerous updates all over the site, adding links and resources, adding essays, etc. June/July 2006.
• Updated blogs area on the links page. May 11, 2006
• Added to HelpMatch Work-in-Progress. May 10, 2006
• Added resources for architect study and personal development. April 26, 2006
• Added More on the Role of the Architect, including several essays. April 6, 2006
• Added Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) Links page. April 3, 2006.
• Added links to Product Platform and Software Product Line Resources. March 31, 2006.
• Added links to Architecture Case Studies and Project Artifacts. January 25, 2006
• Added HelpMatch Index Page and Problem Statement. January 2006.
• Added Architecture Decision Template from Anshu Gains. October 25, 2005.
• Updated the Visual Architecting Process chapter (pdf_files/ActionGuides/VisualArchitectingProcess.PDF). This is the current work-in-progress on chapter 2 of our forthcoming book. The working title is Software Architecture Action Guide.  January 25, 2005.
• Added to the Conceptual Architecture Action Guide. This is the current work-in-progress on chapter 5 of our forthcoming book. The working title is Software Architecture Action Guide.  September 16, 2004.
• Added the Meta- Architecture Action Guide (MetaArchitectureActionGuide.pdf, 237kb). This is a draft of chapter 4 of our forthcoming book. The working title is Software Architecture Action Guide.  April 2, 2004.
• Added to the Conceptual Architecture Action Guide. This is the current work-in-progress on chapter 5 of our forthcoming book. The working title is Software Architecture Action Guide.  September 16, 2004.
• Preview our article written for the GEAO Newsletter (see http://www.geao.org).  April 28, 2004.
• Added the Meta- Architecture Action Guide (MetaArchitectureActionGuide.pdf, 237kb). This is a draft of chapter 4 of our forthcoming book. The working title is Software Architecture Action Guide.  April 2, 2004.
• We have created an Architect Job Opportunities page.   January 9, 2004.
• We are inviting comments and suggestions for improvement on our latest paper, titled "Architecture as Business Competency". If you are able to give us feedback in the next week or so, your input can be taken into account before publication. Please see ArchitectureAsBusinessCompetency.PDF.   January 7, 2004.
• We added the slides for the presentation that Dana Bredemeyer gave at the Enterprise Architecture Conference in Phoenix, AZ in November, 2003. It is titled "Architecture Strategy Choreographs the Dance of Change" and you will find it under Presentations on our Papers and Downloads page. September 29, 2003.
• We are privileged to be able to bring you "Chapter 7: Deployment Architecture" of Luke Hohman's new book, titled Beyond Software Architecture: Creating and Sustaining Winning Solutions,  © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. Republished by permission of Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Pearson Addison Wesley. This book delves into many of the non-technical concerns of an architect, in addition to some of the more technical ones. For more information on Beyond Software Architecture and to order it, see the book page on the Addison-Wesley site (http://www.awprofessional.com/titles/0201775948).
• We added presentations titled "Enterprise Architecture as Business Capabilities Architecture" and "Overview of the Visual Architecting Process" to our Papers and Downloads page. May 7, 2003.
• We are working on a paper on Architectural Strategy. For a preview of that work, take a look at our Architecture Strategy page. March 28, 2003.
• We have updated our books list with recently published books on Software Architecture Documentation by the SEI team, including Paul Clements, and on Architectural Patterns by Martin Fowler et al. We also added a link to Boris Monin's book draft under our Recommended Web Stops section above. January 11, 2003.
• We added the posters summarizing our Visual Architecting Process under section titled Downloads on the Papers and Downloads page. January 13, 2003.
• We added our Technology Competency Elaboration to the Papers and Downloads page. January 9, 2003.

• We added our Leadership Architect Competency Elaboration and Organizational Politics Architect Competency Elaboration to the Papers and Downloads page. October 9, 2002.

• We added our Architect Competency Framework and a draft of our Strategy Competency Self-Assessment and Development Guide to the Papers and Downloads page. September 24, 2002.

• We have added a number of books to our Recommended Books, including books on key architect competencies like organizational effectiveness, strategy and leadership. September 24, 2002.

• We added a presentation titled What is Takes to be a Great in the Role of Enterprise Architect, by Dana Bredemeyer and Ruth Malan, to the Papers and Downloads page.  September 22nd, 2002.

• We added a presentation titled Introduction to Software Architecture, by Dana Bredemeyer and Ruth Malan, to the Papers and Downloads page.  August 2nd, 2002.

• We added a description of our 1-day Enterprise Architecture class. June 20th, 2002.

• We extended our consulting services descriptions. June 17th, 2002.

• We updated the Architecture Books List. June 4, 2002.

• We added a soapbox column on Minimalist Architecture. May 15, 2002.

• We added a white paper on the nature of Software Architecture to the Papers and Downloads page. It is titled "Software Architecture: Central Concepts, Key Decisions". May 14, 2002.

• We added a description of our Software Architecture Primer for Managers seminar. May 3, 2002. 

• We added a description of our Software Architecture Fundamentals Class February 25, 2002. 

• We are working on expanding on our Visual Architecting Process description, and so far have added a discussion of architectural requirements. February 5, 2002.

• We added a paper titled "The Visual Architecting Process" to the Papers and Downloads page. February 1, 2002.

• For a limited time, we are putting the slides/notes from Dana Bredemeyer's presentation at the Enterprise Architecture Conference on the  Papers and Downloads page (see EAActionGuide.pdf). November 14, 2001.

• We have added a description of our Architecture Vision Workshop. November 14, 2001. 

• We have added to our Book List and linked the book references to Amazon.com so that you can check on book reviews and order books. If you go directly from our site to Amazon.com and purchase a book (or most other products, for that matter), Amazon.com gives us a commission (generally 5%). We will donate all proceeds from this source from October through December 2001 to the victims of terrorism in New York and elsewhere. November 14, 2001. 

• We have added a paper titled "Defining Non-Functional Requirements" on the Papers and Downloads page (see Action Guide poster). August 4, 2001.

• We have added a page of links to useful Enterprise Architecture Resources.  April 23, 2001.  We also added a page of links to Software Reuse Resources.  May 2, 2001. 

• We have added the slides (with student notes) for the Introduction to the Lead/Follow/Get out of the Way tutorial that Dana Bredemeyer and Bill Branson presented at the Enterprise Architectures Conference in Boston, March 2001. See the Presentations section of our  Papers and Downloads page. April 9, 2001.

• We have added a template for creating an Architecture Team Charter. See the Downloads/Action Guides section of our Papers and Downloads page. April 3, 2001.

• We have added a page on Architecture Teams. January 26, 2001. 

• We are very excited to bring you a chapter of Dave Dikel, David Kane and Jim Wilson's new book titled Software Architecture: Organizational Principles and Patterns. This book is sure to become a software architecture classic. It is a must-read if you are leading or managing a software architecture team, especially for product line architectures. See our  Papers and Downloads page for details on the book, and to download the Preface and Rhythm chapter. January 11, 2001

• We have added a page on Documenting Software Architecture using Action Guides. December 7, 2000.

• We have added a "New Books" section to our bibliography. It includes a link to information about John Cheesman and John Daniels new book called UML Components. Do check this book out. It fits really well with our workshops on Software Architecture and Component Design. December 7, 2000.
• We have added a new paper titled "Creating an Architectural Vision: Collecting Input" on the Papers and Downloads page, July 25, 2000.
• We have put the wall-chart Dana presented at EAC and UML World on the Papers and Downloads page (see Action Guide poster). June 7, 2000.
• Our Interface Specification Template was added on April 16. See the Papers and Downloads page for other Action Guides.
• Added link to the new HP Software Architecture site under "Top Sites" on our links page. April 7, 2000.
• Software Architecture Action Guide slides were added April 6, 2000.
• Philippe Kruchten's "The Tao of the Software Architect: Lao-Tsu, revisited" was added February 15, 2000.
• Added link to the Gaudi Project Software Architecture site under "Top Sites" on our links page. February 15, 2000.
• Added links to component design sites (February 1) and UML references February 2, 2000.
• Software Architecture Principles Template was added January 17, 2000.
• Architecting Process Action Guides were added November 10, 1999. See the Papers and Downloads page for printing instructions.
• New links (e.g., to the NC Technical Architecture under Links/Case Studies) have been added, October 5, 1999.
• Software Architecture Action Guide was added August 6, and updated October 6, 1999.
• Functional Requirements and Use Cases was added July 2, 1999.
• Madison and the Role of the Architect page was added June 29, 1999.
• The What Architects Know and Do page was updated June 2, 1999.
• The Architecting Process page was updated May 25, 1999.
  

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