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EDUCAUSE Live! May 12, 2008 1:00 p.m. ET (12:00 p.m. CT, 11:00 a.m. MT, 10:00 a.m. PT); runs one hour

IT/Enterprise Architecture: What Is It, and What Value Does Leadership Find in Having an Architect at Hand?

Special Guest

Jim PhelpsView Event ArchivesJim Phelps
Senior IT Architect
University of Wisconsin–Madison

Jim Phelps is a senior IT architect for the Division of Information Technology (DoIT) at UW–Madison, where he focuses on strategic planning, integration, collaboration, and business process improvement. Areas of expertise include service-oriented architecture, business process modeling, collaboration tools, and use case/requirements gathering. He is also the chair of ITANA (IT Architects in Academia) and is active in Internet2 and EDUCAUSE. Phelps came to Wisconsin from previous positions within academia working with biologists to develop IT infrastructure to support research and teaching. At Oregon State University, he was the director of the biological computing consortium and the manager of biocomputing for the Center for Gene Research and Biotechnology. Before joining academia, he worked in the private sector as a materials scientist, a medical products development engineer in the biomedical field, and a system and network administrator. Phelps received a BS in analytical chemistry from the University of Utah in 1985. His work website is available at http://www.jimphelps.info.

Summary

Your host, Steve Worona, will be joined by Jim Phelps, and the topic will be "IT/Enterprise Architecture: What Is It, and What Value Does Leadership Find in Having an Architect at Hand?"

In a recent survey, one-third of CIOs polled had a high-level architecture group. Of the remaining CIOs, one-third were planning to establish an architecture group in the next year or two. What role does architecture play in projects and strategic planning? Hear the perspective of an IT/enterprise architect as he talks about the practice and value of architecture. Learn about ITANA, a peer group where you can engage and learn more about architect as practiced in higher education.

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