| 2008 | | Evaluating a Service-Oriented Architecture using ATAM | February 4, 1 PNC | R. Kotermanski | Speaker: Philip Bianco and Rick Kotermanski |
| 2008 | | 1) EA pgm update roundtable; 2) Forum planning, meeting fmts. public sharepoint site, topics. | March 3, 5 PPG Place | | MEETING CANCELED DUE TO RESOURCES 7 TIMING CONSTRAINTS… |
| 2008 | | 1) EA pgm update roundtable; 2) Forum planning, meeting fmts. public sharepoint site, topics. | April 7, 5 PPG Place | A. Schermaier | EA Pgm update presentations by Alcoa, Federated, PNC, and PPG. |
| 2008 | | Design and delivery of Applications & Content to Mobil Devices (Consultant and/or Pgm managers from MS Mobile team) | May 19, Microsoft Pgh Office | A. Schermaier | (4/29, AJS) Pushed back meeting from May 5 to week of May 19 due to speaker availability. |
| 2008 | | Master Data Management programs (Speaker from Deloitt consulting) | June 16, 1 PPG Place, CR 3A | C. Mazur | (4/29, AJS) Pushed back meeting from June 2 to June 16 due to speaker availability. |
| 2008 | | SUMMER BREAK - No meeting | | | |
| 2008 | | Enterprise search (speaker from Vivisimo, Gary E. 4/29) | Aug. 4, TBD | G. Edwards | |
| 2008 | | Gartner EA Topic (EA Team Development, EA Tools, Governance & Org Design) Roundtable discussion to include Gartner EA Program advice. | September 8, Loc. TBD | G. Edwards | (4/29, AJS) Gartner approved speaker for meeting, date/time determined on analyst availability & travel arrangements |
| 2008 | | Innovation Center Presentation / Roundtable | 11/3, 5 PPG Place | K. Hansen | |
| 2009 | | WINTER BREAK - No Meeting | | | |
 | 2009 | | SharePoint - Implementation & use case experiences. | Feb 9, Web Conference | A. Schermaier | Was planned for 2 Feb; rescheduled as Web meeting for 9 Feb. |
| 2009 | | Effective EA Artifacts - Marketing the tools and services used by IT to advance & communicate the value to the business – things like application portfolio mgt, technology introduction, etc.) | March 2nd, Web Conference | A. Schermaier | Format: Web Meeting (details to join in follow up email) |
| 2009 | | Uses of Virtualization Technology - This meeting will explore history, experiences, justification, and practices by various companies as they beginning to deploy virtualization technologies. | April 6th, 5 PPG Place, 4th floor. Large CR | G. Edwards | A Roundtable format with about 15 minutes of content per organization will be used. We are also trying to arrange for a 45 minute overview presentation on the topic by a vendor. Web meeting details will follow for thos that can not attend in person. |
| 2009 | | Cost Savings Opportunities – With current economic pressures the businesses looks to IT to contribute to cost savings that affect immediate performance. This session will focus reviewing IT cost saving opportunities and those having the biggest impact. | May 4th, Web Conference | A. Schermaier | We will use a Web meeting format. Please plan on 5-10 minutes of comment on the 3 challenge points. Consider some brief slides if they help to make points clearer. |
| 2009 | | PMOs & IT Project Prioritization - With recent economic challenges, we have seen that PMOs are also involved in the prioritization process that decides which projects get killed and which are funded and advanced. | June 1st, 5 PPG Place, 4th floor, Large CR | A. Schermaier | Topic introduction by Gartner; presentations by 3 member companies, 20 min. each. |
| 2009 | | SUMMER BREAK - No Meetings | | | |
| 2009 | | Unified Communications Stategy - How combined voice, messaging, & video systems can save you money | September 14, Giant Eagle Offices | K. Hanson | Agenda: 45 min overview presentation (Dell); 45 min presentation (G.Eagle), implementation of OCS & mobile office; 45 min, roundtable with membership; 15 min, next meeting planning; 15 min, tour of innovation center |
| 2009 | | CANCELED - No meeting | October 5, TBD | | Meeting canceled |
| 2009 | | Effective EA Marketing & Communication | November 9, 5 PPG Place | A. Schermaier | •Who are your customers & what do they really want? • How do define “value delivered” & what kind of measures do you take to prove it? •What is effective communication & how does this relate to EA program & deliverables? |
| 2009 | | IT Talent Show roundtable | December 7, 5 PPG Place | A. Schermaier | Round robin updates (15 min or less) on best/worst projects of the year, or a quick update of enterprises EA program/progress for the year. |
| 2010 | | WINTER BREAK - No Meeting | | | |
| 2010 | | Meeting Topics for 2010 | 1 February, Your office, Web meeting | A. Schermaier | review topics list to plan 2010 WPEAF meetings |
| 2010 | | The future of cloud based services and the impact on Enterprise Architecture | March 4 - PPG Industries Building 5 | WPEAF | Microsoft (B. Redmond) Assembling content around: Description; Delivery Models; Drivers; Trends (12, 24, 36+ Mo); Adoption Examples; Offerings (what to expect out of Azure, etc.) |
| 2010 | | Learning Management Systems | April 1 - Web Meeting | G. Edwards, A. Schermaier | This month we will explore how some companies have approached the challenge of delivering, measuring and monitoring the learning content that we need to integrate into our business processes by using Learning Management Systems as part of the solution. |
| 2010 | | SharePoint 2010 Update - Architectural implications & social computing tool uses | April 6, TBD | Mike Wodzinski | Presentation by MS on architectural considerations with SharePoint 2010 and roundtable discussion on internal uses of social computing tools. |
| 2010 | | Office of the Future - Technology Implications | Nov 4, Web Meeting | A. Schermaier | Exploring the concept of THin Client and Cloud based productivety apps followed by Roundtable discussion. |
| 2011 | | NO MEETING | Jan 6, NA | NONE | Winter break |
| 2011 | | NO MEETING | Feb 3, NA | NONE | No topic sellected |
| 2011 | | NO MEETING | March 3, NA | NONE | No topic sellected |
| 2011 | | Productivity Apps in the Cloud (e.g. Google Apps & Office 365) | April 7, Web Meeting | PPG | Explore issues around use of Cloud based productivity apps and how thiscompares to more traditional ways of providing employees productivity tools |
| 2011 | | NO MEETING | May 5, NA | NONE | Skip this month |
| 2011 | | iPad Mania - How are we Responding | June 2, PPG Place --or-- Live Meeting | Kelly McCullough | Learn how member companies are responding to the craze for iPads in the enterprise. |
| 2011 | | NO MEETING | Jul 7, NA | NONE | Summer break |
| 2011 | | NO MEETING | Aug 4, NA | NONE | Summer break |
| 2011 | | CMDB & Asset Life Cycle management – How do you know what you have to manage | Sep 1, PPG (in-person) & LiveMeeting (conference) | PPG | Speakers from Highmark, PPG, and UPMC will share their experiences on CMDB and Asset Life Cycle Management in their organizations. |
| 2011 | | NO MEETING | Oct 6, NA | NONE | Skip this month |
| 2011 | | Enterprise Architecture Program Updates & Useful Artifacts, Tools, and Processes | Nov 3, TBD | Kelly McCullough | Looking for anyone interested in hosting this session at their company. I will work them them to faciliate the session. |
| 2011 | | NO MEETING | Dec 1, NA | NONE | Winter Break |
| 2012 | | Agile Project Management | February 2, PPG Place, Bldg 1, 3rd Floor CR#3A | Kelly McCullough | Has you company embraced agile development and if so, to what degree? How has this affected your EA practices? What tools are using to manage projects? This session will be an open discussion for member companies to share their experiences with agile projects. Please consider bringing along your PMO or Application Development Leads who could contribute and benefit from our discussion.
In an effort to build camaraderie among the membership, we will be holding this session in-person only. Hope you can join us! |