by Jim Phelps

About

I am a Senior I.T. Architect for the Division of Information Technology at UW-Madison in Madison, WI. I work with campus to: bring various Information Technology projects into alignment with each other and the campus-wide strategic directions; to facilitate discussions and to capture requirements, use cases and issues; to create standard documents (like UML models) for the project and to develop road-maps for Information Technology.

I am also Chair of ITANA.org, a peer group for I.T. Architects (Enterprise Architects) in Academia.

I also work with vendors and other groups on issues that surround Information Technology in academic environments including Identity and Access Management issues, integration technologies and the unique requirements of academic institutions.

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SOA – Maturity is Key Presentation, EDUCAUSE Enteprise 2009

[21 May 2009 | No Comment | 38 views]

My presentation on SOA in the Enterprise – Maturity is Key has been posted in a couple of places.
First, on the EDUCAUSE site:
EDUCAUSE – Enterprise 2009 Site
and at Slideshare.net:
Soa Maturity is the Key
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Blue Sky to Ground part 1

I’ve been working with our CIO on the I.T. strategic planning initiative. At the same time, I’ve been working with the Technical Directors and Operational Directors on planning at the technology level. They have been creating a map of what technologies are used to support our services. I’ve had my head in the blue sky [...]

ITANA.org – bringing the catch home

I’ve been pondering, wondering and worrying about how to bring value out of ITANA.org to the world at large. I struck upon a metaphor over dinner with a friend at EDUCAUSE recently that brought my vision and the issues I’m pondering into sharp light for me at least.

I watched Captains Courageous, a wonderful 1937 [...]

Brick Diagrams and related planning tools

Brick diagrams are a strategic planning tool that I mentioned in passing in my ITANA talk at EDUCAUSE. Since then, I’ve had several people ask for more information. So here it is… more information.

Brick Diagrams are used by NIH in their Enterprise Architecture planning process. You can see the NIH brick diagrams and their taxonomy [...]

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SOA – Maturity is Key Presentation, EDUCAUSE Enteprise 2009
[21 May 2009 | No Comment | 38 views]

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Blue Sky to Ground part 1
[23 Jan 2009 | No Comment | 75 views]

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Uncommon Thinking…
[17 Dec 2008 | No Comment | 85 views]

I was chatting with a colleague about the new EDUCAUSE slogan, “Uncommon Thinking for the Common Good” when I realized that the saying encapsulates one way to think of my work as an I.T. Architect. “Uncommon Thinking for the Common Good” is what I try to foster in the teams that I work with. [...]