Dr Fritz Solms has a PhD in Theoretical Physics. He has extensive experience in enterprise and systems architecture, system and business process design as well as enterprise integration. Solms Training & Consulting is the originator of URDAD, an open, non-proprietary analysis and design methodology which is extensively used for technology neutral business process design. They provide a range of training and consulting services around enterprise architecture, technology neutral design and implementation mappings onto open and non-proprietary technologies.

Fritz is involved with a number of research projects with the University of Pretoria. Research interests include enterprise architecture, technology neutral (business process) design and model driven development.

Presentation
EA in the Context of a Services Oriented Enterprise
The presentation defines enterprise architecture as the infrastructure within which an organization aims to effectively realize its vision and mission, emphasizing that enterprise architecture spans organizational and systems architecture. We discuss the vision and requirements for a services oriented enterprise (SOE) as an example reference enterprise architecture as well as the appropriate technology support for an SOE in the form of the suite of services oriented architecture (SOA) technologies. Finally we look at business process design in the context of an SOE, providing an overview of the URDAD methodology for technology neutral business process design.

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