Today, I arrived to Chicago after a 4 hours flight from Mexico City. The purpose of the trip is to participate in the seminar “Implementing & Managing Enterprise Architecture” This event is organized by ZIFA – The Zachmann Institute for Framework Advancement. The sessions will be conducted by the world famous enterprise’s architects contributors John Zachman and Samuel Holcman.

Taking in consideration the relevance of the event subject matter, the recognized quality of the speakers and the reputation of the company itself, I need to be honest. Independently of  the above mentioned formal motivations, I really have been impressed by the course promise: “..This 3–day workshop includes a step-by-step guide and work plan to achieve a workable architecture in less than 8 weeks!”

Believe me, this is not a trivial job, eight weeks to have workable enterprise architecture is a great and complex challenge, and almost impossible in the mentioned time-frame. I understand that this kind of goal is very controversial, but I give them the benefit of the doubt (sorry, this is a Spanish translated thought).

Anyway, with this great expectation, tomorrow I will start the workshop. When I come back to Mexico, I could share with you if this promise was satisfied and if it is viable in terms of the deliverables requested for this kind of large projects and the average needs of enterprise architectures in medium and large size corporations.