Iasa IT Architecture Competition

Shrikant Palkar, Chapter President

AN ASSOCIATION FOR ALL IT ARCHITECTS

I A S A S E A T T L E

WELCOME !!nIntroductions

nAbout Iasa and the competition team

nGoals of the Competition

nKey Deliverables and Milestones

nMentors

nNext steps

Iasa ■ a non-profit professional association

■ run by architects for all IT architects

■ centrally governed and locally run

■ technology and vendor agnostic

Mission: We will make IT Architecture the most stable, well recognized profession in the world.

Iasa Chapters & MembershipLocally run by architects for IT Executives and all IT Architects8,000 members in 30 chapters/communities70,000 people in entire Iasa network

Community• Best Practice• Network• Mentoring

Education• Skills• Experience• Training• Certification

Research• Partnerships• Innovation

Outreach• Awareness• Recognition• Involvement

The Components of Iasa

Puget Sound Chapter

n Costcon REIn Amazonn Boeingn T-mobile

Active chapter with volunteers from many organizations

n Microsoftn Nordstrom n Premeran F5n Many others..

The CompetitionnThe first IT Architecture Competition by Iasa

nGoals n Provide exposure and opportunity for talented budding professionals

to develop a holistic IT solution n Forum for industry professionals to coach and share knowledge n Increase awareness of IT architecture body of knowledge among

students

nOrganizing team – Experienced practicing architects from large organizations in Seattle

Architecture Competition

nOpen to University Students engaged in full time programs -Undergrad as well as graduate students

nTeams of 3 to 5 supported by an industry mentor

nDeliverables are architecture models and supporting documents

nOpportunity to tackle an actual business question

nNetworking and hiring opportunities

Deliverables for the Competitionn Registration packet

nAll will receive a IP waiver document to sign in the next week

nEmail connecting teams to mentor on Tuesday night PST

nFirst milestone – Nov 22nd, 2015n Electronic submissionn This is not a selection round – all teams continue onn No immediate feedback from judges at this stage

nSecond milestone – Dec 31st , 2015n Electronic submissionn This is not a selection round – all teams continue onn No immediate feedback from judges at this stage

MentorsnEach team has been assigned a mentor who willn Help in understanding the problemn Assist in understanding the architecture deliverablesn Provide pointers to additional resources n Be a sounding board for architectural solution ideasn Review and validate deliverablesn Provide guidance in preparing for the final presentation

nThe mentor will NOTn Create artifacts for the teamn Be responsible for any deliverables

Next StepsnMeeting with mentor in the week of Oct 20.

nTo be organized between students and mentors directly after connecting email on Tuesday

nQuestions, clarification requests – email to info@iitarch.org

Thank you

ALL THE BEST