Jaap Schekkerman (born 1953) is a Dutch computer scientist and founder of the Institute For Enterprise Architecture Developments (IFEAD) in the Netherlands. He is particularly known for his 2003 book ''How to Survive in the Jungle of Enterprise Architecture'' in which he compared 14

Enterprise Architecture Framework An enterprise architecture framework (EA framework) defines how to create and use an enterprise architecture. An architecture framework provides principles and practices for creating and using the architecture description of a system. It struct ...

Biography

Schekkerman received a degree in

clinical chemistry Clinical chemistry (also known as chemical pathology, clinical biochemistry or medical biochemistry) is the area of chemistry that is generally concerned with analysis of bodily fluids for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. It is an applied ...

from the Bakhuis Roozeboom Instituut in

Beverwijk Beverwijk () is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. The town is located about northwest of Amsterdam in the Randstad metropolitan area, north of the North Sea Canal very close to the North Sea coast. A ...

in 1973, and his Engineer's degree in

electronic engineering Electronics engineering is a sub-discipline of electrical engineering which emerged in the early 20th century and is distinguished by the additional use of active components such as semiconductor devices to amplify and control electric current ...

from the HTS Amsterdam in 1979. Further on he received a certificates in

information technology Information technology (IT) is the use of computers to create, process, store, retrieve, and exchange all kinds of Data (computing), data . and information. IT forms part of information and communications technology (ICT). An information te ...

from AMBI in 1984, and a certificates in

business economics Business economics is a field in applied economics which uses economic theory and quantitative methods to analyze business enterprises and the factors contributing to the diversity of organizational structures and the relationships of firms with ...

from the

Open University in the Netherlands The Open University of the Netherlands ( nl, Open Universiteit Nederland) is a Dutch institution for distance learning at university level. It is an independent government-funded university and uses a variety of methods, including written mater ...

in 1988.Jaap Schekkerman biography
at ''enterprise-architecture.info''. Accessed 7 July 2013 Schekkerman started working as assistant scientist at the Free University Amsterdam in 1973. The next year he started working at the Red Cross Hospital in

, where he became chief information officer and participated in the development of medical information technology. From 1985 to 1989 he managed the IT Research & Development department of the insurance company

Centraal Beheer Centraal Beheer is an insurance company located in Apeldoorn, Netherlands. It became part of Achmea in 2001. Centraal Beheer is usually referred to as "Apeldoorn". Its offices are known for its architecture by Herman Hertzberger Herman Hertz ...

, and in 1989 became IT consultant at the Dutch Software developer RAET. From 1995 till 2005 he was business and Information Technology consultant for

Capgemini Capgemini SE is a multinational information technology (IT) services and consulting company, headquartered in Paris, France. History Capgemini was founded by Serge Kampf in 1967 as an enterprise management and data processing company. The comp ...

, from 2005 till 2008 Business Technology Strategy & Enterprise Architecture consultant for Verdonck, Klooster & Associates in the Netherlands, and since 2008 management consultant for

Logica Logica plc was a multinational IT and management consultancy company headquartered in London and later Reading, United Kingdom. Founded in 1969, the company had offices in London and in a number of major cities across England, Wales and Scot ...

, and lecturer at the Delft TopTech Program of the

Technical University Delft Delft University of Technology ( nl, Technische Universiteit Delft), also known as TU Delft, is the oldest and largest Dutch public university, public Institute of technology, technical university, located in Delft, Netherlands. As of 2022 it is r ...

. In 1982 Schekkerman received the American Ames Award for his article about medical information technology development. In 2001 he founded the Institute For Enterprise Architecture Developments (IFEAD) in the Netherlands. In 2012 Schekkerman became Global Director Cyber Security at CGI (Canada) where he was responsible for Cyber Security of Industrial Control Systems at companies world wide. In 2013 Schekkerman is awarded with the International Global Excellence iCMG Hall of Fame Award for his 20 years contribution to the Enterprise and Security Architecture Profession at the Architecture World Summit 2013, India. In 2015 Schekkerman was one the leading founders of the Cyber Research Center - Industrial Control Systems, a cyber research center focused on Cyber Protection & Resilience of Industrial Control Systems. Cyber Protection & Resilience are the Only Drivers for Successful Architecture Toda

In 2018 Schekkerman stopped his activities at the Cyber Research Center - Industrial Control Systems for personal reasons.
Extended Enterprise Architecture Framework Essentials Guide : Version 1.5
' Institute For Enterprise Architecture Developments Dirk Matthes (2011) ''Enterprise Architecture Frameworks Kompendium''. p. 100 and the Extended Enterprise Architecture Maturity Model.

Work

Institute For Enterprise Architecture Developments

In 2001 Schekkerman founded the Institute For Enterprise Architecture Developments (IFEAD). for research in and knowledge exchange about the emerging field of Enterprise Architecture. The Institute works together with a series of institutes in the field and facilitated a series of publications in the field of Enterprise Architecture.

''How to Survive in the Jungle of Enterprise Architecture Frameworks''

In his 2003 book "How to Survive in the Jungle of Enterprise Architecture Frameworks" Schekkerman defined enterprise architecture as:

Enterprise Architecture is a complete expression of the enterprise; a master plan which "acts as a collaboration force" between aspects of business planning such as goals, visions, strategies and governance principles; aspects of business operations such as business terms, organization structures, processes and data; aspects of automation such as information systems and databases; and the enabling technological infrastructure of the business, such as computers, operating systems and networks.

Schekkerman had witnessed a growing importance of Enterprise Architecture. He explained:

Recent Surveys of CEO’s, CIO’s and other executives provide some evidence of the growing importance of Enterprise Architecture over the last few years. In one of the most recent studies of the Institute For Enterprise Architecture Developments (IFEAD), Enterprise Architecture was ranked near the top of the list of most important issues considered by CEO’s and CIO’s. Apparently, this suggests the significance of the overarching framework within which the various aspects of decision-making and development are considered: including Business Architecture,
Information Architecture Information architecture (IA) is the structural design of shared information environments; the art and science of organizing and labelling websites, intranets, online communities and software to support usability and findability; and an emerging ...
, Information-Systems Architecture (
Data Architecture Data architecture consist of models, policies, rules, and standards that govern which data is collected and how it is stored, arranged, integrated, and put to use in data systems and in organizations. Data is usually one of several architecture do ...
), Technology Infrastructure Architecture and things like
Software Architecture Software architecture is the fundamental structure of a software system and the discipline of creating such structures and systems. Each structure comprises software elements, relations among them, and properties of both elements and relations. ...
. The various decisions related to business development and technology innovations need to be considered in a systemic manner within the framework of various architectures. Choices of methods and techniques have to be made in the context of the goals and objectives...

Enterprise Architecture Frameworks

The "How to Survive in the Jungle of Enterprise Architecture Frameworks" started with a general introduction of the principles of enterprise architecture and the EA practice in the US and in Europe. Subsequently, this book compares 14 of the most popular

s of that time. Starting with the Extended Enterprise Architecture Framework (E2AF) it describes

Enterprise Architecture Planning Enterprise architecture planning (EAP) in enterprise architecture is the planning process of defining architectures for the use of information in support of the business and the plan for implementing those architectures.The Chief Information Off ...

(EAP), The Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework (FEAF), the

Treasury Enterprise Architecture Framework Treasury Enterprise Architecture Framework (TEAF) was an enterprise architecture framework for treasury, based on the Zachman Framework. It was developed by the US Department of the Treasury and published in July 2000.US Department of the Treasur ...

(TEAF),

The Open Group Architecture Framework The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) is the most used framework for enterprise architecture as of 2020 that provides an approach for designing, planning, implementing, and governing an enterprise information technology architecture. TO ...

(TOGAF), the

Zachman Framework The Zachman Framework is an enterprise ontology and is a fundamental structure for enterprise architecture which provides a formal and structured way of viewing and defining an enterprise. The ontology is a two dimensional classification sche ...

, the

Integrated Architecture Framework The Integrated Architecture Framework (IAF) is an enterprise architecture framework that covers business, information, information system and technology infrastructure. This framework has been developed by Capgemini Capgemini SE is a multinat ...

(IAF), the Joint Technical Architecture (JTA), the C4ISR and

DoDAF The Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF) is an architecture framework for the United States Department of Defense (DoD) that provides visualization infrastructure for specific stakeholders concerns through viewpoints organized b ...

, the Department of Defense Technical Reference Model (DoD TRM), and finished with the reference architecture

TAFIM Technical Architecture Framework for Information Management (TAFIM) was a 1990s reference model for enterprise architecture by and for the United States Department of Defense (DoD). TAFIM provided enterprise-level guidance for the evolution of ...

CIMOSA CIMOSA, standing for "Computer Integrated Manufacturing Open System Architecture", is an enterprise modeling framework, which aims to support the enterprise integration of machines, computers and people. The framework is based on the system life ...

, PERA en the SAGA - Standards and Architectures for e-Government Applications.

Extended Enterprise Architecture Framework

Early 2000s Schekkerman developed the Extended Enterprise Architecture (E2A) and Extended Enterprise Architecture Framework (E2AF). The Extended Enterprise Architecture (E2A) is designed to address three different elements in a comprehensive way:Jaap Schekkerman (2001-07)
Extended Enterprise Architecture Framework
at ''enterprise-architecture.info''. Accessed 11 June 2013. * The element of construction, * the element of function, and * the element of style According to Schekkerman (2007) in enterprise architecture "style is reflecting the culture, values, norms and principles of an organization. Most of the time, the term enterprise architecture is dealing with construction and function, without any attention of the style aspect, while the style aspect reflects the cultural behavior, values, norms and principles of that organization in such a way that it reflects the corporate values of that organization." The Extended Enterprise Architecture Framework (E2AF), first published in 2003, is based on the

IEEE 1471 IEEE 1471 is a superseded IEEE standard for describing the architecture of a "software-intensive system", also known as software architecture. In 2011 it was superseded by ISO/IEC/IEEE 42010, ''Systems and software engineering — Architecture de ...

Standard for describing the architecture of a software-intensive system regarding views and viewpoints, and other elements from FEAF and

TOGAF The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) is the most used framework for enterprise architecture as of 2020 that provides an approach for designing, planning, implementing, and governing an enterprise information technology architecture. TOG ...

. It uses a 2-D matrix structure, similar to the Zachman Framework, and defines four types of scopes: business, information, system, and infrastructure. However, overall in comparison to the

the E2AF is more technology-oriented.Aileen Cater-Steel (2009) ''Information Technology Governance and Service Management''

Publications

Schekkerman published more than 100+ articles and several books on Enterprise Architecture and related subjects. Schekkerman also contributed as author to several other Books and Publications. A selection: * 2001. ''Book: Architectuur, besturingsinstrument voor adaptieve organisaties''. With Daan Rijsenbrij and H. Hendrickx * 2003. ''Book: How to Survive in the Jungle of Enterprise Architecture Frameworks: Creating or choosing an enterprise architecture framework ''. (2nd ed. Trafford Publishing USA.) * 2005. ''Book: The Economic Benefits of Enterprise Architecture: How to Quantify and Manage the Economic Value of Enterprise Architecture''. Trafford on Demand Pub, USA. * 2008. ''Book: Enterprise Architecture Good Practices Guide''. Trafford Publishing USA.. * 2009. ''Book: How to manage the enterprise architecture practice''. Trafford Publishing USA. * 2011.
Enterprise Architecture Tool Selection Guide
' version 6.3 i. Institute For Enterprise Architecture Developments.

References

External links

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