Long Hiatus :) I love the summer...
Anyway, i got invited to speak at EA Gov in DC last week. This was a really good conference for both a speaker and attendee. The session i was a panelist on had good questions and all the panelists did a good job answering. There was one speaker, from DOD, that was way too hyper... David Wennergren or something like that. Sad part about him, really positive, no substance. There were two questions that were asked that need better answers from someone at his level.
1. How do I obtain higher level stakeholder involvement in my agency?
He did not even entertain us with an example of success or challenge he experienced.
... arg, cant remember the other one.. tired today, sorry about that.
the session i got the most out of was on the first day.
Session 3-1: Agency Implementation of the FSAM
Really good session on the basics of what FSAM has done for you... The one part of the discussion i liked the most was generated from the question:
Why isnt FSAM a policy rather than a guideline?
The basic answer was that FSAM will be modified as needed for each agency, but not all of it. So how do you write policy that requires part, but not all of something? In the end, it just would not work, and I agree.
I Hope to get back to posting regularly now that my workload is normal. until next time.
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My comment is a bit off subject, but since you seem to have a familiarity with PowerDesigner I was wondering whether you could recommend PowerDesigner training. I am aware that Sybase offers classes, but since they are ~$2,800 plus travel and hotel it gets to be quite expensive. I've tried to locate some training via the Internet without much success. Are you familiar with PowerDesigner training options other than attending instructor led classes? Are there any good books? PowerDesigner's tutorials are a joke in my opinion.
It depends on what you are going to use it for... if it is Data Architecture, there are lots of good books that can be applied to tool. I have never taken a course on PD, but have read 'A Practical Guide to Enterprise Architecture' and then created the diagrams in the tool, which taught me a lot. Took about a week.
As for training specifically for PD, Sybase covers most of what i have ever seen, in Europe they have a university program, but i have never seen it in the states, typically colleges want full cirriculum here, while in europe professors will integrate into their course.
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