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'''Roger Evernden''' (born ca. 1954) is a British enterprise architect, musician, composer, and writer. He is a consultant at the [[Cutter Consortium]], known for his contributions to Enterprise Architecture and as author of the [[Information FrameWork]], an [[enterprise architecture framework]] presented in 1996 as a more generic alternative to the [[Zachman Framework]].<ref>[[Greefhorst, Danny]], Henk Koning, and [[Hans van Vliet]]. "The many faces of architectural descriptions." Information Systems Frontiers 8.2 (2006): 103–113. {{dead link|date=January 2024}}</ref> He has given talks on enterprise architecture.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">[https://irmuk.co.uk/events/enterprise-architecture-conference-europe/#session-59 Mentoring an EA Team: A Case Study at Vesta Corporation]</ref>
'''Roger Evernden''' (born ca. 1954) is a British enterprise architect, musician, composer, writer and speaker.


As a musician and composer he is best known for his solo piano albums.
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As an enterprise architect he is a consultant at the [[Cutter Consortium]], known for his contributions to Enterprise Architecture and as author of the [[Information FrameWork]], an [[enterprise architecture framework]] presented in 1996 as more generic alternative to the [[Zachman Framework]].<ref>Rik Maes. ''[http://imwww.fee.uva.nl/~pv/PDFdocs/99-03.pdf A generic framework for information management] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120911162856/http://imwww.fee.uva.nl/~pv/PDFdocs/99-03.pdf |date=2012-09-11 }}.'' Universiteit van Amsterdam, Department of Accountancy & Information Management, 1999.</ref><ref>[[Greefhorst, Danny]], Henk Koning, and [[Hans van Vliet]]. "The many faces of architectural descriptions." Information Systems Frontiers 8.2 (2006): 103–113.</ref>


==Career ==
As a musician and composer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/author/roger-evernden/id540696616?mt=11|title=Roger Evernden iTunes|website=iTunes|language=en-us|access-date=2019-01-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/15iB2Ir5iTmx2RC1tQvACY|title=Roger Evernden|website=open.spotify.com|language=en|access-date=2019-01-02}}</ref> he is best known for his solo piano albums – ''Improvation'' (2014),<ref>{{cite web |last1=Evernden |first1=Roger |title=Improvation |url=https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Roger_Evernden_Improvation?id=Bv2jek55vlvg3gm2dxlf7gv4gya}}</ref> ''The Journey We All Make'' (2016),<ref>{{cite web |last1=Evernden |first1=Roger |title=The Journey We All Make |url=https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Roger_Evernden_The_Journey_We_All_Make?id=Btxxm65haxv5m4x4wwhvwsi3xuu |accessdate=31 July 2018}}</ref> ''The Innocence of Spring'' (2018),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Roger_Evernden_The_Innocence_of_Spring?id=Bak3xtdmiufljoggempbsscuw3u&hl=en_US|title=The Innocence of Spring|last=Evernden|first=Roger|website=play.google.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-30}}</ref> ''Nocturnes'' (2019), ''The Unfolding Of Wings'' (2020), ''Rainbows Of Hope'' (2020),<ref>{{Cite web|title=Roger Evernden: Rainbows of Hope - Music on Google Play|url=https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Rainbows_of_Hope?id=B5nm37w5s2uhhcbnreo5l2cupoi&hl=en_US|access-date=2020-09-24|website=play.google.com|language=en}}</ref> and S L O W - Calm Piano for Mindful Yoga, Relaxation and Meditation (2020).<ref>{{Citation|title=Slow: Calm Piano for Mindful Yoga, Relaxation and Meditation|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/39Kq0fssyOeXfdSTHsnyZd|language=en|access-date=2020-10-20}}</ref>
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In the late 1980s, Evernden developed [[Information FrameWork]] (IFW) to describe an enterprise architect initiative at Westpac. IFW was presented in 1996 as framework for Information management, and more generic alternative to the [[Zachman Framework]]. Evernden (1996) explained:
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{{blockquote|the objectives and scope of IFW are broader than that of the original Zachman framework. IFW is described and compared with the original Zachman structure, showing the evolution, changes, and the rationale behind the changes based on experiences from within the financial services industry.<ref name="E 1996">Evernden (1996, p. 37)</ref>}}


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In a 1996 paper Evernden showed "how the structure of IFW has been populated by industry-wide models and supported by a distinctive methodology. A detailed discussion of each of the six dimensions of the IFW architecture is presented."<ref name="E 1996"/><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Ravi Sarkar|date=2014-08-18|title=Ifw framework for banking industry presentation|url=https://www.slideshare.net/Ravisarkar1/ifw-framework-for-banking-industry-presentation-38093834}}</ref>
As a speaker he is known for his talks on enterprise architecture,<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">[https://irmuk.co.uk/events/enterprise-architecture-conference-europe/#session-59 Mentoring an EA Team: A Case Study at Vesta Corporation]</ref> and as a [[TEDx]] speaker.<ref>{{Citation|last=TEDx Talks|title=Becoming your many selves {{!}} Roger Evernden {{!}} TEDxFolkestone|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dl5_LZSK52A|access-date=2018-12-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tedxfolkestone.com/becoming-your-many-selves/|title=BECOMING YOUR MANY SELVES|date=2018-09-04|website=TEDxFolkestone|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-12-30}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Evernden received his BA in History at the [[Lancaster University]] in 1975, and a Post-Graduate Certificate in Education at the Goldsmiths' College of the [[University of London]] in 1977.

Evernden started his career as history teacher in London in 1977. In 1980 he started working in IT as analyst and programmer, and worked his way up from consultant and application developer to enterprise architect working for companies as [[Legal & General]], [[IBM]], [[Westpac]] and smaller companies. From 2007 to 2011 he was Enterprise Domain Architect and later Enterprise Architect at [[Lloyds Bank]]. Since 2011 he is Senior Consultant with Cutter Consortium's Business & Enterprise Architecture practice,

== Work as an Enterprise Architect ==
=== Information FrameWork (IFW) ===
In the late 1980s Evernden developed [[Information FrameWork]] (IFW) to describe an enterprise architect initiative at Westpac. This was later described in an IBM Systems Journal article, published in 1996. The Westpac project – known internally as CS90, or Core Systems for the 1990s – was a prototype for using enterprise architecture to create adaptive organizations or adaptive systems. The Westpac experience was described by [[Stephan H. Haeckel]] – an American management theorist and former director of Strategic Studies at IBM’s Advanced Business Institute – who developed the idea of the sense-and-respond organization as an adaptive enterprise.

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The Information FrameWork (IFW) was presented in 1996 as framework for Information management, and more generic alternative to the [[Zachman Framework]]. Evernden (1996) explained:
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:''the objectives and scope of IFW are broader than that of the original Zachman framework. IFW is described and compared with the original Zachman structure, showing the evolution, changes, and the rationale behind the changes based on experiences from within the financial services industry.''<ref name="E 1996">Evernden (1996, p. 37)</ref>
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In his 1996 paper Evernden also showed "how the structure of IFW has been populated by industry-wide models and supported by a distinctive methodology. A detailed discussion of each of the six dimensions of the IFW architecture is presented."<ref name="E 1996"/><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Ravi Sarkar|date=2014-08-18|title=Ifw framework for banking industry presentation|url=https://www.slideshare.net/Ravisarkar1/ifw-framework-for-banking-industry-presentation-38093834}}</ref>

=== Contributions to Enterprise Architecture ===
Evernden has promoted the need for Architectural Thinking,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Architectural Thinking|url=https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/architectural-thinking-roger-evernden|access-date=2020-06-12|website=www.linkedin.com|language=en}}</ref> the use of a meta-framework in [[Enterprise architecture framework|Enterprise Architecture]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=An EA Metaframework: Making Frameworks Work {{!}} Cutter Consortium|url=https://www.cutter.com/article/ea-metaframework-making-frameworks-work-492506|access-date=2020-06-12|website=www.cutter.com}}</ref> and for explaining the Levels of Architectural Understanding.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Levels of Architectural Understanding|url=https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/levels-architectural-understanding-roger-evernden|access-date=2020-06-12|website=www.linkedin.com|language=en}}</ref>

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=== Other works ===
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Evernden is co-author, with Elaine Evernden, of ''Information First: Integrating Knowledge and Information Architecture for Business Advantage'', which was first published in 2003, expanding the concepts of Information FrameWork (IFW). ''Information First'' outlines an approach to [[enterprise architecture]] that uses eight factors common to all [[enterprise architecture framework]]s that can be combined to create architectural tools for managing enterprise and [[business transformation]]. A second edition was published in 2015 with the title: ''Enterprise Architecture – the Eight Fundamental Factors.''

This book deals with two important topics for enterprise management: the architecture of an enterprise and the challenge of dealing with information.

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''"Roger and Elaine Evernden argue that in order to address that challenge, organizations must treat information as a business resource, much like capital or labor. They require expertise and strategic thinking to use that resource as part of a business strategy, and to leverage its potential. More than just data to be used in operative processes, information must be seen as the essence of all decision-making and knowledge-building efforts in the enterprise, something that must be adapted to the people using it and interacting with it."''<ref>{{Cite book|title=Intersection : how enterprise design bridges the gap between business, technology, and people|last=Guenther|first=Milan|date=2012|publisher=[[Morgan Kaufmann]]|isbn=978-0-12-388435-0|location=[Place of publication not identified]|pages=265|oclc=812529128}}</ref>

Research at the Cranfield School of Management also suggested that there are multiple dimensions to all architecture frameworks. Working with more than two or three dimensions at a time is challenging, and potentially confusing. Analysis is therefore most constructive when any two of these dimensions are viewed together in a matrix.<ref>Professor John Ward and Andy Bytheway at a symposium on “Transforming the Business with Information”, July 1995, Cranfield University School of Management, UK. See also Edwards, Chris & Ward, John & Bytheway, Andy. (1995). The Essence of Information Systems, 2nd Edition.</ref>


In 2008, at the height of the [[financial crisis of 2007–2008]], he spoke about how [[enterprise architecture]] could be used to weather unpredictable events.<ref name=":0">[http://www.irmuk.co.uk/eac2008/speakers.htm#Evernden Weathering the Perfect Storm with Enterprise Architecture]</ref> In 2011 he described the architectural approach to create a single integrated IT platform from two heritage banking systems following the Lloyds TSB acquisition of HBOS to form Lloyds Banking Group January 2009.<ref name=":1">[http://www.irmuk.co.uk/eac2011/day1.cfm#Day1-S6 A LEAP in the Dark: The UK's Biggest Banking Integration Programme]</ref>
In 2008, at the height of the [[financial crisis of 2007–2008]], he spoke about how [[enterprise architecture]] could be used to weather unpredictable events.<ref name=":0">[http://www.irmuk.co.uk/eac2008/speakers.htm#Evernden Weathering the Perfect Storm with Enterprise Architecture]</ref> In 2011 he described the architectural approach to create a single integrated IT platform from two heritage banking systems following the Lloyds TSB acquisition of HBOS to form Lloyds Banking Group January 2009.<ref name=":1">[http://www.irmuk.co.uk/eac2011/day1.cfm#Day1-S6 A LEAP in the Dark: The UK's Biggest Banking Integration Programme]</ref>
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In 2017 he presented a case study at Vesta Corporation describing a combination of online training and webinars in a nine-month program to build the capabilities and confidence of their enterprise architecture team.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://irmuk.co.uk/agendas/enterprise-architecture-conference-europe-2017/#session-59|title=Mentoring an EA Team: A Case Study at Vesta Corporation|last=Evernden|first=Roger|website=IRM EA Conference 2017}}</ref>
In 2017 he presented a case study at Vesta Corporation describing a combination of online training and webinars in a nine-month program to build the capabilities and confidence of their enterprise architecture team.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://irmuk.co.uk/agendas/enterprise-architecture-conference-europe-2017/#session-59|title=Mentoring an EA Team: A Case Study at Vesta Corporation|last=Evernden|first=Roger|website=IRM EA Conference 2017}}</ref>


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=== Writing ===
In a keynote presentation for the National Conference on Advances in Enterprise Architecture (NCAEA 2017) he described changes required by architecture frameworks in response to an increasingly connected, digital world. He said: "Although our discipline will probably continue to be '''known as''' “enterprise” architecture, increasingly it will cover the architecture of '''any''' '''human-designed system''' – '''which includes''' all social, political, economic, environmental, and cultural organisms – in addition to the '''domains''' we currently expect to find in “enterprise” architecture. Enterprises, and governments, will need to '''re-think governance''' of their EA."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://isa.sbu.ac.ir/movies/video/8-%D8%B3%D8%AE%D9%86%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-roger-evernden-%D9%87%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B4-%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C.html|title=Beyond National Frameworks – Integration and collaboration across borders|last=Evernden|first=Roger|date=2019-09-20|website=ISA Research Group|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-09-20}}</ref>
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Evernden is co-author, with Elaine Evernden, of ''Information First: Integrating Knowledge and Information Architecture for Business Advantage'', which was first published in 2003, expanding the concepts of Information FrameWork (IFW). A second edition was published in 2015 with the title: ''Enterprise Architecture – the Eight Fundamental Factors.''

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This book deals with the architecture of an enterprise and the challenge of dealing with information. {{blockquote|Roger and Elaine Evernden argue that in order to address that challenge, organizations must treat information as a business resource, much like capital or labor. They require expertise and strategic thinking to use that resource as part of a business strategy, and to leverage its potential. More than just data to be used in operative processes, information must be seen as the essence of all decision-making and knowledge-building efforts in the enterprise, something that must be adapted to the people using it and interacting with it.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Intersection : how enterprise design bridges the gap between business, technology, and people|last=Guenther|first=Milan|date=2012|publisher=[[Morgan Kaufmann]]|isbn=978-0-12-388435-0|location=[Place of publication not identified]|pages=265|oclc=812529128}}</ref>}}


== Selected publications ==
== Selected publications ==
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* Evernden, Roger, and Elaine Evernden. "[http://www.cs.jyu.fi/el/tjtse25_11/TJTSE25_Syllabus_files/p95-evernden.pdf Third-generation information architecture]." ''Communications of the ACM'' 46.3 (2003): 95–98.
* Evernden, Roger, and Elaine Evernden. "[http://www.cs.jyu.fi/el/tjtse25_11/TJTSE25_Syllabus_files/p95-evernden.pdf Third-generation information architecture]." ''Communications of the ACM'' 46.3 (2003): 95–98.
* Evernden, R. ''[http://www.cutter.com/content/architecture/fulltext/reports/2013/01/index.html Mastering Complexity to Drive EA Productivity]'', Cutter Consortium Executive Report, Vol. 16, No. 1, 2013
* Evernden, R. ''[http://www.cutter.com/content/architecture/fulltext/reports/2013/01/index.html Mastering Complexity to Drive EA Productivity]'', Cutter Consortium Executive Report, Vol. 16, No. 1, 2013

== Work as a musician ==

During the 1970s and 1980s he played and wrote songs with bands, including Capital Chaps, and Watch My Lips.

He is a member of the SoloPiano community,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Roger Evernden - Solo Piano|url=https://solopiano.com/artist/RogerEvernden|access-date=2020-09-24|website=solopiano.com|language=en}}</ref> home to over 350 solo piano artists from around the globe.

He also produces music under the alias Mi Fa Sol.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mi Fa Sol|url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/2AFJQaXRoAgIXPKFLFLmYf|access-date=2020-10-20|website=Spotify|language=en}}</ref>

=== Albums ===
The [[New-age music|new age]] album ''[https://open.spotify.com/album/55FgJbXWEEFoVHuOxFcZdr Glebe]''' (1990) re-released in 2015

Solo piano albums include:
* ''[https://open.spotify.com/album/29ZfuqaXkB833B2D6vNO8C Improvation]'' (2014) <ref>{{Citation|title=Improvation|date=2014-10-30|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/29ZfuqaXkB833B2D6vNO8C|language=en|access-date=2021-12-11}}</ref>
* ''[https://open.spotify.com/album/0CZCMDq4DTt58ozDmgZh09 The Journey We All Make]'' (2016) <ref>{{Citation|title=The Journey We All Make|date=2016-11-15|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/0CZCMDq4DTt58ozDmgZh09|language=en|access-date=2021-12-11}}</ref>
* ''[https://open.spotify.com/album/4r0ia9dSbWwUl5jqTiLxXj The Innocence of Spring]'' (2018) <ref>{{Citation|title=The Innocence of Spring|date=2018-08-30|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/4r0ia9dSbWwUl5jqTiLxXj|language=en|access-date=2021-12-11}}</ref>
* ''[https://open.spotify.com/album/35fFEvWVW5TWrqLqMZu1gg Nocturnes]'' (2019) <ref>{{Citation|title=Nocturnes|date=2019-02-12|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/35fFEvWVW5TWrqLqMZu1gg|language=en|access-date=2021-12-11}}</ref>
* ''[https://open.spotify.com/album/2Py5tcHhnmvGldwBEKR9xq The Unfolding of Wings]'' (2020) <ref>{{Citation|title=The Unfolding of Wings|date=2020-05-25|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/2Py5tcHhnmvGldwBEKR9xq|language=en|access-date=2021-12-11}}</ref>
* ''[https://open.spotify.com/album/2qXNPv21h0rElrxe79I6Tx Rainbows of Hope]'' (2020) <ref>{{Citation|title=Rainbows of Hope|date=2020-09-18|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/2qXNPv21h0rElrxe79I6Tx|language=en|access-date=2021-12-11}}</ref>
* ''[https://open.spotify.com/album/39Kq0fssyOeXfdSTHsnyZd S L O W - Calm Piano for Mindful Yoga, Relaxation and Meditation]'' (2020) [with Mi Fa Sol] <ref>{{Citation|title=Slow: Calm Piano for Mindful Yoga, Relaxation and Meditation|date=2020-10-16|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/39Kq0fssyOeXfdSTHsnyZd|language=en|access-date=2021-12-11}}</ref>E
*''[https://open.spotify.com/album/6ckBhYbDNuzpFmYNYyAj7V Deep and Crisp and Even: A Felt Piano Collection of Traditional Christmas Songs]'' (2020) <ref>{{Citation|title=Deep and Crisp and Even: A Felt Piano Collection of Traditional Christmas Songs|date=2020-11-06|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/6ckBhYbDNuzpFmYNYyAj7V|language=en|access-date=2021-12-11}}</ref>
*''[https://open.spotify.com/album/4ega2rNSfKJSo50wPQyVM4 Old Souls Dream Young]'' (2021) [with Mi Fa Sol] <ref>{{Citation|title=Old Souls Dream Young|date=2021-08-20|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/4ega2rNSfKJSo50wPQyVM4|language=en|access-date=2021-12-11}}</ref>
*''[https://open.spotify.com/album/237xyAFeOpPcSTCQdYgoXe Ebb and Flow]'' (2023) <ref>{{Citation |title=Ebb and Flow |date=2023-01-06 |url=https://open.spotify.com/album/237xyAFeOpPcSTCQdYgoXe |access-date=2023-05-04 |language=en}}</ref>
*''[https://open.spotify.com/album/56uaNCgDcKbbZz2ubcKea1 Trust the Path]'' (2023) [as Mi Fa Sol] <ref>{{Citation |title=Trust the Path |date=2023-04-28 |url=https://open.spotify.com/album/56uaNCgDcKbbZz2ubcKea1 |access-date=2023-05-04 |language=en}}</ref>

=== Collaborations ===
He has contributed tracks to five albums featuring other pianists:

* ''Pour Les Enfants'' included on the album [https://open.spotify.com/album/19mqPYYnTBrmlrFkMOyODL?si=lfXAtdPUQOieo7Ebw9WH7g '''Keys for Peace'''], released by the Contemporary Classical Collective in 2023.
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* ''For Planet Earth'' included on the album '''[https://open.spotify.com/album/1WFZr6MFR2xafOe1kGoL9p Piano Reflections, Vol. 1]''', released by Collaborative Records in 2020. [https://open.spotify.com/album/7wS5qSFWYHVsGWDnJmHQ9S?si=IWQq-WPuQbOAvqLDrC2M5Q]
* ''Our Children's Children, Serendipity No. 7'' included on the album '''[https://open.spotify.com/album/1OOzpRoTYiVm44MxHufWuX Hope]''', released by Silent Beat Records in 2021 <ref>{{Citation|title=Hope|date=2021-03-26|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/1OOzpRoTYiVm44MxHufWuX|language=en|access-date=2021-12-11}}</ref>
* ''A Moment of Wintry Wonder'' included on the album '''[https://open.spotify.com/album/7dQTMFuhb8ouiCTg1x3Yyx A Time For Peace]''', released by Yellow Rose Records in 2021 <ref>{{Citation|title=A Time for Peace|date=2021-12-03|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/7dQTMFuhb8ouiCTg1x3Yyx|language=en|access-date=2021-12-11}}</ref>
* ''Rebirth'' included on the album '''[https://open.spotify.com/album/05mxa8nd3VuPVj9or2CQzB Piano Day 2022]''', released by Yellow Rose Records in 2022 <ref>{{Citation |title=Piano Day 2022 |date=2022-03-25 |url=https://open.spotify.com/album/05mxa8nd3VuPVj9or2CQzB |language=en |access-date=2022-03-29}}</ref>
* ''Courage (Against Oppression)'' on the album '''ДОДОМУ I''', a charity album released on Bandcamp in aid of the Ukrainian Red Cross <ref>{{Cite web |title=ДОДОМУ I, by Додому |url=https://dodomu.bandcamp.com/album/i |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=Додому |language=en}}</ref>E
* ''Eventide'' on the album '''[https://open.spotify.com/album/33sSevl1zeOSGREkx88Bho 2022 Essentials]''', released by Yellow Rose Records in 2023 <ref>{{Citation |title=2022 Essentials |date=2023-01-25 |url=https://open.spotify.com/album/33sSevl1zeOSGREkx88Bho |access-date=2023-05-04 |language=en}}</ref>

=== Contemporary Classical Collective (CCC) ===
He is a founding member of the [[Contemporary Classical Collective (CCC)]] - an informal group of musicians whose focus is on producing neo-classical or indie classical music.


== References ==
== References ==

Latest revision as of 22:09, 7 February 2024

Roger Evernden
Occupation(s)Musician, composer, pianist
InstrumentPiano
Years active1982 - present
Websitehttps://www.rogerevernden.net/

Roger Evernden (born ca. 1954) is a British enterprise architect, musician, composer, and writer. He is a consultant at the Cutter Consortium, known for his contributions to Enterprise Architecture and as author of the Information FrameWork, an enterprise architecture framework presented in 1996 as a more generic alternative to the Zachman Framework.[1] He has given talks on enterprise architecture.[2][3]

As a musician and composer he is best known for his solo piano albums.

Career

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In the late 1980s, Evernden developed Information FrameWork (IFW) to describe an enterprise architect initiative at Westpac. IFW was presented in 1996 as framework for Information management, and more generic alternative to the Zachman Framework. Evernden (1996) explained:

the objectives and scope of IFW are broader than that of the original Zachman framework. IFW is described and compared with the original Zachman structure, showing the evolution, changes, and the rationale behind the changes based on experiences from within the financial services industry.[4]

In a 1996 paper Evernden showed "how the structure of IFW has been populated by industry-wide models and supported by a distinctive methodology. A detailed discussion of each of the six dimensions of the IFW architecture is presented."[4][5]

In 2008, at the height of the financial crisis of 2007–2008, he spoke about how enterprise architecture could be used to weather unpredictable events.[6] In 2011 he described the architectural approach to create a single integrated IT platform from two heritage banking systems following the Lloyds TSB acquisition of HBOS to form Lloyds Banking Group January 2009.[2]

In 2017 he presented a case study at Vesta Corporation describing a combination of online training and webinars in a nine-month program to build the capabilities and confidence of their enterprise architecture team.[7]

Writing

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Evernden is co-author, with Elaine Evernden, of Information First: Integrating Knowledge and Information Architecture for Business Advantage, which was first published in 2003, expanding the concepts of Information FrameWork (IFW). A second edition was published in 2015 with the title: Enterprise Architecture – the Eight Fundamental Factors.

This book deals with the architecture of an enterprise and the challenge of dealing with information.

Roger and Elaine Evernden argue that in order to address that challenge, organizations must treat information as a business resource, much like capital or labor. They require expertise and strategic thinking to use that resource as part of a business strategy, and to leverage its potential. More than just data to be used in operative processes, information must be seen as the essence of all decision-making and knowledge-building efforts in the enterprise, something that must be adapted to the people using it and interacting with it.[8]

Selected publications

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  • Evernden, Roger. "The information framework." IBM Systems Journal 35.1 (1996): 37–68.
  • Evernden, Roger, Information FrameWork (IFW): 1996 Systems Journal Article and 2011 Update, 2018[9]
  • Elaine Evernden, Roger Evernden. Information First. Elsevier, 2003/2012.
  • Elaine Evernden, Roger Evernden. Enterprise Architecture – the Eight Fundamental Factors. CreateSpace, 2015, ISBN 1517364361[10]
  • Evernden, Roger, and Elaine Evernden. "Third-generation information architecture." Communications of the ACM 46.3 (2003): 95–98.
  • Evernden, R. Mastering Complexity to Drive EA Productivity, Cutter Consortium Executive Report, Vol. 16, No. 1, 2013

References

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  1. ^ Greefhorst, Danny, Henk Koning, and Hans van Vliet. "The many faces of architectural descriptions." Information Systems Frontiers 8.2 (2006): 103–113. [dead link‍]
  2. ^ a b A LEAP in the Dark: The UK's Biggest Banking Integration Programme
  3. ^ Mentoring an EA Team: A Case Study at Vesta Corporation
  4. ^ a b Evernden (1996, p. 37)
  5. ^ Ravi Sarkar (18 August 2014). "Ifw framework for banking industry presentation". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. ^ Weathering the Perfect Storm with Enterprise Architecture
  7. ^ Evernden, Roger. "Mentoring an EA Team: A Case Study at Vesta Corporation". IRM EA Conference 2017.
  8. ^ Guenther, Milan (2012). Intersection : how enterprise design bridges the gap between business, technology, and people. [Place of publication not identified]: Morgan Kaufmann. p. 265. ISBN 978-0-12-388435-0. OCLC 812529128.
  9. ^ Evernden, Roger (10 March 2018). Information FrameWork (IFW): 1996 Systems Journal Article and 2011 Update. Jubal Promotions. p. 192.
  10. ^ Evernden, Roger (2015). Enterprise Architecture – the Eight Fundamental Factors (2nd ed.). CreateSpace. p. 303. ISBN 978-1517364366. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
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