Jaap Schekkerman
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 Frameworks.[1]
Biography
Schekkerman received a degree in clinical chemistry from the Bakhuis Roozeboom Instituut in Beverwijk in 1973, and his Engineer's degree in electronic engineering from the HTS Amsterdam in 1979. Further on he received a certificates in information technology from AMBI in 1984, and a certificates in business economics from the Open University The Netherlands in 1988.[2]
Schekkerman started working as assistant scientist at the Free University Amsterdam in 1973. The next year he became Chief Information Officer at the Red Cross Hospital in Beverwijk, where he took part in the development of medical information technology. From 1985 to 1989 he managed the IT Research & Development department of the insurance company Centraal Beheer, 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, from 2005 till 2008 Business Technology Strategy & Enterprise Architecture consultant for Verdonck, Klooster & Associates in the Netherlands, and since 2008 management consultant for Logica.
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.[2] Here he developed the Extended Enterprise Architecture Framework[3] and the E2AF & Extended Enterprise Architecture Maturity Model.[4]
Publications
Schekkerman published a series of articles and some books on Enterprise Architecture and related subjects. A selection:
- 2003. How to Survive in the Jungle of Enterprise Architecture Frameworks: Creating or choosing an enterprise architecture framework .
- 2003. Architectuur, besturingsinstrument voor adaptieve organisaties. With Daan Rijsenbrij and H. Hendrickx
- 2005. How to Manage the Enterprise Architecture Practice
- 2005. The Economic Benefits of Enterprise Architecture: How to Quantify and Manage the Economic Value of Enterprise Architecture. Trafford on Demand Pub, 2005
- 2008. Enterprise Architecture Good Practices Guide: how to manage the enterprise architecture practice
- 2009. The Economic Benefits of Enterprise Architecture
References
- ^ Guus De Mari (2009) Five Years of It Management Improvement. p. 67
- ^ a b Jaap Schekkerman biography at enterprise-architecture.info. Accessed 7 July 2013
- ^ Dirk Matthes (2011) Enterprise Architecture Frameworks Kompendium. p. 100
- ^ Gary Doucet (2011) Coherency Management: Coherency Management: Architecting the Enterprise for Alignment, Agility and Assurance. p. 222
External links
- Jaap Schekkerman Institute For Enterprise Architecture Developments (IFEAD)