http://caeaporg.officelive.com/Documents/documents/2009_CAEAP_Summit_Brochure.pdf

AEAP does?

♦ Provides a public face to all enterprise architects.

♦ Are primarily advocacy focused as opposed to membership focused

♦ Provides free membership for all individuals who have an interest in enterprise architecture.

♦ Accredits enterprise architecture professional standards which extends its accrediting

model to include university courses and programs.

♦ Educates and enforces ethics for all enterprise architects.

♦ Recognizes enterprise architects who have gained professional status.

♦ Recognizes all legitimate enterprise architecture organizations.

CAEAP will be the EA profession owner for society

and advocate on behalf of its stakeholders

What CAEAP does not do?

♦ Develop or endorse frameworks

♦ Advocate for only select sectors of enterprise architects.

♦ Are membership not advocacy based (it is a conflict of interest to be both even when it

comes to filing corporate status).

♦ Are enterprise architect facing and not public facing.

♦ Use membership fees as a barrier to entry and participation.

♦ Have proprietary certification programs that are specific to their organization.

♦ Has non-enforceable ethics (if they have ethics at all).

♦ Does not education enterprise architects on ethics.

♦ Does not accredit university programs independent of membership in their organization.

Positioning CAEAP amongst other organizations:

♦ We represent other industries.

♦ We welcome members from other organizations.

♦ We welcome other organizations.

♦ We recognize all certifications, standards, and content that pushes forward enterprise

architecture without prejudice.

♦ We are not competitors.

♦ We do not dilute the memberships of other organizations.

♦ Being a part of CAEAP increases the value of other organizations that may decide to

remain as membership facing organization.