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Enterprise Architecture
Fundamentals Masterclass
Led by John Zachman and Stan Locke


New Condensed 4-Day Course

Days 1 & 2
Understanding Enterprise Architecture
Framework Fundamentals

1. The innovation imperative.
    Business drivers for Enterprise Architecture.
• The waves of change
• The revolution in concepts

2. From the source.
    The Zachman Framework.
The Zachman Framework is perhaps the most referenced in the industry. This session provides participants with a unique opportunity to learn first-hand about its concept and utility, directly from the man who developed it.
• Enterprise knowledge artifacts:
   - From data, function and networks
   - From scope to enterprise, systems and technology models
• The extended framework:
   - From people, time and motivation
   - From workflow, process and business rule models
• Rules of the Framework

3. Addressing the paradoxical challenge.
    Rapid delivery & enterprise infrastructure.
• The "model" vs the "results" view of the world
• Process concepts
• What about objects?
• Paradigms for managing change: architecture and assemble-to-order to manage
  rapid delivery

4. Behind the scenes.
    EA implementation essentials.
• Model selection
• Skills, approaches and tools
• Short term demand strategies
• Managing federated architectures

5. For good measure.
    The role of EA standards in successful implementation.
• Framework standards
• Adapting the standards to your organization
• Elaborating the models to your business

6. Planning the work.
    Enterprise Architecture methodologies.
• Classification vs methodologies
• Methodology standards
• Methodology vendors
• Framework implementers
   - Methodologies overview

7. Working the plan.
    Enterprise Architecture practicalities.
• Funding and cost justification
• Return on Investment (ROI)
• Repositories and model management
• Organization & culture change
• Towards the new business imperative: Build, Store, Manage and Change the Models

Days 3 & 4
Real World EA Implementation
Global Practices for Success

1. What Columbus knew.
    Understanding the dimensions of
    the framework.
In this interactive workshop, team members will learn how abstractions from the Zachman Framework will provide participants with key concepts for understanding EA implementation.

2. Get down to business.
    Framework thinking for the enterprise.
• How much of the enterprise, how deep
• Integrating the different business viewpoints
• Using the interrogatives to analyze the business
• Relating the questions to the viewpoints

3. Avoiding the disconnect.
    Business alignment.
• How architecture ensures better alignment
• Understanding The Zachman Framework set to support consistency
• Using the framework for quality assurance in the enterprise

4. Who's who in EA.
    The EA profession framework.
• Global trends in EA
• Evolving implementation from infrastructure to business
• EA standards to make it work
• Process maturity
• Growing the knowledge base

5. The planner's view.
    Ensuring business integration.
• Reviewing the required business artifacts
• Ensuring scope integration
• Reviewing the transformations to ensure strategic alignment
• Completing the scope gaps

6. Making EA a reality.
    Program architecture and service models.
• Peer and reference models
• How businesses and governments differ
• The role of services, programs, enforcements, advocates and referrals

7. The name of the game.
    Designing for business change.
Real world case studies allow executives and their team members to review how the framework is a tool for strategic analysis.
• Analyzing the business model into high-level components
• Reassembling into integrated business change initiatives
• Creating composites for executive management

8. The trade-offs.
    Business implications of EA approaches.
• Determining the EA maturity level
• The 'shortcut' to effective EA delivery
• What is the right implementation sequence for your organization?
• Project implications for EA delivery

9. The EA process.
    Beyond current methodologies to business imperatives.
• Business strategy alignment
• Enterprise asset reuse
• Design components
• Exploiting the data warehouse
• Optimizing infrastructures

10. In the hot seat.
    Strategic Enterprise Architecture.
• Engaging executive management
• Sliver implementation strategy
• EA project and portfolio architectures
• Making the best practices explicit



"Hour-for-hour, this is the best seminar I have attended. The instructors thoroughly covered concepts, demonstrated their application effectively and convincingly explained the consequences of poor architectural practice."
Daniel A. Joseph, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, MIS
Rochester Institute of Technology

" I feel energized and much better equipped to think things through and start engineering the enterprise. Thanks!"
Kelvin White
Corporate Technical Architect
Talisman Energy

"… Stan is definitely one of the best teachers I have ever encountered: articulate, entertaining, engaging, considerate and knowledgeable."
Alice Sturgeon
Senior Director
Treasury Board Secretariat, CIO Branch



(Intervista is now offering DAMA & EAIG members a 10% discount on all of our courses)


Group discounts do not apply for customized courses. Educational sessions scheduled outside continental United States and Canada are subject to a 20% surcharge on tuition fees.


To register for this course, complete our online registration form or call 1-800-397-9744. Outside North America +1 514 937-7130.

PRE-REQUISITE

Days 1 & 2 are a prerequisite for Days 3 & 4.

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Professional Accreditation
Certain professional associations may recognize Intervista courses for credit to satisfy your continuous education requirement. Present the course outline to your board for confirmation. These courses provide approximately 28 hours of advanced instruction.

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