Techniques and Deliverables of Business Architecture
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This 4.5-day course targets senior-level professionals such as business analysts, architects, and strategists, focusing on practical skills for modeling and analyzing business strategies using information and communication technologies. Participants will engage in case studies and team exercises to understand enterprise architecture, design thinking, and business change techniques. An optional examination offers certification as an Inspired Business Architect, with additional resources provided for further learning.
Techniques and Deliverables of Business Architecture
- 1. Duration 4.5 days Brief Description The course is designed for senior business analysts, enterprise architects, strategists, business architects and senior line management who are, or who will become, actively involved in modeling, analysing and shaping the future of businesses and their strategic use of Information and Communication Technologies. It is a skills course rather than a methodology course, designed to expose participants to leading techniques and ways of presenting models and results of analyses. It draws on our 25+ years experience in business and academia as well as industry best practice to deliver a valuable set of tools to equip business architects. What Differentiates this Course? Many courses teach the overall agenda or approach to business architecture (what should you do), but there are precious few that show you how! This course aims to equip delegates with real skills and techniques to deliver results and help their organisations leverage powerful concepts, models, techniques and analyses to make better decisions, take advantage of opportunities and minimise risk. Intended Audience Typical candidates would include innovation focussed business leaders, business architects, enterprise architects, senior business analysts, strategists, change managers and potentially programme and portfolio managers. Course Overview Drawing upon strategic planning, enterprise architectures, design concepts, organisation design, learning organisations, empirical enterprise architecture research and several other disciplines, the course provides a set of techniques which assist the business architect in understanding the context, the challenges, the opportunities, the risks and the strategic options of an enterprise and fashioning a coherent architecture and plan to realise the organisation’s vision. Rich use of examples and selected short videos stimulate delegates to think beyond the norm and out of the box, proclaiming: “Wow, I didn’t know that was possible”. We will connect delegates to sources of information for ongoing enrichment as well. Case study work in small teams allows delegates to perform analysis and devise architectures and strategies. Teams compete and learn from each other before experiencing another facet of the challenge. A rich case study allows ample exploration of concepts and alternatives while providing continuity and context. The course stresses holistic consideration and the interplay of many facets that affect the outcome of an architecture. Typical Coverage Course content includes (subject to change) • The scope, content and contribution of Enterprise Architecture • The scope, content, positioning and contribution of Business Architecture • Design thinking • Open innovation • Industry developments, available methods, techniques and notations • Motivation • Drivers, Vision, Goals, Objectives • Risk, Opportunities • SWOT • Balanced Scorecard extended inspired i +27 21 531 5404 info@inspired.org www.inspired.org Facilitating Desirable Business Change Techniques and Deliverables of Business Architecture
- 2. • Understanding the context and the scope • Context and Stakeholder Analysis • Value Chain and Value Network Analysis • Understanding the Interaction and Value Exchange • Customers, Markets and Brands • Products and Services • Channels and Interfaces • Customer Experience • Value Engineering • Understanding the Dynamics • Core Operating Models • Business Events, Services, Functions, Processes, Capabilities • Business Models • Change and Agility • Optimization and Efficiency • The Human, Political and Fiscal Dimensions • Organization structures and models • Analysing Politics and Agendas • Costs and Investment • Risk and Governance • The Information Dimension • Business Object Domain Modeling • Meta Data • Content Architecture • Big Data • Open Data • Initiatives and Portfolios • Selection • Prioritization • Milestone Charts • Marketing and Communication • Facilitation Certification Delegates may do an optional examination on the final day. Those passing the exam will be certified as Inspired Business Architects (Probationary). Probationary qualification can be upgraded to Certified following: • Minimum six months application of the business architecture techniques • Submission of a portfolio of business architecture deliverables produced • Interview with respect to business architecture knowledge and application Provided Materials Delegates will be provided with high quality notes and links to media and references to pursue further investigation. An electronic copy of the book: Enterprise Architecture as Strategy by Jeanne Ross, Peter Weill and David Robertson will be provided. Location, Costs and Dates This course is offered in the UK, Germany and South Africa. It may be extended to other locations in future or at client request. Please see schedule for dates, locations and price in local currency. Comments from Past Delegates “TOGAF might give you the roadmap, this teaches you how to drive” “Learned more useful stuff than on my MBA!” “Great to finally understand how to do it” “Multiple perspectives well explained. Now we can stop arguing over whether SOA or Process Modeling is the ‘right’ way - they are sides of the same coin” “My head is full - in a good way” “Gives me confidence to work with senior managers - can now talk business and draw the picture” “Design thinking holds great promise for innovative solutions” “Excellent and dynamically presented. Thanks!” “Resources page great!” inspired i +27 21 531 5404 info@inspired.org www.inspired.org TOGAF and Archimate are registered marks of The Open Group. Techniques and Deliverables of Business Architecture Recent updates: Exponential Organizations 2nd Machine Age