Workshop Outline

Enterprise Architecture and the Business
1. The Case for Change
2. The Concepts for Change
3. Accelerating Implementation (Business Change Implementation and Technology Change Implementation) in the Face of Accelerating Change
Definitions
1. Framework
2. Methodology
3. Architecture
4. Implementation
5. Project Management
6. Enterprise Architecture
  1. Architecture Models
    1. Motivation/Goals
    2. Function/Process
    3. Data Groups
    4. Organization/People
    5. Location/Network
    6. Event/Timing
  2. Implementation Models
    1. Business
    2. Application
    3. Information
    4. Technology
    5. Other Common Implementation Models
7. “As-Is” and “Desired-State” Models
8. Governance
Demystifying Enterprise Architecture for the Non-Practitioner
1. The Analogies
2. Justification Approaches
  1. Value to the CEO
  2. Value to the CIO
  3. Value to Stakeholders
3. What Works (and what doesn’t)
4. Business Vocabulary
5. Creating an Enterprise Architecture Charter
Planning for Enterprise Architecture
1. Purpose of “Plan the Plan”
2. Establishing Architecture Scope
3. Defining Architecture Deliverables
4. Major Tasks
Developing the Enterprise Architecture Models
1. Motivation – Goal Analysis and Models
2. Function – Process Analysis and Models
3. Data – Data Group Analysis and Models
4. Network – Location Analysis and Models
5. People – Organization Analysis and Models
6. Time – Event Analysis and Models
The Model of Models – Business on a Page
Further Understanding the Enterprise through Implementation Models and Analysis
1. Implementation Analysis Models and Understanding
2. Building on the Analysis – Developing Move-Ahead Initiatives
3. Prioritization – Methods to Move Ahead and Enable the Architecture
What Enterprises are Actually Doing – A Sampling of Real Enterprise Architecture Models
1. Models
2. Examples
3. Templates
4. Strategies
Doing the Work
1. Task Details
2. Work Breakdown Structure
3. Suggested Deliverables by Task
4. Potential Task Challenges and Solutions
5. Transitioning to Next Step Activities
Ongoing Enterprise Architecture Activities
1. Preparing for Ongoing Architecture Refinement and Usage
2. Revising, Enhancing, and Using the Architecture Artifacts
3. Reviewing and Approving the Project Plans
4. Continuing to Deliver Value to the Enterprise
Managing the Models
1. The Governance Process
2. Understanding Architecture (Engineering) and Implementation (Manufacturing) Models
3. Developing Models
4. Classifying/Storing Models
5. Reusing and Managing Models
6. Versioning and Changing Models
Addressing Organizational Change and Resistance to Change
1. Scale of Change
2. Organization “Engineering”
  1. Organization Vision
  2. Organization Analysis
  3. Organization Design
  4. Organization Deployment
  5. Continuous Knowledge Gain
3. Resistance to Change
4. Strategies for Overcoming Resistance to Change
5. ACTIOn Model for Change
  1. Analysis
  2. Communication
  3. Training and Development – Reskilling
  4. Involvement
  5. Organization Structure, Alignment, Development
  6. Intervention
The Enterprise Architect Maturity Model
1. Maturity Model History
2. The Enterprise Architect Maturity Model (EAMM)
  1. EAMM Stages
  2. EAMM Artifacts
3. EAMM Stages
  1. Enterprise Architecture Awareness
  2. Enterprise Architecture Foundation
  3. Develop Architecture Models
  4. Develop Implementation Models
  5. Use Architecture Models
  6. Use Implementation Models
  7. Manage Models for Enterprise Change
4. Implementing the Enterprise Architect Maturity Model Program
  1. Initiate the EAMM Program
  2. Plan the EAMM Program
  3. Enable the EAMM Program
  4. Validate the EAMM Program
  5. Use and Evolve the EAMM Program
Conducting an Enterprise Architecture Project – the Process and Work Breakdown Structure
1. Team Composition
  1. Planning Team
  2. Core / Subject Matter Team
  3. Review / Subject Matter Management Team
2. Prepare for the Enterprise Architecture Program Project
3. Model the “Enterprise” within Scope
4. Analyze the “Enterprise” within Scope
5. Conduct Review and Verification Session
6. Transition to Next Steps
Short Term Approaches for Long Term Success
1. Demonstration Projects
2. Portfolio Rationalization Projects
3. “Less than Enterprise” Architecture
4. More “Quick Strike” Opportunities
The Enterprise Architect Job Description
Developing a Center of Excellence
The Quick Start Toolkit
1. Templates
2. Analysis Tools and Algorithms
3. Work Breakdown Structure
4. Microsoft Office Tool Enablement
5. Enabling other Toolsets
Next Step Activities
1. Certification Levels
2. EACOE Web site
  1. Bulletin Board
  2. EACOE Members and Friends
3. Continuing your Enterprise Architecture Growth

Services Offered

Certification Workshops

Additional Information

Board of Directors

EACOE Members

EACOE Guests

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