You are here : home ... training ... Enterprise Architecture introduction, overview

Workshop: Enterprise Architecture introduction
course overview

Click here for more details of this course

There are well-defined principles that govern the financial, human and physical resources of a corporation. With the emergence of the information age there is an urgent need for effective principles and best practice to maximise returns from the 4th resource - information. Enterprise architecture defines these principles and a framework provides practical guidance and action plans for implementing an Enterprise Architecture.

This workshop describes the management principles that are necessary for the effective use of the information resources in a large organisation. Enterprise architecture has evolved steadily, in parallel with developments in information technology. This workshop draws upon case studies and experiences of implementing 1st and 2nd generation architectures, and explains the latest trends and best practice from the 3rd generation. It provides you with the insights, techniques and templates to implement enterprise architecture for your organisation.

Target audience

• Practitioners who need to know techniques, tips, guidelines, skills, experiences and anecdotes
• CIOs
• Enterprise architects
• Information architects
• Information systems management
• Corporate management responsible for information systems
• Data administration and data resource management staff
• Information managers
• Business people involved in managing or using information

Learning outcomes

• Understand the key principles that define the effective use of enterprise architecture
• Be able to identify the value and benefit of architecture for your organisation
• Be equipped to develop a strategy to implement architecture
• Be fully conversant with the problems or issues that affect implementation of enterprise architecture and be able to select strategies for solving them
• Understand the 8 factors of enterprise architecture and know how to use them
• Know when to conduct an architecture audit

Topics covered

• General background
• History
• Architecture principles
• Architecture factors
• The 8 factors
• Information modelling
• Knowledge and the learning organisation
• Applying the 8 factors
• Problems and issues
• Defining an enterprise architecture framework
• Establishing ownership
• Selecting suitable projects
• Applying key techniques
• Developing an action plan
• Monitoring and measuring progress
• The future - summary and anticipations

Booking information

Contact us to discuss workshop dates and bookings

Contact us for a detailed contents list for this workshop

or you can view the detailed topics online

We recommend a maximum of 10 delegates per seminar.

Other workshops and training courses

Click here for a detailed overview of our training, workshops, seminars and skill transfer.