Enterprise
Architecture Overview
Enterprise
architecture is the high-level structure of enterprise systems. It can
be viewed as a layered model:
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Business
architecture: the business processes and supporting
organizational structure
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Application/software
architecture: the highest-level architecture of applications that support
the business processes
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Technology
architecture: addressing the infrastructure that supports the
applications
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Information/data
architecture: addressing the information that supports the
applications
What distinguishes
enterprise architecture from architecture at the business unit and
product/service level, is its enterprise scope. This allows
enterprise architects to create an architectural platform that is the
springboard for resounding competitive advantage. By focusing on
strategic differentiators and working across the enterprise, there is
a unique opportunity to create leverage and synergies, and avoid
duplication and inconsistency across the enterprise.
Benefits
This seminar provides a
good introduction to Enterprise Architecture concepts and
process.
If you are embarking on
Enterprise Architecture and want to get a sense of what it is and how
to do it, this is class will give you and your team a great head-start.
If you have already been
involved in Enterprise Architecture for some time, this class will
help confirm good practices you have established, and help you extend
your ideas and see areas where you can improve what you are doing.
This
seminar, as with all of our workshops, is technology neutral.
Pricing
In-house: Pricing
depends on the number of students taking the workshop. Please contact
us for details.
Open Enrollment: The cost for the
1-day workshop is US$650 per student.
Cancellation Policy
and Terms
Seminars in the US:
We will refund the registration fee less a 5% processing fee if
cancellations are made more than 30 days in advance of the workshop
start date. Cancellations made 30 days or less from the workshop start
date are not refundable. However, student substitutions may be made
any time prior to the start of the workshop.
Seminars outside the
US: We will refund the registration fee less a 5% processing fee
if cancellations are made more than 6 weeks in advance of the workshop
start date. Cancellations made within 6 weeks of the workshop start
date are not refundable. However, student substitutions may be made
any time prior to the start of the workshop.
All Please Note:
We reserve the right to cancel or
reschedule any workshop if enrollments are below the minimum
necessary to cover costs and provide good class participation. This rarely happens,
and we will keep registrants informed if enrollments are low enough
to cause concern. If we are forced to cancel for any reason (such as
major personal calamity including severe sudden illness or
injury), our obligation will be limited to a full refund of class enrollment fees or
transfer of the registration to a future workshop.
Facilitator's
Background
The workshop leader,
Dana Bredemeyer, has over 20 years experience architecting, designing and developing
software systems, including 16 years with Hewlett-Packard. He developed HP's internal
Software Architecture Workshop, and continues to be its principal instructor. He has
provided architecture consulting and training to architects, architecture teams and their
management at the project, organization and business unit levels, and has helped teams
develop software, firmware and system architectures for products, product families and
information systems. Dana is currently co-authoring a book on software architecture for
Prentice-Hall.
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Seminar
Objectives
The objectives of this
1-day seminar are to:
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provide exposure to the concepts of Enterprise Architecture
(EA)
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understand the
context of EA in the organization
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enable the
attendees to understand and promote the value/need for EA
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be able to
differentiate between EA and other architectures
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provide the basis
to assess different architecture frameworks
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be able to
articulate the basic steps in the architecture development process
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provide stories and
examples to illuminate the architecting process and
deliverables
Seminar
Agenda
This seminar is
designed to provide a fast-paced introduction to the concepts and
techniques that form a foundation for successful enterprise
architecting. The class agenda is:
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Introduction
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What is Enterprise
Architecture?
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EA and other
Architectures: Relationships, context and differences
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Why is it needed?
Benefits to an organization
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The architecture
continuum: Business Architecture to Infrastructure Architecture; stakeholders and their participation
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The various schools of
thought: EA landscape – frameworks, methodologies, tools
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Architecture
representation: use of views
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E-VAP: The Enterprise Visual Architecting Process
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EA resources: Books, papers,
web-sites and EA training and consulting services
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Summary and discussion
Seminar
Format
This class uses a seminar format,
with lecture and active class participation.
If you want a more hands-on,
in-depth learning experience, we recommend our 4-day Enterprise
Architecture Workshop.
Audience
The class is primarily designed
for practicing Enterprise Architects, Architecture Program Managers,
CIOs and others leading Enterprise Architecture initiatives and
projects. Those who are using Enterprise Architectures will also find
the class helpful.
Venue
We will be holding open
enrollment Enterprise Architecture Seminars in:
On-site: If
7 or
more people from your company would like to attend this class, you will find it more cost
effective (taking travel costs into account) to hold the class at your company site. Please call us at (812) 335-1653
or email training@bredemeyer.com for pricing
and schedule.
Suggest a venue: If there
is a location and timing that you are particularly interested in, please let
us know and we will see if there is enough interest to make a workshop in
that location viable.
ABOUT BREDEMEYER
CONSULTING|
Bredemeyer Consulting specializes in training and mentoring enterprise
and software architects. We
typically work with architecture teams, providing training and mentoring to accelerate
their creation or evolution of an architecture. However, we do offer a limited number of
workshops for open enrollment.
Tel: (812) 335-1653
Email: info@bredemeyer.com
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