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Can anyone enroll? Yes,
the class is an open enrollment workshop. The Enterprise Architecture
seminar is targeted at practicing
enterprise architects and aspiring enterprise architects, and managers of
enterprise architecture teams, including CTO's and CIO's.
What does the Enterprise Architecture Seminar cover?
See the class
overview. We will focus on our Visual Architecting Process for the
Enterprise, presenting our business strategy-driven capabilities approach
to Enterprise Architecture (see EnterpriseArchitectureAsCapbilitiesArchSlides.PDF). If you have been working on Enterprise
Architecture for some time, you will still find our seminar a valuable, as
it provides an overview of our approach. If you are getting started, this
class will help you focus on making a strategic contribution through
Enterprise Architecture.
Yes,
we do publish a lot on our web site, but
we are so busy teaching and consulting that our
writing projects lag far behind our training material. This means that our classes are the only way you can get
deeper access to our architecting process.
Does the class apply to
other architecture disciplines? The Enterprise Architecture Seminar, as the name implies, focuses on
enterprise architecture, covering the disciplines of Business
Architecture, Enterprise Applications Architecture, Enterprise Technology
(or Infrastructure) Architecture, and Enterprise Information (or Data)
Architecture, from the point of view of enterprise architecture. It is
offered in seminar format with very limited class exercises, so if you
want to gain experience not just be flooded with ideas, please consider
our 4-day Enterprise
Architecture Workshop.
Is the class full?
No. Cancelled!
Our schedule has filled up so much we had
to let something go, and no-one has signed up for this seminar. If you
were thinking about it, we're sorry!
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What is the value of
this class? Our approach to Enterprise Architecture
starts with creating a firm foundation in Architecture
Strategy that is aligned with the business strategy. We advocate
creating a Business
Capabilities Architecture (.pdf), as the cornerstone to Enterprise
Architecture. This supports the business strategy process as well as the
Enterprise Architecture process. Now business leaders can focus on what
business capabilities are key to achieving strategic objectives, and
enterprise architects can focus on creating and enhancing business
capabilities identified by the business strategy as critical priorities.
This, together with the Minimalist Architecture Principle, ensures that
the Enterprise Architecture is focused where it will make the most
significant impact on business success. This helps the Enterprise
Architecture team focus on achievable, yet highly strategic, objectives.
Hundreds of very talented and
experienced architects have taken our classes. They find our classes both
inspiring and practical, giving them solid techniques and concepts to
apply on the job to make their architectures, and their business, more
successful. Even the most experienced architects consistently
identify key steps that they have missed on their
architecting projects. They also identify much that they have been doing
right, and value this confirmation of their use of best practice. Doing
the right steps, in the right order, to the right extent, with good
techniques and sound principles, saves architects time and makes them more
effective. Yes, there is some strength to the argument that architecting
skills are learned from experience--but the lesson is always much less
costly when it is from someone else's experience! We have focused
exclusively on software architectures, effective architectural practice,
and architecture teaching since 1995, and arguably lead the industry in
synthesizing architecture experience into our approach to architecture and
our training classes.
Who else should take this
class? We firmly believe that individuals can bring about significant
organizational change, but it takes effort and attention. It would behoove
your team to focus this leadership and effort on making the architecture
successful, rather than on figuring out a common team approach to creating
the architecture! Having the entire team take the class is obviously the
most effective way to establish a solid foundation of architecture
concepts and practice.
Please let others know about
this seminar.
Workshop Logistics
What is the location for the workshop?
The seminar was to be held at the Executive
Conference Center in Arlington, VA, which is just a short Metrorail
ride away from Washington, DC, attractions.
When does the class
start and end? We will begin at 8:00am and end at 5:00pm. We serve
continental breakfast, lunch,
and snacks during the breaks.
How do I enroll? Please fill out
our online enrollment
form. We will contact you to
arrange payment. Please note that payment is required to complete your
registration.
Where
should I stay? The Hilton Towers is
two blocks away. The Metrorail is close by too, so you could stay in
Washington DC and take the Metrorail over to the Executive Conference
Center in Arlington.
Where should
I park?
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What
is there to do in the area? TBD
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