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This is a fun, useful
class. It is not just one that encourages and inspires you, but one that actually
equips you to be even more effective than you are. If you were on the
management track, you could take executive leadership and other extension
classes at top universities or within your own corporation. But if you're
an architect looking for an accelerated development program, our
architecting process class (Enterprise or Software) and this Architect
Skills class together provide you a means to "raise your personal
bar"--set new expectations for yourself, and help you get there.
Can anyone enroll? Yes,
the class is an open enrollment workshop. Architects from a variety of
domains find the class helpful, including enterprise architects, solution
architects, portfolio architects, system architects, application
architects, software architects, infrastructure or technology architects,
etc. The common denominator is talent, aspiration, and a focus on
architecture.
Our audience comprises
architects, architecture program managers and CIO's or
CTO's who actively scan for better ways to do things and passionately
strive for higher levels of achievement. You can expect your peers in the
class to be very high caliber and you will be learning as much from your
team members as from your instructors. We encourage you to enroll
now.
What does the Role of the Architect Workshop
cover? This workshop helps you build the skills you need to be a
successful architect. In each area of competency, we provide you with a
personal assessment instrument so that you can decide where you need to
improve, and then we cover techniques and conceptual tools to help you
improve in that domain of competency. We also provides pointers for you to
follow up on after the class.
For more on our Architect Competency
Framework, please see our paper on the Role
of the Architect and the Architect
Competency Elaborations on our Papers and
Downloads page. The Cutter Consortium EA Executive Report titled
"What it Takes to be a Great Enterprise Architect" will also give you
insight into how we think about the architect role. That report leverages tables and
personal assessment tools we developed for this class. Naturally, this
3-day class goes far beyond the executive report. Cutter is running a
promotion, and you can download this report free
at http://www.cutter.com/offers/greatarchitect.html.
For more on what the class
covers, see the workshop
description.
Is the class full?
No. Enroll
soon.
Help My
Manager
Decide
What is the value of
this class? A successful architecture forms the platform
for strategic advantage. By contrast, the lack of architecture bonds the
organization inescapably to its past. Our legacy is a tortuously tangled
slew of haphazard systems born of a time of amazing wizardry but little
system discipline. These legacy systems are expensive and hard to change,
but replacing them threatens the very "life" of the
organization. To break the chains of our corporate legacy and build
systems that fit the environment, and adapt with the environment as it
changes, we need superbly talented architects. Just architecting adaptive
systems requires a lot of our architects, but our architects have, at the
same time, to lead the organization into a new era of system thinking and
system discipline and this requires an even greater set of talents and repertoire
of skills.
We understand the
multifaceted nature of the challenge, and this workshop is designed to
help architects see where they have strengths and how to build on them,
and where they have gaps and how to address them.
Literally hundreds of very talented and
experienced architects have taken our classes. At the end of the class, the vast
majority strongly claim that their business will get value from the time
and training dollar investment. Even the most experienced architects consistently
identify key steps that they have not been undertaking 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? Anyone who manages architects, or who aspires to be an
architect, will find this class useful. But the main target
audience is the practicing architect.
Please let others know about
this workshop--you can email this page using the "File/Send/Page by Email"
option on Internet Explorer!
Workshop Logistics
What is the location for the
workshop? We have a hold on space at the Bloomington Convention
Center in Bloomington, IN which is about 1 hour's drive south of
Indianapolis. The cost of a shared limousine ride between Indianapolis
airport and Bloomington venues (return) is about $76. If
we get enrollments from architects in the Indianapolis area, we are open
to re-investigating Indianapolis venues. If
you want to influence this decision, enroll as soon as possible. However,
the Bloomington Convention Center has a suitable meeting room for a
fraction of the Indianapolis venue costs, and we are trying to keep the
costs down so that we can run this workshop despite the low enrollment
numbers. We don't want to disappoint those who have already enrolled.
Besides, we believe this is an important class to make available to
architects and we are only able to run open enrollment classes a few times
a year, given our in-house client schedule.
When does the class
start and end? We
usually begin our classes at 8:30am and generally end at 5pm. We serve lunch,
and morning and afternoon snacks. On the last day, we try to end by 4pm.
How do I enroll? Please fill out
our online enrollment form to
register for the class. We will contact you for payment information, and
your registration will be complete once payment is made.
Where
should I stay? Assuming we go with the Bloomington Convention
Center, the Courtyard by Marriott is most convenient as it is right next
door. If you are renting a car, then the Scholars Inn might be a good
option. Note: You are responsible for your own accommodation reservations
and payment.
Area
Information
What
is there to do in the area?
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People who came to our last workshop in Indianapolis commented that it
is a surprisingly nice city. It
is close to us (Bloomington, Indiana), so we like it! It has a
wonderful Children's Museum (rated top in the country) and a good Zoo,
so if you bring your kids they will be happy too.
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