We have recently partnered with Open2Study, a provider of free high quality online education, to develop a course titled An Introduction to Enterprise Architecture freely available to anyone who might be interested in enterprise architecture. You’ll begin with an overview of the architecture discipline and be introduced to one of the more common frameworks to help you with architecting a business. You will also be introduced to techniques for building an effective architecture team.
We invite you to join in and check it out!
If you are looking to design your business to be more effective, part of an architecture team looking to improvement opportunities, or an individual looking to increase your skills to make you more marketable, this course is relevant for you. This subject requires approximately 2 – 4 hours of study per week, but can vary depending on the student. This includes watching videos, and taking quizzes and assessments.
If you pass this subject you’ll receive a Certificate of Achievement. While this certificate isn’t a formal qualification or credit, you can use it as preparation for formal accreditation in TOGAF®, use it as a refresher or use it as a team building exercise (This has worked extremely well in the market with clients finding value on practical, cultural and capability levels) Ask our Enterprise Services team how.
The course is highly relevant to those of you who are looking to increases your skills in designing businesses for the future. Knowledge of TOGAF® is useful to anybody involved in business transformations and capability improvements. Applicable job titles may include but are not limited to the following:
- Enterprise Architects
- Business Architects
- Business Analysts
- Program / Project Managers
- Solution Architects
- Application Architects
- Data Architects
- Infrastructure / Technology Architects
- Security Architects
- Technology Vendors
- Professional Services Vendors
- Change Managers
- Technical Designers
This subject will introduce you to the following concepts:
- What enterprise architecture is and the value it provides to businesses
- How you can use enterprise architecture to assist businesses in achieving their goals and objectives
- A widely accepted industry framework for enterprise architecture, The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF®), including how to:
- Articulate and explore business change
- Highlight the impact of change throughout an organisation
- Effectively structure your plans for business change
- Ensure that the business change is effectively managed so that you stay on course or understand the impacts of altering it
- How to establish an enterprise architecture practice within a business
- The roles and skills required within an enterprise architecture practice
- Possible careers paths for enterprise architects
