Serial ID
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Architecture Class Name
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Architecture Class Description
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Self Assessment Score
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| 1. | Introduction Business-Technology Strategy | This
introductory course lays out the foundation of the business-technology
skill set. The student will learn how and why business-technology
strategy development is a core competency of the architecture
profession. | 8 |
| 2. | Business Fundamentals | This
course introduces the student to broad and generic business structures
and functions. The student will understand basic business structures and
functions and the basic nature of running a business. | 9 |
| 3. | Strategy Development | This
course details the partnership between the business architect and the
technical architect relative to the creation of a business model that
defines the principles, standards, structure, and dynamics of the integrated
business and technical strategic direction. The student will learn the
components of a sound architecture strategy and how to evaluate a
business problem and identify an appropriate technology direction.
Identifying, analyzing, and simulating market trends will be covered. | 10
|
| 4. | Industry Analysis | This
course covers the foundations of business markets and how organizations
function within them. It will give the architect the understanding to
combine a particular business vertical with common trends in the
technology sector. Students will learn how to keep track of trends so
that their technology and business skills are constantly improved. | 10 |
| 5. | Business Valuation | This
course assists the student with understanding how and when to invest in
particular technology directions and how to manage the overall
portfolio of technology investments. The student will learn common
techniques for proving the financial benefit of architecture choices and
how to apply common financial evaluation techniques. | 9 |
| 6. | Investment Prioritization and Planning | This
course introduces the student to the management of two different types
of portfolio lifecycles – assets and projects – both of which are
important to be planned and managed, but which require very different
investment approaches. | 9 |
| 7. | Requirements Discovery and Constraints Analysis | This
course defines tools and techniques for understanding business
requirements with multiple strategic impacts. The student will learn how
such requirements and constraints are formed internally and externally
and will learn to apply those constraints and requirements to their
technology and business decisions. A key element of the constraints
analysis is to understand and plan for technology capabilities of the
current resources/environment. Best practices for ensuring the quality
of the business requirements will be detailed. | 10 |
| 8. | Compliance | This
course focuses the student on regulatory impacts to the organization
and the design/solution being deployed. Course materials will cover
audits, certifications, licensing, and general industry regulation
types. The student will learn the ability to articulate the regulatory
requirements that drive design elements. | 10 |
| 9. | Business Architecture Methods & Tools | This
course introduces the student to the strategic and tactical use of
business architecture methods and tools, including but not limited to
business process engineering, business process management, business
process modeling, workflow, and similar technology in relation to
business capabilities and design. The student will be introduced to best
practices for integrating business processes that span multiple
internal organizations. | 10 |
| 10. | Decision Support | A
major area of architectural advancement is in decision support and
‘smart’ systems. This course provides the learner with the basic
concepts and components in decision and business intelligence systems
and will demonstrate effective architectures using these components. | 9 |
| 11. | Knowledge Management | This
course assists the student in understanding and designing a solution
that supports how business information is built, stored, managed, and
made easily accessible. Course content will cover current issues around
the organizational challenge of maintaining long-term organizational
memory and ways to address this challenge. | 10 |
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