Have a Base of Understanding in Business Architecture? What is Next

Already Have Business Architecture Training? Here's What's Missing.

If you already have “certification” or training in Business Architecture and are actually trying to “DO” and “BUILD” Business Architectures but have not attended a BACOE Business Architecture Workshop, the chances are high you have “gaps” and “needs” in your Business Architecture development efforts.

A growing number of BACOE Business Architecture Workshop attendees already have Business Architecture training or “certification” prior to attending. We have seen a pattern of 26 “items” noted by these attendees as “gaps” or “needs” that were recognized after these attendees received their “other” certification and training and have been addressed at BACOE.

Included below are some of the 26 items many of our attendees mentioned were missing in their Business Architecture development process before attending the BACOE Business Architecture workshop:

• Business Capabilities as a deliverable

• Clarity and Reason in Modeling

• Structured Human-Consumable Understandings

• Standardized and Executable process

• Verifiable Correctness/Traceability

• Current Business/Technology Compatibility

• Discrete and Integrated Methods

• Methodology Management

• Project Handbook Preparation

• Consultant/Vendor Demonstration Ability

• Enabling Tools

• Customizability and Customization Services

• Organization Implementation and Integration Services

Here’s what typical “base of understanding” certified individuals have said about BACOE Workshops

Thanks again for leading one of the best workshops I've attended in my 30+ year career. Good Stuff. I'm a believer in your teaching and will do my best to carry what I learned forward! Cliff, Chris, and I are already putting a plan of action in place. We will keep you informed of our success!!

Tammie J Bossingham

Thank you for a very worthwhile experience this past week. The materials, lectures, and group exercises will prove most useful in my work. It helped me formalize my understanding of the work I have been doing for some time.

Michael H Brody

In my career I have attended numerous 1 and 2 week courses, team building exercises, and other educational experiences. Few have been as satisfying to me at the end, as this one has.

Vince Tuzzeo

Ready to go beyond a “base of understanding”?

Your “base of understanding” training has provided you with the definitions and descriptions of the process. With that knowledge, you are well-prepared to get the most out of attending the Business Architecture Center Of Excellence practitioner-based Workshop to move to a higher level in your career; move to a practitioner-based Business Architecture understanding that will let you take what you've learned, enhanced by the hands-on experience you now have, to achieve the next level in your BA career.

Your next step is a BACOE practitioner’s workshop where you will take what you have learned and actually conduct a Business Architecture project. We provide everything you need—tools, methodology, frameworks, templates—and teach you how to use them as you create your own BA.

Comparing two leading Architecture Methodologies and Frameworks

The Open Group (TOGAF®) and The Architectures Center Of Excellence (ACOE).

Authored By Bernard Baillargeon

Comparing The Open Group and ACOE on these points:

1. Business Initiatives

2. Directed Guidance

3. Consistency and Simplicity

4. Structured Precise Definitions for Human Communication and Understanding

5. Clarity and Reasoning in Modeling

6. Discover Value in the Transformation from Model to Model

7. Acquiring Skills, not Passing Multiple Choice Tests

8. Identify Contemporary Business’ Multiple Architect Roles