Availability of
White Papers and Online Webcast Courses on “Rapid Delivery of Enterprise
Architecture”
Printable PDF Version
By
Clive
Finkelstein
January 25, 2007: This issue of TEN announces the initial
availability of a series of online webcast courses covering methods
for the Rapid Delivery of Enterprise Architecture. These online
courses are based on the public and inhouse courses that I present
throughout the world. They are drawn from my latest book:
"Enterprise
Architecture for integration: Rapid Delivery Methods and
Technologies",
which was published by Artech House, Norwood, MA on March 31, 2006.
You can
read the review
of the book by Karen Lopez of InfoAdvisors, Inc in Toronto, Canada
in the April 2006 issue of TEN. This was published as:
TEN#32.
Links are also provided in that review so you can order the book
online direct from the publisher now, if you wish.
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you do not want to receive future TEN mailings, please email
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Clive Finkelstein
Publisher, The Enterprise Newsletter (TEN)
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We are providing
links to a number of White Papers I wrote that have recently been
published by the BEye Network Online Magazine in the USA. These are
available for free download from the following links:
We will later
make these White Papers accessible also from the Papers section of
the IES Web Site.
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Video
Webcast Courses
The following video course segments are presented via webcast
courses throughout the world. They are online courses based on live
seminars or skills-transfer workshops that use real-life case study
problems. Click on the links below to view free, overview video
courses. Review each Section table further below to see the course
segments for each section topic.
Overview Videos
 A
free, brief overview video is available of all of these webcast
courses, as well as a free, full comprehensive overview video.
Course Handouts
Each online course includes all handouts (two visuals per page) of
the visuals that are presented in the relevant course. Each section
of the course includes a free White Paper that can be downloaded for
later reference.
Download the handouts and print them for reference and to take notes
while doing the relevant online course. Download the White Papers as
well and print them for later reference after doing the relevant
course segments in each section.
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VIEW BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WEBCAST COURSES
Rapid Delivery of Enterprise Architecture
Download Handouts for Brief Overview (PDF 71K)
Do Brief Overview Course
(16:16 mins.)
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VIEW FULL OVERVIEW OF
WEBCAST COURSES
RAPID DELIVERY OF ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE
Download Handouts for Full Overview (PDF 96K)
Do Full Overview Course
(42 mins.)
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RAPID DELIVERY OF ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE
Click on the Registration Link below each Section table of Course
Segments that follow. More webcast videos will be progressively
added for online registration from June 2007.
Section 1:
Enterprise Architecture for Managers and IT
This section covers what is commonly referred to as Business
Architecture. One of the biggest problems in achieving success in
Enterprise Architecture is in getting active participation from
business managers and business experts. The segments in this
section demonstrate that business knowledge is vital for success
with EA. This knowledge is not an IT responsibility, but is the
responsibility of business managers and their expert staff. IT staff
also need to take a different approach in systems development, to
build support systems that can be easily changed to support rapid
business change.
This course section shows how business managers and their staff
become actively involved, to drive the EA activity to success. Two
White Papers can be downloaded for detailed reference after viewing
the course segments in this section.
|
Seg |
Segment
Title |
Mgt |
IT |
|
1-01 |
The Need
for Business Transformation |
4 |
4 |
|
1-02 |
Systems
Support for Rapid Business Change |
4 |
4 |
|
1-03 |
Balanced
Scorecard and Strategy Maps |
4 |
4 |
|
1-04 |
Introduction to Enterprise Architecture |
4 |
4 |
|
1-05 |
Governance Analysis using Enterprise Architecture |
4 |
4 |
|
Papers |
White
Papers on "Enterprise Architecture for Managers and IT"
and on "Governance Analysis using Enterprise
Architecture" |
4 |
4 |
Registration for Section 1
The following link will take you to our Online Store,
where you should select the Category "Online Courses" and then
choose Section 1 and the Subscription Option that you want. You can
pay by offline credit card or via PayPal (if you prefer) as detailed
on the Home page of the Store. Provide your email address with your
payment and you will then receive an email 1- 2 days later with the
details of the link for downloading the Section 1 courses.
Register for Section 1 Webcast Courses
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Section 2:
Using Strategy Analysis to Define the Future
A
key requirement for success with Business Architecture is a focus on
the future based on Strategic Business Plans. Strategy Analysis is a
rapid delivery method for Strategic Planning. The course segments in
this section show how to use Strategy Analysis to develop business
plans from scratch if they do not yet exist, or how to refine
existing business plans. Strategy Analysis can also be used by IT
staff to gain an detailed understanding of the future business needs
for inclusion in Project Requirements Specifications. A Business
Planning Questionnaire is provided as a catalyst to develop new
Business Plans from scratch or to refine existing plans.
This course section shows how business managers and their staff can
become actively involved in identifying future business needs, to
drive Enterprise Architecture to success. A White Paper and a
Business Planning Questionnaire can be
downloaded for detailed reference after viewing the course segments
in this section.
This section and the following course sections are expected to be
available around June 2007. Their availability will be announced in
the next issue of TEN.
|
Seg |
Segment Title |
Mgt |
IT |
|
2-01 |
Analyzing the
Mission Statement |
4 |
4 |
|
2-02 |
Defining
Policies; Goals, Objectives and KPIs; Strategies and Tactics |
4 |
4 |
|
2-03 |
Strengths,
Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats |
4 |
4 |
|
2-04 |
Implementing
the Business Plan through Personal Scorecards |
4 |
4 |
|
2-05 |
Business
Planning Questionnaire |
4 |
4 |
|
2-06 |
Using
Strategy Analysis for IT Project Requirements Specifications |
4 |
4 |
|
Papers |
White Paper
on "Using Strategy Analysis to Define the Future"
and "Business Planning Questionnaire" |
4 |
4 |
Registration for Section 2
When enabled, the following link will take you to our Online Store,
where you should select the Category "Online Courses" and then
choose Section 2 and the Subscription Option that you want. You can
pay by offline credit card or via PayPal (if you prefer) as detailed
on the Home page of the Store. Provide your email address with your
payment and you will then receive an email 1- 2 days later with the
details of the link for downloading the Section 2 courses.
Register for Section 2 Webcast Courses
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Section 3:
Strategic Modelling for Rapid Delivery of EA
One of the biggest problems in implementing Enterprise Architecture
projects is the amount of detail that is defined. The course
segments in this section show how to develop a high-level Strategic
Model - as a conceptual Enterprise Model - from Business Plans that
focus on the future. It shows how to analyze the Strategic Model,
both manually and also automatically, to derive project plans from
the data model. Segment 3-04 extends the discipline of data modeling
with new methods that have not generally been seen or understood
even by experienced data modeling practitioners. Similarly the
identification in Segment 3-03 of reusable business activities and business
processes from data models is not widely appreciated. These new
methods enable priority reusable business processes to be identified and
extracted from complex data models - along with the data that they
need - as subprojects for rapid delivery into production in 3-month
increments.
A
White Paper and a Strategic Modelling Questionnaire can be downloaded for detailed reference after viewing
the course segments in this section.
|
Seg |
Segment
Title |
Mgt |
IT |
|
3-01 |
Strategic
Modelling Questionnaire |
4 |
4 |
|
3-02 |
Developing the Strategic Model from Business Planning
Statements |
4 |
4 |
|
3-03 |
Identifying Business Activities and Processes from the
Strategic Model |
4 |
4 |
|
3-04 |
Deriving
Project Plans from the Strategic Model for rapid
delivery of shared databases and reusable systems |
4 |
4 |
|
3-05 |
Deriving
a Project Map from a Strategic Model for 3-month
deliverables |
4 |
4 |
|
3-06 |
Documenting the Enterprise Architecture Portfolio Plan
from the Strategic Model |
4 |
4 |
|
Papers |
White
Paper on "Strategic Modelling for Rapid Delivery of
Enterprise Architecture" and "Strategic Modelling
Questionnaire" |
4 |
4 |
Registration for Section 3
When enabled, the following link will take you to our Online Store,
where you should select the Category "Online Courses" and then
choose Section 3 and the Subscription Option that you want. You can
pay by offline credit card or via PayPal (if you prefer) as detailed
on the Home page of the Store. Provide your email address with your
payment and you will then receive an email 1- 2 days later with the
details of the link for downloading the Section 3 courses.
Register for Section 3 Webcast Courses
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Section 4:
Real-World Enterprise Architecture Projects
This section describes two real-world projects that applied the
methods covered in the previous sections of this webcast course to
develop and analyze a Strategic Model
for a Regional Bank and also for a Government Agency. These projects
documented this analysis in an Enterprise Architecture Portfolio
Plan (EAPP) Report for each organization, for rapid delivery of
priority processes into production as systems in 3-month increments.
A
White Paper on each project can be downloaded for detailed reference
after viewing the course segments in this section.
|
Seg |
Segment Title |
Mgt |
IT |
|
4-01 |
Enterprise
Architecture in
Banking |
4 |
4 |
|
4-02 |
Enterprise
Architecture in Government |
4 |
4 |
|
Papers |
White Papers
on "Enterprise Architecture in Banking" and on "Enterprise
Architecture in Government" |
4 |
4 |
Registration for Section 4
When enabled, the following link will take you to our Online Store,
where you should select the Category "Online Courses" and then
choose Section 4 and the Subscription Option that you want. You can
pay by offline credit card or via PayPal (if you prefer) as detailed
on the Home page of the Store. Provide your email address with your
payment and you will then receive an email 1- 2 days later with the
details of the link for downloading the Section 4 courses.
Register for Section 4 Webcast Courses
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