PEAF Certified Online Course

Pragmatic Training Courses Overview

PART A

Context

1. Why Use PEAF

• Basic Premise

2. What Is Enterprise Architecture?

• Bridging the Gap
• You Decide
• EA and SA
• 160 Character Challenge

3. How PEAF Helps

• Fundamental
• An Operating Model for Enterprise Architecture
• Toolkit

4. Where to Start?

• Can I start with one Department?
• EA Catalysts
• The First Step is Always the Hardest
• Vision
• Goals
• Strategies
• Tactics
• Objectives

Methods

5. Overview

• Phases

6. Enterprise Debt™

• Enterprise Debt™ Ratio
• Waivers
• Business Decision
• Enterprise Debt™ Value
• Create/update Intermediate Models
• Create/update Portfolio Model
• Create/update Business & IT Transformation Strategy

Artefacts

7. Ontology

• Structural and Transformational
• Business Model, Operating Model, Capability Model & Roadmap

8. Meta-models

• Overview
• Business/IT Strategy - Enterprise/Transformation Strategy

Culture

9. Yes, But...

• No EA and no EA’s?
• EA is of Little Practical Value
• Large Team?
• Large Expensive Project?
• Losing Strategic Control?
• Misconceptions

10. Politics and Psychology

• Many People Will Hate EA

11. Enterprise Architect

• Two Types
• Type 1
• Type 2

Environment

12. Frameworks

• PEAF
• Comparison

13. Tools

• Coverage

Adoption

14. Overview


PART B

Methods

1. Strategising Phase

• Update Strategy Model

2. Roadmapping Phase

• Overview
• Create/update Target Structural Model

3. Governance & Lobbying Discipline

• Overview
• Process

4. Modelling Discipline

• Stage 1 - Determine the Question
• Stage 2 - Determine Required Data
• Stage 3 - Populate the Model
• Stage 4 - Integrate the Model
• Stage 5 - Answer the question
• Populate the Model

5. Provide EA Education

Artefacts

6. Meta-models

• Transformational
• Structural

7. Principles

• Types
• Operational
• Transformational

Culture

8. “The Management” vs “The Workers”

• Most Valued Player (MVP)
• Comparison

9. IT vs “The Business”

• Is IT Special
• When Two Tribes Go To War
• Should IT Ever Say No to “The Business!?"
• Comparison

10. Roles

• Overview
• SIB (Strategic Investment Board)
• EARG (Enterprise Architecture Review Group)

11. Projects

• Traditional vs Pragmatic
• Relationships

Environment

12. EA Modelling Tools

• Vendors
• Main Requirements
• Demonstrations
• Evaluation
• X Requirements

Adoption

13. Guidance

14. Measures

• Overall
• Methods
• Artefacts
• Culture
• Environment

15. Assessment

• Results

16. Motivation

• Methods
• Artefacts
• Culture
• Environment

17. Actions

• Overview
• Strategising (EA - Why Should I Care?)
• Roadmapping (Select EA Framework)
• Initiating (Understand EA Framework)
• Elaborating (Plan Rollout of EA Framework)
• Constructing (Develop EA Changes)
• Transitioning (Rollout EA Changes)