Business Architecture Management
We are a Guild Accredited Training Partner® (GATP®). Our foundation and advanced courses on business architecture management are accredited through the Business Architecture Guild and help prepare for the certification exam to become a Certified Business Architect®.
The main basis of our courses is the BIZBOK Guide® (A Guide to the Business Architecture Body of Knowledge®) as well as our anthology "Business Architecture Management - Architecting the Business for Consistency and Alignment".
Note: From 26 to 29 June 2018 we offer a public bootcamp in English language that integrates the contents of the foundation and advanced courses as outlined below. Register here.
Foundation Course: Business Architecture Management
Being regularly forced to reconsider the business model und realign the organization accordingly - this requires an approach, with which strategy / motivation and business operations can be properly aligned with each other and effectively managed. Business architecture promises a framework that offers orientation and helps combine different instruments for analysis and planning in a reasonable way.
In our business architecture management foundation course you obtain an overview of business architecture elements and get to know selected methods / techniques for their application. This includes their integration into processes of corporate planning (e.g., strategy development, portfolio planning) as well as into solution projects. In specific, the course deals with the following subjects:
- Overview of business architecture content and benefits
- Business motivation: elements (e.g., goals, strategies) and instruments
- Business model: elements (e.g., products / services, customers, cooperations, channels) and instruments
- Business operations: elements (e.g., business capabilities, processes, organizational structure, culture) and instruments
- Integrated application of business architecture
- Business architecture modeling
- Organizational implementation (e.g., roles)
1 day (inhouse: extensible to 2 days if desired)
Dr. Daniel Simon
Managing Partner
Daniel Simon is a Managing Partner of Scape Consulting and heads the office in Cologne. Before, he served as an Enterprise Architect at a large insurance group, following several years as a Consultant in EA management and IT portfolio management. Across these years, he gained experience in several industries and with various business functions. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Cologne and has authored several works on EA management.
Advanced Course: Business Motivation / Strategy
Our business motivation / strategy course offers specifics about elements and corresponding methods / techniques of strategic planning, illustrated based on examples from practice.
In specific, the course deals with the following subjects:
- Overview of business motivation elements as part of the business architecture
- Business motivation mapping (e.g., vision, goals, strategies)
- Business motivation setting (context analyses, goal definition, strategy development)
- Role of the business model as an instrument of strategic planning
- Communication of the business motivation
1 day
Dr. Daniel Simon
Managing Partner
Daniel Simon is a Managing Partner of Scape Consulting and heads the office in Cologne. Before, he served as an Enterprise Architect at a large insurance group, following several years as a Consultant in EA management and IT portfolio management. Across these years, he gained experience in several industries and with various business functions. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Cologne and has authored several works on EA management.
Advanced Course: Business Model
Our business model course offers specifics about elements and corresponding methods / techniques of business model management, illustrated based on examples from practice.
In specific, the course deals with the following subjects:
- Overview of business model elements as part of the business architecture
- Business model mapping and visualization
- Business model patterns
- Business model analysis
- Business model design
1 day (inhouse: extensible to 2 days if desired)
Dr. Daniel Simon
Managing Partner
Daniel Simon is a Managing Partner of Scape Consulting and heads the office in Cologne. Before, he served as an Enterprise Architect at a large insurance group, following several years as a Consultant in EA management and IT portfolio management. Across these years, he gained experience in several industries and with various business functions. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Cologne and has authored several works on EA management.
Advanced Course: Business Operations
Our business operations course offers specifics about elements and corresponding methods / techniques of architectural management at the level of business execution (e.g., capabilities, processes, functions, objects), illustrated based on examples from practice.
In specific, the course deals with the following subjects:
- Overview of business operations / execution elements as part of the business architecture
- Business execution mapping / modeling (esp. capabilities, processes, functions, objects, organization, culture)
- Integration of different business execution perspectives
- Business execution patterns
- Target business execution design
2 days
Dr. Daniel Simon
Managing Partner
Daniel Simon is a Managing Partner of Scape Consulting and heads the office in Cologne. Before, he served as an Enterprise Architect at a large insurance group, following several years as a Consultant in EA management and IT portfolio management. Across these years, he gained experience in several industries and with various business functions. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Cologne and has authored several works on EA management.
References
BAM Bootcamp
More information on our BAM bootcamp can be found in our course flyer.
Business Architecture Management
Check out our book: Business Architecture Management - Architecting the Business for Consistency and Alignment.
Dates and Registration
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