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".
Bootcamp: Business Architecture Management
Our business architecture management (BAM) bootcamp incorporates the contents of the foundation and advanced courses as outlined below to offer a comprehensive preparation for the Certified Business Architect® (CBA®) exam in a single event.
In particular, the course includes dealing with the following topics:
- Overview of business architecture elements, from business motivation via business model to business execution
- Business architecture mapping, incl., e.g., value stream mapping, capability mapping, information mapping, organization mapping
- Business architecture patterns
- Business architecture analysis and design
- Implementation of business architecture management
4 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.
| Date | Course | Location |
| 19 - 22 November 2019 | Bootcamp Business Architecture Management | Berlin |
Foundation Course: Business Architecture Management
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.
Specifically, the course deals with the following topics:
- 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 view of the 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 particular, the course deals with the following topics:
- 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 a defined 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 particular, the course deals with the following topics:
- 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
- Use of the business model for identification of required business capabilities
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 particular, the course deals with the following topics:
- Overview of business operations / execution elements as part of the business architecture
- Business execution mapping (esp. capabilities, processes / functions, objects, organization, culture)
- Integration of the 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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