Business architecture is the next big wave of opportunity for Enterprise Architecture professionals to play a significant role in creating business value. But creating a business architecture practice is much more difficult than creating a technology-focused enterprise architecture. There are many more stakeholders with widely different viewpoints. Political hurdles abound. There are new tools to learn and new skills to acquire. Getting off to a strong start makes the difference between success and failure.
In this interactive one-day Workshop, learn the fundamentals of building a successful business architecture program. Forrester analysts guide you through the core decisions you need to make to get your initiative off to a strong start and help you draft your high-level plan.
Who Should Attend?
- Enterprise architecture managers, IT strategists, CTOs, and anyone else involved in planning, designing, and creating a business architecture program
- Business architects and business analysts who want to have a role in their company's business architecture program
Why Attend?
Business architecture is still in its infancy. Theories, models, and approaches are evolving as leading-edge companies explore this new landscape. In a recent poll of 30 EA organizations, architects declared the lack of methodology as the number one issue to creating a successful business architecture initiative.
Forrester analysts teach you how to:
- Create clearly targeted business architecture goals.
- Build a business architecture approach tailored to your organization.
- Identify and acquire the resources you need.
- Identify challenges, and create mitigation strategies.
- Develop a business architecture business case.