Business Architect Certificate - Part 1: Understanding the Business
Module 1: Introduction to Business Architecture
Objectives:
- Clearly articulate future / desired state at appropriate level
- Use target performance / gap analysis as business architecture tools
- Create applicable roadmaps
Module 2: Business Context and Environment
Objectives:
- Understand organization holistically & environment in which business architecture exists
- Use tips and strategies for extracting
- Leverage various methodologies to describe the external environment
- Describe a company through the lens of business architecture and know how to define and generate a basic component of a business model canvas
Module 3: Know Your Customers
Objectives:
- Use tips and strategies for extracting:
- Customer segments
- Value proposition
- Create a deep understanding of your customer(s) using:
- Jobs
- Pains
- Gains
- Ensure your products & services meet/exceed your customers’ expectations
Module 4: Design Thinking
Objectives:
- Create a deeper understanding of your customer(s) using:
- Personas
- Customer Journey Maps
- Value Streams
Module 5: Applying in Real Life
Objectives:
- Understand the approaches and considerations for launching a business architecture practice within an organization
- Describe the skills, tactics, and techniques used by a business architect
- Appraise organizational culture in relation to maturity and change readiness
- Identify common pitfalls to avoid
- Apply approaches and considerations to real-life scenarios
- Inventory skills with the BIZBOK Business Architect Skills Palette
- Apply the BAMM to launching a business architecture practice
Module 6: Case Study
Objectives:
- Apply your new skills to a case study