Architect Excellence Education and Certification

1. Architect Excellence Education and Certification

2. Agenda • Welcome (Roger) • Introduction - EA Education and Certification (Mark) • The New IT Curriculum (Muhammad Khan PhD) • Discussion • Wrap-up (Nick)

3. EA Profession Today • Inconsistent role definitions • Lack of discipline standards • Emergence of organizations offering education and certification • Varied levels of maturity • No clear authoritative institution

4. Architect Excellence is comprised of four components: • Individual Characteristics • Practical Experience • Contributions to the Profession • Specific Skills Architect Excellence What makes a good architect?

5. Individual Characteristics • Strategic • Focused • Knowledgeable of the business • Able to facilitate • Able to negotiate • Focused on the long-term • Able to effectively use the whiteboard • Able to lead • Able to be taught • Enthusiastic • Technology Agnostic • General in Technology Outlook • Well Respected and Influential • Able to represent a Constituency • Articulate and persuasive • Persistant • Good at "helicoptering" Meta Group

6. Practical Experience • “Been There • “Done That” • “Bought the “T” shirt Workopolis.com

7. Contributions to the Profession • Standards Committees • Training / Mentoring Opportunities • Special Interest Groups • Governance Bodies • Marketing / Membership Leaders • Presenters

8. Architect Skills • Business Strategy • Business Architecture • IT Strategy • IT Architecture • Financials • Leadership • Politics • Management • Communication • Consultancy • Sales www.geao.org

9. Architect Development • Where do you find architects? • Project teams • Development teams • Business Units • Technicalsupport areas • How do we cultivate architects? • Internal development • Formal education

10. Architect Skill Assessment • How do we measure architecture capability? • Consistency of measure • Validation • Best practice availability • What drives the acceptable caliber? • Immediate needs • Individual assessment • Company standards • Industry standards

11. Professional Standards • EA Education and Certification Institutions www.enterprise-architecture.info

12. EA Certification Initiatives • Federal Enterprise Architecture Certification Institute, USA • Certificate Program for Enterprise Architects • The FEAC Institute provides training and education leading to certification in the Federal Enterprise Architecture, the Department of Defence Architecture Frameworks, and Integrated security Framework. www.feacinstitute.org • Global Enterprise Architecture Organisation • Certificate Program for Enterprise Architects • The Global Enterprise Architecture Organisation (GEAO) is a not-for-profit organisation created by and for professionals who work in the field of Enterprise Architecture.www.geao.org

13. EA Certification Initiatives • Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands • University-based Master study 'Architecture in the Digital World' • A 2.5-year Master study addressing all the elements of Enterprise Architecture, a co-operation of the Radboud University Nijmegen and Capgemini, The Netherlands. End terms of this study will be compliant with the future EA certification criteria defined by NAF.www.architectuur-in-de-digitale-wereld.nl • Society for the Certification of Information Architects, The Netherlands • Society based own Certification Criteria for different levels • SCIA is the association of certificated (enterprise) information, IT-business and IT architects. It is a non-profit organisation created in 2001. Their certification criteria are based on bodies of knowledge.www.stichting-cia.org

14. EA Certification Initiatives • Netherlands Architecture Forum, The Netherlands • NAF Certification Criteria • NAF is a collaborative forum of research organisations, suppliers and user- organisations working in the architecture domain. One of the goals of NAF is to define the criteria for architect's certification. A working group is doing research on the required terms and conditions for certification.www.naf.nl • DCI eUniversity • DCI's own certification criteria • 8 - 10 hour Enterprise Architecture Certification Course. A Practical Guide to Implementing Enterprise Architecture will provide you with practical strategies for successfully implementing enterprise architecture. Certification is based upon successful completion of the final exam and the course evaluation.www.netsessions.net/euniversity

15. Recent EA Certification Announcements • Quick Response Systems • IEA - Master’s Certificate in Integrated Enterprise Architecture • Intensive 17-day executive and professional education program. It consists of 7 courses for managers executives and Information technology professionals with diverse educational and professional backgrounds. Upon completion of this program, the participants will receive a Master’s Certificate in Integrated Enterprise Architecture and a customized Professional Development Career Plan.www.quickresponse.ca

16. Recent EA Certification Announcements • Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning • BAISc - Bachelor of Applied Information Sciences (Software Systems) • A four-year degree with an applied focus consisting of eight academic semesters plus a minimum 14-week work term. Graduates of the program are responsible software professionals that follow established IT Standards of Practice, think critically and produce dynamic, quality and cost-effective solutions for business environments and enterprise systems. www.humber.ca

17. Humber’s Program - Arch Skills

18. BAISc(Software System) and EA • Why another Software degree? • Contents based on IEEE Standards • Learning outcomes based on industry collaboration • College Mandate to support community and produce “job-ready” graduates • EAs’ skill set (Soft skills, People’s person & technology savvy, work experience)

19. BAISc(Software System) Contents • Technical Contents • Software Engineering and Business System Development process • Best Practices in Software Development Process • Business and System Requirements • System Design and Standards Methodology • System Testing, Automation and Quality Assurance • Legacy System Integration • Business Component Development and Integration • Courses support team-based project development skills • User Interface Design and Accessibility • Enterprise Resource Management and ERP • Corporate level system security • Ethics, Legal issues and moral values

20. BAISc(Software Systems) contents • Soft Skills • Non-conventional Approach of teaching methodology • Team dynamics and human psychology • Business Processes and technology • Industry best practices in documentation and communication • Leadership skills • Team building skills • Project Management skills • Ethics, Legal issues and moral values • Most of the courses involve team based significant projects

21. BAISc(Software System) Co-op opportunity • 14-week Co-op mandatory • Preparation for work placement • Co-op monitoring process • Capstone Project • BAISc (Software Systems) sow the seeds to create “genetic cell” of an EA • Work experience and “on job experience” grooms an EA

22. BAISc(Software Systems) Technical Tools • Rapid Application Development Tools • Programming environments • CASE tools (for Systems Analysis, Design and Code Framework implementation tools) • Testing and Quality Assurance Tools • Unified Process • Project Management Tools

23. BAISc(Software Systems) Academic Themes • Develop critical thinking capability • Appreciation and Reinforcing logic and science integrated to the Software Application developed • Introduce latest RAD tools • Work in teams and appreciate significance of team dynamics • Enhance Project Management Skills • Industry supported Capstone Project

24. BAISc(Software System) and Enterprise Architecture • Business Operations • Organizational Hierarchy and business strategies • Functions and tasks of production department in an organization • Organizations and impact of technology • Ethics and moral obligations • Internal and External productivity assessment • Financial performance of an organization using different financial statements and ratio analysis • Understanding business processes as a whole (interaction of various departments)

25. BAISc(Software System) and Enterprise Architecture • Project Management • Project team • Finances and budgets • Project Planning standards • Roles and Responsibilities of Project Manager • Project Management strategies (Management of project team activities and PERT) • Identification of Project Milestones and budgeting • Risk analysis and Risk Management strategies • Change Management • Project Human Resource Management

26. BAISc(Software System) and Enterprise Architecture • Technical Contents • Programming tools • Database tools • Legacy Systems • CASE tools • Integration of various tools to build Enterprise Applications • ERP (SAP, People Soft, Oracle Financial) • Data Communication Systems and Network environment • Project Management Tools

27. BAISc(Software System) and Enterprise Architecture • Humber’s graduate integrates • Business processes with Project Management Skills to implement a Layered Enterprise Application, using the available cutting edge technology • BAISc (Software System) intends to produce Software Professionals, who are “all-round” enterprise application developers, having sound knowledge of what it takes to be an EA

28. School of Media Studies and Information Technology at Humber • Offers different Diploma and Certificate Programmes in Media Studies and Information Technology • Information Technology Diploma and Certificate Programmes (Computer Programmer and Computer Programmer Analyst) • Students are introduced to different vendor based technologies and tools • Learners are given contents in Entrepreneurship and Project Management Skills • Students build enterprise applications by interfacing business components using different vendors’ tools • Team-based projects are integral part of various courses

29. School of Media Studies and Information Technology at Humber - CP Programme • Computer Programmer (updated) Diploma • Two year diploma • Introduces different vendor’s tools (e.g. Sun/Java, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, IBM/Rational) • Project Management Skills • Entrepreneurship • Project Management Skills • Team-based projects are integral part of most of the courses • User Interface Design • Testing and Quality Assurance • Reusable Business Component development

30. School of Media Studies and Information Technology at Humber - CPA Programme • Computer Programmer Analyst • Third year for the CP students – CPA Diploma • One year certificate (for upgrading technical skill set) • ITAL • Work place issues and trends • Stream based specializations • Team-based projects integral part of most of the courses • Embedded security in Enterprise applications • Reusable Business Components development

31. School of Media Studies and Information Technology at Humber – ISDV Certificate • Internet Software Development Certificate (Oracle Stream) • One year certificate (third year of CPA) • Data ware house enterprise applications • Data mining • Database Systems • Database Administration • ITAL • Work place issues and trends • Team-based project integral part of most of the courses

32. School of Media Studies and Information Technology at Humber – ISDV Certificate • Internet Software Development Certificate (Java Stream) • Business Components • Enterprise Application integration • Embedded security in Enterprise applications • Business processes and web services • ITAL • Team-based projects integral part of most of the courses • Work place issues and trends

33. School of Media Studies and Information Technology at Humber – ISDV Certificate • Internet Software Development Certificate (Microsoft Stream) • Business processes • Development of Business components • Enterprise security • Integration of Business components • Team-based projects are integral part of various courses • ITAL • Work place issues and trends What about

34. Academic Focus - Summary • Instill Technical Skill • Develop critical thinking skills • Understand business processes • Train the learners to use Industry Best Practices and Standards (Articulate and document complete processes) • Quality Assurance • Introduce Project Management Skills • Team-based project (team dynamics) • Corporate & work place ethics and legal issues

35. Considerations • What do you look for in recruiting a new architect? • What professional or industry standards would you set? • Is the time right for a EA certification standard (similar to PMI)? • Who should be involved in setting this standard? • How will this impact you as an EA Professional? • What can you do?

36. TEAUG Toronto Enterprise Architecture User Group www.teaug.org Can TEAUG be an influence?