Course Duration : Practicing Enterprise Architecture for Business Transformation
Course Duration : 2 Day Workshop Face-to-Face Instructor-led Workshop - Classroom
: Online workshop are delivered in two days, two units each day between 9:15 am to 1 pm and 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm
Course Fee : Available upon request (Write to us at info@tlcpak.com)
Course Location  : TLC (Karachi), Customer Onsite and Online
Course Code : TN282
Deliverables : Comprehensive Student Guide and Workshop Certificate

Customer onsite workshop can also be conducted for customers in Lahore, and Islamabad
ABOUT THIS WORKSHOP:

Enterprise architecture is vital in guiding digital transformation efforts within an organization. It provides a detailed overview of the internal systems, processes, and data flows, enabling organizations to identify improvement areas and innovation opportunities. Enterprise Architecture is a discipline that aligns the complex business and IT structures within large-scale organizations. It is a strategic and technical role that introduces practical standards across departmental units.

This two-day workshop will help teams with the necessary knowledge on Enterprise Architecture and EA Management with an exciting Use-case as a Chief Architect and his first hundred-days of an assignment at one of the large Tech Giant who is fighting for its survival and struggling its best to regain brand reputation back on its feet again.

The Biggest Challenge about the Use-Case: Teams will began their journey with a battle against time, disarray, and demotivation. It was clear that to bring the enterprise architecture team back to life, you would need to face the giants of outdated practices, lack of collaboration, and low morale.


WHY WE NEED TO SPEND TIME TO SELECT A RIGHT TRAINER FOR YOUR EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM?
The importance of choosing a right trainer is another important factor behind the success of any organization who want to take this EA program to the next level in terms of meeting their defined set of targets and business goals. In a nutshell, you are building a team for tomorrow. Following piece of advice may be considered organizations should think prior selecting the right trainer for their EA program.

WHY EDUCATION IS AN ESSENTIAL VEHICLE OF YOUR VISION AS A PART OF YOUR ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE STRATEGY AND BUSINESS GOALS:
When we say strategy, it s all about having a clear vision and a right approach where business and technology leaders including planners must understand the total value and the need for continually investing into their human resources. The one great reason is the rise of emerging technologies that is causing the main disruption with an escalating demand for today s leaders and their teams for realizing and accepting the challenge and importance of upskilling your present set of knowledge.

The continuous improvement process where leaders of today know the total value of incorporating a mechanism for educating and training their team of key stakeholders, including business executives and technology leaders, is realized because they trust that education is an important vehicle to ensure a shared understanding of the business goals and architectural concepts.

To correctly promote consistent adoption of architectural principles throughout the organization, facilitating smoother decision-making and implementation processes are now considered as another greater challenge where education plays a pivotal role. As a part of enterprise-wide strategy, organizations should look into all options with agreed KPI s in terms of demonstrating the right value and benefits of investing into their human resources. If this is something that triggers some interest in you means that this two-day workshop may play a pivotal role in demonstrating the targeted value back to your people, process and technology. This workshop is developed with a mission that you have nothing to lose, but everything to gain.

TARGET AUDIENCE:
  • CXO and Business Leadership teams.
  • Employees in the workplace including technology vendors, technology business partners, customers from all business industries and Line of Businesses including Business, Application, Audit, Risk, Compliance, Security, Network, IT operations, Project Management, and Legal professionals. 
  • This workshop is also suitable for Pre and Post Sales Technology Specialists, IT Professionals, IT Consultants, Systems Integrators, Systems & Solution Architects, Sales and Marketing Specialists, Trainers, Project Managers, Young Leaders and Managers, individuals developing education and training services material, and future Technical Writers.
  • Authors, Documentation Managers, Technical Writers, Change Managers, SOP writers and validators, Forensic Investigators, and Quality Assurance professionals.
  • Project Managers, Enterprise Architects, Solution Architects, proposal writers and personals writing for Quality Change Control.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
This workshop will be imparted by an experienced passionate trainer with 25+ years of career experience conducting education and training services both locally and internationally. Our facilitator have worked for local and international technology leading organizations from technology hands-on to C-level positions. These organizations includes IBM, Fujitsu, ICL, Si3 and TLC. During his career, he has served different job portfolios like Advisory IT Specialist, Country Systems Product Manager, Enterprise Business Development Manager, Client Technical Architect, VP IT Infrastructure, Director Technology Delivery Services and Chief Operating Officer. 

Apart from various industry professional certifications, he is one of the few Pakistani who co-authored and contributed in 10 IBM Redbooks, a member of a team who developed IBM AIX 6.1 and 7.1 courseware's, developed 7 IBM AIX Certification Exam Papers, designed and developed 70 plus technology courses on Storage technologies, Digital Transformation, Blockchain technologies, Fraud Prevention and Detection, Essential Corporate Soft Skills, Enterprise Architecture, Information Security, Cybersecurity, Zero Trust Security, Industry 4.0, Network Security, Business Analytics and Data Protection Best Practices, Fraud Detection and Prevention Technologies and IBM AIX Operating System. 

This workshop is unique in a sense because it is going to be delivered by a professional managing a teams of 250 plus technology and business professionals as COO, interfaced with entry to enterprise business industry-wide customers, earned respect throughout of his career, successfully delivered large turned key projects under extreme tough and stressed time lines, developed 100 plus professionals who are currently working in different top 10 computer vendor organizations and in various local and international business sector organizations.

In summary, a senior IT leader offering 25+ years of career success developing, executing operational strategies to promote organizational growth & optimal utilization of emerging technologies. Extensive experience leading operations for technology, professional services & business development and solution designing. Development of RFP & proposal, competitive bidding & negotiations. Recognized for taking on major initiatives, adapting to rapidly changing environments & resolving mission critical issues to ensure bottom line success.

The training course flow will be a mix of lectures & interactive classroom discussions, video demonstrations, short exercises and assessments so that participants can have a detailed understanding of various components of technical writing. The last unit of this workshop includes an assignment for individuals and teams for writing a technical proposal.

COURSE OUTLINE
Unit 1: Enterprise Architecture Foundation
  • Solution Design A methodology to follow.
  • Enterprise defined and Key stakeholders in an enterprise.
  • Understanding Enterprise Architecture.
  • Understand What is not Enterprise Architecture?
  • The need for creating a distinct EA capability.
  • Enterprise Architecture Objective and Benefits.
  • Consequences faced by organizations not following EA practices.
  • Prerequisites for developing a useful Enterprise Architecture.
  • Understand the questions you want to answer with your Architecture.
  • Identify the purpose of your architecture.
  • Identify your business questions first.
  • Business Architecture Defined.
  • Describe Business Framework.
  • What is Enterprise Architecture Framework.
  • Three major categories of EA justification.
  • Enterprise Architecture Scope & Functions.
  • Business requirements & Traditional Technology Limitations.
  • Basic steps in developing a Business Strategy.
  • Understand and developing a Business Model.
  • The Seven New Rules of Enterprise Architecture.
  • Main Pointers for setting up Enterprise Strategy.
  • Unit 1 Assessment.


Unit 2: Enterprise Architecture Management Essentials

  • Enterprise Architecture Management defined.
  • Understanding the Importance and Relevance of EAM in Modern Business.
  • The Relevance of EAM in today's world.
  • Evolution of Enterprise architecture Management.
  • The Role of Enterprise Architecture in Organizational Strategy.
  • The Process of Enterprise Architecture Management.
  • Key Components of Enterprise Architecture.
  • Tools and Technologies and How to Select the Right EAM  Tool.
  • Integrating Tools within the Existing Landscape.
  • Challenges and Solutions in Enterprise Architecture Management.
  • Best Practices to Overcome EAM Challenges.
  • Unit 2 Assessment.


Unit 3: Enterprise Architecture to Accelerate Business Transformation
  • Business Resilience Strategy from Data Protection Point of View.
  • Critical challenges often overlooked by business technology teams.
  • Business Resilience Strategy and subsequent types of plans.
  • What drives a Business Transformation A Roadmap for Success.
  • The Evolution and Delivering value with a connected EA Practices.
  • Adopting a Business-driven Approach by Leveraging a Data-driven EA practices.
  • Architecting a Future-proof Enterprise.
  • Align EA practices to drive Business Transformation Strategy.
  • Benefits of Enterprise Architecture as Strategy
  • Challenges and Risks faced in setting up a EA Strategy.
  • Organizational Resistance, Integrating risks with existing processes.
  • Performance Metrics and Key Performance Indicators Setting Clear Objectives, Monitoring Progress, and Continuous Improvement.
  • Setting up Common Enterprise Architecture Metrics Strategic KPIs Vs Operational KPIs.
    Case Studies and Real-world Examples Learning from Success, Understanding Challenges, and Customized Solutions.
  • Nine Cautions for EA that should be Avoided What, Why, How.
  • Over-reliance on Complex Frameworks, Overemphasis on Models and Artifacts, Boiling the Ocean,
    Understand Organizational Change Complexities, Not Connecting with Business Goals, Neglecting
    Continuous Learning, Failing to Seek Diverse Perspectives, and Avoid Accountability.
  • Unit 3 Assessment.


Unit 4: Enterprise Architecture Leader - The First 121 Days Use Case

  • EA Leader The First 121 Days - Use case.
  • Discussing the challenges of an organization you have joined as Chief EA.
  • The biggest challenge of your EA journey.
  • The First Seven Days of your Job.
  • The first three weeks of your Job.
  • WORKSHOP ACTIVITY - To find out the present level of Burnout within the EA Team.
  • What to gather as a part of your first three weeks of EA practice.
  • As an outcome what needed to be done as a part of your 121 days journey.
  • Team Revival, Establishing Agile Practices, Quick Wins and Demonstrating Value, Innovating Architectural Practices, and Aligning with Business Goals.
  • The Outcome of the first Three Weeks of your Assignment.
  • Lessons from the first 121 days of the EA journey People Matter, Embrace Change, Celebrate Success, and Maintaining the Momentum.
  • Sample 121-Days Plan for an Enterprise Architecture Leader.
  • Unit 4 Assessment.

     
 


 




 
List of IBM AIX Operating System 
Standard Courses

AIX 7 Basics

Power Systems for AIX II - AIX Systems Administration

Power Systems for AIX III - Advanced Administration and Problem Determination

Introduction to AIX Korn Shell Scripting - AIX 7,1, AIX 6.1, AIX 5.3 and Linux

AIX 7 Jumpstart for UNIX Professionals

Security for Power Systems AIX

IBM POWER Virtualization Technologies

AIX Disk Storage Management and Recovery Procedures

AIX Performance Monitoring and Management

Introduction to IT Infrastructure Technologies

Understanding the Role of Storage Technologies and Big Data

Linux Basics for Users

 

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AIX Disk Storage Management & Recovery Procedures

AIX Performance Monitoring & Management

Understanding & Managing AIX ODM (Object Data Manager)

Security for Power Systems AIX

AIX Software Installation Maintenance & Backup & Restotore

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AIX Error Monitoring & System Dump Facility & AIX Scheduling

AIX Security & User Administration