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Course Description:
Based on the Zachman Framework for Enterprise Architecture, this 3–day workshop includes a step-by-step guide and workplan to achieve a workable architecture in less than 8 weeks!

The Zachman Framework
As technology extends its reach into every facet of the enterprise, information practitioners recognize the growing importance of enterprise architecture to the continued success and growth of the organization. Enterprise architecture shows the business as it is today, depicts it as it would like to be in the future, and provides a “blueprint” for getting there.
The Zachman Framework for Enterprise Architecture, authored by John Zachman, draws upon the discipline of classical architecture/construction and engineering/manufacturing to establish a common vocabulary and set of perspectives—a framework—for defining and describing today’s complex enterprise systems. It is a logical structure for classifying and organizing those elements of an enterprise that are significant to both the management of the enterprise and the development of its information systems.
Since its first publication in 1987, the Zachman Framework has evolved and become the model around which major organizations worldwide view and communicate their enterprise information infrastructure. In this workshop you will obtain an understanding of how to implement Enterprise Architecture in your organization.

Workshop Overview
In A Framework for Enterprise Architecture, John Zachman writes, “To keep the business from disintegrating, the concept of information systems architecture is becoming less of an option and more of a necessity for establishing some order and control in the investment of information system resources.” The Implementing & Managing Enterprise Architecture workshop provides everything you need to make enterprise architecture a reality for your organization:
• The workshop begins with the necessary foundation information on the concepts and issues of enterprise architecture.
• It proceeds with a tutorial on the Zachman Framework as a tool for understanding and classifying the complex requirements of today’s enterprise.
• Days 2 and 3 focus on implementation strategies and activities that will result in an actual implementation plan and work breakdown structure that an organization can execute.

More Than Theory
Courses and seminars are available that discuss the importance of enterprise architecture and define the issues to be addressed. What makes Implementing & Managing Enterprise Architecture unique is that it will take you to the next level of competence; you will learn what to do, how to do it, and how long it will take. In addition to understanding the concepts and issues, this workshop includes:
•  How to develop and manage an enterprise architecture—The Zachman Framework for Enterprise Architecture
•  What needs to be done—The Quick Start Implementation Plan
•  The timeframe required to implement enterprise architecture—Your 8–Week Working Plan
At the end of the workshop, you will leave with an 8-week plan for getting a quick start in implementing the Zachman Framework for Enterprise Architecture and showing measurable results! Other approaches have documented the need for 10 months or more to begin development of an enterprise architecture. The Zachman Framework reduces that time because it provides a tool by which all participants can view the enterprise from their own perspectives and easily understand how their roles impact, or are impacted by, others.
This seminar can be presented in-house to your organization. Additionally, we can provide on-site consulting to support your architecture development efforts. For information contact:

Pinnacle Business Group
(810) 231-0531 phone
(810) 231-6631 fax

Who Should Attend
The skills acquired—and the plan developed—from this seminar provide the techniques and enterprise architectural “blueprint” for defining and implementing initiatives, projects, and systems that encompass the strategic intent of the enterprise and business. This architecture aligns the activities of the information systems organization with the mission, goals, and strategic intent of the business. From this foundation, attendees can profitably pursue techniques and approaches that will directly benefit the enterprise and the business. This seminar is essential for information professionals, and business unit and division managers and supervisors, with responsibility or involvement in directing the resources used for implementing information related programs, that will lead the enterprise into the next century.

Attendees Comment . . .
“This workshop was the most valuable I’ve ever attended. Not just a lecture, but a plan that I can use to explain what we need to do–and actually do it!” Manager, Pharmaceuticals

“John Zachman and Sam Holcman clearly articulated their vision and turned it into practical action” Vice President, Distribution Company

“What an experience! Informative, practical, and entertaining, too.” Executive, Financial Institution