IT Architect Training is needed to get your IT organization in the best shape ever.  This is the original Architect Boot Camp and started in 2002.  These classes are not readily offered at universities, nor at many technical training colleges.  Architect training is required because to become an architect, it takes a combination of experience, skill and desire, as well as some very specialized training in process, methods and soft skills.

We created some of the very first IT Architecture training ever, and have been doing it for over ten years.  Check out our calendar, and let us know what you are interested in.  We periodically offer schedule public training based on demand, and custom site architecture training is always available.

The Architect Boot Camp training workshops for winter/spring 2012.  IT Architecture Training is planned… Download our catalogue of publicly available architecture workshops. Indicate your interest in future architecture seminars, or contact us about a custom onsite architecture education at your workplace.

Also – See our Training Testimonials.

Workshop	Date	Duration	Location	RegistrationDates
Intro to Architecture Boot Camp	TBA	8 hours	web	Get details
Executive Architect Boot Camp	January 2012	8 hours	n/a	Get details
IT Architect Boot CampFundamentals	Winter 2012	24 hours	web	Get details
Enterprise Architect Boot CampEA 101 EA Advanced EA Masterclass	Winter 2012	24 hours	web/ in person	Get details
Solution Architect Boot Camp	TBA	16 hours	web	Get details
Business Architect Boot Camp	TBA	16 hours	web	Get details
Technical Architect Boot Camp	TBA	16 hours	web	Get details

For more information about the schedule and offerings, please click the training link and follow the path for schedule.

It was created as an 8 hour workshop to give the attendee information they need to know about architecture, what it is, the terminology around it, samples of it, and the various specialized architecture disciplines within it such as Data Architect, Solution Architect, Enterprise Architect, Technical Architect.

It is great for IT professionals considering a career change to IT Architecture, as well as executives, project managers and IT managers.

Title

Current Role

Interests

Current Skill

• Developer

• Analyst

• Technologist,

• PM

• Project Interest; Terminology;

• Pondering a field in IT Architecture

• IT analysis, design

• Construction

• project management

• staff management

• Senior Business or IT Leaders

• CIO, CTO, Business and IT Strategists

• PMO and Project Managers

• Executive Level Understanding of process, approach and benefits of architecture.

• Strategic planning, IT portfolio management;

• IT & Enterprise Architecture development, management

• Management;

• IT Portfolio;

• Strategic Planning;

• Budget Analysis;

• Project management

• Business

• Architecture Team Member,

• IT Architects

• Senior System Designer

• Guide and Define the current and future state of an organization

• Transition paths, standards & principles

• Lead or participate on EA Team

• IT Architect, Strategist, Leadership.

• Excel in concepts, planning, strategic.

• Sees the big picture;

• Extremely strong in abstracting the situations, processes.

• New or novice architects (various domains & types),

• senior developers,

• systems analysts & specialists

• Construct basic architecture artifacts, documentation

• Basic Funamentals and understanding of roles, skills, methods and process of IT Architect (various domains, EA)

• System Design & Analysis.

• Project, Solution or high level design responsibilities

System Architect

• Application or software architects;

• Senior systems analysts, senior developers & system designers;

• Solution architects;

• Functional process analysts

• Conversion of the requirements into an architecture and design that will become the blueprint for the solution being created

• Software design, System analysts, Solution scoping;

• Define the interaction between components;

• prototype;

• Background in software development methodologies

• Business architects,

• business analysts,

• systems analysts,

• solution architects

• Create business architecture artifacts;

• business transformation;

• Document Business Strategies, Capabilities,

• Processes from the architecture perspective

• Business and/or systems

• Participant in strategic planning,

• Business process redesign & requirement gathering;

• Models workflow & process

• Technical architects,

• technical specialists,

• infrastructure specialists,

• security architects

• Build a technology blueprint;

• select and analyze infrastructure components;

• Hardware configuration, software and solution technology components

• Understanding of the technical aspects of application, solutions and infrastructure.

• Technology specialties in some special areas such as hardware, operating systems, desktops, network, security, facilities, system software, operational processes.

• Design technology components for prescribed IT solutions.

Here’s What They’re Saying About Our Workshops

On Our 1 Day Intro Boot Camp…

“Good Overview within TimeBox. I’d like more professional days like this one”

– Greg, Government Organization

“Excellent presentation of complex content in such a limited time”

– Eric, Government Organization

“Good overview given the time constraint. Very useful lab to pull it all together. Just what I wanted, Thanks”

– Robert, Big Six Consulting Firm

“Excellent 1 Day Immersion”

– Patrick, Government Organization

“Very good material. I will explore the opportunity to take the more detailed course”

– Darryll, Utility Company

“I came to get an understanding of Architecture and found this workshop very good”

– Donna, Government Organization

“Good overview of architecture and the document content and models used to support it.

– John, Retail corporation

“There was a lot of information condensed in one day, but Sharon did an excellent job presenting it. I would be interested in the week-long architure workshop with Sharon”.

– Carol, Government Organization

“Very condensed, lots of information, well presented”

– Kevin, Insurance Company

On our 3, 4 & 5 day Workshops…

“This is all you need to get started… We returned to work with a head start on our project. We knew where we were going and how to build a plan”

–Joseph, Lead Architect, Manufacturing Company

“This put the missing pieces in place – we understand the puzzle – we now know how to deal with our difficult situations, and how to get the right information into the right format”

–Susanne, IT Architect, Software Development Company

“A lot of information to absorb, but the labs helped me undertstand to connect all of the pieces and make this thing usable”

– Lee, System Architect, Insurance Company