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EA Module 8 — Stakeholder Strategy & Executive Communication
EA — Module 8 of 9 Stakeholder Strategy & Executive Communication The most technically sound architecture is worthless if you can’t get it approved and funded. This module teaches you to navigate C-suite stakeholders, build buy-in across political organizations, and present architecture decisions in the language executives act on. Lessons: 8.1 Stakeholder Mapping for Enterprise…
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EA Module 7 — Digital Transformation Leadership
EA — Module 7 of 9 Digital Transformation Leadership Enterprise architects are increasingly the people who lead digital transformation programs — not just contribute to them. This module teaches you to structure, lead, and measure transformation initiatives, and to navigate the organizational change management that makes or breaks them. Lessons: 7.1 What Digital Transformation Actually…
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EA Module 6 — Governance & Operating Model
EA — Module 6 of 9 Governance & Operating Model Governance is how EA decisions get made, enforced, and evolved. This module teaches you to design Architecture Review Boards that actually work, establish decision rights that stick, and build architecture principles that guide the organization without creating bureaucratic overhead. Lessons: 6.1 EA Governance Principles ·…
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EA Module 5 — Technology Architecture
EA — Module 5 of 9 Technology Architecture Technology architecture at the enterprise level is about making platform and infrastructure decisions that the entire organization lives with for years. This module teaches you to develop technology standards, manage vendor relationships at the architecture level, and build a technology radar your organization can actually use. Lessons:…
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EA Module 4 — Data & Application Architecture
EA — Module 4 of 9 Data & Application Architecture Data and application architecture at the enterprise level is about rationalization, governance, and integration — not just design. This module teaches you to manage application portfolios and design enterprise data governance frameworks that actually work. Lessons: 4.1 Enterprise Data Governance · 4.2 Application Portfolio Rationalization…
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EA Module 3 — Business Architecture
EA — Module 3 of 9 Business Architecture Business architecture is the domain that gives EAs their seat at the strategy table. This module teaches capability modeling, value stream mapping, and business motivation modeling — the tools that connect IT investment to business outcomes in language executives understand. Lessons: 3.1 Business Architecture Principles · 3.2…
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EA Module 2 — TOGAF Deep Dive
EA — Module 2 of 9 TOGAF Deep Dive TOGAF is the dominant enterprise architecture framework worldwide. This module teaches you to apply it in real organizations — not just recite it for a certification. By the end you’ll have a working knowledge that most certified practitioners don’t actually have. Lessons: 2.1 TOGAF Overview and…
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EA Module 1 — Enterprise Architecture Fundamentals
EA — Module 1 of 9 Enterprise Architecture Fundamentals Most people misunderstand what enterprise architecture actually is — including many who claim to practice it. This module resets the foundation: what EA is, how it’s practiced in real organizations, and why it’s the highest-leverage role in technology leadership. Lessons: 1.1 What Enterprise Architecture Actually Is…
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SA Module 8 — Career & Positioning Strategy
SA — Module 8 of 8 Career & Positioning Strategy Your portfolio is built. Your skills are developed. This module is about making the market see it. Resume architecture, LinkedIn positioning, compensation negotiation, and how to set up an architecture consulting practice if that’s the direction you want to go. Lessons: 8.1 Solutions Architect Job…
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SA Module 7 — System Design Interviews
SA — Module 7 of 8 System Design Interviews System design interviews are the gatekeeping mechanism for architect roles at top companies. This module teaches you the exact framework to structure your thinking under pressure, communicate trade-offs clearly, and produce Portfolio Project 3 — a complete system design you own and can walk through in…