The Architecture Center of Excellence (CoE) provides various architecture learning and certification options to help enterprises enhance their architecture skills. These include webinars, workshops, seminars, online courses, and customized in-house training programs. The CoE also offers skill governance assessments to evaluate architecture teams, identify gaps, and determine readiness for projects. Certification programs include two tiers to certify architecture essentials and certified architects. The CoE has helped over 800 customers in 16 countries enhance their architecture capabilities.

1. Architecture Center of
Excellence (CoE)
IT Architecture
quot;Do I have
Assessment |
The Leader in IT
Consulting |
architects who
Team Enhancement |
Architecture for
Training |
can do good
Certification
Enterprises
Architecture?quot;
800 Customers |
USA 20 Domains | India
UK
+(732) 917-0623 +44 121 288 4507 + 91 80 41656563
16 Countries
Architecture Learning Options Duration COE offer
IT Architecture Webinar workshops 90 minutes 50 Webinar / year
Assessment |
Management Overview Workshops 4 to 8 hours ( half day or full 10 programs / year
Consulting | day)
Team Enhancement | Seminar classroom (Public enrollment) 8 hours (1 day) 30 – 40 participants/ year
Training | Workshop Class room (Public enrollment) 16 hours ( 2 days) 10-20 participants / year
Certification In house training (Exclusive) 32 to 40 hours (4 – 5 days) 2 – 3 programs/ year
On line learning – video based using Architecture 64 hours ( spread over 1 50 – 100 licenses/ year
Education Server month)
Skill Governance (Identifying the strength / 8 to 16 hours (1 -2 days) 4 – 6 days / year
weakness, team readiness, Architecture advisory)
USA UK India
Tier I Certification – IT Architect Essentials 2 hours online test 50 – 70 qualifiers / year
+(732) 917-0623 +44 121 288 4507 + 91 80 41656563
(subjective questions) [3 – 5 % of the workforce]
Tier II Certification – Certified IT Architect 4 weeks of case study, mock 10-15 associates qualifies
session & presentation /year [ 1-2 % of the
http://www.iCMGworld.com / workforce]
Architecture Skill assessment – pre qualification 2 hours online test (objective 100 + associates / year or
service questions) 30% of the workforce

2. Customization to suit your needs
11 Key challenges for enterprises…
Skill governance process - derive skill metrics for analysis
Business Model Specific
Initially individual evaluations are completed
• Services, Product, End User Companies
Domain customization
The experts look at all of the responses from the team
• Teleco, Manufacturing, BFSI, Healthcare, Real Time (Embedded)
collectively and develop key observations and metrics.
Content customization
• Case studies & exercises
Identify
Effort distributions
• Team skill gaps, • Locations, Team size, # of days, duration, schedule
• Individual Strength/Weak areas,
Skill Certification
• Team Strength/Weak areas,
• Architecture skills
• Team orientation,
Skill Governance
• Individual and team ratings with regard to architecture Attributes,
• Ability to apply these skills in domains (Telco, Finance) etc..
• Individual and team’s readiness to be deployed for critical Architecture initiatives.
Only one person in the
team had knowledge to
practice architecture work
Summary of Skill Maturity Team (Architect’s) readiness Sample - Assessment Chart
Company : ABC Ltd Date : 14-03-08 Duration of Test : 2
Assessment Chart
Country : India, USA
David Brown 61
Caroline Watkins 52
Name
47
Amit Phadnis
Anantha Murthy 44
Tom Buizki 35
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Percentage Marks