Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges / An Introduction to Enterprise & Business Architecture

About this workshop

Enterprise Architecture is evolving. What was once seen as a specialized discipline focused on standards, governance and heavy frameworks has become a critical business capability for organizations navigating digital transformation, AI adoption, operational excellence and continuous change.

This workshop provides a practical introduction to modern Enterprise Architecture (EA) and Business Architecture (BA), showing how architecture can connect strategy, business operations, information, applications and technology into a coherent picture that supports decision-making and execution.

Participants will learn why successful organizations increasingly use Business Architecture as the business-driven foundation for Enterprise Architecture. Rather than treating business, process, information, application and technology architecture as isolated disciplines, modern architecture practices focus on creating transparency, alignment and insight across the enterprise.

Through practical examples and real-world experiences, the workshop demonstrates how architecture helps organizations prioritize investments, govern AI initiatives, optimize value streams, manage change portfolios and ensure that transformation efforts support strategic objectives.

Whether you are new to architecture or looking to understand how architecture creates business value in practice, this workshop will provide a solid foundation and a practical roadmap for getting started.

Learnings

At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Understand the purpose and value of both Enterprise Architecture and Business Architecture.
• Explain how modern Enterprise Architecture supports strategy execution and organizational change.
• Understand how there are other architecture disciplines, and why Business Architecture is becoming the business-driven foundation for successful architecture practices.
• Know the main themes such as strategy, capabilities, value streams, processes, information, applications and technology, and how they turn into coherent practice
• Understand different architecture practice types and the value drivers behind each approach. Understand that different practice types have different adoption patterns.
• Establish and scale an architecture practice aligned with culture and objectives.
• Apply governance to architecture to secure adoption and learn how to do it.
• Understand how Enterprise Architecture can help govern AI investments and other digital transformation initiatives.
• Learn how to collaborate with stakeholders to greater transparency, collaboration and decision support across the organization.

Agenda

1. Welcome & Around the Table
2. What is Enterprise Architecture?
3. What is Business Architecture?
4. Translating Theory into Practice
5. Architecture Practice Types & Value Drivers
6. Building an Effective Architecture Practice
7. Driving Adoption with Speed and Sustainable Success
8. Wrap-up – Thanks for the day