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Core Foundation

Essential concepts every business architect needs. These courses establish the shared vocabulary and frameworks you'll build upon in your specialization.

2
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~8
Total Hours
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Foundation Courses

1
COR-EA-100Available
Intro to Enterprise Architecture
Understand how enterprise architecture connects strategy to execution. Learn frameworks, principles, and practices that make EA effective.
8 chapters4 hours

What you'll learn

    2
    COR-BA-100Available
    Closing the Strategy to Execution Gap
    Learn how Business Architecture connects purpose, strategy, capabilities, and operations through the Design4 Framework. Close the strategy-execution gap by learning to see your organization as a connected system and a set of questions that tell you, with evidence, whether that system is actually working.
    8 chapters4 hours

    What you'll learn

    • See how purpose, strategy, capabilities, and operations connect, and where those connections break
    • Identify which alignment gap is causing the most damage and where to focus first
    • Use the Four Ares as a shared governance vocabulary for assessing alignment
    • Understand key artifacts, from Stakeholder Value Maps to Capability Heat Maps to Service Blueprints
    • Run your first Design4 cycle and build momentum
    Credential

    Core Foundation Complete

    Complete both foundation courses to earn this digital badge. It unlocks all specialization pathways and shows employers you have the fundamentals.

    Earned by 150+ practitioners

    After Foundation: Choose Your Specialization

    Once you complete the foundation, you can dive deep into your sector.

    Ready to build your foundation?

    Start with Intro to Enterprise Architecture. The first chapter is free.