Tier 1 - Required
Core Foundation
Essential concepts every business architect needs. These courses establish the shared vocabulary and frameworks you'll build upon in your specialization.
2
Courses
2
Available Now
~8
Total Hours
Foundation Badge
Foundation Courses
1
COR-EA-100Available
Intro to Enterprise Architecture
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.
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After Foundation: Choose Your Specialization
Once you complete the foundation, you can dive deep into your sector.