Enterprise Architecture and Business Technology Alignment Training Course
The Enterprise Architecture and Business Technology Alignment Training Course is a 5-day professional training programme delivered in-person or online in ICT-Information & Communication Technology, ending with a TrustGate Corporate Skills certificate of completion.
The Enterprise Architecture and Business Technology Alignment programme is designed to help ICT professionals, enterprise architects, business analysts, systems managers and senior decision-makers understand how an organisation's business processes, information, applications a...
Course Overview
Learning Objectives
- Explain the purpose and strategic value of enterprise architecture.
- Describe the relationship between business strategy and technology architecture.
- Map business capabilities, processes, applications, data and infrastructure.
- Assess existing systems and identify duplication, gaps and integration challenges.
- Develop target architecture principles and future-state technology models.
- Evaluate architecture alternatives, standards and interoperability requirements.
- Prepare transition roadmaps for system modernisation and cloud adoption.
- Establish architecture governance and technology decision-making processes.
- Incorporate security, scalability, resilience and data governance into architecture.
- Develop an enterprise architecture improvement plan aligned with business objectives.
Course Content
- Meaning, scope and business value of enterprise architecture.
- Relationships between strategy, business capabilities and ICT systems.
- Enterprise architecture principles, standards and design decisions.
- Overview of recognized approaches, including TOGAF concepts.
- Documenting business functions, capabilities and value streams.
- Mapping organisational structures, processes and business services.
- Identifying capability gaps and operational dependencies.
- Linking business architecture to strategic priorities and performance
- Information requirements and enterprise data models.
- Data flows, ownership, quality and lifecycle management.
- Master data, metadata and information integration.
- Data governance, privacy, security and interoperability.
- Mapping applications, business functions and system dependencies.
- Assessing application performance, duplication and business value.
- Application integration, APIs and service-oriented approaches.
- Managing legacy applications, technical debt and modernisation priorities
- Infrastructure components, networks, platforms and hosting environments.
- Cloud, on-premises and hybrid infrastructure architecture.
- Scalability, resilience, availability and performance requirements.
- Infrastructure standards, technology lifecycle and capacity planning.
- Integration patterns for enterprise applications and services.
- API management, middleware and data exchange mechanisms.
- Interoperability challenges across departments and organisations.
- Managing integration risks, standards and system dependencies.
- Assessing current-state architecture and documenting baseline conditions.
- Defining target-state business, data, application and technology models.
- Evaluating architecture options against business requirements.
- Balancing standardization, flexibility, innovation and cost.
- Architecture review boards, design authority and approval processes.
- Architecture principles, standards and exception management.
- Embedding cybersecurity, privacy and resilience requirements.
- Monitoring architecture compliance and managing technology risks.
- Conducting gap analysis between current and target architecture.
- Sequencing transformation initiatives and system replacement projects.
- Estimating investment requirements, dependencies and implementation risks.
- Developing architecture roadmaps, milestones and performance indicators.
- Analysing a realistic enterprise architecture problem.
- Preparing business capability and system dependency maps.
- Designing a target architecture and transition roadmap.
- Presenting an architecture governance and implementation proposal.
Who Should Attend?
- Enterprise architects and solution architects.
- ICT directors, CIOs, CTOs and systems managers.
- Business analysts and business process improvement specialists.
- Software, applications and integration managers.
- Data architects and information management professionals.
- Digital transformation programme managers.
- ICT consultants and technology planning specialists.
Training Methodology
- Facilitator-led presentations and discussions.
- Enterprise architecture case studies.
- Business capability and systems mapping exercises.
- Architecture design and roadmap development workshops.
- Group discussions and peer learning.
- Technology assessment and gap analysis exercises.
- Architecture governance simulations.
- Enterprise architecture improvement planning exercises
Is this course for you?
Level: Advanced
Problems this course solves
- Misalignment between business strategy and technology architecture.
- Duplication of systems, data, and technology investments.
- Poor integration and interoperability between enterprise systems.
- Lack of a clear roadmap for system modernization and cloud adoption.
What's Included
Certification
Certificate in Enterprise Architecture and Business Technology Alignment
Issued by: TRUSTGATE CORPORATE SKILLS
Frequently Asked Questions
How long is the Enterprise Architecture and Business Technology Alignment Training Course training?
The Enterprise Architecture and Business Technology Alignment Training Course runs for 5 Days. Each day combines expert-led teaching with practical, hands-on exercises so participants can apply what they learn immediately.
Is the Enterprise Architecture and Business Technology Alignment Training Course delivered online or in-person?
This course is delivered in person (scheduled venues include Nairobi, Kigali, Arusha, Mombasa), live online, or in-house at your organisation.
How much does the Enterprise Architecture and Business Technology Alignment Training Course cost?
The fee is US$600 per person online and US$1,400 per person in person. In-person fees depend on the participant's country; the pricing card on this page shows the fee for yours.
When is the next Enterprise Architecture and Business Technology Alignment Training Course training?
A session is running now, from 2 November 2026 to 6 November 2026 in Nairobi, Kenya / Kigali, Rwanda. The next one runs from 9 November 2026 to 13 November 2026 in Arusha, Tanzania. You can also request a custom date or an in-house session for your team.
Do I get a certificate after completing the Enterprise Architecture and Business Technology Alignment Training Course?
Yes. Participants who complete the Enterprise Architecture and Business Technology Alignment Training Course receive a certificate of completion from TRUSTGATE CORPORATE SKILLS.
What will I learn in the Enterprise Architecture and Business Technology Alignment Training Course?
Key learning outcomes include: Explain the purpose and strategic value of enterprise architecture; Describe the relationship between business strategy and technology architecture; Map business capabilities, processes, applications, data and infrastructure; Assess existing systems and identify duplication, gaps and integration challenges; Develop target architecture principles and future-state technology models.
