2014 Workshop and Plenary Nick Malik CAEAP – Center for the Advancement of the EA Profession

2014 Workshop and Plenary Review of Goal exercise from today Existing Suggested TOC Review and finalization Agree to support a specific table of contents for CP Guide Goal: Build Consensus on Table of Contents of Career Path Guide

2014 Workshop and Plenary

Write on a post-it note and stick on the board (or send via IM) Name of a persona or role What question they want answered What content would answer that question Human Resources Professional “What questions should I ask a candidate to know if they are likely to be qualified?” List of interview questions with a short discussion of each.

2014 Workshop and Plenary Group the post it notes by similar types of questions Read aloud to the room. Consider these questions: Is it content that should be in a Career Path Guide? Is there a definitive answer to the question? Justify: if we do NOT include this content, will the audience suffer? We now have a set of questions we want answered by a Career Path Guide.

2014 Workshop and Plenary 1.Front Matter 1.Acknowledgements 2.Background, Purpose, Intended Audience, Preface 2.Brief Overview – what an architect does 3.Roles in Architecture and their competencies 1.Overview of roles 2.Competency descriptions (skill sets) 3.Skill levels – SFIA 4.Persona competency matrices (by career levels) 4.Evolving as an Architect – entry and growth paths 1.Where are you on the journey 2.Relationships and collaboration points 3.Certification and Education programs 5.Patterns for EA structure and building a program 1.Based on sizes of organizations – patterns of structure 2.Pointers to information on EA value, EA alignment, frameworks Discussion points: Does this meet the needs of the intended personas? Did we miss any value propositions? Does this answer the questions we want answered? 6.Hiring an Architect – Job Descriptions and Interviewing 1.Architecture VP / Manager 2.Enterprise Architect 3.Business Architect 4.Software or Solution Architect 5.Data or Information Architect 6.Technology Architect 7.Security Architect 7.Appendix A – List of Terms and Acronyms 8.Appendix B – Enterprise Architecture Competency Model 9.Appendix C – Related skills and links to learning materials

2014 Workshop and Plenary Break while we update the OneNote Guide with the consensus in the room. Resume at 2:15pm