FEAPO June Summit
Initial Draft of General Notes
June, 2014
Compilation of Workshop 1 Notes (includes
Workshop 2 notes for Group 1
TABLE OF CONTENTS
GENERAL NOTES
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NO IDENTIFYING TOPIC
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CAREER GUIDE AND PATH DELIVERABLES
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BRAINSTORMING SESSIONS
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GROUP A – CAREER PATH DELIVERABLES
GROUP B – CAREER PATH DELIVERABLES
GROUP C - EA CATEGORIES AND COMPETENCIES
CATEGORIES
COMPETENCIES
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GENERAL NOTES
EA: Principles and Constraints (PRISM)
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GlobalAEA.org
NO IDENTIFYING TOPIC
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More EA
Stakeholder Group
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Tools
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Guides
Vendor Community Engagement
Messaging for Value of EA
Business Community: $, Time, Resources
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CAREER GUIDE AND PATH DELIVERABLES
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This is the post-it note exercise
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Value proposition for practitioners
Value proposition for C-Level
Value proposition for educators
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BRAINSTORMING SESSIONS
Goal of Career Path
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provide self-identification for those without an EA title
Terminology (generalist versus specialist)
Up and Down (can’t read the next word)
GROUP A – CAREER PATH DELIVERABLES
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Navigation
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What are the differences in the specific deliverables that each career steps is expected
to create?
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For practitioners
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For employers
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Establish an engagement model with HCM and HR organizations
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Gamification considerations
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Should we be discussing a career path for EA or architecture?
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EA (career / success metric) – How do we measure success? progress? within career?
Competency
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EA competency model (feedback)
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Certification requirements
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Advice on how to use / modify common career path structure
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Recommended common core career path structure
Paths
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Entry / exit point competencies
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How do we establish ‘relevancy’ for EA beyond the organization
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across value chains
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across other professions
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across social and political landscapes
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How do we extend the ‘roles’ beyond the organization site? (The future role for EA may
transcend multiple organizations.)
Guide
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Guide Content
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Competencies
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Competency Model
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Entry paths
A Framework
Career path guide (points of entry, descriptions of competency categories)
Entry requirements
Responsibilities
Progression steps
Assessment tool (self-evaluator test)
Practitioner skills
Framework (high level)
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GROUP B – CAREER PATH DELIVERABLES
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Define the career path to support the value delivery
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once we have defined value
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need to focus on the WHY first
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then back into the WHAT
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Career path follows afterword
What does the EA role specifically deliver to his / her customers?
Minimum entry level criteria
Titles, roles, capabilities, services, position descriptions, motivation model
Deliver the career path logic itself
Identification of distinct position titles that are very similar roles – do we need to have
‘architect’ in the title?
At the end of the EA path, where do you go? (manager versus individual contributor)
EA profile
Explain the model
Cookbook on how to use and apply
How to engage relevant stakeholders for support and ‘buy in’
Reference materials foundational
Define business architect role
Time span / horizon for the entire career path
EA Framework (skills, deliverables, …)
Value proposition
Define application architect role
White papers
EA suggested curricula
What not how
Common language
Common Core – career path for EA related functions and roles
Role and competency descriptions for common core for EA related functions
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GROUP C - EA CATEGORIES AND COMPETENCIES
CATEGORIES
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Analysis
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Systems thinking
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Modelling
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Risk identification and mitigation
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Debt management
Technical
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Fit
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Feature
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Function
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Feasibility
Financial
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Cost Benefit
Thinking
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Architectural
Architecture Disciplines
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Application technology
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Business information
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Operational management
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Asset management
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Change Management
COMPETENCIES
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Knowledge
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People skills
Skills
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Technology
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Professional
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Domain
Experience
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Technology
Character
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Way we do things
This wasn’t connected to anything
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Experience
Skills
Competency
Character
Knowledge
Effectiveness (getting the right things
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done right)
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