Workshop With Roger Sessions
Simple Architectures for Complex Enterprises; Reducing IT Cost and Failure by
Minimizing IT Complexity
Unchecked IT complexity is the largest single
contributor to IT failures. The IT industry is drowning in a sea of
complexity. Eliminate complexity and you can dramatically improve your
project’s chance for success.
The Simple Iterative Partitions (SIP) methodology
is the only methodology that focuses on eliminating complexity
from an architecture. Roger Sessions, the world’s leading expert in IT
complexity management, will teach the SIP methodology that can eliminate
IT cost overruns and failure rates while dramatically improving
reliability and system agility. This workshop can have a transformative
impact on your perspective of IT.
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Description
Attendees will learn to identify and quantify complexity in an IT
environment and to understand the principles and practice of removing
the complexity as applied to IT systems. Specifically, attendees will
learn:
• How to structure business architectures as the least complex possible
collection of autonomous business capabilities
• How to identify the hotspots of complexity that will yield the fastest
and highest payback from complexity analysis
• How to identify and resolve common patterns of IT systems failure
• How to reduce IT costs by attacking and removing complexity
• How to communicate effectively with colleagues, the business folks and
executive management about a simplicity-focused strategy
Top Of Page Outline of Workshop
- Introduction
- Some definitions
- Lab: Partitioning
- Cost of Complexity
- Theory of Complexity
- Calculating Complexity
- The Laws of Simplification
- Simplicity as an Architectural Deliverable
- Lab: Hands-on Simplicity
- The SIP Process
- Phase 1: SIP Introduction
- Phase 2: Partitioning
- Phase 3: Simplification
- Phase 4: Prioritization
- Phase 5: Design
- Phase 6: Delivery
- Deep Partitioning
- The Capabilities Layer (ABCs)
- The Services Layer (Software Fortresses)
- The Data Layer (Ownership and Sharing)
- Brownfield Applications
- Lab: SIP Analysis of Complexity Knots
- Greenfield Applications
- Lab: SIP Analysis of New Applications
- Common Mistakes
- Business function vs. IT function
- Synergistic placement
- Lab: Identifying Synergies
- The Governance of Complexity
- Combining SIP and Other Methodologies
- TOGAF
- RUP
- Evangelist Skills
- Consensus Building
- Describing Business Value
- Lab: Your elevator speech
- Parting Thoughts
Top Of Page Target Audience
This class is targeted at people who are responsible for the design,
maintenance, and strategic planning for large IT systems.
Prerequisites
Participants should have at least three years of experience as either
a Business Analyst, IT Analyst, IT Architect, Program Manager, or
similar experience with IT/business.
Duration
This workshop is two days, from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM.
Cost
$1,895 (USD)
Q1 2010 Workshop Schedule
- Jan 20-21 Houston, TX, USA
- Jan 26-27 Auckland, New Zealand
- Feb 17-18 New York City, NY, USA
- Mar 24-25 San Jose, CA, USA
For information on enrolling in any of our workshops, send email
to information at objectwatch.com.
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