Name: Business Architecture Best Practices
Start: 2026-02-09T13:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-02-12T17:00:00+00:00

Business Architecture is a critical discipline for organisations striving to achieve business agility, transformation, and innovation in an increasingly complex and competitive landscape. This in-house training is designed to equip professionals with the knowledge and practical skills necessary to implement Business Architecture principles in a structured and repeatable way. Based on the Business Architecture Guild’s BIZBOK® (Business Architecture Body of Knowledge) Guide and other well-established methodologies, this course provides a balanced combination of theoretical instruction and hands-on application through case studies and interactive workshops.

Led by Roger Burlton, an esteemed industry veteran and thought leader in the field, the training will guide participants through the essential aspects of Business Architecture. Attendees will gain a deep understanding of how their organisation delivers value, define and refine business operations, and align business resources for maximum efficiency and impact. Through a step-by-step exploration of core Business Architecture components—such as value streams, business capabilities, business processes, and governance—participants will develop a strong foundation to drive strategic initiatives and sustainable business transformation.

The course also delves into how Business Architecture interconnects with other enterprise disciplines, including IT enablement, business process management, business rules, and human competencies. By aligning business and IT strategies, professionals will be better positioned to create roadmaps that drive real business outcomes. Participants will also engage in hands-on workshops that help them assess their Business Architecture maturity, identify critical capabilities and priorities, and develop actionable strategies for their organisation’s success.

Whether you are looking to refine your strategic planning, drive business transformation, or improve decision-making, this course provides the essential frameworks, tools, and methodologies to make Business Architecture a core strength within your organisation.

Why Business Architecture?
Architecture Scoping and Value Chain Identification
Business Strategy Understanding
Framing the Strategy for Business Architecture Consumption
Business Object/Concept Modeling
Business Capabilities
Business Process Architecture
Alignment to Decisions and Business Rules
Business Performance Models
Alignment of Business Architecture with IT Enablement
Alignment with Human Competencies
Prioritization of Change: Heat Maps
Leveraging the Architecture into a Business Change Portfolio
Sustaining the Architecture through Governance
Summary

It is designed to benefit a wide range of professionals involved in planning, designing, and managing organisational change. It is also ideal for anyone who aims to build business capabilities to adapt and innovate continuously. Specific roles that may find this course especially beneficial include:

Business Architects: The course focuses on developing the essential skills and knowledge needed to adapt business models, design operational processes, and drive change effectively.
Business Analysts: Analysts will learn how to harness business architecture principles to better understand the interconnections between business elements and enable more efficient business changes.
Process Architects and Analysts: These professionals will benefit from learning how to design and implement more efficient business processes based on best practices in business architecture.
Enterprise Architects: This course can help Enterprise Architects understand the broader business context of their work and how to align technical solutions with business objectives.
Change Agents: Those tasked with driving change within an organization can learn how to leverage business architecture to facilitate smoother transitions and achieve business goals.
Strategic Planners: Understanding business architecture can help strategic planners create more effective, long-term plans that take into account the full scope of business operations and capabilities.
Business Managers: Managers at all levels can gain insights on how to better understand and optimize their business operations through the principles of business architecture.
Anyone preparing for Business Architecture certification: This course provides comprehensive coverage of the key concepts and practices that are likely to be included in most Business Architecture certification programs.

Roger Burlton

President

Process Renewal Group, Founder of BPTrends Associates

Roger is the president of Process Renewal Consulting Group Inc. He is also co-founder of BPTrends Associates; the services firm of the world-leading BPTrends.com knowledge portal. He started the pioneering Process Renewal Group (PRG) in 1993 and was at the forefront of process-centric ways of running businesses. He is regarded globally as a thought leader and dynamic practitioner who brings reason, clarity, and practicality to complex business architecture and business change. Roger's insights can be found in his acclaimed book: Business Process Management: Profiting from Process, the Business Process Manifesto, the Handbook on Business Process Management and numerous other publications including his articles featured on BPTrends.com. Roger chairs several of the largest and most influential Business Architecture and BPM conferences in the world and is a sought after speaker dealing with the tough issues of business change in a thought provoking and entertaining manner. A seasoned practitioner, Roger has conducted over 200 in depth consulting engagements with companies around the world and offers a pragmatic approach to helping clients to help themselves through supporting their strategy, architecture and transformation efforts. Roger is also a lecturer for senior year programs at the University of Toronto - Industrial Engineering faculty. Specialties: business case, business process, change management, customer relations, customer satisfaction, drivers, financial services, government, human resources, information technology, innovative, management consulting, marketing, organizational skills, performance management, process engineering, process management, statistics, strategic, strategic planning, telecommunications, workshops,