1. DoD Architecture Education & Training DoD CIO Architecture Standards & Interoperability Directorate August 12, 2010

2. DoD Architecture Education & Training
The DoD Architecture Education & Training program promotes the development of the current and future DoD architecture workforce against a set of standards through career development, education, training, and certification as appropriate to enable DoD architects and systems engineers to support net-centric Enterprise Architecture. 2 2

3. DoD Architecture Education & Training
DoD Architecture Education & Training Strategic Plan
DoD DKO Architecture Education & Training Web Site
The Architect Competencies Framework
EA Education & Training Initiatives
Community Outreach 3 3

4. DoD Architecture Education & Training Strategic Plan
Establish EA workforce tier levels
Identify core competencies and KSAs
Create standardized educational and training curricula and requirements
Create a collaborative, knowledge sharing process
Develop delivery and implementation plan

5. DKO Architecture Education & Training Web Site
Venue to provide collaborative, knowledge sharing process
Contents include white papers, training opportunities, conferences

6. The Architect Competencies Framework
Collaborative effort to map competencies, KSAs, and activities/outcomes to each other
Beneficiaries
Employees
Supervisors
Hiring Managers/HR Specialists
Program Managers

7. DoD Architecture Education & Training
DoD must identify Architect’s opportunities for Education & Training
Identifies core KSAs Architects must have to be able to design, develop, and deliver DoD architectures that enable senior leader decision making and engineering design
Analyze and define the types of architecture training at different levels of architecture
DoD – IT Architects Career Path–Architects Series
Define a certification requirement and process 7

8. IRMC/NDU EA Foundational Course
Multiple sessions offered each year
Two full weeks of in class training + project work
Promotes consistent education and training of the EA workforce

9. Community Outreach
Community outreach and collaboration is a vital commitment of the DoD
The knowledge, experience, and passion of the EA Community is an extraordinary resource

10. The overall goal of the IT Enterprise Architecture Education & Training Program is the enhanced education and training for improved development of the architecture workforce.