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Society for the Certification of Information Architects

Stichting ter Certificatie van Informatie Architecten

Education for Architects

This page contains lists of courses etc.especially relevant for Architects. The following institutes are listed (in alphabetical order):

A/I/M BV, Rotterdam
Euroforum
ISES International BV, Zaltbommel
Stichting PATO, Den Haag
Jaap van Rees, Rotterdam

Institute	Course name	Language	Remarks
A/I/M bv	Informatie Architectuur in de Praktijk	Dutch, English, German	6 days (in 2 or 3 months), possible in-house Broad course on the relevant architectures with a full introduction of the Information Architecture. Assignments based on the practice of the student. MBA-level course. Positive reactions from students. Relevant for all architects, especially developed for information architects
A/I/M bv	Architectuur in Gemeenten	Dutch	6 days (in 2 or 3 months), possible in-house Contents comparable to "Informatie Architectuur in de Praktijk" directed towards Dutch Municipalities. Positive reactions from students. Relevant for all architects, especially developed for municipal information architects
A/I/M bv	Appreciatie Informatie Architectuur	Dutch, English, German	2 days, possible in-house Appreciation course on architectures. During day 1 the concepts are presented and discussed, during day 2 free format presentations on the subjects relevant to the attending students. Positive reactions from students. Relevant for all architects (managers, architects, analists, consultants, designers etc)
A/I/M bv	Schriftelijk: Informatie Architectuur in de Praktijk	Dutch	Correspondence Course, 8 lessons + 1/2 day closing meeting Broad course on the relevant architectures with a full introduction of the Information Architecture. E-mail assignments based on the practice of the student. Positive reactions from students. Relevant for all architects, especially developed for information architects
	De praktijk van Architectuur & ICT	Dutch	3* 2 days Students learn about: business development based on the use of Technology (IT) development of a process architecture based on value chains and IT support how to develop an optimal support (alignment) for business processes by information systems (information and application architectures) Positive reactions from students. Relevant for IT-architects and IT-Business architects, of interest to information architects.
	Enterprise Applicatie Integratie met Middleware	Dutch	2 days Students learn from 4 specialists from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and CIBIT: middleware technology, EAI related to component based development, B2B integration, integration middleware and architecture & implementation Relevant for IT-architects and IT-Business architects.
	Business architectuur in ICT-context (BA)	Dutch	4* 6 dayparts (2 days + evenings), possible in-house Material based on Tapscott/Caston model. The 5 architectures are presented and discussed, Includes architecture integration, management of change and the architecture process. No reactions of students known. Relevant for all architects ((among others) managers, architects and consultants)
	Informatie systeem architectuur (ISA)	Dutch	4 days Students learn how to design an information-system-architecture. Subject of this course is the way interrelated information systems can be realised to make information available in organisations. No reactions of students known. Relevant for IT-architects and IT-Business architects (architects, information analists and functional system designers)
	Software Architectuur (SWA)	Dutch	4 days Students learn to choose between styles in software-architecture based on business- and quality-requirements. Based on the work of Prof. Jan Bosch. No reactions of students known. Relevant for IT-architects (system- and software-architects, technical- and systems-designers).
Stichting PATO	Middleware voor gedistribueerde objecten. Corba: theory, practice and future	Dutch	2 days Students learn why the corba model is developed, and the use of middleware technology ; what the technical content is of the Corba services and how to develop a simple application using Corba. Relevant for IT-Architects
Stichting PATO	Trends in databases and business intelligence	Dutch	2 days Students learn to value the latest database trends and evaluate the possibilities and relevance for the own organisation as to tactical and strategical use of patterns and relation in the businessdata. Accent in the course will be more on the what and why and lesser on the why questions. Relevant for: IT-Architects (ICT-consultants and managers)
Stichting PATO	Security and applied cryptography	Dutch	2 days Students learn when and how a security measurement will solve your problem in this area and how new advanced cryptographical techniques will enable you to develop new services. Relevant for: IT-Architect (Project Architects and IT-architects confronted with security issues in a technical background)
Stichting PATO	Design of Software Architectures	Dutch	3 days Students learn methods and techniques to be able to convert demands into qualitative software architectures. Relevant for IT-Business Architects and IT-Architects (software architects, software designersand programmers)
Jaap van Rees	Modulaire Leergang Informatie-Architect	Dutch	4+4+6+4 = 18 days Students learns what an information architect is and what he or she can do. Relevant for Information Architects and IT-Business Architects

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If you have suggestions for relevant education for architects, please contact the SCIA Secretariat

Courses can be added to this page for free under the following conditions:

SCIA has sufficient insight in the course material.
The courses are relevant to (enterprise) information, business and IT architects

Student reactions are only added if SCIA is sure they represent the real opinion of the student.

Last updated: May 29th, 2004

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