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Information architecture as intensive master class

Characteristics of the intensive master class information architecture

Every six months, we start the extensive information architecture course, specifically aimed at the practical applications of the participants. The course is taught in 6 days (12 timeslots) and is spread over three months. The concept of this educational format makes demands from the participants and the teachers.

A team of four practically experienced teachers transmit the substance of the course by means of practical examples and exercises to you. The participants of this course have been or will soon be involved, in the development of architectures within their own company. We expect that they are currently employed as information architects, information analysts, information planners and that they can access company information on their informational policy.

Because the course participants have a similar background and work level a high quality of exchanging ideas is possible. The thinking and working level in this course is college level.

A maximum of 8 different real situations is taken up in the lessons as a result of which the mutual synergy is high. One gets the opportunity to learn from one another and to get to know the organizations concerned. Keeping track of the outcomes of the participants' work in their organizational situation and discussing steps in the progress with feedback from former presentations in mind and therefore learning continuously is one of the main objectives. This is especially stimulated by taking ones own practical situation to develop in the exercises as a guideline. This way a direct interaction between information architects of several organizations arises directly and the learning experiences can be converted to ones own business.

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Information architects learn especially by doing and evaluating their own work!

Feedback at ones own work is very educational! For this reason we bring together people who all are operative in the profession itself in this course. We teach a theory module after which everyone will carry out assignments in their own working environment with this knowledge and will bring the matter up for discussion and feedback. All lessons learned are brought back into the group and are discussed. Our workshop format in 6 meetings has proved to be very successful! As it should, since not only the teachers but also the participants have much relevant knowledge to share.

Content of this intensive Master class
The information architecture course in this intensive format starts with an orientation on information architecture and covers the different ways of thinking that exist at present and are used in practice.

Several time oriented theories are considered and the current position of theoretical concepts will come forward. Information architectures are considered from the viewpoint of the practical information architect. The subjects we will cover are:

· Theory and historical development of architectures

. Framework of John A. Zachmann, theory of Tapscott, ISP of James Martin and EASP of the META group

· Several contemporary architecture theories are treated from:

. organizational perspective, commercial perspective, information-oriented perspective and It-perspective

· Consistency between organization, strategy and company processes

· Information technical infrastructure

· information architecture as a link point between business and IT

· Alignment between information architecture, organization and infrastructure

· information vision and –planning within architectures

· Management at the several levels

· Conceptual modeling and used techniques in practice

· Standards

· IT government

· Scans and the Architecture Maturity Model

· Legacy problems and their solutions

· Change management, culture and competencies

· Architect as a profession, the roles and the professional attitude

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Architecture Business Processes and Information Science

Information architecture as intensive master class

Information architects learn especially by doing and evaluating their own work!

Content of this intensive Master class The information architecture course in this intensive format starts with an orientation on information architecture and covers the different ways of thinking that exist at present and are used in practice.

Several time oriented theories are considered and the current position of theoretical concepts will come forward. Information architectures are considered from the viewpoint of the practical information architect. The subjects we will cover are:

Content of this intensive Master class
The information architecture course in this intensive format starts with an orientation on information architecture and covers the different ways of thinking that exist at present and are used in practice.