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SUMMARY: Associate Course: Information Architecture
LOCATION: Online - Web/Virtual Meetings


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 - IASA: http://www.iasaglobal.org
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DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE: The Information Architect has mastered the management of information across and within their industry. They work to ensure that information is used to the best advantage of their organization or customer, and that expected information quality attribute levels are achieved.  =0D=0A=0D=0AIasa Information Architect Training provides a platform from which professional information architects develop advanced skills in information management and business technology strategy. By the end of this course, students will be equipped with the necessary skills, frameworks and tools required to facilitate successful management and development of information systems. =0D=0A=0D=0ACourse Pricing & Delivery Information =0D=0A=0D=0A  =0D=0A=0D=0AThe course pricing below includes the Information Architect exam fee ($300) value. When =0D=0A=0D=0Ataking a course onsite, the exam is offered in the afternoon the last =0D=0A=0D=0Aday of class. 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By the end of this module, participants will have the knowledge and ability to: =0D=0A=0D=0A             =0D=0A=0D=0A            • Provide leadership in information design, usage, storage and retrieval. =0D=0A=0D=0A             =0D=0A=0D=0A            • Participate in governance mechanisms and ensure that deliveries exceed governance standards. =0D=0A=0D=0A             =0D=0A=0D=0A            • Address information reusability and services. =0D=0A=0D=0A             =0D=0A=0D=0A            • Develop technical solutions that conform to both customer requirements and information development standards. =0D=0A=0D=0A             =0D=0A=0D=0A             =0D=0A=0D=0A            Certification Preparation: =0D=0A=0D=0A            The Iasa Associate Certification (IAC) credential is awarded to those who qualify based on a combination of criteria including education, experience and test-based examination of professional knowledge of architectural skills and management. =0D=0A=0D=0A            The IAC test for the software architect specialization is based on curriculum from this course and the Iasa Associate Business Technology Strategy training course.  =0D=0A=0D=0A            Who Should Attend? =0D=0A=0D=0A            Iasa Associate courses provide superior learning opportunities that will enable you to harness the power of architecture. All enterprise and technology architects and strategists will benefit from the concepts presented in these courses. =0D=0A=0D=0A            Cancellation Policy: Click here =0D=0A=0D=0A              =0D=0A=0D=0A             =0D=0A=0D=0A         =0D=0A=0D=0A     =0D=0A=0D=0A =0D=0A=0D=0ASyllabus =0D=0A=0D=0AModule 1: Information for Business =0D=0A=0D=0A =0D=0A=0D=0ALesson 1 – Information as Strategy  =0D=0A=0D=0ALesson 2 – Relating Information to Value  =0D=0A=0D=0ALesson 3 – Information Scope and Governance  =0D=0A=0D=0AModule 2: Information Usage  =0D=0A=0D=0A =0D=0A=0D=0ALesson 1 – Who Uses Your Information  =0D=0A=0D=0ALesson 2 – How, When, Where and Why is Information Used  =0D=0A=0D=0ALesson 3 – Form Factors  =0D=0A=0D=0A• Mobile devices =0D=0A=0D=0A• Non-Tradition =0D=0A=0D=0ALesson 4 – Usage Design 1 =0D=0A=0D=0A• Research =0D=0A=0D=0A• Strategize =0D=0A=0D=0A• Design/Document =0D=0A=0D=0AWorkshop – usability/focus group workshop - How to go through iterations with our stakeholders to find out what they need, how they (stakeholders) think they are going to use it and eventually give feedback and recommendations on the final what, where, how and when of the deliverable. =0D=0A=0D=0ALesson 5 – Quality Attributes for Information Architecture =0D=0A=0D=0ALesson 6 – Data Tools and Frameworks =0D=0A=0D=0A• Technology Platforms and Frameworks =0D=0A=0D=0A• Technology and Platform Selection =0D=0A=0D=0A• Managing your architect toolset =0D=0A=0D=0A• Six Sigma, Lean =0D=0A=0D=0AModule 3: Data Integration =0D=0A=0D=0A =0D=0A=0D=0ALesson 1: Integrating at the Company Level  =0D=0A=0D=0A• Mergers and Acquisitions =0D=0A=0D=0A• Partner Network =0D=0A=0D=0A• Multinational Corporations =0D=0A=0D=0ALesson 2: Data Characteristics =0D=0A=0D=0A• Linear/Non-linear =0D=0A=0D=0A• Synchronous/Asynchronous =0D=0A=0D=0A• Relational/non-relational =0D=0A=0D=0A• Structured/unstructured =0D=0A=0D=0A• Size =0D=0A=0D=0A• Format (i.e. stream, file etc.) =0D=0A=0D=0A• Public/NPI =0D=0A=0D=0A• Encoding (base64, utf-8, binary, etc.) =0D=0A=0D=0ALesson 3: Data Integration at the System level  =0D=0A=0D=0AModule 4: Data Quality and Governance =0D=0A=0D=0A =0D=0A=0D=0ALesson 1 – Data and Information Quality  =0D=0A=0D=0A• Information Quality =0D=0A=0D=0A• Balancing Quality Attributes =0D=0A=0D=0A• Profiling and Metrics =0D=0A=0D=0ALesson 2: Data Compliance  =0D=0A=0D=0A• Business impact =0D=0A=0D=0A• Regulatory compliance =0D=0A=0D=0A• Privacy =0D=0A=0D=0A• Trade agreements =0D=0A=0D=0ALesson 3 – Data and Information Governance  =0D=0A=0D=0AModule 5: Advanced Information Management =0D=0A=0D=0A =0D=0A=0D=0ALesson 1: Data Warehousing =0D=0A=0D=0ALesson 2: Business Intelligence  =0D=0A=0D=0ALesson 3: Data Security and Privacy =0D=0A=0D=0ALesson 4: Metadata and Taxonomy Management  =0D=0A=0D=0ALesson 5: Knowledge Management  =0D=0A=0D=0AInstructor =0D=0A=0D=0A Tom Thomas: =0D=0A=0D=0ATom Thomas is a professional IT architect with over 15 years experience conceptualizing, designing, building, deploying and maintaining customer focused enterprise data driven applications and systems.  =0D=0A=0D=0A =0D=0A=0D=0AHe has experience working directly with government, financial, real estate, hospitality and retail segments. He also has expertise in software architecture, information architecture, project management, team building, database design, SOA, agile development, collaborative development environments, data driven applications, UI/UX design and rapid prototyping.  =0D=0A=0D=0A 
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