Master Information Architecture:
Design, Model & Deliver Enterprise-Ready Information Structures
4.5-day practical course with proven techniques, real-world deliverables, and expert-led guidance
Techniques and Deliverables of Information Architecture
Who This Course Is For
This course is for professionals working with data and information at an enterprise level - including data and information architects, enterprise and business architects, senior analysts, and strategists.
It is also relevant for data managers, database and integration specialists, and governance, compliance, privacy, or security professionals involved in shaping or managing organisational data.
If you work with how information is structured, connected, or used across systems and business domains, this course is for you.
What You’ll Gain from This Course
✔ Connect levels of design
Link conceptual, logical, and physical models into a coherent whole.
✔ Design for real-world systems
Support digital products, platforms, and data-driven services.
✔ Work with modern data technologies
Understand when to apply approaches like big data, NoSQL, and semantic models.
✔ Align business and IT
Create a shared understanding of data across technical and business teams.
✔ Stronger data foundations
Build robust structures for managing and exploiting enterprise data.
✔ Practical modelling skills
Apply proven techniques to real-world information challenges.
What Past Delegates Say
““Good coverage of conceptual and logical modeling.”
“Semantic Technologies and Open Data were mind blowing. Lots of commercial potential.”
“I am from a relational background. Now I get what the No-SQL movement is about.”
“Domain modeling provides great easy technique to understand data at a business level.”
“Liked the coverage of big data and visualization.”
“I previously battled to get training to feel competent as an information architect. This has really helped!”
“Meta data importance came home to me.””
Why Inspired?
Delegates will benefit from the expertise of the course leader and his team at Inspired. The course will be led by Graham McLeod, Owner and Chief Architect of Inspired.org. Graham has worked in industry for 40+ years and academia for 12+ (in parallel). He has experienced first hand the difficulties of really doing thorough analysis under pressure in many industries globally, including banking, assurance, healthcare, telecoms, education, energy, administration, retail, services and others. He has taught strategy, business and enterprise architecture and other techniques at leading universities and international conferences. He has led the development of unique techniques, models and tools at Inspired for over two decades. He is uniquely qualified to share experience and techniques that you can rapidly apply. He is passionate about his subject and a great teacher. We may also have expert guest lecturers on selected topics. These are carefully chosen to ensure high levels of expertise and stimulating delivery.
Unique content shared will include:
Inspired approach to identifying subject areas and building Domain Models as a common “Rosetta Stone” between business and technical areas
Advanced Conceptual Modelling techniques that go beyond Entity Relationship Diagrams and UML Static Structure Models
Semantic Technologies and their impact on commercial applications
Digital Disruption and the role of Data
Maturity and Industry Reference Models
Requirements definition
Use of patterns
Interface and integration options
Relevant latest Technology & choice criteria
Typical Coverage
The course provides a set of techniques which assist the information architect in understanding the context, the challenges, the opportunities, the risks and the strategic options of an enterprise’s use and exploitation of data and fashioning a coherent architecture and plan to realise the organisation’s vision with respect to data, information and knowledge.
Rich use of examples and selected short videos stimulate delegates to think beyond the norm and out of the box. We will tap delegates into sources of information for ongoing enrichment as well.
Case study work in small teams allows delegates to perform analysis and devise architectures and strategies. Teams compete and learn from each other before experiencing another facet of the challenge.
The course stresses holistic consideration and the interplay of many facets that affect the outcome of architecture decisions.
Course content includes (subject to change) detailed coverage of data, information and knowledge architecture, including:
Provided Materials
Delegates will be provided with high quality notes and links to media and references to pursue further study.
Platform
To support learning, we use the Ruzuku course delivery platform. This allows us to provide course overviews, online enrolment and payment, online course structure and progress tracking, forums for student collaboration, recorded session videos and support materials such as white papers, readings, example models and video clips.
We make use of Zoom for live lectures with rich student interaction via video, audio, screen sharing, break-away rooms and chat facilities. Students will need a PC / Mac / high end tablet and a reliable Internet connection to participate.
We will share examples in our enterprise level enterprise modelling and knowledge management platform: Enterprise Value Architect (EVA) to demonstrate what an integrated tooling environment can achieve. Of course, techniques can also be supported by other competent toolsets.
Pricing
Being based in a developing economy region (South Africa) we are acutely aware of the difficulty of paying for world class tuition in devalued currency. Accordingly we have two tier pricing for the course:
| Location | Cost (before taxes) |
|---|---|
| Developing Economies | ZAR 22 932 / USD 1 562 |
| Developed Economies | USD 2 348 |
If you are unsure of your current economy’s status, please refer to the full country lists.
Both of these provide exceptional value when you consider the career development and improved strategic leverage of data and information that result.
Enrol Now
Current scheduled instances below. Please choose one to reserve your place.
Please contact us if you want to arrange an in-person or in-house course and we will review the request.
Still Have Questions?
Not sure whether this training is suited to your role/organisation/experience?
Please use the form below to subscribe to updates, ask us anything or have us contact you for a discussion. Alternatively, book a call and we can discuss further, and find the right match for your needs.