Executive Programs

Business Analysis Certificate Program

Enterprise Transformation Analysis

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Program Overview

Terry College Executive Programs Enterprise Transformation Analysis illustration

Business transformation goes beyond process analysis and considers all aspects of the business, such as:

  • Business information
  • Business events
  • Socio-political considerations
  • Business locations
  • Business motivation

In most instances, business transformation also requires resolving significant conflict in priorities, perspectives, and personal interests. Further, successful business transformation requires:

  • Identifying initiatives that can be reasonably managed as projects.
  • An architecture that assures initiatives will ultimately integrate into a whole.
  • Governance mechanisms to prioritize, select and oversee the various initiatives.

Business analysis requires a strategic mindset shift across the organization: a renewed focus on maximizing delivery of business results and minimizing time to value.

Richard Branton
Vice President and Co-Founder
Advanced Strategies, BA World Atlanta 2007

This curriculum equips those leading cross-enterprise or single-function mission-critical efforts with the process, knowledge, and skills necessary to deal with the complexity of major initiatives and surface ways to foster innovation. It also equips the participants to lead successful change by addressing the underlying organizational and individual behavior changes that inevitably must be made to ensure a successful business transformation.

This course will provide you with 7 Continuing Education Units, 70 PMI PDUs and 70 IIBA Training Hours.

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Who should attend?

  • Graduates of the Business Process Analysis and Facilitation for Major Projects and Business Analysis Leadership certificate programs
  • Analysts who lead, and are responsible for, the outcome of enterprise analysis/transformation projects
  • Analysts and others who must handle political issues and diverse perspectives to arrive at a solution that is supported by all stakeholders and optimal for the business
  • Internal and external consultants
  • Those who are, or aspire to become, Business Transformation Analysts
  • Business and Enterprise Architects
  • Enterprise Portfolio Managers
  • Change Agents

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Prerequisite(s):

  • Certificate in Business Process Analysis and Facilitation for Major Projects
  • Certificate in Business Analysis Leadership

How will this benefit you and your organization?

Graduates will be prepared to:

  • Facilitate the development of a business strategy model to guide the organization toward its vision.
  • Apply the process, knowledge and skills they have learned throughout the complete set of certificate programs and bring value to the business as they navigate complex, high-profile projects.
  • Use models to elicit, document, and verify requirements in real time with business customers.
  • Lead stakeholders to consensus on potentially conflicting issues so there can be a shared understanding.
  • Create organizational readiness for change.
  • Create a business case to support the organization's executives in making critical decisions on transformational efforts.
  • Innovate to help the business reach its full potential by aligning work units with the higher levels of the organization, integrating work units across the organization, and optimizing individual work units.
  • Receive a Master Certificate in Enterprise Transformation Analysis.

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What topics are covered?

This curriculum equips attendees to:

  • Develop business architectures, identify the portfolio of initiatives necessary to deliver the functional needs and establish the mechanisms necessary to govern and manage the initiatives.
  • Work on projects that require an enterprise view of the business.
  • Facilitate the development of a business strategy model to serve as the basis for alignment and integration of future initiatives.
  • Facilitate the determination of functional needs (information, process, location, event, and socio-political) necessary to realize the overall business strategy.
  • Define the strategy necessary to change the culture, organizational practices and behavior in order to make way for successful transformation

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Faculty

Richard Branton

Richard is the Vice-President and Co-Founder of Advanced Strategies, Inc. which specializes in facilitating solutions in complex, political, and major transformation efforts for Fortune 500 and large government institutions. Richard has led the development of methodologies and training for business and technology transformation for Advanced Strategies, and prior to 1988 for Southern Company (one of the largest power generators in the nation). He is an acclaimed speaker, executive coach, and industry expert in business transformation and leadership, and has been inducted into the Information Users Association's Hall of Fame.

Edward L. Wynn, PMP

Ed has spent his almost twenty-year career successfully leading and managing IT and business projects at consulting firms, large government agencies and fortune 500 companies. After working as a Senior Project Manager/ Technical Lead Consultant with Price Waterhouse, Ed joined Advanced Strategies, Inc. in 1994, and is the custodian for advancing, documenting and training on Advanced Strategies' approaches for Project Management, Project Leadership, Soft Skills, and Facilitation. Ed has led many multi-million dollar business transformation initiatives.

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Duration and Costs?

  • Duration: 10 Days
  • Cost: $7,500

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Course Summaries

View Syllabus (PDF | 41 KB)

Week 1
Course Description Length
Business Strategy Modeling and Advanced Business Case Development Learn to facilitate the development and documentation of a business strategy model to guide the organization toward its vision. Includes creating a business case to support the organization's executives in making critical decisions on transformational efforts. 2 days
JDA Facilitation for Political or Complex Efforts JDA SM - pronounced "jad" - is an instrumented, structured approach used to derive consensus among a variety of participants representing multiple, and potentially conflicting perspectives and needs. Includes detailed, hands-on training in planning, conducting, and documenting JDA sessions. Includes applied facilitation exercises where each participant has the opportunity to facilitate. 3 days
Week 2
Course Description Length
Modeling Other Business Aspects Understand uses for, and basic concepts of, modeling other business aspects beyond business processes (i.e., business information, business events, business locations, and socio-political considerations). 2 days
Enterprise Architecture and Portfolio Management Learn how the organization's business strategy drives decisions about the formation of enterprise architecture; the development of project portfolios; governance, integration and alignment of the efforts within the portfolio; and ultimately transformation of the business itself. 2 days
Change Agency Business transformation efforts will fail without the willingness and commitment to change on the part of those affected. Covers the underlying changes required in environment and individual behavior to contribute to success of transformational efforts. Includes understanding how to create the most conducive environment for change. 1 day

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Registration Options

Please call 404-842-4853 if a discount applies.

U.S.
Date Location Registration More Info
October – November 2009
Week 1: October 5 - 9, 2009
Week 2: November 2 - 5, 2009		 Atlanta Register now Overview
October – November 2010
Week 1: October 18 - 22, 2010
Week 2: November 15- 19, 2010		 Atlanta Register soon Overview
International
Date Location Registration More Info
October – November 2009
Week 1: October 5 - 9, 2009
Week 2: November 2 - 5, 2009		 Atlanta Register now
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October – November 2010
Week 1: October 18 - 22, 2010
Week 2: November 15- 19, 2010		 Atlanta Register soon Overview

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CONTACT INFORMATION

Office of Executive Programs
Terry College of Business
University of Georgia
Executive Education Center
in Atlanta
One Live Oak Center
3475 Lenox Road
Atlanta, GA 30326
404-842-4853
404-842-4848 (fax)
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PROGRAM MANAGER

Christina Allen
110 E. Clayton Street
Suite 602
706-425-3051
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