Storytelling & Facilitation

Architecture expertise is a necessary, but not sufficient condition for an archi­tecture practitioner to make an impact in the organization. As a matter of fact, enter­prise, business, and IT architects usually spend a significant amount of their work­ing hours on relationship manage­ment, consulta­tion, problem solving, and communi­cation. This is crucial to make people understand, accept, and participate in archi­tecture efforts. There­fore, archi­tecture practitioners are more than ever before required to wear differ­ent hats and, among others, be able to assume the roles of a marketeer and a sales specialist to a certain extent. At the same time, with the rising adoption of a more collaborative approach to enterprise architecture and business architecture, practi­tioners are in­creasingly asked to help balance things out and over­come conflicting interests. Essentially they are needed as facilitators and mediators.

We offer two dedicated training courses to help master the inter­per­sonal challenges that an archi­tecture practitioner faces. One course lets you dive into architecture story­telling, while the other one focuses on facilitation. Based on some methodical foun­da­tions, both courses come in hands-on formats that are highly practice oriented.