Certificate in Enterprise Architecture at National Defense University
The Enterprise Architecture (EA) Certificate builds competencies to enable agencies to meet their Clinger-Cohen Act responsibilities for “developing, maintaining, and facilitating the implementation of sound and integrated information technology architecture.” The program provides graduate-level education organized around seven core EA competencies determined by the Federal CIO Council. EA Certificate students develop skills in both policy and technical aspects of developing, implementing, and maintaining an EA. They also are enabled to apply EA concepts and processes to support strategic planning and realize organizational and process transformation. The EA Certificate is a specialty in the Government Strategic Leader Master of Science Degree .
Students may apply their certificates, equivalent to at least 15 graduate-level credit hours, toward selected master’s or doctoral degree programs at several partner institutions of higher education.
Certificate students learn EA development approaches to achieve mission improvement and business value rapidly, aid development of business cases, and implement strategies to achieve sustained interoperability.
Enterprise Architecture Certificate graduates understand and can implement a variety of approaches, methods, techniques, and work products to facilitate cross-boundary leadership, such as: