National CAE Designated Institution
  • Online, Instructor-Led
Course Description

The Master of Professional Studies Program in Enterprise Architecture (MPS/EA) is a unique program designed for professionals aspiring to advance to roles with enterprise wide scope and authority, such as that embodied by an enterprise architect. The MPS/EA provides a comprehensive educational experience in the principles and practice of Enterprise Architecture (EA) and integrates both business and enterprise technical knowledge. The program includes courses in project management, enterprise architecture, cost and value management, organizations, business and project strategy, enterprise modeling, the layers of the enterprise information technology architecture, enterprise architecture case studies, scholarship in enterprise architecture, and leadership, governance and change for enterprise architecture.

Learning Objectives



The objectives are:

  1. a clear understanding of the strategic requirements of the enterprise;
  2. models of the future state, which illustrate what the enterprise should look like across all viewpoints in support of the business strategy;
  3. a road map of the change initiatives required to reach that future state;
  4. the requirements, principles, standards, and guidelines that will steer the implementation of change initiatives.

Framework Connections

The materials within this course focus on the NICE Framework Task, Knowledge, and Skill statements identified within the indicated NICE Framework component(s):

Specialty Areas

  • Strategic Planning and Policy
  • Systems Architecture
  • Systems Development
  • Systems Requirements Planning
  • Vulnerability Assessment and Management

Specialty Areas have been removed from the NICE Framework. With the recent release of the new NICE Framework data, updates to courses are underway. Until this course can be updated, this historical information is provided to give better context as to how it can help you with your cybersecurity goals.

Feedback

If you would like to provide feedback for this course, please e-mail the NICCS SO at NICCS@hq.dhs.gov.