Struggling To Understand How to Be an Architect within IT?
Learn the Practical steps. Become an accomplished Architect of IT.
Finding Practical Advice for Architects is hard!
Learn how to architect like a Pro and establish your own MVP Architecture Practice!
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You Can Become a Professional Architect in IT
Learn the foundations and use them to:
- Become a valued member of the team and across your business
- Understand Solution Architecture and how to provide consistent designs with proven templates and techniques
- Become a trained architect who understands how to ‘Do’
- Deliver real measurable value back to your organisation
- Establish your architectural practice through step-by-step guides
Yes, It Really Is Possible!
In the Practical EA MVP Beginners Guide, you’ll learn how to become a professional.
ENROLL NOW
In The Next 6 Months, You Could…
- Be Operating as a Solution Architect
- Be a Valued Member of the Architecture team
- Contributing to an Operating Architecture Practice
Learning from valuable experience in simple, step-by-step instructions is critical. We’ll cover it all in the Practical MVP Beginners Guide.
INTRODUCING
Practical MVP a Beginners Guide
Are You Ready To Take Control of Your Future?
This playbook will teach you everything you need to know to start operating as an IT architect. You’ll learn how to:
- Build and operate an EA practice
- Create and validate designs that will work
- Build trust across the IT Department and the Organisation
With some smart, practical practices, you could start adding real, measurable value for your organisation.
What's Included In The Course...
MODULE 1
Practical Enterprise Architecture Concepts
Understanding the fundamentals of the Enterprise Architecture is critical to understanding Operational Architecture:
- The value architects can bring
- What the key different specialisations of architects do
- How the different parts of architecture fit together
You’ll finish this module with a solid foundation for understanding what makes different architects and their focus.
MODULE 2
Establishing a Practical MVP Design Authority
The next step is to build an understanding of the fundamentals of an MVP Architecture Practice and the architectural artefacts that are generated:
- How to establish your MVP Design Authority
- Early-stage architecture that aligns the project
- Creating solution architecture and holding Design Reviews
You’ll finish this course with a series of practices and artefacts that support an MVP Enterprise Architecture Practice.
MODULE 3
Solution Architecture Concepts and Practices
Building an understanding of solution architecture :
- Understanding Architecture that supports IT Delivery
- Practical Solution Architecture within the PM Method
- Understanding Data Integration Architecture
You’ll finish this course with a series of practices and artefacts that support you in developing and validating solution architecture as part of the project team.
MODULE 4
How To Playbooks
To support your understanding, How-To playbooks that guide you every step of the way. In this course, you’ll learn:
- Consolidating your understanding by doing architecture in practice
- With simulated real-life examples based on a simulated company's problems
- How-To Guides cover all the key artefacts and practices
You’ll finish this course with a real understanding of how to 'Do' solution architecture yourself and with your team.
This Course Is For You If...
- You want to 'Learn' how to 'Understand' and 'Do' architecture
- You aren’t sure about how an Enterprise Architecture Practice works
- You want to deliver real value to your organisation
- You dream of being a trusted go-to architect
- You want to learn how others operate an Enterprise Architecture Practice
NICE TO MEET YOU
I'm Graham Davis
I am the Principal Enterprise Architect at PracticalEA.com
For more than 20 years, I have established and led Enterprise Architecture practices within some of Australia’s largest and most complex organisations. I have held accountability for the Enterprise Architecture function during the initial build of major capital programs, ensuring that architectural governance and delivery models were in place from day one.
While leading my second major capital project, I recognised that the development and management of architecture are not ad hoc or purely conceptual — they are systematic and repeatable. When supported by defined processes, clear artefacts, and enough disciplined governance, architecture can consistently deliver predictable quality and measurable outcomes.
Today, I apply these lessons to help technical professionals strengthen their architectural capability. I focus on enabling architects and aspiring architects to learn, understand, and practically apply architecture in real-world environments. One that delivers tangible value, scales appropriately, and aligns closely with organisational objectives.
"Practical EA cuts through the complexity of most architectural frameworks to get you managing your organisation's architecture and risk profile quickly and effectively."
- Evan Champion
“Practical EA helped me create a working Architecture Practice that has quickly enabled me to deliver value to my company.”
- Solution Architect
“Practical EA is a secret weapon for my team. We use the reference content and templates all the time.”
- Solution Architect
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Practical MVP a Beginners Guide
My Promise
If you aren’t completely satisfied with Practical MVP a Beginners Guide, let me know and I will seek to resolve problems.