The Associate Certified Enterprise Architect (ACEA) Green Belt program is a competency-based certification designed to equip professionals with the knowledge and skills to apply Enterprise Architecture (EA) methodologies to real-world challenges. This program fosters expertise in enterprise transformation, strategic planning, architecture modeling, and decision-support analysis to help organizations maximize the value of EA.

The program emphasizes hands-on application, requiring participants to work on real-life EA projects, modeling exercises, and analytical assessments. Graduates earn the ACEA Green Belt certification, demonstrating their ability to lead EA initiatives, align architecture with business strategy, and provide critical decision-support analysis.

• Practical Application: Participants engage in real-world EA projects to develop skills in:
• Requirements gathering and modeling
• Business process improvement
• Technical architecture development
• Cost-benefit and trade-space analysis
• Strategic planning and decision support
• Comprehensive Learning Structure: The program comprises five focus areas covering the full spectrum of EA competencies.
• Capstone Practicum & Thesis: Participants will develop and present a fully integrated enterprise architecture model to demonstrate their expertise.

With our competency-based program, you develop a real-life practicum that not only is the basis for your certification but gives you the skill and confidence necessary to add immediate value to yourself.

Description:

Introduces Enterprise Architecture as a discipline, covering foundational theories, industry frameworks (e.g., DoDAF, FEAF, Unified Architecture Framework, Zachman Framework®), and their role in enterprise decision-making and transformation.

Learning Outcomes:

• Understand the core principles of EA as a decision-support tool.
• Differentiate between various EA frameworks and methodologies.
• Understand the role of the Enterprise Architect in managing complexity and change.
• Develop an understanding of architecture viewpoints, models, and governance.

Description:

Explores EA models and artifacts, detailing how to apply modeling techniques for business, data, application, and technology architecture.

Learning Outcomes:

• Identify key architecture viewpoints and models and their relevance to stakeholders.
• Utilize modeling notations and techniques
• Select the appropriate frameworks and methodologies for business and IT alignment.

Description:

Address how to use a structured approach to defining a given enterprise challenge and identify models that deliver stakeholder decision insight. Participants learn how to plan AS IS and TO BE architecture efforts using the Just Enough Architecture (JEA) principle.

Learning Outcomes:

• Map model and architecture elements to discrete stakeholder concerns.
• Conduct gap analysis between current and future state architectures.
• Learn how to create architecture roadmaps and integrate them into architecture description.

Description:

This section focuses on advanced EA modeling techniques, integrating business, data, application, and technology layers for comprehensive analysis and decision-making.

Learning Outcomes:

• Develop integrated EA models for holistic enterprise analysis.
• Perform quantitative and qualitative EA assessments (e.g., cost-benefit analysis, performance metrics).
• Analyze trade-offs and decision impacts using EA models.
• Understand the integration of EA with AI, automation, and emerging technologies.

The ACEA Green Belt program is designed for:

• Enterprise Architects looking to advance their EA expertise.
• IT & Business Leaders seeking to integrate EA with organizational strategy.
• Government & Defense Professionals working with DoDAF, FEAF, and other federal EA frameworks.
• Project Managers & Business Analysts aiming to incorporate EA into decision-making.
• IT & Systems Engineers who need to understand the architectural impact of technology decisions.

FEAC has been delivering the rigorous, competency-based Associate Certified Enterprise Architect (ACEA) Green Belt certification for over 25 years. Enterprise Architects all over the world have reaped the benefits of this program, whether required by their organizations or just adding value to their portfolio. Here are some of the things you get: