Competences

Pillar 1

Purpose:
Define what it means to be a Digital Architect in responsibility terms.

This is a synthesis of the different industry models regarding Digital Architecture Competences.

Will include the following content:

• Role definition
  • Distinction between Profile and Role
• Decision rights
  • Multiple Governance Models
• Accountability
  • According to the eCF deliverables list
• Proficiency Levels
  • eCf Self Assesment (two types of architects: Enterprise and System)
  • Details about the 3 eCF dimentions 5 competence areas, 40 competences and 5 levels of professionalism
  • eCF Deliverables set with 77 deliverables (2018 edition)
• Alignment with:
  • European Skills Dataspace
  • eCF / KWIV
  • TOGAF
    • 6 Types of Architect Roles (
    • DPBOK
  • SABSA
    • CyBOK
  • IT4IT
  • SAFE
  • Communities of Practice
    • Enterprise Architecture Center of Excellence (EACOE) with a terrible definition of Business Architect (= Enterprise Architect = Manager = Modeler)

This answers:

“What am I responsible for as a Digital Architect?”

This is normative and structural.

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