Are you a business analyst or business architect or an enterprise architect wondering how to get an enterprise business architecture certificate? And which organizations offer business architecture certification?

Of course, all education and learning is good and will help grow your body of knowledge about business architecture and capability modeling. Whether you need a business architecture certificate is a personal and professional decision.

There are two aspects to attaining business architecture certifications. Mastering the subject matter – theoretical underpinnings of enterprise business architecture, the associated business architecture frameworks, the metamodel, the ontology, the views, and the artifacts – is paramount. The latter aspect is the question of the business architecture certificate, its value, and whether it is essential to denote your mastery of the subject matter.

Business Architecture Knowledge Resources:

How to grow your body of knowledge about enterprise business architecture? The following are some resources to get you started, and they are not meant to be an exhaustive compendium of business architecture knowledge sources.

Business Architecture Guild offers BIZBOK, which is a helpful guide to the way business architecture guild defines business architecture.

Business Architecture Institute offers several articles and presentations encompassing a broad range of viewpoints and angles about the discipline of enterprise business architecture.

Cutter Consortium has some good content about enterprise and business architecture.

Several experts and authors penned blog posts and articles about business architecture. Nick Malik, Ralph Whittle, Jeff Scott, William Ulrich, and many others.

If your company has access, Forrester provides a playbook on business architecture.

Capstera published a list of business architecture books, which can be a good source of information.

Business Architecture Certificate: Places to get business architecture certification

If you have gained sufficient knowledge about enterprise business architecture and are looking to get a certificate in business architecture and related disciplines, here are some sources and resources. Please note that we do not endorse or in we are in no way be responsible or liable for the quality, the cost, and the relative value of any of these business architecture certificates. Please conduct your due diligence before embarking on a question to get certified in business architecture from these or any other sources.

Business Architecture Guild Certified Business Architect Program:

The program claims, “The Business Architecture Guild offers a certification program that measures a business architect’s competencies and confers the designation of Certified Business Architect (CBA)® to those individuals who demonstrate recognized proficiency. An individual who has passed the certification exam will be designated as a Certified Business Architect®”.

An exam of 150 questions follows self-study course material and preparation. 

According to the Business Architecture Guild: “The certification exam will consist of 150 questions drawn from industry literature, the Guild’s BIZBOK® Guide and practical application scenarios, presented in the following domains:

1. Business Architecture Foundational Concepts

2. Business Architecture Core Mapping Knowledge

3. Business Architecture Extended Mapping Knowledge

4. Business Architecture Alignment with Related Business Disciplines

5. Business Architecture & Business Performance Analysis

6. Business Architect Role

7. Business Architecture Governance

8. Business Architecture & IT Architecture Alignment

9. Business Architecture Situation & Scenario Usage

10.Business Architecture Infrastructure Management

Other Business Architecture Certificate Programs:

1. Object Management Group (OMG): OMG offers the Certified Business Architect (CBA) Program. It covers the key concepts of business architecture and helps to develop a comprehensive understanding of core business architecture principles. Link: https://www.omg.org/

2. European Business Architecture Community (EBAC): EBAC offers the Certified Business Architect program, covering a broad range of topics such as business strategy, process architecture, business capabilities, value streams, and business architecture governance. Link: https://www.ebac.network/

3. Association of Enterprise Architects (AEA): AEA offers the Certified Business Architect (CBA) credential. This program covers business strategy and planning, governance, business operations, and the alignment of business and IT. Link: https://www.globalaea.org/

4. B2B Learning: B2B Learning provides a Business Architecture Training and Certification program. This course offers an understanding of the key elements and techniques of business architecture. Link: https://www.b2blearning.eu/

5. Business Architecture Center of Excellence (BACOE): BACOE offers the Certified Business Architect (CBA) Program. The program focuses on providing business architects with a practical approach to the discipline. Link: https://www.bacoe.com/

6. Zachman International: The Zachman Framework for Enterprise Architecture is a schema – the intersection between two historical classifications that have been in use for literally thousands of years. They offer certification programs related to the framework. Link: https://www.zachman.com/

7. Sparx Systems: Sparx Systems provides robust tooling that supports end-to-end Business and IT modeling and delivers full lifecycle change management. Link: https://sparxsystems.com/

Business architecture is an evolving discipline, so the number of high-quality certifications is somewhat limited. In time, we predict there will be many more certifications for business architects in the art and craft of enterprise business architecture.

If you know of other reputable business architecture resources and business architecture certificates and certifications, please do drop a note.

While these are not as good as a business architecture certificate, the following products from Capstera could help: