We provide two types of Mentoring Subscriptions, which differ based on the level of commitment you want from us. Both services are 12 months in length and both provide specific, in-context mentoring, related to your specific challenges.
These challenges might include:
- ‘Restarting’ an EA effort;
- Establishing an effective cost-containment plan;
- Improving IT Governance;
- Demonstrating the value of IT to executives;
- Initiating a Business Architecture effort;
- Building internal support;
- Establishing a PMO;
- Establishing formal EA processes;
- Launching an effective Innovation strategy;
- Developing an effective communications plan;
- Integrating EA or PMO with overall IT governance;
- A need for expert review of deliverables and other artifacts;
- Identifying critical success factors;
- Integrating SOA;
- Updating a technology strategy;
- Communicating ‘future state’ and its implications to line managers;
- Overcoming cultural barriers including NIH and vendor-specific dogmas; etc
Teaming Relationship
The Teaming Relationship is a 12-month subscription agreement that provides intense, ongoing, proactive support of our Clients and features:
- Dedicated Mentor – committed to building a deep, personal relationship
- Weekly Teleconference – Dedicated Mentor discusses and prescribes actions for improvement with Chief Architect, EA Team or other relevant audiences
- 4 Full-Day On-Site Meetings (travel expenses paid by client)
- Document Review – Your Dedicated Mentor will review and comment on your team’s deliverables and artifacts
- Ad hoc Telephone Inquiry – you have direct access to your Dedicated Mentor
Coaching Relationship
The Coaching Relationship is a 12-month subscription agreement that provides on-going support to our Client at very low-cost and is targeted at Clients responsible for a relatively mature activity. Typically, these Clients want a trusted advisor who can help them fine tune their operations and act as a sounding board. The Coaching Relationship features:
- Dedicated Mentor – committed to building a deep, personal relationship
- Weekly Teleconference – Dedicated Mentor discusses and prescribes actions for improvement with Chief Architect, EA Team or other relevant audiences
- 1 Full-Day On-Site Meeting (travel expenses paid by client)
- Defined Ad hoc Telephone Inquiry and Document Review – direct access to your Dedicated Mentor for up to 2 additional hours per month