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Digital Roadmapping with Enterprise Architecture

Empowering Developers, Architects, IT Professionals, Project Managers, and Business Leaders: Unleash Architectural Excellence in the Cloud Era

Join us for a comprehensive two-day boot camp where you will delve into the world of Enterprise Architecture (EA) and learn how to create a roadmap for successful digital transformation. Through in-depth discussions, practical exercises, and real-world case studies, this immersive training will equip you with the knowledge and skills to master EA frameworks like TOGAF, the Zachman Framework, and the Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework (FEAF). Discover how to bridge the gap between your current state and desired future state by developing a step-by-step roadmap and unlocking the potential of cloud adoption frameworks and SAFe Agile Enterprise Architecture to implement your strategy in the cloud.

In this two-day talk, you'll embark on a transformative journey to become a proficient Enterprise Architect. Led by expert Rohit Bhardwaj, this immersive boot camp is designed to provide a comprehensive understanding of Enterprise Architecture principles and their application in building a robust IT strategy aligned with your business goals. Throughout the sessions, you'll gain practical insights into crafting baseline and target architectures using renowned frameworks like TOGAF, the Zachman Framework, and the Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework (FEAF). By comparing and contrasting these frameworks, you'll learn how to leverage their strengths to create a tailored roadmap for your organization's digital transformation.

Day 1 will focus on establishing a solid foundation in Enterprise Architecture. You'll explore crucial topics such as business architecture, data architecture, and information system architecture through engaging presentations and interactive exercises. Dive into capability mapping, process mapping, value streams, and customer journeys to uncover the critical components of a successful digital transformation enterprise architecture. Gain expertise in managing application portfolios, implementing data governance, and ensuring compliance with data privacy regulations. Leave day one armed with the skills to craft a comprehensive digital transformation roadmap and drive architectural excellence within your organization.

On day 2, the focus will shift to implementing your architecture strategy in the cloud. Navigate the AWS Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF 3.0), Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure, and Google Cloud Adoption Framework to leverage the power of cloud technologies. Learn how to build a cloud-native architecture that maximizes scalability, flexibility, and security. Discover the SAFe Agile Enterprise Architecture approach and its role in guiding the digital transformation journey. Engage in exercises that enable you to choose the most suitable cloud migration strategies, establish effective governance structures, and implement change management practices.

Throughout this two-day deep dive, you'll be empowered to lead architecture strategy, governance, portfolio management, architecture review boards, and technology lifecycles for large-scale projects. By adopting cloud technologies and embracing a cloud-native architecture vision, you'll be equipped to navigate the complexities of digital transformation confidently. The comprehensive training provides a holistic understanding of Enterprise Architecture and the practical skills to create a technology roadmap that drives sustainable success in the digital era.

This talk is ideal for individuals seeking to align their IT strategy with business goals, leverage Enterprise Architecture for digital transformation, and implement architecture strategies in the cloud. Whether you're an IT professional, architect, project manager, or business leader, this two-day boot camp will equip you with the knowledge and skills to master Enterprise Architecture and become a catalyst for transformative change within your organization. Join us now to unlock the full potential of Enterprise Architecture in shaping your organization's future.


About Rohit Bhardwaj

Rohit Bhardwaj is a Director of AI & Data Architecture at Salesforce, where he focuses on enterprise AI, agentic systems, cloud-native architecture, distributed systems, data platforms, security, and large-scale transformation.

Over his career, Rohit has designed and led complex enterprise platforms across AWS, Google Cloud, microservices, real-time data, API ecosystems, resilient distributed systems, and AI-enabled architectures. His work increasingly focuses on the challenges enterprises face as software evolves from deterministic services to AI-native and agentic systems—particularly around reliability, governance, evidence, security, observability, cost, and safe autonomy.

Rohit is the author of System Design with AI Interview Guide: Designing Scalable, Agentic, and Defensible Systems, published by Apress. The book presents a modern approach to system design covering scalability, distributed systems, AI architecture primitives, security, reliability, economics, agentic systems, and real-world architectures including e-commerce, ride sharing, payments, fraud detection, messaging, video streaming, file storage, and search. (Springer Link)

Book:
Amazon: https://a.co/d/09Zs1twa
Publisher / Springer Nature: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/979-8-8688-2782-2
O'Reilly: https://learning.oreilly.com/library/view/system-design-with/9798868827822/ 

Rohit is also an O’Reilly instructor and a frequent speaker at technology conferences including No Fluff Just Stuff, UberConf, GIDS, and other international events. His talks focus on practical architecture lessons from building and operating complex systems, including AI control planes, trusted agents, inference at scale, evidence-first RAG, AI security, distributed-system failure, and AI-era software architecture.

As a trusted advisor and architecture leader, Rohit works at the intersection of business strategy and deep technical architecture—helping teams translate complex business problems into scalable, resilient, secure, and economically sustainable systems.

Rohit holds an MBA in Corporate Entrepreneurship from Babson College and graduate-level education in Computer Science from Boston University and Harvard University.

Connect with Rohit:
LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/rohit-bhardwaj-cloud
X / Twitter: @rbhardwaj1

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