Professional support, training and consulting for the Essential Project are available through Enterprise Architecture Solutions (EAS) and accredited consultancies. Free support is also available from other members of the project via the Essential Forum.

Professional Support and Consulting

Support and consulting services can provide support to help your Enterprise Architecture initiatives make the best use of the Essential Project tools. Examples of the consulting and support services offered include:

EA Consulting Services

• EA capability development
• Business/IS Strategy development
• Business/IS Architecture design

Essential Technical Services

• Essential installation and configuration
• Essential view design and  development

Essential EA Modelling Services

• Modelling current and future business/IS architectures
• Practical application of the Essential Project tools to meet specific objectives, such as 
  • Business and IT strategy development and management
  • Solution architecture design
  • Project / programme management
  • Application/technology rationalisation and cost reduction
  • Strategic application and technology selection
  • Legacy transitioning and decommissioning
  • Outsourcing / "rightsourcing" strategy development
  • IT governance
• Enterprise architecture process and organisation design (including ongoing mentoring and support)
• Cleansing and importing existing content (e.g. documents, spreadsheets, presentations)
• Synchronising content with existing content sources (e.g. CMDB, CASE tools)

If you require professional services or consultancy, please complete the Services Enquiry form.

Essential Training

Training in the Essential Project is provided by EAS, our sponsor.  There are a number of different options available:-

• Open courses – a standard five day course for individuals from end user client organisations or consultancies.
• Client courses –dedicated to one end user client organisation; standard or tailored training allows the client to follow the standard five day course or pick and choose the modules to be covered.  Courses can also be tailored to particular client needs and industry specifics.
• Affiliate courses – for independent consultants who will then be affiliated to EAS.

Further information on all the available courses, and a contact form, can be found here.