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LEADing Practice 3.0

FAQFrequently Asked Questions

These frequently asked questions (FAQ) around the LEADing Practices are listed as the most

commonly asked questions and the answers are provided with the intention of giving an

overview of the LEAD Frameworks, Methods and Approaches and all that is connected to

them.


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

LEADing Practice FAQFREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ................................................................................ 4

Question: What is LEADing Practice? ............................................................................................................ 5

Question: Where does LEADing Practice research and analysis come from? ............................................... 6

Question: How is the Global University Alliance Organized? ........................................................................ 6

Question: What are the areas and status of research of the Global University Alliance? ............................ 7

Question: What is LEAD? ............................................................................................................................... 8

Question: What is the difference between the LEADing Practice concept and traditional EA concepts? .... 8

Question: Is LEADing Practice an Open Standard and Open Architecture? .................................................. 9

Question: Why is LEADing Practice the fastest growing development framework today? ........................ 10

Question: What are the LEAD Frameworks? ............................................................................................... 10

Question: What are the LEADing Practice Methods?.................................................................................. 11

Question: What are the LEADing Practice Approaches? ............................................................................. 11

Question: Which aspects can be modelled with the LEAD Frameworks, Method and Approaches? ......... 11

Question: Why do frameworks, methods and approaches matter? ........................................................... 12

Question: How do the LEADing Practice layers work? ................................................................................ 12

Question: What is Decomposition & Composition? .................................................................................... 15

Question: Why is Decomposition & Composition so important in layered architecture? .......................... 17

Question: What are LEADing Practice Tools and Templates? ..................................................................... 18

Question: What is a LEADing Practice Map, Matrix and/or Model and how are they used? ..................... 18

LEADing Practice Map .............................................................................................................................. 18

LEADing Practice Matrix .......................................................................................................................... 18

LEADing Practice Model .......................................................................................................................... 18

Question: How do LEADing Practice Map, Matrix and Model work together? ........................................... 18

Question: How do practitioners work with the LEAD Frameworks, Methods and Approaches? ............... 20

Question: What is the LEADing Practice Way of Thinking? ......................................................................... 20

Question: What is the LEADing Practice Way of Working? ......................................................................... 20

Question: What is the LEADing Practice Way of Modelling? ...................................................................... 21

Question: What is the LEADing Practice Way of Implementation? ............................................................ 21

Question: What is the LEADing Practice Way of Governance? ................................................................... 21

Question: Can LEADing Practice connect to other frameworks, methods and approaches? ..................... 22
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Question: How is the LEADing Practice concept being further developed? ............................................... 24

Question: Are there industry-specific LEADing Practice versions? ............................................................. 25

Question: Who is using LEADing Practice? .................................................................................................. 25

Question: What does the LEAD Frameworks, Methods and Approaches cost? ......................................... 25

Question: What are the conditions for using the LEADing Practice assets and tools? ............................... 25

Guidelines for LEADing Practice community members using the IPR material ...................................... 25

Guidelines for non-LEADing Practice community members using the IPR material ............................... 26

General guidelines that apply for all LEADing Practice IPR material ....................................................... 26

Question: What is the cost associated with implementing LEADing Practice assets and artifacts? ........... 26

Question: What are the different LEADing Practice certification paths? .................................................... 27

EXPERT CERTIFICATION ........................................................................................................................... 27

ARCHITECT CERTIFICATION ..................................................................................................................... 28

LEAD ARCHITECT CERTIFICATION ............................................................................................................ 28

CHIEF ARCHITECT CERTIFICATION ........................................................................................................... 28

INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE COACHING ................................................................................................. 28

Question: What makes LEADing Practice certification unique? .................................................................. 28

Question: Can we get practical help in implementing LEADing Practice in our organization? ................... 29

Question: How can we get started with LEADing Practice? ........................................................................ 29

Question: Is there a LEADing Practice User Group? .................................................................................... 29

Question: Are there any LEADing Practice events and/or conferences? .................................................... 30

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Guidelines for LEADing Practice community members using the IPR material ...................................... 31Guidelines for non-LEADing Practice community members using the IPR material ............................... 32

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LEADING PRACTICE FAQ

FREQUENTLYASKEDQUESTIONS

Question: What is Enterprise Modelling?

Answer:An Enterprise Model is the abstract representation, description, and definition of the structure of

an enterprise. It is the discipline of representing and replicating the area that is being captured and

described using a standard representation of the elements and relationship making up the real enterprise

business. Then it provides a means to sculpture, form, and design/redesign the specific area that is being

documented so as to improve its performance.

Question: What is Enterprise Architecture?

Answer:Enterprise Architecture is the organization, administration of conceptual, logical and physicalrelationships and connectivity of specific objects and artifacts which contain aspects of the enterprisestructure and behaviour to each other (and the environment) so as to understand the complexity and

provide insight to manage its structure thus enabling transformation or innovation, and leading to

performance or value creation.

Question: Why should Enterprise Modelling and Enterprise Architecture have interaction points?

Answer:Enterprise Modelling and Enterprise Architecture consist of several disciplines with commonobjects e.g. process, service, measure, reporting etc., that they touch and work with.

Without realizing it, the biggest challenge of most organizations is actually based on the fact that not

understanding these common objects creates double work, mismatches, confusion, siloed thinking, lowstandards, lots of discussions, bottlenecks, and unnecessarily high cost. The benefits of understanding the

interaction points and having common standards do not only enable performance and value creation, but

also the acceleration of transformation and innovation.

Figure: Example of disciplines in Enterprise Modelling and Enterprise Architecture

Question: What kinds of objects are common between Enterprise Modelling and Enterprise Architecture?

Answer:The common objects between Enterprise Modelling and Enterprise Architecture, are at all levelsstarting from strategy, goals, objectives, and measurements,and covers the full gambit of things of interest


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to the execution of the business including reporting, real world business objects, information objects as

well as data objects. While two different disciplines, they have very many objects in common where there

should be defined interaction points, common object standards, artifact sharing and it should be ensuredthat each group builds on the object work of the other group.

Figure: Example of common objects between Enterprise Modelling and Enterprise Architecture

Question: What is LEADing Practice?

Answer:LEADing Practice is a collection of the disciplines that the leaders and thereby outperformers in

the industry and market are applying and have mastered in order to keep or develop their competitive and

or differentiated aspects. It is from the leaders we learned where to apply the leading practice, industry

best practice, and standard market best practice (not specific to ones industry) that sharpen value

creation or can result in effective and appropriate cost cutting. These LEADing Practices are gathered in the

fields of business competencies, value modelling, services, processes as well as information automation in

applications, data, platform and infrastructure and organized into a coherent whole.



Figure: The basis of the LEADing Practice, Industry Best Practice and Standard Best Practice

Question: Where does LEADing Practice research and analysis come from?

Answer:Based on university research and analysis of organizations and international standards, LEADing

Practice is a collection of leading organizational practices.

Beginning in 2004, universities, professors, lecturers and researchers in the field of business models,

services, value management, process modelling, and Enterprise Architecture recognized the need to createa platform where universities and research thought-leaders could interact to conduct research, compare

and explore LEADing Practice of the outperformers of the market; many Universities have since joined our

Global University Alliance and today the areas of research have become broader.

Question: How is the Global University Alliance Organized?

Answer:The governance of the Global University Alliance is split between a Board and regional

representatives. The Global University Alliance Board consists of the following members:

Prof. Mark von Rosing, Global University Alliance Board Chairman

Prof. Chris Starr, Global University Alliance Co- Chairman

Prof. Simon Polovina, Global University Alliance Board Co- Chairman

Henrik von Scheel, LEADing Practice, Research Advisory Group

To manage the size and better network across universities, lecturers and researchers, we have regional

contact people. It is the aim that this regional representation can provide a local and international platform

where universities and thought leaders can interact to conduct research, compare and explore leading

practices, best practices as well as to work to identify and improve the specification and use of the

practices.



Name Region

Prof. Simon Polovina UK, IrelandProf. Hans Scheruhn Germany

Prof. Mark von Rosing Nordics (Scandinavia)

Prof. David Coloma Guerrero Spain, Portugal & South America

Prof. Wim Laurier Benelux & France

Prof. Marlon Dumas Baltic (Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia)

Prof. Maxim Arzumanyan Russia

Prof. Venky Shankararaman Asia

Prof. Glenn Stewart Australia

Prof. Paul Buhler USA, Canada

Question: What are the areas and status of research of the Global University Alliance?

Answer:The Global University Alliance conducted an extensive and wide-ranging research work comparing

existing Enterprise Modelling (Business Modelling, Strategy Modelling, BPMN, VM, PM, Prince2, PMBOK,

SOA, ITIL, COBIT, VALIT,) and Enterprise Architecture frameworks, methods and approaches e.g. Zachman,

DoDAF, HP architecture, SAP EAF, Oracle EAF, IADS (IBM Architecture Description Standard), Gartner EA

(GEAF), AGATE, Agile EA, CEAF, FEAF, FSAM, TOGAF, GERAM, IAF and TEAF. The research analyzed and

ranked good and bad practices and identified interlinks, connectivities, best practice and gaps, realizing

after intensive research the need for a fundamental shift. We believe we have something unique

forUniversity teachers or researchers with interests in these or related areas and welcome you into the

program

Driven by passion and love for Enterprise Modelling and Enterprise Architecture, we started to address

what we saw as gaps and missing aspects within existing architecture practice with respect to both the

work of framework vendors like TOGAF, as well as with companies like IBM, Oracle, CapGemini, HP, SAP,

etc.

The modelling principles captured by the Global University Alliance are now being adopted by software

vendors including SAP AG, Software AG (IDS Scheer and ARIS), as well as IGrafx and included in their

methods and/or meta models or tools. Overwhelmed by the speed of adoption, and surprised byrecognition as an Enterprise Modelling and Enterprise Architecture paradigm shift by leading companies

and the IT community at large, we have begun to realize just how important and unique this work is.

Since 2010, both the LEADing Practice concepts and the Global University Alliance research and curriculums

, although interlinked, are not the same and are developed separately.

Question: What are the LEAD Frameworks, methods and approaches?

Answer:In 2004, the first version of LEADing Practice (LEAD 1.0) was based on the university research,

analysis, and comparison, as well as direct, practical work with client companies. With our background of

the university alliance and Enterprise Modelling and Enterprise Architecture research, analysis and

comparison, our principle led to the creation of LEAD 2.0 (2009). In 2013 LEAD 3.0 was rolled out andremained that of collaborative knowledge sharing as a community-driven open architecture and open

standard framework. The Best and LEADing Practice from thousands of companies has been integrated and



standardized, and currently LEADing Practice version 3.0 consists of 10 frameworks, 6 methods, and 4

approaches. The supporting templates in terms of maps, matrices, and models can be used for all aspects

of Enterprise Modellinge.g. business model, competencies, value, services, processes, information,applications, data, platforms, infrastructure, as well as Enterprise Architecturee.g. business architecture,

process architecture, application architecture, data architecture and technology architecture, thereby

enabling all organizations to build on common principles.

Question: What is LEAD?

Answer:LEAD is trademark protect term, often used by the practitioners to refer to the entire LEADing

Practice concepts, thereby the LEAD Frameworks, LEAD methods, LEAD approaches with supporting LEAD

Templates e.g. maps, matrices, models and tools. Certified practitioners are called LEAD EeXperts and LEAD

Architects. Hence LEADing Practice is known in the market as LEAD as well.

Question: What is the difference between the LEADing Practice concept and traditional EA concepts?

Answer:LEAD Frameworks are widely recognized by the business and IT communities as representing a

significant paradigm shift to the traditional Enterprise Architecture (EA) frameworks and EA governance

disciplines. There are distinguishing differences between the LEAD Frameworks and traditional EA

frameworks. Some of these unique differences are:

It is based on university research and analysis.The EA university curriculum for both Bachelor and

Master level are research and academic-based modules developed by the Global University Alliance.

The first version of LEADing Practice was based primarily on this university research, and analysis and

is a hybrid of best practices as well as with practical hands-on working experience with companies.

Since they interlink, one might argue that these conflict; we however believe that academic theory

goes or could go hand in hand with practice. While the LEADing Practice concept and the university

curriculum are interlinked in sharing research, knowledge and development in parts, they are

however not the same, and are being developed separately

Community Driven open architectureand open standard. With our university background, our

principle remains that of collaborative knowledge sharing and gaining. LEADing Practice is therefore a

community-driven open architecture and open standard Enterprise Architecture framework.

Therefore LEADing Practice is 100% free and requires no license or maintenance effort for anybody

who is part of a LEADing Practice community. There are absolutely no hidden license or maintenance

fees.

Comes with industry-specific versionsthat are fully customizable to the needs, wants, objects and

artifacts of your company. It has been developed by EA practitioners for EA practitioners, thereby making the entire LEADing

Practice concepts not only a theoretical EA discussion/approach, but also a hands-on way of thinking,

working and modelling to identify, create and realize the needed business performance and business

value.

Connects the elements of the enterprise directly to strategy and the critical success factors: other

frameworks are either domain-specific or work only vertically within the enterprise (within

structure). LEADing Practice works horizontally and interlinks to the strategic business objectives and

critical success factors of your organization.

Is built on full value perspective and modelling principles: All LEADing Practice modelling concepts

from service, process, and application to data modelling interlink with full value management and



value modelling principles. Thereby ensuring value identification, creation and realization in all of the

enterprise modelling disciplines.

Comes with performance measures to demonstrate the business value of enterprise architecture.

Includes tools for verifying the completeness and quality of business, application and technology

designs.

Works in layers, not only in domains. The most notable difference is the concept of building and

structuring objects within a framework of interconnected layers of Business (business competencies,

processes, services and value), Application (application and data) and Technology (platform and

infrastructure). Solution and Domain Architects can therefore ensure the full connection of all the

other domains.

Fully integrated frameworks, methods and approaches with supporting maps, matrixes, models,

assetsand toolswork throughout their associated layers to ensure continuous improvementthroughout the enterprise.

Integrates its modelling principles to all other existing frameworks, methods and approachessuch

as ITIL, COBIT, TOGAF, Zachman, ASAP, BPMN, etc.

Modelling principles are integrated and interlinked. The main principles of LEADing Practice and the

interconnected layers are integrating and thereby interlinking the different modelling principles. For

this, the concept of decomposition and composition is built into the layers and is not considered

done in the same way as traditional Enterprise Architecture as, for example, value and performance

management as well as continuous improvement.

Complete enterprise modelling. The fully integrated frameworks, methods and approaches can be

used for complete enterprise modelling e.g. business model, all value aspects, services, process,

information, applications, data, platforms, infrastructure and cloud as well as for transformation and

innovation modelling.

Cross-disciplinary concept. The enterprise modelling concepts have not only been developed for full

Enterprise Architecture modelling, but for all the different types of enterprise modelling experts such

as strategists, business analysts, process professionals, service experts, value engineers, application

experts, data specialists and technology (platform and infrastructure) experts.

A consolidated and harmonized Way of Thinking, Working, Modelling, Governing, Training and

Coaching. This gives business and IT experts and architects the ability to work, design and build in a

common way of thinking, working and modelling.

Has a fully integrated built-in continuous improvement approach.This means that all of the more

than 2500 practitioners are taking an active part of the feedback loop to improve current aspects,

suggesting new aspects, adding artifacts and contributing to shape new ways of linking different

industry requirements with how to model them more efficiently.

Question: Is LEADing Practice an Open Standard and Open Architecture?

Answer:LEADing Practice is a community-driven open architecture and open standard Enterprise

Architecture framework. Although the development cost for LEADing Practice has been significant, we have

managed to keep it free for community members. Free actually means free. There are no membership,

license or maintenance costs associated with LEADing Practice for any member. Access to all assets,

templates, tools and artifacts is granted to certified practitioners, thereby ensuring that modelling

principles are applied correctly.



As a community-driven open source, LEADing Practice has a built-in continuous improvement approach.

Hence, each practitioner takes an active part in the feedback loop to improve, suggest, add artifacts and

contribute to shaping new ways of linking different industry requirements with how to model them more

efficiently. The success of LEADing Practice is rooted in the uniqueness of the concept and the vital role that

the practitioner plays within the community and their own organization. Many practitioners are often

regarded and acknowledged as both pioneers and thought leaders within their field of expertise. To ensure

the open architecture and open standard principles and continuous improvement of the LEADing Practice

concepts and material, the following conditions apply to the LEADing PracticeIntellectual Property:

1. Practitioner has to be certified in one of the LEADing Practice areas (see LEAD Career Path).

2. Company usage: to ensure quality and consistency of the LEADing Practice assets, usage within an

enterprise/department has to be agreed upon (LEADing Practice company agreement contract). This

includes both active members of the User Group and Industry Focus Group. This is part of the

LEADing Practice continuous improvement.

3. Partners: Selected LEAD Partners that support code ethics of community driven open-source and are

certified to support organizations applying LEAD.

4. Strategic Partnership: Recognized for our thought leadership, our concepts have been incorporated

into software and solutions of IBM, SAP, Software AG, TOGAF, IGrafx, IBM, Open Roundtable and

universitiescurricula around the world.

If you want to use the LEADing Practice repository tools in terms of either the architecture drawing and

modelling repository, the object relationship repository, the modelling rules repository or the enterprise

modelling repository (which consist of enterprise modelling principles within value, competencies, services,

process, application, data, platform and infrastructure), then the following conditions apply:

1. Same as point 1 and 2 (see above).

2. For correct implementation, the LEADing Practice Tool must be implemented and integrated by the

LEAD Team.

3. To ensure correct usage, the practitioners who will be working with the modelling principles and

rules need to participate in the LEADing Practice tool training.

Question: Why is LEADing Practice the fastest growing development framework today?

Answer:LEADing Practice has a built in continuous improvement approach; this means that the +2500

practitioners are actively part of the feedback loop to improve new aspects, adding artifacts and new waysof linking industry requirements and how to capture and represent them more efficiently. This innovative

open source and community development has led to significant and growing interest and penetration of

LEADing Practice.

Question: What are the LEAD Frameworks?

Answer: An enterprise architecture framework defines how to organize the structure, views and objects

associated with an enterprise, which may be one or more organizations operating together in a larger

environment. An architecture framework serves as guiding principles to establish a common practice for

creating, interpreting, analyzing and using architecture descriptions within a particular domain and or

layers. The framework structures the practitioners way of thinking in the specific area with supportingmaps, matrices and models. Examples of Architecture Frameworks: Zachman, MODAF, TOGAF, or LEAD
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(LEADing Enterprise Architecture Development), providing the mechanisms for communicating information

about the relationships that are important in the architecture.

LEADing Practice 3.0 currently consists of 10 frameworks, 6 methods and 4 approaches that are all

integrated with each other and with supporting maps, matrices and models. The LEAD Frameworks consists

of the following:

1. Competency/Business Model Reference Framework

2. Process Reference Framework

3. Value Reference Framework

4. Service Reference Framework

5. Cloud Reference Framework

6. Information Reference Framework

7. Application Reference Framework

8. Data Reference Framework

9. Platform Reference Framework

10.Infrastructure Reference Framework

Question: What are the LEADing Practice Methods?

Answer:A method is a discipline where it gathers and organizes the phases in a construct that helps the

viewer and user to ensure integrity, accuracy and completeness of the task. A method is thereby a series of

phases with a collection of activities that the user of the method needs to follow and undertake in order to

reach a specific goal. There can be multiple methods within either a framework or any other given

discipline or field of inquiry. A method should structure the practitioners way of working within a specificarea with supporting techniques, tools, principles, rules, procedures and practices. The LEADing Practice

Methods consist of the following:

1. LEADing Practice Lifecycle Method

2. Layered Architecture Method

3. Decomposition & Composition Method

4. Maturity Reference Method

5. Requirement Reference Method

6. Business Innovation & Transformation Enablement (BITE) Method

Question: What are the LEADing Practice Approaches?Answer:An approach is a way of dealing with something, it is a series of steps to be taken in order to

produce a desired pre-determined, sought-for result. The LEADing Practice Approach structures the

practitioners way of modelling in the specific areas with a supporting scope, concept, roadmap and

conceptual model. The LEADing Practice Approaches consist of:

1. Blueprinting Approach

2. Build Approach

3. Run &Maintenance Approach

4. Continuous Improvement Approach

Question: Which aspects can be modelled with the LEAD Frameworks, Method and Approaches?Answer:The LEAD Frameworks have proven to help companies with some of the most common and

complex advanced modelling principles, dilemmas and challenges that companies have to confront today:



Link to strategy.

Mapping of Business Model domains.

Capture Service Model.

Map and model processes and activities.

Identification of value and performance drivers.

Capture the many diverse and different workflows such as, e.g. business workflows, service

workflows, process flows, application system flows, data flows, reporting flows, etc.

Model value and performance aspects, recognize and categorize measurements and reporting.

All aspects of information architecture in terms of information object modelling, information

measurements and reporting, etc.

All aspects of application modelling and application architecture in terms of application components,

modules, functions, tasks, services, flows, events, measurements and reporting as well as application

standardization and integration.

Analyze and develop maturity levels and all aspects of data modelling and data architecture in terms

of data components, data entities, data services, data flows, measurements, and data reporting as

well as data harmonization and consolidation.

Technology standardization and integration (application, data, platform and infrastructure).

Cut costs.

Introduction of new solutions (BPM, SOA, Cloud, etc.).

Business Transformation & Innovation Enablement.

All of the above mentioned aspects can be modelled through all the layers of the LEAD Frameworks,

Methods and Approaches (e.g. business, application and technology).

Question: Why do frameworks, methods and approaches matter?

Answer:Today, 72% of all business transformation projects fail because of flawed and siloed frameworks,

approaches, and methods that yield bad answers and results, or only siloed solutions that don't necessarily

work, but instead waste valuable time and energy in fruitless exercises with no lasting impact.

Integrated frameworks, methods and approaches matter, because they create structure and align the way

of thinking, working and modelling, creating the opportunity for shared insight into the nature and issues of

a business and therefore faster and better decision making. Leading companies adapt to the constant

changing internal and external requirements by adopting new ways of thinking and working that give them

the flexibility to model their organization across business units and multiple modelling disciplines.

Question: How do the LEADing Practice layers work?

Answer:As mentioned the main principle behind the LEADing Enterprise Architecture Development (LEAD),

the decomposition and composition method, integrates effortlessly across the different layers so as to

connect the full range of modelling principles. Each layer of business, application, and technology requires

different models and modelling principles appropriate for handling the different tasks, and these have

more correlations, relationships and connections than what currently exists in other approaches to

Enterprise Architecture. The LEAD concept is built upon the argument that the different layers and objects

may have different modelling principles, but still have correlations, relationships and/or connections witheach other and that these need to be, as described below, connected in a sound manner:

Business competencies create and work with business objects to execute the defined goals.



Business goals define the reason and purpose of the business object.

Rules are set in place to govern the business, information and data objects (the different rules are,

however, defined differently for the different objects and areas).

When business competencies deliver business services, they have activities (business processes)

which interact with the business objects as well.

Business competencies/functions and processes have business roles.

Business roles work with both business objects as well as information objects.

Business objects may contain information objects.

Applications can automate one or more processes (business processes), which interact with the

business objects, information objects and data objects.

An application is decomposed into one or more application component(s).

Application components host data objects.

Data objects are called upon and used,. and thereby processed, within information objects.

An application component is decomposed into one or more application module(s).

An application module is decomposed into one or more application function(s).

An application function defines (a part of) an application service flow (that supports the business

service flow).

An application service is related to one or more application function(s).

Application functions work through information objects with business objects.

An application function is decomposed in multiple application tasks.

Application service can also be decomposed in application tasks.

Application tasks create, read, update and delete data and therefore work with data objects. The application task triggers one or more application features.

An application feature is related to one or more application function(s) and thereby application

features work with information objects.

Application tasks work through the application functions with the information objects and thereby

the real-world business objects.

Application users have roles that use the application functionality that call upon information objects.

In an application, the information objects called upon by a user are processed data objects.

All objects use both media and channels.

Business roles interact with both manual and automated processes and deliver both manual

(business) and automated (IT) services.

As we can see from these associations and correlations, the different modelling principles have not only

one, but multiple interaction points. To identify and capture all of these objects and their relations

correctly, the LEADing Practice way of working and modelling recognizes that it is necessary to decompose

the different entities and objects within the area they are connected with (e.g. competency, function,

process, service, role, flow, application, media, channel, etc.).

As shown in the below information example, each layer's functions are defined by its needed task and

objects (that are requested) "nth layer protocol" (1st layer, 2nd layer, etc.). The functions that a layer

provides can be seen as the layer's services since a layer provides a set of functions and tasks and therebyservices to its upper layer. In turn, the upper layer uses the lower layers services (functionality and tasks)

to achieve its own functions (services). A higher layer can therefore be seen as a service user since it uses



the services provided by its lower layer. A lower layer can therefore in the layered architecture approach be

seen as a service provider.

Figure: Basic examples of how layered services interact with different objects.

To achieve the right alignment between layers such as business and IT, one would have to decompose the

business and compose into IT the right way. Working on attaching the different layers and their objects inthe right way is a challenging task and this is where the LEADing Practice Framework uses decomposition

and composition principles among the layers and its specific objects.



Figure: Example of how the layers could and should interact with different objects.

Question: What is Decomposition & Composition?

Answer:Decomposition is the process by which the objects are broken down into simpler forms of objects.

For example, an application is decomposed into one or more application component(s), while an

application component is decomposed into one or more application module(s) and an application module is

decomposed into one or more application function(s). The application function can, however, bedecomposed into multiple application tasks and furthermore an application function defines (a part of) an

application service flow. The application service can then be decomposed into application tasks. This simple

application decomposition example shows the relevance of decomposing the wanted modelling objects the

right way. However, once an object is decomposed it needs to be connected to the right areas. For

example, a business normally needs within their application the use of one or more application services,

which consist of application tasks and application functions. The business sets the purpose for the

application and sets the requirements to which the application has to adhere. An application has an

appointed owner of the business and rules are set up to govern the application. Any application task,

service or function may be subject to measurement.



Application tasks, services, or functions frequently are required to be compliant to specific conditions or

tests. Several business competencies use applications to facilitate the automation of one or more of the

activities or steps in their processes. The application flow determines the flow of an applications tasks,

services and functions. One or more business roles call or deliver input to the applications tasks, services,

and functions. Within the tasks, services and functions of applications business, information and/or data

objects are being used. Application tasks, services and functions use, modify, delete and/or produce data.

Usually the application will be delivered through a channel and application tasks, services and functions

may interact via different media. Application tasks, services and functions are hosted by platforms and the

execution of the application service is enabled by infrastructure.

Figure: Basic example of Application Decomposition & Composition.



Question: Why is Decomposition & Composition so important in layered architecture?

Answer:Aligning Business and IT is a challenge, mainly because they have a different scope and they work

with something different. The scope of business:Business strategies and goals define the reason and purpose of the business area

and competencies (resource and capabilities). Business competencies deliver the business functions

and tasks to execute the defined goals and objectives. When business competencies deliver these

business services, they have activities (business process). Rules are set in place to govern the business

function and the services delivered.

The scope of IT:IT is all about automation to enable the business. Applications can automate one or

more processes (business process) which interact with the business objects, information objects and

data objects. An Application is decomposed into one or more application component(s) and functions.

An application function defines (a part of) an application service flow (which support the business

service flow). Application users have roles that use the application functionality that calls upon

information objects. Applications are deployed on platforms that reside within an infrastructure.

The challenge is therefore, that business interacts and works in a different way than IT. The only common

point is a business process. Since business competencies, have business functions and task that deliver

business services, in this there are activities (business processes) that an application/system can automate.

This is both the right interlink, but the root cause of the challenge as well. Process models don't catch the

business competencies, business functions and business services, they capture the process task, gateways

and process services (in terms of input and output), hence discrepancies of value creation and realization.

Getting the right alignment between business and IT, one would have to decompose the business and

compose into IT the right way. Therefore the importance of decomposition and composition principles in

Blueprinting, Design and Build are vital aspects of the LEADing Practice approach:

Figure: LEADing Practice Blueprinting Method with Decomposition & Composition principles.



Question: What are LEADing Practice Tools and Templates?

Answer:The LEADing Practice tools and templates consist of maps, matrices, and models that capture the

objects, which are instrumental and an essential part of the supporting frameworks, methods andapproaches. Each of them supports a particular value identification, creation and realization in achieving

the outlined enterprise modelling goal.

Question: What is a LEADing Practice Map, Matrix and/or Model and how are they used?

Answer:LEADing Practice has fully integrated maps, matrices, and models that work with and integrate

with the frameworks, methods and approaches, and work throughout all of the layers.

LEADing Practice Map

Within the LEAD Frameworks, a LEADing Practice Map is an accurate list and representation of the

decomposed and/or composed LEADing Practice Objects. A LEADing Practice Map is often in the form of a

list that can be in a simple row as well as a catalog, and has the purpose of building an inventory or index

list of the objects that are to be decomposed and/or composed in the different LEADing Practice Layers

(e.g. Business Layer, Application Layer and/or Technology Layer).

LEADing Practice Matrix

Within the LEAD Frameworks, a LEADing Practice Matrix is a representation that accurately shows the

relationship between specific decomposed and composed LEADing Practice Objects. The core idea of a

matrix is that it typically consists of aspects of one idea each in a list of rows, another idea as a set of

columns and a third as the cross product between the rows and columns. This allows the LEADing Practice

Matrix to relate the unfamiliar to the familiar objects in the different layers (composition) usually through

the form of a table or chart e.g. rows and columns in a matrix, thereby outlining direct connection points

and showing a common pattern of the LEADing Practice Objects.

LEADing Practice Model

Within the LEAD Frameworks, a LEADing Practice Model is a representation that graphically shows the

relationship and the interconnection of specific composed LEADing Practice Objects. The key idea of a

model is that it is a graphical representation, an illustration, of a composition of information intended to

represent an aspect of an enterprise (e.g. business, application and/or technology) using a specific set of

rules which express logic or grammar. Based on already acquired information from either a LEADing

Practice Map or a LEADing Practice Matrix (or both), a LEADing Practice Model is usually crafted to enable

complex information to be communicated more easily to stakeholders, management and leadership within

their domain through the use of a more detailed, graphical illustration and/or depiction.

Question: How do LEADing Practice Map, Matrix and Model work together?

Answer:A LEADing Practice Matrix is the continuity of and interconnection between a Map (a

representation of decomposed and/or composed Objects) and a Model (a representation of interconnected

and related Objects). Therefore LEADing Practice Maps, LEADing Practice Matrices and LEADing Practice

Models are needed in the decomposition and composition work. The LEADing Practice Map (which lists the

objects in order to capture the decomposed objects) is vital as well as the LEADing Practice Matrix (which

composes in terms of relating specific objects together) and the LEADing Practice Model (which graphically

represents the decomposed and composed objects) are both critical and an essential part of the LEADing

Practice Way of Thinking, Working and Modelling as well as Governance and Continuous Improvement.



Figure: How LEADing Practice Maps, Matrices & Models connects to the LEADing Practice Objects and LEADing Practice Artifacts.



Question: How do practitioners work with the LEAD Frameworks, Methods and Approaches?

Answer:In order to combine such complex disciplines into a manageable approach and to allow all the

different architects and experts to work effectively and efficiently, the LEAD Practioner works through allthe layers and within the decomposition and composition of the many different artifacts with the same

structural approach: Way of Thinking, Way of Working, Way of Modelling, Way of Implementation and Way

of Governance.

Figure: The LEADing Practice structural approach.

Question: What is the LEADing Practice Way of Thinking?

Answer:The Way of Thinking, the so-called welt anschauung, is essential and the starting point of the

LEADing Practice eXperts structural approach.Each LEADing Practice eXpert has to be able to have an

abstraction level which can analyze, appraise, approximate, assess and capture objects and/or artifacts

idea, design, plan, scheme and structure in order to understand the underlying thought, view, vision as wellas perspective, philosophy and belief. The Way of Thinking enables the LEADing Practice eXpert, to have

structural approach around strategic definitions (wants, needs, direction, issues and problems).

Question: What is the LEADing Practice Way of Working?

Answer:The Way of Working is important and the point where LEADing Practice eXperts begin to structure

their approach to addressing a specific problem or set of problems. Each LEADing Practice eXpert has to be

able to translate the Way of Thinking into a Way of Working, thereby organizing, classifying, align ing,

arranging, quantifying, recommending, and selecting objects and/or artifacts in the systemized and

categorized way they need to be decomposed or composed together. This enables the LEADing Practice

eXpert to structure the arrangement of effort and work.



Question: What is the LEADing Practice Way of Modelling?

Answer:The Way of Modelling is the approach which provides uniform and formal descriptions of the

objects and artifacts to represent the insight into the business. Thus any problem may be addressed usingone or more different model types which apply the decomposition and composition modelling techniques

at the different layers e.g. business, application, technology. Each LEADing Practice eXpert has to be able to

translate the Way of Working into a Way of Modelling, which primarily includes the need to recognize:

Expressiveness: the degree to which a given modelling technique is able to denote the models of any

number and kinds of layered domains (business, application, technology).

Arbitrariness: the degree of freedom one has when decomposing and composing different models on

one and the same domain

Suitability: the degree to which a given modelling technique is specifically tailored for a specific kind

of desired output/result. Comprehensibility: the ease with which the way of working and way of modelling are understood by

participants.

Coherence: the degree to which the individual sub models of a way of modelling constitute a whole.

Completeness: the degree to which all necessary concepts of the application domain are represented

in the way of modelling.

Efficiency: the degree to which the modelling steps (e.g. LEADing Practice Lifecycle, as well as

LEADing Practice Blueprint and Implementation steps) use resources such as time and people.

Value Audit: the degree to which the end result of the models achieve its goals.

Question: What is the LEADing Practice Way of Implementation?Answer:The LEADing Practice Structural Way of Implementation combines the Enterprise Modelling and

Enterprise Architecture principles in an order to apply the way of working and modelling into the physical

and thereby the execution and concrete relevant aspects of transformation and innovation:

Most implementations fall short of transforming the business and creating real value due to the fact

that they automate the existing Way of Working,. thereby actually reinforcing a siloed and ineffective

way of automation. Hence, the LEAD way of implementation approach is not only about identifying

and minimizing duplication of an organizations business functions, roles in terms of employees,

processes, services and many other cost cutting potential. It is, in addition, about the possibility to

totally rethink the information workflow, the service flow, the process flow as well as themeasurement and reporting flow. It can fundamentally rethink and transform the different

organizations.

It has been developed as a fully integrated part of the modelling and architecture concept and details

a series of steps to be taken in order to produce a fully integrated concept.

It provides a uniform and formal implementation description of the specific 17 LEAD meta objects

and artifacts by using decomposition and composition modelling techniques within the

implementation method and the different layers (business/application/technology).

Question: What is the LEADing Practice Way of Governance?

Answer:The Way of Governance - the word governance is derived from the Greek verb [kuberno], which means to steer and was documented for the first time in a metaphorical sense by Plato.

It then passed on to Latin and then on to many languages. In Enterprise Architecture, governance is the act



of governing what exists or is in the process of being developed/deployed. In the Way of Governance it

relates to decisions and guidance that define expectations and direction, grant power, or verify and ensure

value identification and creation.

Figure: The LEADing Practice Way of Governance.

A reasonable or rational purpose of governance might aim to assure, (sometimes on behalf of others in

terms of stakeholders) that an organization produces a worthwhile pattern of good results while avoiding

an undesirable pattern of bad circumstances. Therefore, the enterprise architecture governance and

continuous improvement processes and systems are typically administered by a governance body. The daily

enterprise architecture project governance consists of assuring, on behalf of those governed, the desired

business innovation, transformation and value creation while avoiding an undesirable pattern of high cost,

ineffectiveness and inefficiency (low performance). Enterprise architecture governance consists of the set

of architectures, regulatory requirements, processes, authority structure, solutions, organizational

standards/rules and guidelines as well as service level agreements/operating level agreements, affecting

the way people direct, administer or control a corporation.

Enterprise architecture governance also includes the relationships among the many players involved (the

stakeholders) and the business goals. The principal players include the CIO, CTO, shareholders, business

management, and the EA governance board. Other stakeholders might include the employees, suppliers,

end-consumers, and the IT community at large.

Question: Can LEADing Practice connect to other frameworks, methods and approaches?

Answer:Yes, as LEADing Practice works in layers and decomposes the objects through the layers it can be

(and already has been) connected to all the major existing frameworks, methods and approaches such as

TOGAF, Zachman, FEAF, ITIL, Prince2, COBIT, DNEAF, etc.

Below is a set of tables showing the connection points from LEAD to other frameworks, methods, and

approaches:



Figure: LEADing Practice integration and connection to other Enterprise Architecture Frameworks and Methods.

Figure: LEADing Practice integration and connection to Process Methods.



Figure: LEADing Practice integration and connection with common IT standards and approaches.

This connectivity is seen as one of the strengths of the LEADing Practice concepts and today, our

community of over 2500 certified practitioners are not aware of any framework, method or approach that

LEADing Practice does not connect and integrate to. (and were we to become aware of such a gap, it would

be our goal to address this shortfall immediately.)

Question: How is the LEADing Practice concept being further developed?

Answer:LEADing Practice is continuously being developed and improved by the LEADing Practice User

Group and the LEADing Practice Community Open Source network, as well as development partners and

LEADing Practice members around the world.

Whats important to noteis that the LEADing Practice development is client-driven and not consultancy

firms or vendor-driven. LEADing Practice members are required to build the competency and apply the

LEAD Frameworks. The proposed LEADing Practice artifacts are sent to the LEADing Practice Quality

Assurance team, consistent of the following 13 members:

Mark von RosingFounder and main developer of LEADing Practice.

Henrik von Scheel - Co-developer of LEADing Practice and Head of Business Innovation &

Transformation Enablement (BITE) Method.

Maria Hove - Co-developer of LEADing Practice. Responsible for the Business Model Reference

Framework and Head of Business Architecture.

Ulrik Foldager - Co-developer of LEADing Practice. Responsible for the Process Reference Framework

and Head of Process Architecture.

Georg Etzel - Co-developer of LEADing Practice. Responsible for the Service Reference Framework

and Head of Service Architecture.

Cay Clemmensen - Co-developer of LEADing Practice. Responsible for the Value Reference

Framework and Head of Value Architecture.

Joshua von Scheel - Co-developer of LEADing Practice. Responsible for the LEADing Practice Key

Models.

Freek StoffelLEADing Practice Development Partner. Co-responsible for the Application Reference

Framework.



Neil Kemp - Co-developer of LEADing Practice and responsible for LEADing Practice Modelling Rules

and Head of EA Tools & Repository.

Henk Kuil, LEAD Enterprise Architect, Air France/KLM. Co-developer of LEADing Practice and LEADing

Practice User Group Chairman.

Bas Bach, LEAD Enterprise Architect, NS Rail (Dutch Railway). Co-developer of LEADing Practice and

LEADing Practice User Group Co-Chairman.

Victor Abele, LEAD Business Architect, Senior Director, Government of Canada. LEADing Practice User

Group Co-Chairman.

Question: Are there industry-specific LEADing Practice versions?

Answer:Yes, the LEAD Frameworks, Methods and Approaches can be tailored to any specific industry or

organizationsrequirements. The LEADing Practice industry-specific versions currently include Airline,

Aerospace, Banking, Defense, Government, Oil & Gas, Chemicals and Railways. The next industry-specificversions being developed are Insurance, Retail, and Postal.

Question: Who is using LEADing Practice?

Answer:The LEAD Frameworks, Methods and Approaches are some of the most applied principles today.

Among the users are most of the fortune 500 companies and leading government organizations that either

use them directly or indirectly through, for example, ASAP (SAP implementation method) and with ARIS and

iGrafx. The principles are taught at over 100 Universities around the world via the BPM and/or Enterprise

Architecture university curricula.

Question: What does the LEAD Frameworks, Methods and Approaches cost?

Answer:There is no cost for the LEAD frameworks, method and approaches. It is 100% free for community

members. However the LEAD assets cannot be shared with non-community members.

Question: What are the conditions for using the LEADing Practice assets and tools?

Answer:Selected LEADing Practice descriptions, artifacts and documentation are, for information

purposes, freely available online.

Individual LEADing Practice practitioners automatically become a community member by following one of

the LEADing Practice certification paths. For a company to be granted complete access to the LEADing

Practice artifacts, assets and tools requires LEADing Practice User Group community membership with a

registered license. In either case, NO parts of the LEADing Practice Intellectual Capital may be reproduced,stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical,

photocopying, recording, or otherwise, for any other purpose including, but not by way of limitation, any

use for commercial gain, without the prior permission of the copyright owners (LEADing Practice ApS). To

ensure quality and IP control, the following condition of use, copyright and limitations apply to the reuse of

the LEADing Practice Intellectual Capital:

Guidelines for LEADing Practice community members using the IPR material

As a LEADing Practice member comes greater personal responsibility and the following intellectual property

conditions apply:

Can be used free of charge for LEADing Practice certified practitioners.



Cannot be shared, copied or made available for non-community member, who are not LEADing

Practice certified practitioners.

When using any materials, it must include a source noticeeither in an adjacent area or as a

footnoteto indicate the source. The source should be specified the following way: Source: A part

of the LEAD Frameworks and possibly indicate the LEADing Practice work product family, such as

Part of LEADing Practice Process Framework.

Cannot be systematically given away do not download all our content and simply hand it over to

other colleagues or clients that are not trained and certified.

To ensure correct usage, any company usage of the LEADing Practice material e.g. templates and

tools has to be tailored and agreed upon by LEADing Practice ApS.

LEADing Practice ApS may, in appropriate circumstances and at its discretion, terminate the

access/accounts of users who infringe the intellectual property rights, and pursue legal action.

Guidelines for non-LEADing Practice community members using the IPR material

The following conditions apply to use of the LEADing Practice Intellectual Property for non-community

members:

Can be used free of charge for lecturing and research at any University and Business School

Material available at www.LEADframeworks.com can be used in a non-commercial way for

knowledge sharing. When using any materials, it must include a source and should be specified the

following way: Source: A part of the LEAD Frameworks and possibly indicate the LEADing Practice

work product family, such as Part of LEADing Practice Process Framework.

General guidelines that apply for all LEADing Practice IPR material

Any use of original texts, graphics, images, screen shots, and other materials from LEADing Practice

sources must be approved by LEADing Practice ApS.

No material can be generally distributed to colleagues, clients and or an undefined audience without

written permission from LEADing Practice ApS.

Cannot be altered or changed (the using company) in any way without explicit written permission

from LEADing Practice ApS.

In most cases, the LEADing Practice ApS acts as a distribution channel for the Publisher(s) and

Author(s) of the material provided.

Question: What is the cost associated with implementing LEADing Practice assets and artifacts?

Answer:The costs associated with implementing LEADing Practice are:

Certification cost.A LEADing Practice Certification (depending on the area of work) is a requirement

in order to ensure that the LEADing Practice principles, assets and tools are fully understood and

applied correctly.

LEADing Practice tailoring to your organizations specific needs and wants. The tailoring of the

LEADing Practice artifacts (depending on the objects focused on) is a requirement in order to ensure

that the LEADing Practice principles, assets and tools are applied to the company in the right way and

are applied correctly to your industry and organization.

If desired, coach and train teams across projects via our LEAD Partners to build competencies. Aswe believe that the key for innovation and transformation is already embedded in ones



organization, our LEAD Partners are specialized in the training, to coach and consult organizations to

apply the frameworks, methods and approaches.

Question: What are the different LEADing Practice certification paths?

Answer:LEADing Practice Certification curriculum offers the opportunity to become an eXpert, Architect,

LEAD Architect, or even a Chief Architect. Each certification path includes training and coaching in day-to-

day projects to ensure skills are applied in real-world projects.

Figure: The LEADing Practice Professional Career Path

EXPERT CERTIFICATION

In order to build a strong foundation, participants must select at least one of the following LEAD eXpert

specialization tracks. An eXpert certification program costs 6,900 Euro (excl. VAT) and includes 10

classroom training days, 1 day of Individual Performance Mentoring and 1 certification:

Value eXpert

Service eXpert

Process eXpert

Information eXpert

Technology eXpert

Enterprise Architecture eXpert

Transformation eXpert



ARCHITECT CERTIFICATION

To become a certified Architect, participants must choose between any of the Business, Value, Process,Information, Technology, Service and Transformation eXpert tracks and combine any one of them with the

Enterprise Architecture eXpert tracks into a single discipline (Architect). An Architect certification program

costs 13,900 Euro (excl. VAT) and includes 20 classroom training days, 2 days of Individual Performance

Mentoring and 3 certificates:

Business Architect (Value + Process)

Value Architect (Value + EA)

Process Architect (Process + EA)

Information Architect (Information + EA)

Technology Architect (Technology + EA)

Service Architect (Service + EA)

Transformation Architect (Transformation + EA)

LEAD ARCHITECT CERTIFICATION

To become a certified LEAD Architect, participants must choose between either of the Enterprise

Architecture or Transformation paths that are available. A LEAD Architect certification program costs

23,900 Euro (excl. VAT) and includes 35 classroom training days, 3 days of Individual Performance Coaching

and 5 certificates:

LEAD Enterprise Architect (EA + Value + Process + Information)

LEAD Transformation Architect (Transformation + Value + Service + Process)

CHIEF ARCHITECT CERTIFICATION

The pinnacle of all LEADing Practice certification is the Chief Enterprise Architect certification program that

has been specifically designed to meet todays corporate challenges across all industries. A Chief Enterprise

Architect certification program costs 29,900 Euro (excl. VAT) and includes 40 classroom training days, 3

days of Individual Performance Coaching and 6 certificates:

Chief Enterprise Architect (EA + Value + Process + Service + Information + Transformation)

INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE COACHING

The Individual Performance Coaching (IPC) is an integrated element of the LEAD eXpert tracks and will take

the participants on a journey of personal and professional development through all the different aspects of

Value, Process and Enterprise Architecture. For each module consisting of 5 training days you will receive

0.5 days of additional IPC and an additional 2 days of coaching to support you in the practical case you will

be working on.

Question: What makes LEADing Practice certification unique?

Answer:Our experience, from training and coaching thousands of people in over 45 countries, has taught

us that: it is only through coaching, that competencies are gained and applied. We specialized in training

and coaching departments with a specific result-oriented project such as blueprint, transformation,

requirement management, cost cutting, etc.



The LEADing Practice Certification curriculum emphasizes on value, services, processes and Enterprise

Architecture. The program provides profound knowledge of the LEAD Frameworks, Methods & Approaches

and its specialist areas links to:

Business Strategy

Business Model Domains e.g. revenue, service, value, performance, cost and operating model

Business workflow & process flow

Business Innovation & Transformation

Value drivers (Strategic Business Objectives and Critical Success factors)

Business competencies & business function

Core differentiating & competitive competencies

Enterprise Architecture (EA)

Goal Chain & Pain Chain

Information Model

Application Functionality & Task

Application Service

Application & System Flow

Data Entities, Components, Services & Flow

Platform Components, Devices and Services

Infrastructure Components and Services

Cloud Strategy, Concept, Roadmap & Implementation

Question: Can we get practical help in implementing LEADing Practice in our organization?

Answer:We specialize in supporting new or already started transformation projects with our dedicated

project angels. Our focus lies on tailoring the LEAD Frameworks, Methods and Approaches to organizational

needs and wants in order to kick-start, unfold, enable and support you in the development phases from

value planning, identification, creation, audits and realization.

Question: How can we get started with LEADing Practice?

Answer:To get started we suggest that you get acquainted and comfortable with the LEADing Practice

concept of working in layers, the decomposition and composition principles and the way of thinking,

working, and modelling. You should also selecting a certification path and enroll in one (or more) of the

courses atwww.LEADingpractice.comso as to gain more experience and understanding of what LEAD is all

about.

If you are considering pplying or adopting LEAD in your organizations based on an existing projects contact

Henrik von Scheel, CEO of LEADing Practice ApS at [email protected] or Skype: vonScheel

Question: Is there a LEADing Practice User Group?

Answer:Yes. The LEADing Practice User Group is a non-profit organization that provides a global platform

for leading companies, faculty, academics, thought-leaders, LEADing Practice practitioners and researchers

to share best practices, conduct research and explore new ideas to continuously improve LEADing Practice

assets and tools for the future, and how to apply them

The LEADing Practice User Group is led by a board, which consists of:

Chairman Henk Kuil, LEAD Enterprise Architect, KLM/AirFrance
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Vice-Chairman Victor Abele, LEAD Business Architect, Government of Canada

Vice-Chairman Bas Bach, LEAD Enterprise Architect, Dutch Railway

Henrik von Scheel, CEO of LEADing Practice

Question: Are there any LEADing Practice events and/or conferences?

Answer:There are two annual LEADing Practice User Group events and open LEADing Practice conferences,

which are held with the objective to share information, knowledge and experience on applying LEAD

Frameworks, Methods and Approaches.

The next LEADing Practice Conference is on the 5th-6th of March 2014 in Charleston - South Carolina,

United States .The LEADing Practice Conference is open for anyone with an interest in the LEADing Practice

concept. The conference participation cost is $499 USD +VAT and includes materials, poster(s), tools and

handouts.

It is strongly recommended to register early and/or as a group, if you wish to bring your team and save a lot

of money. You can read more about the upcoming LEADing Practice Conference by following this link:

www. LEADingPractice.com /events/



COPYRIGHT NOTE ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (IP). ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

LEADing Practice ApS respects the intellectual property of others, and we ask others to do the same.

Trademark

LEAD and LEADing Practice is a registered trademark. The trademark includes logos, illustrations, designs,

symbols or slogans used to distinguish LEAD Frameworks, LEAD Methods, LEAD Approaches and supporting

LEAD Tools and LEAD Templates, LEAD Conference, LEAD Research, LEAD Education, LEAD Titles and LEAD

Practitioner Titles such as LEAD Enterprise Architect, LEAD eXpert, etc.

Copyright

All information and materials contained in the LEADing Practice frameworks, methods and approaches with

associated tools and templates, such as maps, matrices and models is Intellectual Property (IP) of LEADing

Practice ApS and limitations apply to the reuse of this IP. The Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) consists ofinformation, knowledge, objects, artifacts, experience, insight and/or ideas, that are structured to enable

reuse to deliver value creation and realization.

The LEADing Practice ApS intellectual property is protected by law, including, but not limited to,

internationally recognized United States and European Union IPR copyright law. Except as specifically

indicated otherwise in writing, LEADing Practice ApS is the owner of the copyright in the entire LEADing

Practice content (including images, text and design attributes) and LEADing Practice ApS reserves all rights

in that regard. Use or misuse of the IPR, the trademarks, service marks or logos is expressly prohibited and

may violate country, federal and state law.

LEADing Practice ApS is an open architecture and open standard community and therefore provides open

access to all deliverables for certified LEADing practitioners, thereby ensuring that modelling principles are

applied correctly. An open architecture and open standard community has been set in place to encourage

sharing, learning and reuse of information and thereby increase knowledge among LEADing practitioners,

and with this ultimately improvement of ones project, engagement and the LEADing Practice development.

Use of the LEADing Practice frameworks, methods and approaches is restricted to certified LEADing

Practice community members, in good practitioner standing, who are able to use these items solely for

their non-commercial internal use. Legal access to the detail of LEADing Practice will be provided to you

with your membership. Members are prohibited from sharing the LEADing Practice material in its entirety

with other parties who are not members of LEADing Practice community since the concepts and models are

protected by intellectual property rights.

For guidelines on the IP usage, please see the following information:

Guidelines for LEADing Practice community members using the IPR material

As a LEADing Practice member comes greater personal responsibility and the following intellectual property

conditions apply:

Can be used free of charge for LEADing Practice certified practitioners.

Cannot be shared, copied or made available for non-community members, who are not LEADing

Practice certified practitioners.

When using any materials, it must include a source noticeeither in an adjacent area or as a

footnoteto indicate the source. The source should be specified the following way: Source: A part


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of the LEAD Frameworks and possibly indicate the LEADing Practice work product family, such as

Part of LEADing Practice Process Framework.

Cannot be systematically given away do not download all our content and simply hand it over to

other colleagues or clients that are not trained and certified.

To ensure correct usage, any company usage of the LEADing Practice material e.g. templates and

tools has to be tailored and agreed upon by LEADing Practice ApS.

LEADing Practice ApS may, in appropriate circumstances and at its discretion, terminate the

access/accounts of users who infringe the intellectual property rights and pursue legal action.

Guidelines for non-LEADing Practice community members using the IPR material

The following conditions apply to use of the LEADing Practice Intellectual Property for non-community

members: Can be used free of charge for lecturing and research at any University and Business School.

Material available at www.LEADframeworks.com can be used in a non-commercial way for

knowledge sharing. When using any materials, it must include a source which should be specified the

following way: Source: A part of the LEAD Frameworks and possibly indicate the LEADing Practice

work product family, such as Part of LEADing Practice Process Framework.

General guidelines that apply for all LEADing Practice IPR material

Any use of original texts, graphics, images, screen shots, and other materials from LEADing Practice

sources must be approved by LEADing Practice ApS.

No material can be generally distributed to colleagues, clients and or an undefined audience withoutwritten permission from LEADing Practice ApS.

Material cannot be altered or changed (by the using company) in any way without explicit written

permission from LEADing Practice ApS.

In most cases, the LEADing Practice ApS acts as a distribution channel for the Publisher(s) and

Author(s) of the material provided.

LEADing Practice ApS may, in appropriate circumstances of infringement of the intellectual property rights

pursue legal action. For questions, please get in touch with [email protected].
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