Going through the CTA program is intense, challenging, and full of learning every week.

While I was enrolled, every week I was taking valuable notes throughout the meetings and I’m sharing them here to help in your journey as well. Feel free to comment and add more information that could be valuable to others.

Published

• Kickoff & Week 1 — Architect responsibilities; Presentation skills
• Week 2 — CMDB / CSDM; Workshops; Value of the Platform
• Week 3 — Architecture Standards and Blueprints; Current and To-Be Architecture
• Week 4 — Agile Frameworks; Technical Governance; Release & Instance Strategy
• Week 5 — Data Strategies; Instance Data Replication; Domain Separation
• Week 6 — Security Architecture; Scoped Applications

To be published

• Week 7 — Security Reviews and Risk Management
• Week 8 — Platform Health and Performance
• Week 9 — Integration Strategies and API Management
• Week 10 — Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
• Week 11 — Deployment Approaches and DevOps Practices
• Week 12 — Final Preparation and Mock Defense
• Capstone — What to expect and Tips

(Each link will take you to my LinkedIn post where I shared detailed thoughts for that week.)

What’s next

I’ll continue updating this page with weeks 7–12 reflections and my Capstone experience. I also recommend checking out Jakob Anker’s playlist — it helped me a lot throughout the way.

If you’re preparing for your own CTA, or just curious about what the path looks like, give it a read and reach out in case you have any questions!