This course teaches the process of and motivation behind using integrated architectures as a key decision support tool in the Air Force. Students are instructed on the integrated architecture requirements imposed by DoW and AF processes and the standard tools to support creating, analyzing, and using integrated architectures and architecture products. Career field Requirement/Impact: Weapon System Architectures are required by DoW and AF processes. Similarly, Enterprise Architectures are required to meet Laws, Regulations and Policies, as well as to integrate the planning and execution of DoW capabilities. Without an understanding of “why architecture,” practitioners will likely expend resources by checking squares without providing decision-quality information to DoW and AF Leaders. Utilization of graduates: Acquisition Program Offices mainly, but not exclusively; system engineering AF MAJCOM/JS/COCOM staffs particularly in the A8/J8, A5/J5, and A6/J6; organizations dealing with strategic planning, requirements, capabilities, and information infrastructure.