Course Description:

This Course is for organizations that have or desired to establish an enterprise architecture function. This Course describes enterprise architecture, solution architecture, and the relationship between them. Course topics include: Enterprise Architecture frameworks, reference architectures, Solution Architecture, architecture viewpoints, Requirements analysis, architecture roadmaps, architecture patterns & tactics, Commercial off-the-shelf architectures, architecture techniques, and building an architecture toolbox.

Course Outline:

Chapter 1 - Introduction

• Introduction

• Course Outline

• Handouts& Appendices

• Practical Application

• Course Evaluation & Questions

• Course Delivery Overview

Chapter 2 - Enterprise Architecture (EA) Primer

• Architecture

• Architects

• Enterprise Architecture Definitions

• IEEE, TOGAF, & Gartner Perspectives

• Key Enterprise Architecture Terminology

• Architecture Framework: Foundation for a Common Vocabulary

• Industry EA Frameworks

• Dimensions of Architecture Scope

• Architecture Domains

• Depth: Strategic, Segment, and Capability Architectures

• Time: Baseline, Target, and Transition Architectures

• Various Solution Architecture Definitions

• Characteristics of a Solution Architecture

• Glossary

• Summary

Chapter 3 - EA Framework

• The Importance of a Framework for EA

• TOGAF

• TOGAF Components

• Architecture Development Method (ADM)

• Architecture Content Framework

• Views & Viewpoints

• TOGAF Viewpoints

• Catalogs, Matrices, Diagrams & Viewpoints

• Architecture Deliverables

• ADM Techniques

• ADM Guidelines

• Enterprise to Solution Architecture

• Summary

Chapter 4 - Reference Architecture

• Reference Architecture

• Reference Architecture Components

• Reference Architecture Summarized

• Reference Architecture Context

• Architecture Principles

• Components of Principles

• Qualities of a Good Set of Principles

• EA Principles: Creation Process

• Applying Architecture Principles

• Policies

• Reference Models

• Business Scenarios

• Business Scenario Summary

• Business Scenario Outline

• Industry Organizations

• Insurance Industry Standards ROI

• Requirements

• Architecture Building Blocks: Reusable Requirement Sets

• Summary

Chapter 5 - Views & Viewpoints

• Views & Viewpoints

• TOGAF Viewpoint Taxonomy

• Popular Modeling Notations

• Catalogs, Matrices, Diagrams & Viewpoints

• Metamodel Entities

• Summary

Chapter 6 - Architecture Requirements

• Architecture Quality Attributes

• Quality of Service Requirement Categories

• Trade-off Analysis

• Requirement Patterns

• Architecture Change Cases

• Elements of a Change Case

• Eliciting Change Cases

• Summary

Chapter 7 - Architecture Deliverables

• Architecture Requirements Document

• IEEE Architectural Description Document

• TOGAF Architecture Definition Document

• Interface Specifications

• Interface Specification Best Practices

• Interface Design Document

• Database Design Document

• Platform Design Document

• Architecture Decision Document

• Summary

Chapter 8 - Solution Architecture Overview

• Why is Solution Architecture Important?

• Communications Vehicle Among Stakeholders

• The Project is Organized Around Architectural Elements

• What is a System?

• Why Focus on Structure?

• Solution Architecture Context

• Solution Architecture & Domains

• SA Spans All Domains

• Relationship to EA Architecture Development Process

• Solution Architecture

• Solution Architecture Stakeholders

• Solution Architecture Deliverables

• EA Involvement in SA

• Architecturally Significant

• Summary

Chapter 9 - Core Solution Architecture Methods

• Shared Vision

• Example Shared Vision

• Draw the Boundary

• Well-defined Interface

• Identify the External Interfaces

• Subsystems

• Subsystem Context Diagram

• Layers

• Components

• Decomposing the System

• Partitioning Patterns

• Requirements Allocation

• Configuration Management Implications

• Release Management Implications

• Testing Implications

• Work Pattern & Skill Set Implications

• Work & Build Dependencies

• Increment/Sprint Planning

• Sizing Implications

• More Than Executable Architecture

• Development Architecture

• Operations Architecture

• Summary

Chapter 10 - Solution Architecture Views

• The 4+1 Views Approach

• Take a Multiple View Approach

• UML: Unified Modeling Language

• UML Notation Examples

• Use Case View

• Logical View

• Process Views

• Implementation View

• Deployment View

• Summary

Chapter 11 - Patterns

• What are Patterns?

• Elements of a Pattern

• Pattern Levels

• Pattern Types

• How to Start Using Patterns?

• Common Architectural Patterns

• Layers Pattern

• Object-Oriented Design Patterns

• Structural Design Pattern: Facade Pattern Example

• Enterprise Integration Patterns

• Messaging Systems: Overview

• Monitoring Credit Bureau Example

• EAA Patterns

• Model-View-Controller (MVC) Pattern

• SOA Patterns

• Business Process Patterns

• Configuration Management Patterns

• New Patterns Continue to Emerge

• Group Discussion: Patterns

• Summary

Chapter 12 - Architecture Tactics

• Tactics

• Availability Tactics

• Modifiability Tactics

• Architectural Patterns and Corresponding Tactics for Modifiability

• Performance Tactics

• Security Tactics

• Testability Tactics

• Usability Tactics

• Approach for Describing Tactics

• Pipes & Filters: Tactics

• Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA): Tactics

• Summary

Chapter 13 - Architecture Techniques

• ATAM: Scenario-based Architecture Review

• Progressive Filtering

• Rubric

• Refactoring

• Think About the Future, But Wait to Act

• Feature Tree

• Decision Tables

• Decision Table Example

• Flowcharts

• Strength, Weakness, Opportunity, Threat (SWOT) Analysis

• Example: SWOT Layout

• SWOT Steps

• Summary

Chapter 14 - Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS)

• COTS Advantages & Disadvantages

• COTS Implication

• COTS Inherent Risks

• COTS Risk Management Strategy

• Typical COTS Architecture

• Summary

Chapter 15 - The Architecture Toolbox

• The Architecture Toolbox

• The Toolbox

• What Goes in A Toolbox

• More Patterns

• Business Analysis Book of Knowledge (BABOK)

• DAMA DMBOK

• Reference Library

• Practitioner Toolbox Items

• Summary

Chapter 16 - Lessons Learned

• Process Recommendations Summary

• Structural Recommendations Summary

• Anti-Patterns

• Anti-Pattern: Bleeding Edge

• Anti-Pattern: Goldplatting

• Anti-Pattern: Strive for Perfection

• Anti-Pattern: Stuck in the Weeds

• Anti-Pattern: Technology Above All

• Summary

Handout 1 - Sample Principles

• Business Principles

• Data Principles

• Application Principles

• Technology Principles

• Governance Principles

• SOA Governance Principles

Handout 2 - Requirement Patterns

Handout 3 - Rubric Worksheet

Appendix A - Reference Library

• Industry Organizations

• References & Further Reading

Appendix B - Glossary

• ABC

• DEF

• GHI

• MNO

• PQR

• STU

• VWXYZ

Appendix C - Pattern List

Target Audience:

Enterprise Architect, Solution Architect, Architecture Stakeholders

Learning Objectives:

This Course will help to understand Enterprise architecture frameworks, reference architectures, solution architecture, architecture viewpoints, Requirements analysis, architecture roadmaps, architecture patterns & tactics, Commercial off-the-shelf architectures, architecture techniques, and building an architecture toolbox.

Course Agenda:

Day 1

• Chapter 1 - Introduction

• Chapter 2 - Enterprise Architecture (EA) Primer

• Chapter 3 - EA Framework

• Lab 1 - EA and SA Working Together

• Chapter 4 - Reference Architecture

• Handout 1 - Sample Principles

• Chapter 5 - Views & Viewpoints

• Chapter 6 - Architecture Requirements

• Lab 2 - Requirements

• Handout 2 - Quality Attribute (QA)/Quality of Service (QoS) Categories

• Handout 3 - Requirement Patterns

• Chapter 7 - Architecture Deliverables

Day 2

• Chapter 8 - Solution Architecture Overview

• Chapter 9 - Core Solution Architecture Methods

• Chapter 10 - Application Architecture

• Chapter 11 - Patterns

• Handout 4 - Requirement Statement Checklist

• Chapter 12 - Architecture Tactics

• Lab 3 - Define Tactics for a Quality

• Chapter 13 - Architecture Techniques

• Handout 5 - Rubric Worksheet

• Chapter 14 - Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS)

• Chapter 15 - The Architecture Toolbox

• Chapter 16 - Lessons Learned

• Lab 4 - Extra: Architecture Use Cases & Change Cases

• Appendix A - Reference Library

• Appendix B - Architecture Glossary

• Appendix C - EA Catalogs

• Appendix D - Pattern List