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 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