Integrating Enterprise Architecture & Solution Architecture 2 Days Session

Certificate: Course Completion Certificate Credits: 16

Duration: 2 Days Language: English

Course Delivery: Classroom/ Virtual/ On-site

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

Note:

However, catering to the demands of busy professionals, our virtual training programs are as effective as face-to-face learning. Reach us at info@mangates.com for dates and details of Instructor Led Live Virtual Sessions.

If you would like to get this course customized and delivered exclusively for your group, we have an On-Site Training Option, you can reach us at info@mangates.com for more details about on-site or corporate training.

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Groups of 5 people 15% Discount

Groups of 10 people 20% Discount