Enterprise and Solution Architecture

Principles: Intermediate Level

A 3 day workshop in a training centre. Can be delivered on-site over 3 or 4 days.

 

 

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Overview

At the end of the course the delegates will

Good for those looking to a career as an enterprise, solution, applications or data architect.

Gives attendees a consistent and comprehensive platform of knowledge about architecture terms and concepts.

Explains the ISEB reference model with exercises (not an extended case study).

About 20 hours of content including revision and exam.

·         Have formed a coherent picture of architects’ roles in practice.

·         Understand enterprise and solution architecture frameworks

·         Understand the ways architects build architecture descriptions.

·         Know ways to model the principal deliverables of architecture frameworks like TOGAF & Zachman.

·         Take away useful distillations of architecture practices and deliverables.

Relevant examinations

Experience required

This course covers the syllabus for the Intermediate Level Certificate in Enterprise and Solution Architecture offered by the Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB).

It concludes with a one hour exam (only for those who have paid the ISEB examination fee).

Prerequisites: > 3 years experience of IS/IT work, including some contact with architecture descriptions.

A broad experience of IS and IT projects is helpful.

Course syllabus

1 ARCHITECTURE & ARCHITECTS | Foundation concepts  | Architecture granularity | Architecture domains | Hierarchical or layered architecture | Architect roles, goals & skills

 

2 ARCHITECTURE PRECURSORS | Stakeholders | Drivers, aims & directives | Solution descriptions & plans | Standards | Scope of architecture work | Requirements | Regulatory requirements | Business case

 

3 ARCHITECTURE FRAMEWORKS | Architecture process frameworks | Architecture descriptions | Architecture models & abstractions | Architecture description frameworks

 

4 BUSINESS ARCHITECTURE | Foundation concepts  | Business structure & behaviour | Business process decomposition & automation | Design for business security

 

5 DATA ARCHITECTURE | Foundation concepts  | Knowledge &/or content management  | Data architecture structure | Data qualities & integration | Design for data security

6 SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE | Foundation concepts  | Component structures & patterns | Component interfaces | Component interoperation styles | Component communication styles | Publish & subscribe distribution

 

7 APPLICATIONS ARCHITECTURE | Foundation concepts  | Applications structure & behaviour | Design for applications security | Application platform

 

8 DESIGN for NFRS | Performance | Availability | Reliability | Recoverability | Integrity | Scalability | Security | Etc.

 

9 INFRASTRUCTURE ARCHITECTURE | Foundation concepts | Infrastructure structure & behaviour | Design for infrastructure security

 

10 MIGRATION PLANNING and 11 ARCHITECTURE MANAGEMENT – outline only

Other details

Location: A training centre.

Timings: Usually 9 am to 5.30 pm. The tutor may vary and extend the timings.

Number: Maximum 12 delegates.

Prices: See Terms.