Enterprise Architecture Foundation
Module 1: Introduction and Concepts
- What an Enterprise is
- The purpose and benefits of Enterprise Architecture
- The TOGAF Standard as a framework for EnterpriseArchitecture The four architecture domains
- Architecture Abstraction
- The Enterprise Continuum
- The Architecture Repository
- The TOGAF Content Framework and Enterprise Metamodel Architecture Capability
- Risk Management
- Gap Analysis
Module 2: Definitions
- Understand relevant terminology
Module 3: Introduction to the ADM Phases
- The ADM and its phases
- Draft and Approved status for deliverables
- The iterative approach of the ADM
- The need to govern Enterprise Architecture
- How to Scope an Architecture
- Architecture alternatives and trade-offs
- The purpose and objectives of each of the ADM phases
- How architecture can be applied to support Agilesoftware development
Module 4: Introduction to ADM Techniques
- How the ADM and Supporting Guidelines and Techniques
- relate to each other Architecture Principles
- Business Scenarios
- Gap analysis
- Interoperability
- Business Transformation Readiness Assessment
- Architecture Risk Management
Module 5: Introduction to Applying the ADM
- Where guidance is available
- How iteration within the ADM enables concurrent operation
- The Architecture Landscape
- Purposes to frame Architecture Projects
- How the TOGAF Standard can be applied to support the digital enterprise
Module 6: Introduction to Architecture Governance
- The concept of Architecture Governance
- Why Architecture Governance is beneficial
- The role and responsibilities of an Architecture Board Architecture Contracts
- Architecture Compliance
Module 7: Architecture Content
- The concepts of stakeholders, concerns, architecture views and architecture viewpoints
- Architecture Building Blocks (ABBs)
- Architecture deliverables
Enterprise Architecture Practitioner
Module 1: The Context for Enterprise Architecture
- Guiding Effective Change: The Purpose of Enterprise
- Architecture
- What does an Enterprise Architecture look like?
- Architecture Capability
- Architecture Governance and the role of an Enterprise Architect
- Architecture Compliance, Levels of Conformance, Reviews, and the Role of the Architect
- How an Architecture enables alignment to Organizational Objectives using Agile development as an example
- The need to Manage Multiple Architecture States
- Enterprise Security Architecture
- Security, a Cross-Cutting Concern
- Managing Uncertainty in order to optimize Maximum Business Benefit and Minimum Business Loss
Module 2: Stakeholder Management
- How to identify Stakeholders, their Concerns, Views, and the Communication involved
- The use of Architecture Views
- Stakeholder Engagement and Requirements Management
- Using Trade-off to Support Architecture development
Module 3: Phase A, The Starting Point
- Information necessary to execute the Architecture Vision phase
- How to apply Phase A and how it contributes to Architecture Development Work
- Security-specific Architecture Design that is sufficient — Phase A
- Outputs necessary to proceed with the Architecture Development
Module 4: Architecture Development
- Steps applicable to all ADM Phases
- Risk and Security considerations during the Architecture Development (ADM Phases B to D)
- Relevant Information to produce outputs valuable to the Architecture Development
- How to apply Phases B, C, and D, and how they contribute to the Architecture Development work
- Information relevant to Phase C (Data and Applications) to produce outputs for the Architecture Development
- Information needed in Phase D to produce outputs relevant to the architecture development
- Outputs of Phases B, C, and D necessary to proceed with the Architecture Development Work
Module 5: Implementing the Architecture
- Risk and Security considerations for Phases E, F, & G
- Steps (Phase E) to create the Implementation and Migration Strategy
- Basic Approaches to Implementation
- Identifying and Grouping Work Packages
- Creating and Documenting Transition Architectures
- The Impact of Migration Projects on the Organization and the Coordination Required
- Why and how Business Value is assigned to each Work Package
- How to Prioritize the Migration Projects (Phase F)
- Confirm the Architecture Roadmap (Phase F)
- The outputs of Phase F necessary to Proceed with the Architecture Implementation
- Inputs to Phase G Implementation Governance
- How Implementation Governance is executed (Phase G)
- Outputs to support Architecture Governance
- How Architecture Contracts are used to communicate with Implementers
Module 6: Architecture Change Management
- Inputs triggering Change Management — Change Requests
- Activities necessary for effective Change Management (Stakeholder Management)
- Outputs relevant to proceed with a Change
Module 7: Requirement Management
- The inputs that feed the Requirements Management Phase
- How the Requirements Management steps correspond to ADM Phase Steps
- The Purpose of the outputs of Requirements Management
Module 8: Supporting the ADM Work
- How The Open Group TOGAF Library can be used to support the Practitioner’s Work
- Business Scenarios
- The purpose of Compliance Assessments
- How Migration Planning techniques are used to review and consolidate the Gap Analysis results from earlier Phases
- How a Repository can be structured using the TOGAF Architecture Repository as an Example
- What to expect in a well-run Architecture Repository
- How the concepts of Architecture Levels are used to organize the Architecture Landscape
- Different Levels of Architecture that exist in an organisation
- Determining the Level that an Architecture is being developed at The Role of Architecture Building Blocks (ABBs)
- Guidelines and Techniques for Business Architecture
- Applying Gap Analysis
- How Iteration can be used in Architecture Practices
- How the Implementation Factor Catalogue can be used
- The Content Framework and the Enterprise Metamodel
- When the Architecture Content Framework (ACF) needs to be Filled throughout the ADM Cycles
- Using an Enterprise Metamodel
- Using a Taxonomy
- How Risk Assessment can be used
