About this Event
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
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Regus Singapore, 77 Robinson Rd, 34 Floor, Singapore, Singapore
SGD 1195.00 to SGD 1495.00