Enterprise and Solution Architecture BCS Advanced

Enterprise and Solution Architecture (E&SA) Avancier Certification Option delivers a powerful method to learn the tools and gain the skills of a modern Solution Architect. This class prepares for Avancier Certification.

This course includes presentations, discussions, class exercises, and case studies. It covers a broad sweep of architecture terms and concepts found in architecture frameworks such as TOGAF® and Zachman™. The course concentrates on the tools and methods of the modern Solution Architect including the ArchiMate® modeling language. Students will use industry-accepted methods to analyze and describe enterprise and solution architectures, from business goals to technological building blocks.

This course includes vendor and technology-independent topics on solution architecture techniques and products, application integration patterns, design for qualities (non-functional requirements), and real world case study work.

Topics include:

• Context: Principles, Scoping, Stakeholders, Goals, Requirements, ATAM
• Methodology: Architecture Processes, Vocabulary, Archimate® Concepts and representations
• Business Domain: Business Domain Artifacts, Functions, Capabilities, Scenario Driven Design
• Data Domain: Data Domain Artifacts, Data at Rest, Data in Motion, Data Quality and Interoperability
• Software Domain: Software Domain Artifacts, Modularity and Decoupling, Design Patterns, Interoperability and Communication types
• Application Domain: Artifacts, Services, Use Cases, Architecture, Integration Patterns
• Design for Qualities: Performance, Availability, Recoverability, Integrity, Security, Technology Domain Artifacts, Solution Technology Definitions
• Migration Planning: Migration Path, Business Cases, The Agile Mindset

Target Audience: Everybody interested in the terms, concepts and practice of architecture; especially people wanting to act in an architect role, and their stakeholders. It is recommended that attendees have seven years’ experience of IS/IT work including contact with architects and architecture descriptions.

Approach: The course is intensive. It includes presentations, discussions, class exercises and Avancier exam preparation and Avancier exam sessions.

Course Outline:

Architecture and architects

• Foundation concepts
• Architecture granularity
• Architecture domains
• Hierarchical or layered architecture
• Architect roles, goals and skills

Architecture precursors

• Stakeholders
• Drivers, aims and directives
• Solution descriptions and plans
• Standards
• Scope of architecture work requirements
• Regulatory requirements
• Business case

Architecture frameworks

• Architecture process frameworks
• Architecture descriptions
• Architecture models and abstractions
• Architecture description frameworks

Business architecture

• Foundation concepts
• Business structure and behavior
• Business process decomposition and automation
• Design for business security

Data architecture

• Foundation concepts
• Knowledge and/or content management
• Data architecture structure
• Data qualities and integration
• Design for data security

Software architecture

• Foundation concepts
• Component structures and patterns
• Component interfaces
• Component interoperation styles
• Component communication styles
• Publish and subscribe distribution

Applications architecture

• Foundation concepts
• Applications structure and behavior
• Design for applications security
• Application platform

Design for NFRS

• Performance
• Availability
• Reliability
• Recoverability
• Integrity
• Scalability
• Security

Infrastructure architecture

• Foundation concepts
• Infrastructure structure and behavior
• Design for infrastructure security

Migration planning and architecture management

• Gap analysis
• Migration path
• Risk analysis

Architecture management

• Architecture implementation
• Architecture change management
• Architecture governance
• Architecture in operations

Delivery Method: 4-day class, Exam will be held at the end of the 4th day of class.

Do I get a participation Certificate? Yes