The Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF) is an architecture framework for the United States Department of Defense that provides structure for a specific stakeholder concern through viewpoints organized by various views.
DoDAF defines a set of views that act as mechanisms for visualizing, understanding, and assimilating the broad scope and complexities of an architecture description through tabular, structural, behavioral, ontological, pictorial, temporal or graphical means.
It is especially suited to large systems with complex integration and interoperability challenges, and is apparently unique in its use of operational views detailing the external customer's operating domain in which the developing system will operate.
Course Overview: This 4 day course gives our comprehensive methodology to create operational, technical, and systems architecture views and products consistent with the DoDAF and DoD procurement and acquisition guidelines. Students will apply DoDAF compliance concepts, models and principles to design their own compliant system
Intended Audience:
Everybody interested in the terms, concepts and practice of architecture. Especially software architects looking for a senior role.
- Enterprise Architect
- Business Architects
- IT Architects
- Information Architects
- Technology Architects
- Application Architects
- System Integrators
- Solution Architects
Prerequisites:There are no prerequisites for this course.
Course Outline:Day 1Day 1 Overview
I2-T UAV Program Case Study
A case study and applied methodology (workflow) approach to establish a DoDAF 2.0 compliant architecture for the I2-T Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) System. The course utilizes web-based DoDAF modeling toolsets and an EA repository for saving and querying architecture work.
Focus of the Advanced Applied Course is on students building the actual I2-T UAV Architecture using an EA methodology that is tied to the DoDAF 6 Step Process. In addition, the Advanced Applied course contains EA analysis and reporting course modules, which highlights the deliverables and output that support DoD processes, governance and reporting.
Each Module review illustrates the connectivity and purpose of the DoDAF models and viewpoints, and graphically shows what has been accomplished through visualization, analysis and querying results from the EA repository.
Module 1 – DoDAF Architectural Description
UAV Scenario (Case Study)
DoDAF Step 1: Determine Intended Use of Architecture
- AV-1: Overview and Summary Information
- *AV-1 Workbook Instructions / Modeling
- CV-1: Vision (Learning Module)
- *CV-1 Workbook Instructions / Modeling
- CV-2: Capability Taxonomy
- *CV-2 Workbook Instructions / Modeling
- Module 1 Review
Module 2 – DoDAF Architectural Scope
DoDAF Step 2: Determine Scope of Architecture
- OV-1: High-Level Operational Concept Graphic
- *OV-1 Workbook Instructions / Modeling
- OV-2: Operational Resource Flow Description
- *OV-2 Workbook Instructions / Modeling
- OV-4: Organizational Relationships Chart
- *OV-4 Workbook Instructions / Modeling
- Module 2 Review
Module 3 – DoDAF Architectural Timeline
- PV-1: Project Portfolio Relationships
- *PV-1 Workbook Instructions / Modeling
- PV-2: Project Timelines
- *PV-2 Workbook Instructions / Modeling
- PV-3: Project to Capability Mapping
- *PV-3 Workbook Instructions / Modeling
- Module 3 Review
Module 4 – DoDAF Architectural Data and Standards
DoDAF Step 3: Determine Data Required to Support Architecture Development
- DIV-1: Conceptual Data Model
- *DIV-1 Workbook Instructions / Modeling
- DIV-2: Logical Data Model
- *DIV-2 Workbook Instructions / Modeling
- DIV-3: Physical Data Model
- *DIV-3 Workbook Instructions / Modeling
- StdV-1 Standards Profile
- *StdV-1 Workbook Instructions / Modeling
- StdV-2 Standards Forecast
- *StdV-2 Workbook Instructions / Modeling
- AV-2: Integrated Dictionary
- *AV-2 Workbook Instructions / Modeling
- Module 4 Review
Day 2Day 2 Overview
Module 5 – DoDAF Architectural Operations
DoDAF Step 4: Collect, Organize, Correlate, and Store Architectural Data
- OV-5a: Operational Activity Decomposition Tree
- *OV-5a Workbook Instructions / Modeling
- OV-5b: Operational Activity Model
- *OV-5b Workbook Instructions / Modeling
- OV-3: Operational Resource Flow Matrix
- *OV-3 Workbook Instructions / Modeling
- OV-6c: Event-Trace Description
- *OV-6c Workbook Instructions / Modeling
- OV-6: Business Process Modeling Notation
- *OV-6 Workbook Instructions / Modeling
- Module 5 Review
Module 6 – DoDAF Architectural Systems (Phase 1)
- SV-1 Systems Interface Description
- *SV-1 Workbook Instructions / Modeling
- SV-2 Systems Resource Flow Description
- *SV-2 Workbook Instructions / Modeling
- SV-4a Systems Functionality Decomposition
- *SV-4a Workbook Instructions / Modeling
- SV-4b System Data Flow
- *SV-4b Workbook Instructions / Modeling
- SV-3 Systems-Systems Matrix
- *SV-3 Workbook Instructions / Modeling
- SV-5a Operational Activity to Systems Function Traceability Matrix
- *SV-5a Workbook Instructions / Modeling
- SV-5b Operational Activity to Systems Traceability Matrix
- *SV-5b Workbook Instructions / Modeling
- SV-10c Systems Event-Trace Description
- *SV-10c Workbook Instructions / Modeling
- Module 6 Review
Module 7 – DoDAF Architectural Services (Phase 1)
- SvcV-1 Services Interface Description
- * SvcV -1 Workbook Instructions / Modeling
- SvcV -2 Services Resource Flow Description
- * SvcV -2 Workbook Instructions / Modeling
- SvcV -4a Services Functionality Decomposition
- * SvcV -4a Workbook Instructions / Modeling
- SvcV -4b Services Data Flow
- * SvcV -4b Workbook Instructions / Modeling
- SvcV -3 Services-Services Matrix
- * SvcV -3 Workbook Instructions / Modeling
- SvcV -5a Operational Activity to Services Function Traceability Matrix
- * SvcV -5a Workbook Instructions / Modeling
- SvcV -5b Operational Activity to Services Traceability Matrix
- * SvcV -5b Workbook Instructions / Modeling
- SvcV -10c Services Event-Trace Description
- * SvcV -10c Workbook Instructions / Modeling
- Module 8 Review
Module 9 – DoDAF Architectural Capabilities
- CV-3: Capability Phasing
- *CV-3 Workbook Instructions / Modeling
- CV-4: Capability Dependencies
- *CV-4 Workbook Instructions / Modeling
- CV-5: Capability to Organizational Development Mapping
- *CV-5 Workbook Instructions / Modeling
- CV-6: Capability to Operational Activities Mapping
- *CV-6 Workbook Instructions / Modeling
- CV-7: Capability to Services Mapping
- *CV-7 Workbook Instructions / Modeling
- Module 9 Review
Day 3Day 3 Overview
Module 10 – DoDAF Architectural Systems (Phase 2)
- SV-6 Systems Resource Flow Matrix
- *SV-6 Workbook Instructions / Modeling
- SV-7 Systems Measures Matrix
- *SV-7 Workbook Instructions / Modeling
- SV-8 Systems Evolution Description
- *SV-8 Workbook Instructions / Modeling
- SV-9 Systems Technology & Skills Forecast
- *SV-9 Workbook Instructions / Modeling
- SV-10a Systems Rules Model
- *SV-10a Workbook Instructions / Modeling
- SV-10b Systems State Transition Description
- *SV-10b Workbook Instructions / Modeling
- Module 10 Review
Module 11 – DoDAF Architectural Services (Phase 2)
- SvcV-6 Services Resource Flow Matrix
- * SvcV -6 Workbook Instructions / Modeling
- SvcV -7 Services Measures Matrix
- * SvcV -7 Workbook Instructions / Modeling
- SvcV -8 Services Evolution Description
- * SvcV -8 Workbook Instructions / Modeling
- SvcV -9 Services Technology & Skills Forecast
- * SvcV -9 Workbook Instructions / Modeling
- SvcV -10a Services Rules Model
- * SvcV -10a Workbook Instructions / Modeling
- SvcV -10b Services State Transition Description
- * SvcV -10b Workbook Instructions / Modeling
- Module 11 Review
Day 4
Day 4 Overview
Module 12 – DoDAF Architectural Management
DoDAF Step 5: Conduct Analyses in Support of Architecture Objectives
- Architecture Management, Gap Analysis, Completeness report
- * Architecture Management Workbook Instructions / Modeling
- Repository Management
- * Repository Management Workbook Instructions / Modeling
- Module 12 Review
Module 13 – DoDAF Architectural Analysis/Reporting
DoDAF Step 6: Present Results in Accordance with Decision-Maker Needs
- Architecture Analysis, Presentations, Fit-For-Purpose views
- * Architecture Analysis & Reporting Workbook Instructions / Modeling
- Repository Reporting
- * Repository Analysis Workbook Instructions / Modeling
- Module 13 Review
Course Summary
End of Course Survey