Integrating Enterprise Architecture And Solution Architecture 2 Days Training in Phoenix, AZ

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 Topics:

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

●     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

 Learning Goals:

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

 Who can Attend?

 Enterprise Architect, Solution Architect, Architecture Stakeholders