Duration
3 days
Introduction
This Enterprise Architecture Basic Concepts course provides an overview of the theory and practice of Enterprise Architecture (EA), its roots in business and technology analysis and planning, the value and risk of implementing EA in an organization, the scope of EA programs, EA documentation methods, and the six basic elements that comprise a complete approach to practicing EA. Leading edge concepts of integrating strategic, business, and technology planning through holistic EA approaches are presented during the course.
TOGAF in its Enterprise Edition remains what it has always been, namely an architecture framework - a set of methods and tools for developing a broad range of different IT architectures. It enables IT users to design, evaluate, and build the right architecture for their organization, and reduces the costs of planning, designing, and implementing architectures based on open systems solutions. The key to TOGAF remains a reliable, practical method - the TOGAF Architecture Development Method (ADM) - for defining business needs and developing an architecture that meets those needs, utilizing the elements of TOGAF and other architectural assets available to the organization.
ArchiMate is a modeling language designed to make the inner-workings of corporations efficient. Developed by The Open Group, this language uses clear terminology to visually map out connections within a business. Enterprise architecture is a common word for these connections.
ArchiMate makes it possible to see which departments and operations are related to others. This standard language describes how the business is structured, its processes, how information flows, its technical infrastructure, and the IT systems.
Benefits
- Establish a solid foundation of understanding for current EA concepts and methods;
- Understand EA program basic elements: Governance, Methodology, Best Practices, Framework, Documentation Artifacts, and Collaboration Repository;
- Describe the value and risk of doing Enterprise Architecture
- Describe EA terminology and best practices
- Comprehend the basic concepts of Enterprise Architecture and the TOGAF Standard
- Explain the features of the TOGAF Standard and its methodology
- Apply the Architecture Development Method (ADM) and the guidelines and techniques supporting it
- Interpret the reference models and architecture function in the TOGAF
DAY 1 – ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE
- EA Theory and Practice Overview
- The Value and Risk of Doing Enterprise Architecture
- The Roots of EA - Part 1: Age of Information
- The Roots of EA - Part 2: Related Theory
- The Scope of EA - Part 1: EA as a Meta Model
- The Scope of EA - Part 2: Strategy, Business, Technology
- EA Basic Element 1: Integrated Governance
- EA Basic Element 2: Implementation Method
- EA Basic Element 3: Documentation Framework
- EA Basic Element 4: Documentation Artifacts
- EA Basic Element 5: Repository and Tools
- EA Basic Element 6: Associated Best Practices
DAY 2 – TOGAF
- The TOGAF 9 Components
- Architecture Development Method
- The Enterprise Continuum
- The Architecture Repository
- The Architecture Content Framework
- The Architecture Content Metamodel
- Preliminary Phase
- Architecture Governance
- Business Scenarios
- Stakeholder Management
- Architecture Views and Viewpoints
- Building Blocks and the ADM
- Architecture Implementation Support Techniques
DAY 3 – ARCHIMATE
- EA, TOGAF & ArchiMate
- Motivation and scope
- Framework
- Examples
- Meta model
- Views and viewpoints
- Relations with other languages
- Support for ArchiMate
Programme scope, delivery arrangements and suitability are confirmed during enquiry.