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