Age Requirements:
18 and older
- Prepare students to Investigate, design, plan and oversee implementation of complex change initiatives
- Adapt and implement proven approaches to business transformation based on The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF®) and the ArchiMate® visual modeling language.
- Earn foundational TOGAF® and ArchiMate® certification
- Develop a cadre of change leaders that collaborate to plan, lead and sustain change initiatives
- Master the course material in preparation for The Open Group certification exams
Intended Audience- Business Analysts
- Enterprise Architects
- Program Managers
- Project Managers
- Solution Architects
Course Outline
Format
- Four and one-half days of classroom instruction
- Practical group exercises that students adapt to the challenges they face
- Relationship-building to support change leadership
- Led by TOGAF® and ArchiMate® Certified instructors with many years guiding change initiatives at multiple organizations
Day 1: Introduction to Enterprise Architecture- Definition and overview of Enterprise Architecture
- How Enterprise Architecture works with other disciplines
- TOGAF® Core Concepts
- ArchiMate® Overview
- Using TOGAF® and ArchiMate® together
- TOGAF® Application Development Method (ADM)
- Visual Modeling Exercises
- Organizational Structure
- Business Motivation
- Adapting the TOGAF® ADM
Day 2: Architecture Modeling and Governance
- Architecture Stakeholders, Concerns, Viewpoints, and Views
- ArchiMate® Core Concepts
- Architecture Governance
- Architecture Capability Development
- TOGAF® Preliminary Phase
- Visual Modeling Exercises
- Selecting Viewpoints for a Change Scenario
- Depicting Stakeholders and Their Concerns
- Designing an Architecture Governance Structure
Day 3: Creating, Implementing and Managing Architectures
- Architecture Development with the TOGAF® ADM
- Phase A. Architecture Vision
- Phase B. Business Architecture
- Phase C. Information Systems (Data and Application) Architectures
- Phase D. Technology Architecture
- Phase E. Opportunities and Solutions
- Phase F. Migration Planning
- Phase G. Implementation Governance
- Phase H. Architecture Change Management
- Architecture Requirements Management
- Visual Modeling Exercises
- Baseline and Target Architectures
- Roadmap for Journey from Baseline to Target
Day 4: Architecture Tools and Techniques
- Requirements Management
- Architecture Reuse: Principles, Patterns and Building Blocks
- Managing Architecture Knowledge and Reuse
- TOGAF® Enterprise Continuum o Architecture Repository
- Choosing Tooling for Standards-Based Architecture
- TOGAF® Reference Models
- Technology (TRM)
- Information Infrastructure (IIRM)
- Visual Modeling Exercises
- Adapting a TOGAF® Reference Model
- Adapting the Enterprise Continuum o Architecture and Solution Building Blocks
- Adapting ArchiMate® with Extension Mechanisms
- Requirements Realization
- Gap Analysis
Day 5 (Half Day): Conclusion
- Using TOGAF® and ArchiMate® Together
- Adapting Standards for Specific Organizations and Initiatives
- Preparing for Certification Exams
- Students’ Questions and Feedback
- Next steps for advancing students’ change scenarios
- How students can support each other