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Reference Architectures and Roadmaps

This course focuses on the most commonly used architecture deliverables and skills that organizations use when starting an EA program. The course includes: Reference Architecture development,...

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$680 USD
Duration 1 day
Course Code WA2336
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Overview

This course focuses on the most commonly used architecture deliverables and skills that organizations use when starting an EA program. The course includes: Reference Architecture development, architecture requirements definition, gap analysis, architecture roadmaps, architecture patterns, architecture tactics, architecture techniques, COTS architecture and considerations.

Who Can Benefit

  • Architects that learned TOGAF and are ready to apply

Prerequisites

  • TOGAF knowledge

Course Details

Outline

Chapter 1 - Introduction

  • Introductions
  • Course Outline
  • Handouts & Appendices
  • Practical Application: Building Skills
  • Practical Application: Filling Your Toolbox
  • Course Evaluation & Questions
  • Course Delivery Overview

Chapter 2 - 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
  • Templates: Principle & Principle Catalog
  • Example: Architecture Principles
  • Group Discussion: Principles
  • Applying Architecture Principles
  • Policies
  • Template: Policy
  • Example: Governance Policies
  • Example: SOA Policy
  • Example: Policies
  • Reference Models
  • Example: IBM Business Analytics & Optimization Reference Architecture
  • Example: IBM Insurance Application Architecture
  • Example: SOA Reference Architecture
  • Example:Customer Experience Reference Architecture
  • Business Scenarios
  • Business Scenario Summary
  • Business Scenario Outline
  • Template & Example: Business Scenario
  • Practices: Standards & Guidelines
  • Example: Interoperability Standards
  • Example: Insurance Reporting Reference Architecture
  • Example: Electronic Product Code™ (EPC) Standards
  • Example: Health Care Reference Architecture
  • Resource: Financial Industry Organizations
  • Resource: Health Industry Organizations
  • Resource: Retail Industry Organizations
  • Resource: Technical Organizations
  • Industry Organizations
  • Insurance Industry Standards ROI
  • Requirements
  • Example: Mobile Security Reference Architecture
  • Example: MSRA Requirements
  • Architecture Building Blocks: Reusable Requirement Sets
  • Resource: NIST Security Requirements
  • Example: COTS Standard Requirements Set
  • Summary

Chapter 3 - Architecture Requirements

  • Architecture Quality Attributes
  • Quality of Service Requirement Categories
  • Quality Attribute (QA)/Quality of Service (QoS) Definitions
  • Trade-off Analysis
  • Group Discussion: Trade-offs
  • Requirement Patterns
  • Example: Non-Functional Requirement Patterns
  • Requirement Statement Best Practices
  • Architecture Change Cases
  • Elements of a Change Case
  • Example: Change Case
  • Eliciting Change Cases
  • Group Discussion: Change Case
  • Summary

Chapter 4 - Architecture Gap Analysis, Roadmap & Migration Planning

  • Putting the Pieces Together
  • Gap Analysis
  • Gap Analysis Matrix
  • Example: DOE Gap Analysis
  • Consolidated Gaps, Solutions, and Dependencies Matrix
  • Architecture Roadmap Table
  • Transition Architectures in Context
  • Architecture Roadmap
  • General Roadmap Methodology
  • Defining Work Packages
  • Roadmap Development Strategies
  • Example: High-Level Architecture Roadmap
  • Example: Pharmacy Standards Roadmap
  • Example: SOA Roadmap
  • Example: Business Intelligence Roadmap
  • Template: Architecture Roadmap
  • Migration Planning
  • Business Value Assessment Technique
  • Example: DOE Transition Plan
  • Example:Transition Milestone Table
  • Example: EPA Transition Plan
  • Template: TOGAF Implementation & Migration Plan Template
  • Process Summary
  • Summary

Chapter 5 - Patterns

  • What are Patterns?
  • Elements of a Pattern
  • Pattern Levels
  • Pattern Types
  • How to Start Using Patterns?
  • Common Architectural Patterns
  • Layers Pattern
  • Example: Retail Layered Architecture
  • Object-Oriented Design Patterns
  • Structural Design Pattern: Facade Pattern Example
  • Enterprise Integration Patterns
  • Messaging Systems: Overview
  • Example Pattern: Pipes and Filters
  • Monitoring Credit Bureau Example
  • EAA Patterns
  • Model-View-Controller (MVC) Pattern
  • SOA Patterns
  • Example: Saga Pattern
  • Business Process Patterns
  • Example: Synchronizing Merge Pattern
  • Configuration Management Patterns
  • New Patterns Continue to Emerge
  • Group Discussion: Patterns
  • Summary

Chapter 6 - 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
  • Group Discussion: Tactics
  • Pipes & Filters: Tactics
  • Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA): Tactics
  • Summary

Chapter 7 - Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS)

  • COTS Advantages & Disadvantages
  • COTS Implication: Accept Design Influence
  • COTS Implication: Plan for Stability
  • COTS Implication: Sustain Competency
  • COTS Implication: Vendor Lock-In
  • COTS Implication: Balance Business Needs & Architecture
  • COTS Inherent Risks
  • COTS Risk Management Strategy #1
  • COTS Risk Management Strategy #2
  • COTS Risk Management Strategy #3
  • Group Discussion: COTS
  • Typical COTS Architecture
  • Summary

Handout 1 - Sample Principles

  • Business Principles
  • Data Principles
  • Application Principles
  • Technology Principles
  • Governance Principles
  • SOA Governance Principles

Handout 2 - Quality Attribute (QA)/Quality of Service (QoS) Categories

  • Introduction
  • Quality Attributes

Handout 3 - Requirement Patterns

Handout 4 - Requirement Statement Checklist

  • Introduction
  • Requirement Statement Review Checklist

Appendix A - Reference Library

  • Industry Organizations
  • References & Further Reading

Appendix B - Glossary

  • ABC
  • DEF
  • GHI
  • MNO
  • PQR
  • STU
  • VWXYZ

Appendix C - EA Catalogs, Matrices, & Diagrams

  • Catalogs
  • Matrices
  • Diagrams

Appendix D - Pattern List

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