Description

TARGET PARTICIPANTS

Anyone contributing to the strategic enablement of business through IT, who seeks TOGAF 9 certification as an enterprise architect.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

You Will Learn How To:

•     Prepare for the TOGAF Foundation (Part 1) and Certified (Part 2) examinations
•     Identify opportunities for achieving business and IT alignment
•     Apply a process for creating architectures through TOGAF's Architecture Development Method
•     Create an organization-specific architecture capability

Workshop Activities Include:

•     Taking practice exam quizzes in preparation for the TOGAF exams
•     Testing your familiarity with the TOGAF structure and content
•     Exploring enterprise architecture concepts in a realistic case study
•     Developing a business case for enterprise architecture
•     Creating an exam study plan

COURSE CONTENT

Introduction to TOGAFAligning IT with business objectives

•     TOGAF as a framework for enterprise architecture
•     Explaining the role and purpose of The Open Group
•     Outlining the structure of the TOGAF document
•     Navigating the TOGAF Certification for People Program

Defining Core ConceptsViews and viewpoints

•     Separating enterprise architecture into domains
•     Categorizing architectural artifacts through an enterprise continuum

Building architectures

•     Creating architectures with the Architectural Development Method (ADM)
•     Establishing an enterprise architecture capability
•     Combining TOGAF with other frameworks

Implementing the Architectural Development Method (ADM)ADM Overview

•     Recognizing the basic structure of the ADM
•     Adapting the ADM
•     Scoping the architecture effort
•     Detailing an architectural requirements management framework

Bootstrapping in the Preliminary Phase

•     Establishing the requirements for architecture work
•     Confirming architecture principles
•     Defining the enterprise architecture team and organization

Envisioning the architecture work (Phase A)

•     Determining target architecture value propositions
•     Developing the Statement of Architecture Work

Creating Domain Architectures (Phases B-D)

•     Describing target Business Architectures
•     Covering the application and data domains through Information Systems Architecture
•     Mapping application components to underlying technologies with Technology Architectures

Applying Enterprise Architecture Through Projects (ADM Phases E-H)Delivering architecture projects

•     Deriving Transition Architectures that deliver continuous business value
•     Developing Implementation and Migration Plans
•     Prioritizing work packages and projects

Maintaining enterprise architecture

•     Governing and managing Architecture Contracts
•     Triggering new cycles of the ADM

Applying ADM Guidelines and TechniquesPlacing the ADM in Context

•     Iterating the ADM
•     Building hierarchies of ADM processes

Dealing with architecture styles

•     Providing guidance for security architecture
•     Governing Service-Oriented Architecture

Leveraging the Enterprise ContinuumCategorizing architectural artifacts

    Populating the architecture and solutions continua    Storing artifacts in the Architecture Repository    Exploiting the Enterprise Continuum for reuse

Partitioning architectures

    Analyzing the architecture landscape through partitioning    Aggregating and integrating content

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