Course Overview

Enterprise and Solution Architecture Intermediate & Practitioner

Enterprise and Solution Architecture Intermediate & Practitioner combines the Intermediate and Practitioner courses into a comprehensive five-day programme. During the course, participants learn the essentials that all architects need to know. Industry-accepted methods to analyse and describe enterprise and solution architectures are presented, from business goals to the building blocks of technology. The course combines knowledge with the opportunity to practice the methods and techniques presented using a realistic case study and it assists those with a TOGAF certificate to see how that framework can be applied in practice.

BCS Professional Certifications

This course leads to both the Intermediate Certificate in Enterprise and Solution Architecture and Practitioner Certificate in Enterprise and Solution Architecture, both of which are part of the BCS Professional Certifications portfolio (ISEB). The examinations for these qualifications last for one hour and are held at the end of the course. Each certificate examination consists of 40 multiple-choice questions. These certificates are both specialist modules for the Diploma in Solution Development.

SFIA Mapping

This course supports skills ARCH level 6 and STPL level 5.

Course Content

1. Architecture and architects
   • Foundation concepts
   • Architecture granularity
   • Architecture domains
   • Hierarchical or layered architecture
   • Architect roles, goals and skills
2. Architecture precursors
   • Stakeholders
   • Drivers, aims and directives
   • Solution descriptions and plans
   • Standards
   • Scope of architecture work
   • Requirements
   • Regulatory requirements
   • Business case
3. Architecture frameworks
   • Architecture process frameworks
   • Architecture descriptions
   • Architecture models and abstractions
   • Architecture description frameworks
4. Business architecture
   • Foundation concepts
   • Business structure and behaviour
   • Business process decomposition and automation
   • Design for business security
5. Data architecture
   • Foundation concepts
   • Knowledge and/or content management
   • Data architecture structure
   • Data qualities and integration
   • Design for data security
6. Software architecture
   • Foundation concepts
   • Component structures and patterns
   • Component interfaces
   • Component interoperation styles
   • Component communication styles
   • Publish and subscribe distribution
7. Applications architecture
   • Foundation concepts
   • Applications structure and behaviour
   • Design for applications security
   • Application platform
8. Design for NFRS
   • Performance
   • Availability
   • Reliability
   • Recoverability
   • Integrity
   • Scalability
   • Security
9. Infrastructure architecture
   • Foundation concepts
   • Infrastructure structure and behaviour
   • Design for infrastructure security
10. Migration planning and architecture management
    • Gap analysis
    • Migration path
    • Risk analysis
11. Architecture management
    • Architecture implementation
    • Architecture change management
    • Architecture governance
    • Architecture in operations