Enterprise and Solution Architecture - Intermediate

(Course includes examination fee)

Course Overview

The Enterprise and Solution Architecture Intermediate course provides delegates with a thorough understanding of enterprise, solutions and related architectures. Key areas include:

• Enterprise and Solution Architecture principles and frameworks
• Business and Applications Architecture
• Data and Software architecture
• Infrastructure and Applications architecture

The programme provides participants with a consistent and comprehensive platform of knowledge about architecture terms and concepts and explains the BCS reference model for Enterprise and Solutions Architecture with illustrative exercises.

Course Content

Introduction to Enterprise and Solution Architecture

• Value of Enterprise Architecture
• Core definitions
• Architectural domains
• Granularity
• Hierarchical / Layered architecture
• Architectural & related roles

Architecture pre-cursors (intermediate)

• takeholders
• Drivers, aims and directives
• Goals and Requirements
• Solution descriptions and plans
• Standards and constraints
• Dimensions of architecture
• Business case

Architecture approaches (intermediate)

• Architecture process frameworks
• Architecture descriptions
• Architecture process models
• Architecture content models (description frameworks)

Business architecture (intermediate)

• Business structure and behaviour
• Business Models
• Business capability, functions and services
• Business Data and security

Data architecture (intermediate)

• Data and information
• Data architecture structures for storage and data in motion
• Data qualities and integration
• Data architecture frameworks

Applications architecture (intermediate)

• Application vs Applications architecture
• Rationale for applications architecture
• Structural and behavioural models
• Design for application security
• Using application platforms

Software architecture (intermediate)

• System modelling and modular design concepts
• Component structures and patterns
• Component interoperation and communication styles

Design for Non-Functional Requirements (intermediate)

• Performance
• Resilience
• Recoverability
• Integrity
• Servicability
• Security
• Sustainability

Infrastructure architecture (intermediate)

• Infrastructure architecture structure and behaviour models
• Building blocks
• Virtualisation and server consolidation
• Design for Infrastructure security

Architecture management and Migration planning

• Following a process
• Enterprise/Solution architecture and operations
• Enterprise/Solution architecture and governance

Last Edited: May 2016