WA2335 APPLYING TOGAF TRAINING AND COURSEWARE

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This course is for architects that have learned TOGAF concepts, and now want to put it into practice to provide results. This course covers all the topics of course WA2322 EA Practitioner's Guide (Extended), except for the EA primer and TOGAF overview material.

AUDIENCE

Architects that learned TOGAF and are ready to apply

PREREQUISITES

TOGAF knowledge

DURATION

4 Days

Outline of WA2335 Applying TOGAF Training

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 - DEFINING AN ARCHITECTURE VISION

• Architecture Vision
• Context Diagram
• Define The System Boundaries
• Stakeholder Matrix
• Stakeholder Map
• Example: Stakeholder Map
• Template: TOGAF Stakeholder Map Matrix
• Value Chain Diagram
• Example: Retail Vision Diagram
• Example: Customer Interaction Concept Diagram
• Example: Solution Concept Diagram
• Examples: TOGAF Vision Diagrams
• Template: Architecture Vision Deliverable
• Summary

CHAPTER 4 - ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE BASELINE

• Importance of an Architecture Baseline
• Architecture Baseline Process Overview
• What are Your EA Baseline Objectives?
• Group Discussion: EA Baseline Goals & Objectives
• A Typical Place to Start
• Core Catalogs
• Core Matrices
• Templates: Baseline Collection Templates
• Creating Building Blocks from a Baseline
• What Can You Learn From Your Baseline
• Customized Taxonomy
• Baseline More Than Software
• Baseline Classified by Lifecycle
• Baseline Relationships
• Relationship Types
• Baseline Reporting
• EA Baseline Best Practices
• Summary

CHAPTER 5 - 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 6 - BUSINESS ARCHITECTURE

• Business Architecture Entities
• Business Views
• Business Catalogs
• Templates: TOGAF Business Catalogs
• Example: Medicaid Business Process
• Example: Service Function Catalog
• Example: Location Catalog
• Example: Role Catalog Structure
• Example: SOA Role Catalog (Excerpt)
• Example: Requirements Catalog
• Business Matrices
• Example: DOE Business Matrix
• Templates: TOGAF Business Matrices
• Example: Role Location Matrix
• Business Diagrams
• Example: Business Footprint Diagram
• Example: Business Service / Information Diagram
• Example: Medicaid Business Process Model
• Example: HL7 EHR Functional Model
• Example: Business Footprint Diagram
• Example: Process Flow Diagram
• Examples: TOGAF Business Diagrams
• Resource: Business Analysis Book of Knowledge (BABOK)
• Resource: Business Architecture Body of Knowledge (BIZBOK™)
• Summary

CHAPTER 7 - DATA ARCHITECTURE

• Data Architecture Entities
• Data Catalogs
• Templates: Data Catalog
• Example: Data Catalog
• Data Matrices
• Template: Data Matrices
• Data Diagrams
• Example: Property & Casualty Conceptual Data Model
• Example: Data Lifecycle Diagram
• Example: Data Dissemination Diagram
• Example: Data Migration Diagram
• Example: Alternative Data Migration Table
• Example: Data Security Diagram
• Example: Alternative Data Security Table
• DAMA DMBOK
• Samples: Data Diagrams
• Summary

CHAPTER 8 - APPLICATION ARCHITECTURE

• Application Architecture Entities
• Application Catalogs
• Template: Applications Portfolio Catalog
• Example: Application Catalog
• Application Matrices
• Templates: Application Matrices
• Example: Application Matrix
• Application Diagrams
• Example: Application Communication Diagram
• Example: Application & User Location Diagram
• Example: Insurance Industry System Model
• Example: Claim Download Process
• Example: TOGAF Application Diagram Samples
• Summary

CHAPTER 9 - TECHNOLOGY ARCHITECTURE

• Technology Architecture Entities
• Technology Catalogs
• Templates: TOGAF Technology Catalog Templates
• Example: Technology Catalog
• Technology Matrices
• Lifecycle Classification
• Example: Technology by TRM & Lifecycle
• Technology Diagrams
• Example: Environments & Locations Diagram
• Example: Platform Decomposition Diagram
• Example: ED High-Level Network Architecture
• Samples: TOGAF Technology Diagrams
• Summary

CHAPTER 10 - ARCHITECTURE DELIVERABLES

• Architecture Requirements Document
• Template: Requirements Specification
• IEEE Architectural Description Document
• Template: Architectural Description Document
• TOGAF Architecture Definition Document
• Templates: Architectural Definition Document
• Group Discussion: Architecture Definition Documents
• Interface Specifications
• Interface Specification Best Practices
• Interface Design Document
• Template: Interface Design Document
• Database Design Document
• Template: Database Design Document
• Platform Design Document
• Template: Platform Design Document
• Architecture Decision Document
• Template: Architecture Decision Document
• Group Discussion: Architecture Decision Document
• Summary

CHAPTER 11 - 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 12 - 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 13 - 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 14 - ARCHITECTURE TECHNIQUES

• ATAM: Scenario-based Architecture Review
• Progressive Filtering
• Rubric
• Example: Service Design Rubric
• Example: Architecture Rubric
• Refactoring
• Think About the Future, But Wait to Act
• Feature Tree
• Decision Tables
• Decision Table Example
• Flowcharts
• Strength, Weakness, Opportunity, Threat (SWOT) Analysis
• Example: SWOT Layout
• SWOT Steps
• Summary

CHAPTER 15 - 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

CHAPTER 16 - ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE (EA) PROGRAM

• Enterprise Architecture Scope of Work
• EA as an Enterprise Asset
• Assess Maturity
• Industry Maturity Models
• Working with Maturity Models
• Tool: EA Maturity Assessment
• EA Transformation Process
• Establish Organizational Model
• Skills Framework
• Roles
• EA Skills
• Depth of Knowledge
• Generic Skills Matrix
• Business Skills Matrix
• EA Skills Matrix
• Program/Project Skills Matrix
• Apply Project Management Best Practices
• EA Strategy and Communications Plan
• EA Maintenance
• EA Action Items to Achieve Your Goals
• Top 10 Leadership Principles of EA
• COBIT
• APO03 – Manage Enterprise Architecture
• More COBIT EA
• Manage Enterprise Architecture RACI
• Summary

CHAPTER 17 - EA GOVERNANCE

• What is Governance?
• IT Governance Methodologies
• Characteristics of Governance
• Measures to Govern Enterprise Architecture
• Reference: Weill & Ross Framework
• IT Decision Domains
• Group Discussion
• IT Governance Archetypes
• Template: Decision Domains & Governance Archetypes Matrix
• Implementation Mechanisms
• Example: IT Governance at UPS
• Example: IT Governance at Dupont
• Most Common Governance Patterns
• Top 3 Performing Patterns
• Process: Creating an Effective IT Governance
• COBIT
• Example: Governance Structure
• Example: Governance Process Flow
• Example: Integrating Governance into the Organization
• Governance Best Practices
• Governance With Little Standards or Target
• More Governance Lessons Learned
• Summary

CHAPTER 18 - THE EA TOOLBOX

• The Architecture Toolbox
• The EA Toolbox
• TOGAF Toolbox Items
• Supplementing TOGAF Toolbox Items
• Practitioner Toolbox Items
• Summary

CHAPTER 19 - EA LESSONS LEARNED

• Key EA Lessons Learned
• EA Success Factors: People Skills
• Group Discussion: Lessons Learned
• EA Anti-Patterns
• Anti-Pattern: 30,000 Feet & Climbing
• Anti-Pattern: Bleeding Edge
• Anti-Pattern: Buzzword-Driven Architecture
• Anti-Pattern: Detailed Enterprise Model
• Anti-Pattern: Goldplating
• Anti-Pattern: Modeling for Modeling's Sake
• Anti-Pattern: One Truth Above All Else
• Anti-Pattern: Real-world Disconnect
• Anti-Pattern: Strive for Perfection
• Anti-Pattern: Stuck in the Weeds
• Anti-Pattern: Technology Above All
• Anti-Pattern: Tomorrow Suffers from Today
• Anti-Pattern: Ungrounded Future
• Anti-Pattern: Yesterday's Enterprise Model
• Summary

HANDOUT 1 - SAMPLE PRINCIPLES

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

HANDOUT 2 - SYSTEM PROFILE TEMPLATE

HANDOUT 3 - SUBSYSTEM PROFILE TEMPLATE

HANDOUT 4 - INTERFACE PROFILE TEMPLATE

HANDOUT 5 - QUALITY ATTRIBUTE (QA)/QUALITY OF SERVICE (QOS) CATEGORIES

• Introduction
• Quality Attributes

HANDOUT 6 - REQUIREMENT PATTERNS

HANDOUT 7 - REQUIREMENT STATEMENT CHECKLIST

• Introduction
• Requirement Statement Review Checklist

HANDOUT 8 - ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE MATURITY SCORECARD

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 - BUSINESS PROCESS MODELING NOTATION

• Process Modeling Standards
• What is BPMN?
• Elements of a Process
• Basic Structure of a Process
• Using Subprocess
• The Start Event
• Normal End Events
• Abnormal End Events
• Intermediate Events
• Process State Management
• Process State Management (continued)
• Gateways
• Exclusive Condition
• Exclusive Condition Examples
• Inclusive Condition
• Parallel Execution
• Event Choice
• Merging Branches
• Merging Examples
• Looping with BMPN
• Looping Options
• More Examples
• Modeling Roles & Responsibilities
• Using Swim Lanes

APPENDIX E - DATA MODELING NOTATION

• Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD)
• Cardinality
• One to One Relationship
• One to Many Relationship
• Many to Many Relationship
• Subtype Relationship

APPENDIX F - PATTERN LIST

APPENDIX G - ENTERPRISE APPLICATION INTEGRATION (EAI) PATTERNS

• Enterprise Integration Patterns
• EAI Patterns Summary
• Messaging Systems: Overview
• Pattern: Pipes and Filters
• Root Pattern: Message Channel
• Root Pattern: Message
• Root Pattern: Message Router
• Root Pattern: Message Translator
• Root Pattern: Message Endpoint
• Root Pattern: System Management
• Monitoring Credit Bureau Example
• Summary

APPENDIX H - SERVICE-ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE (SOA) PATTERNS

• SOA Patterns
• Messaging Problem #1
• Asynchronous Queuing Pattern – 1/2
• Asynchronous Queuing Pattern – 2/2
• Asynchronous Queuing Pattern Illustration
• Messaging Problem #2
• Event-Driven Messaging Pattern
• Event Messaging Pattern Illustration
• Messaging Problem #3
• Reliable Messaging Pattern
• Reliable Messaging Pattern Illustration
• Protocol Integration Problem #1
• Adapter Pattern
• Adapter Pattern Illustration
• Protocol Integration Problem #2
• Canonical Protocol Pattern
• Canonical Protocol Pattern Illustration
• Protocol Integration Problem #3
• Protocol Bridging Pattern
• Protocol Bridging Pattern Illustration
• Data Service Problem #1
• Canonical Data Format Pattern
• Canonical Data Format Illustration
• Data Service Problem #2
• Data Transformation Pattern
• Data Transformation Illustration
• Data Service Problem #3
• Data Service Problem #3 (cont’d)
• Schema Centralization Pattern
• Schema Centralization Illustration
• Service Design Problem #1
• Service Design Problem #1 (cont)
• Intermediate Routing Pattern
• Intermediate Routing Illustration
• Service Design Problem #2
• Decoupled Contract Pattern
• Decoupled Contract Illustration
• Decoupled Contract Another Illustration
• Service Design Problem #3
• Service Encapsulation Pattern
• Service Encapsulation Illustration
• Service Design Problem #4
• Service Decomposition Pattern
• Service Decomposition Illustration
• Summary

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