LEVEL 1

Day 1

M0 : Course Introduction

• About this course
• TOGAF 9 Certification level
• Foundation Training
• Certified Training
• Course Objectives
• Course Content

F 6: ADM phases level 1

• Objectives
• Preliminary Phase
• Phase A Architecture Vision
• Business Scenarios
• Business Scenarios and the ADM
• Phase B Business Architecture
• Developing the Baseline Description
• Business Modeling Examples
• Using the Architecture Repository
• Phase C Information Systems Architectures
• Information Systems Architectures – Objectives
• Top-Down Design—Bottom-up Implementation
• Data-Driven Sequence Implementation
• Architecture Repository
• Considerations for the Data Architecture
• Phase D Technology Architecture
• Using the Architecture Repository
• Phase E Opportunities and Solutions
• Phase F Migration Planning
• Phase G Implementation Governance
• Phase H Architecture Change Management
• Exercise—Drivers for Architecture Change
• Change Management Process
• Maintenance versus Redesign
• Exercise—Change Impact
• ADM Requirements Management
• Resources
• Volère Requirements Specification Template

Module F7—ADM Guidelines and Techniques

• Objectives
• Guidelines
• Techniques
• Exercise
• Architecture Principles
• The need for Architecture Principles
• Template
• Example: Primacy of Principles
• Example: Self-Serve
• What makes a good set of Architecture Principles
• What is a business scenario?
• What is a good business scenario?
• The use of business scenarios in the ADM
• Gap Analysis
• Example
• Interoperability and the ADM
• Examples
• The Business Transformation Readiness Program
• Business Transformation Readiness and the ADM
• Example
• Risk Management in the ADM
• Example
• Capability based planning
• Capabilities
• Summary
• Exercise

F 11: ADM Deliverables

• Objectives
• The role of Architecture Deliverables
• Architecture Deliverables
• Request for Architecture Work
• Statement of Architecture Work
• Architecture Vision
• Communications Plan
• Architecture Definition Document
• Architecture Requirements Document
• Architecture Roadmap

F 12: Reference Models

• Objectives
• TOGAF Foundation Architecture
• The Architecture Continuum
• TRM Components
• Summary of the TRM
• A common problem
• Customer problem statement
• A Shared Vision
• How Important…
• Integrated Information Infrastructure Reference Model
• The Architecture Continuum
• TOGAF TRM Orientations
• Boundaryless Information Flow Focus
• Integrated Information Infrastructure Reference Model – High-level Model
• Components of the III-RM
• Summary of the III-RM

F 13: Certification

• Objectives
• TOGAF Certification for People
• TOGAF 9 Certification Levels
• Level 1—TOGAF 9 Foundation Target Audience
• Paths to Level 2
• Exam Paths to Level 2
• Components
• Level 1 Learning Units
• Level 2 Learning Units
• Level 1 Exam Requirements
• Level 2 Exam Requirements
• Level 2 Stepwise Development
• Level 2 Direct
• Level 2 Exam Via Bridge Requirements
• Combined Part 1 and 2 Examination
• Certification

M 1: Management Overview

• The Open Group
• Architecture Forum – Mission
• Stakeholders and Value
• What is an Enterprise?
• What is an Architecture?
• What is Enterprise Architecture?
• Architecture Types
• Why Enterprise Architecture?
• Pressure to develop Enterprise Architecture
• Business Benefits of Enterprise Architecture
• The Importance of Governance
• What do we mean by Governance?
• What is an Architecture Framework?
• The Value of a Framework
• Enterprise Architecture Development Method
• TOGAF Origins
• TOGAF Development
• TOGAF Scope
• TOGAF Goals
• TOGAF 9 Components
• TOGAF 9.2 Standard
• TOGAF Capability Framework
• ADM—Basic Principles
• Preliminary Phase
• Phase A Architecture Vision
• Phase B Business Architecture
• Phase D Technology Architecture
• Phase E Opportunities and Solutions
• Phase F Migration Planning
• Phase G Implementation Governance
• Phase H Architecture Change Management
• TOGAF Certification
• TOGAF Foundation Target Audience
• TOGAF Certified Target Audience
• Summary

 

Day 2

M 2: TOGAF 9 Components

• Objectives
• TOGAF 9 Components
• Roadmap
• The Architecture Development Method
• ADM Guidelines and Techniques
• Applying Iteration to the ADM
• Applying the ADM across the Architecture Landscape
• Categories of Stakeholder
• Architecture Content Framework
• Deliverables, Artifacts and Building Blocks
• Full Content Metamodel with Relationships
• The Enterprise Continuum
• Architecture Repository
• TOGAF Reference Models
• High-Level TRM
• Detailed TRM
• Boundaryless Information Flow™
• The Integrated Information Infrastructure Reference Model (III-RM)
• Capability Framework
• Establishing the Architecture Capability as an Operational Entity
• Summary

M 3: Introduction to the Architecture Development Method

• What is the TOGAF ADM?
• Architecture Development Method – Process
• Relationship to other Parts of TOGAF
• ADM Phases
• ADM Phase Steps Example
• ADM Inputs and Outputs
• Adapting the ADM
• Governing the ADM
• Governance Repository
• Reasons to Constrain the Scope of Architectural Activity
• Scoping the Architecture Activity
• Architecture Integration

M 4: The Enterprise Continuum and Tools

• Roadmap
• TOGAF 9: Components
• Overview
• Architecture Reuse
• Enterprise Continuum: Constituents
• The Architecture Continuum
• The Solutions Continuum
• Relationships
• The Enterprise Continuum
• Using the Continuum
• Relationships
• The Need for Tools
• Tools can Model the Enterprise Architecture
• Issues in Tool Standardization
• Summary

M 5: Architecture Repository

• Objectives
• Purpose
• Architecture Repository
• Architecture Landscape
• Reference Library
• Standards Information Base
• Standards Classification
• Governance Log Contents
• Relationship to other Parts of TOGAF
• Summary
• Exercise

M 9: Architecture Governance

• Objectives
• Introduction to Governance
• Governance and ADM
• Nature of Governance
• Governance – Basic Principles
• Levels of Governance
• An IT Governance Framework - COBIT
• TOGAF Architecture Governance Framework
• Conceptual Structure
• Architecture Governance Framework - Conceptual Structure
• Organizational Structure
• Benefits of Architecture Governance
• Architecture Governance in Practice
• Architecture Board
• Architecture Board Value
• Architecture Board Responsibilities
• Architecture Board Operations
• Architecture Contracts
• Architecture Contracts and ADM
• Architecture Compliance: Terminology
• Architecture Compliance
• Architecture Compliance Reviews
• Architecture Compliance Review Process
• Establishing an Architecture Capability
• Summary

M 12: Views and View points

• Objectives
• Concepts and Definitions
• System
• Stakeholders
• Concerns
• Views and Viewpoints
• What is an Architecture View?
• A Simple Example of a Viewpoint
• A Simple Example of a View
• Developing Views in the ADM
• Exercise—Views and Viewpoints for a Simple Airport System
• The View Creation Process
• Benefits
• Using TOGAF Artifacts
• Catalogs
• Matrices
• Stakeholder Map Matrix
• Diagrams
• Example Business Footprint Diagram
• Recommended Architecture Views
• Summary

M 13: Building Blocks

• Objectives
• Building Block Characteristics
• A Good Building Block
• Building Blocks
• Architecture Building Blocks (ABBs)
• ABB Specifications
• Solution Building Blocks (SBBs)
• Building Blocks and the ADM
• Building Block Design
• Architecture Patterns

LEVEL 2

Day 3

M 5: Architecture Repository

• Objectives
• Purpose
• Architecture Repository
• Architecture Landscape
• Reference Library
• Standards Information Base
• Standards Classification
• Governance Log Contents
• Relationship to other Parts of TOGAF
• Summary
• Exercise

M 6: The Architecture Content Framework

• Objectives
• Introduction
• Benefits of the Architecture Content Framework
• Deliverables, Artifacts, and Building Blocks
• Relationship between Deliverables, Artifacts, and Building blocks
• Architectural Artifacts
• Content Metamodel
• Mapping the Framework and the ADM
• Content Framework and the TOGAF ADM

M 7: The Architecture Content Metamodel

• Objectives
• What is a Metamodel
• Why a Metamodel
• Benefits of Content Metamodel
• Formal and Informal Modeling
• Core Content Metamodel Concepts
• TOGAF Content Metamodel and its Extensions
• Core Metamodel Entities
• Core Entities and their Relationships
• Stakeholder Needs
• The Content Metamodel
• Content Metamodel (Simplified)
• Core TOGAF 9 Artifacts
• Full Content Metamodel
• Full Content Metamodel with Relationships
• Full Content Metamodel Artifacts
• Metamodel Extensions
• Governance Extension
• Services Extension
• Process Modeling Extension
• Data Extension
• Infrastructure Consolidation Extension
• Motivation Extension
• Summary

M 8: The Preliminary Phase

• Objectives
• Preliminary Phase: Objectives in detail
• Approach
• Preliminary Phase: Main inputs
• Steps
  1. Scope the enterprise organizations impacted
  2. Confirm governance and support frameworks
  3. Define the team and organization
  4. Identify and establish architecture principles
     • Defining Architecture Principles
     • TOGAF Template for Principles
     • An Example Statement of Principles
     • Example: Primacy of Principles
     • Example: Self-Serve
     • Five Qualities of Principles
  5. Tailor TOGAF and, if any, other Selected Architecture Frameworks
     • Terminology Tailoring
     • Process Tailoring
     • Content Tailoring
     • Architecture Principles, Requirements, and Roadmap
     • Implement architecture tools
     • Preliminary Phase: Outputs
     • Summary
     • TOGAF 9 Artifacts
     • Catalogs
     • Exercises

M 10: Business Scenarios

• Objectives
• Introduction
• Business Scenarios and the ADM
• What is a Good Business Scenario?
• SMART
• The Benefits of Business Scenarios
• Who Contributes to a Business Scenario?
• Developing a Business Scenario
• Getting Business Scenarios Right
• Contents of a Business Scenario
• Template for a Business Scenario
• Exercise
• Resources
• Summary
• Exercise

M 11: Stakeholder Management

• Objectives
• Overview
• Benefits
• Stakeholder Management
• Step 1: Identify Stakeholders
• Categories of Stakeholder
• Step 2: Classify Stakeholder Positions
• Step 3: Determine Stakeholder Management Approach
• Step 4: Tailor Engagement Deliverables
• Example: Stakeholder Map
• Summary
• Exercise

M 14: Architecture Implementation Support Techniques

• Objectives
• Interoperability
• Interoperability and the ADM
• Examples
• Interoperability Requirements and Solutions
• Business Transformation Readiness Assessment
• The Business Transformation Readiness Assessment
• Readiness Factors
• Assess the Readiness Factors
• Readiness Factor Rating
• Readiness Factor Risks & Actions
• Risk Management in the ADM
• Initial Risk Assessment
• Risk Classification Scheme
• Risk Identification and Mitigation Worksheet
• Capability Based Planning
• Capabilities
• Summary
• Exercise

M 15: Phase A: Architecture Vision

• Objectives
• Architecture Vision–Objectives
• Approach
• Phase A: Inputs
• Request for Architecture Work
• Steps
  • Step 1: Establish the Project
  • Step 2: Identify Stakeholders, Concerns, and Business Requirements Stakeholder Map
  • Step 3: Confirm Business Goals, Drivers and Constraints
  • Step 4: Evaluate Business Capabilities Value Chain Diagram
  • Step 5: Assess Readiness for Business Transformation
  • Step 6: Define the Scope
  • Step 7: Confirm and Elaborate Architecture Principles and Business Principles
  • Step 8: Develop Architecture Vision Solution Concept Diagram
  • Step 9: Define the Target Architecture Value Propositions and KPIs
  • Step 10:Identify the Business Transformation Risks and Mitigation Activities
  • Step 11: Develop Statement of Architecture
• Statement of Architecture Work
• Phase A: Outputs
• Summary

M 16 A: Phase B: Business Architecture—Catalogs, Diagrams and Matrices

• Catalogs, Matrices and Diagrams
• Business Interaction Matrix
• Actor/Role Matrix
• Diagrams
• Example Business Footprint Diagram
• Business Service/Information Diagram
• Example Business Service/Information Diagram
• Functional Decomposition Diagram
• Example Functional Decomposition Diagram
• Product Lifecycle Diagram
• Example Product Lifecycle Diagram
• Goal/Objective/Service Diagram
• Example Goal/Objective/Service Diagram
• Business Use-case Diagram
• Example Business Use-case Diagram
• Organization Decomposition Diagram
• Example Organization Decomposition Diagram
• Process Flow Diagram
• Example Process Flow Diagram
• Events Diagram
• Example Events Diagram
• Example Events Matrix

M 16: Phase B: Business Architecture

• Objectives
• Business Architecture Objectives
• Approach
• Phase B: Inputs
• Steps
  • Step 1: Select Reference Models, Viewpoints, and Tools
  • Example Artifacts
  • Examples of Modeling
  • Step 2: Develop Baseline Business Architecture
  • Step 3: Develop Target Business Architecture Description
  • Step 4: Perform Gap Analysis
  • Gap Analysis Exercise
  • Gap Analysis Exercise—Answer
  • Step 5: Define Candidate Roadmap Components
  • Step 6: Resolve Impacts across the Architecture Landscape
  • Step 7: Conduct Formal Stakeholder Review
  • Step 8: Finalize the Business Architecture
  • Step 9: Create Architecture Definition Document
• Summary of Building Block Usage in Phase B
• Phase B: Outputs
• Architecture Definition Document – Business Architecture Components
• Architecture Requirements Specification—Business Architecture Components
• Summary
• Exercise
• Phase B: Business Architecture

M 17: Phase C: Information Systems Architectures

• Objectives
• Information Systems Architectures—Objectives
• Approach
• Top-Down Design—Bottom-Up Implementation
• Alternative Approach: Data-Driven Sequence Implementation
• Approach: Architecture Repository
• Considerations for Data Architecture
• Phase C: Inputs
• Steps in Phase C
• Phase C: Outputs—Application Architecture
• Summary

M 18 A: Phase C: Data Architecture—Catalogs, Matrices and Diagrams

• Objectives
• TOGAF 9 Artifacts
• Catalogs, Matrices, and Diagrams
• Catalogs
• Exercise
• Matrices
• Data Entity/Business Function Matrix
• Example Data Entity/Business Function Matrix
• Application/Data Matrix
• Example Application/Data Matrix
• Diagrams
• Conceptual Data Diagram
• Logical Data Diagram
• Data Dissemination Diagram
• Data Dissemination Diagram—Example
• Data Lifecycle Diagram
• Data Security Diagram
• Data Security Diagram—Example
• Data Security Matrix—Example
• Data Migration Diagram
• Data Migration Diagram—Example
• Data Migration Mapping—Example
• Phase C: Data Architecture—Catalogs, Matrices, and Diagrams

M 18: Phase C: Data Architecture

• Objectives
• Data Architecture—Objectives
• Phase C—Inputs
• Steps in Data Architecture Phase
  • Step 1: Select reference models, viewpoints, and tools

  TOGAF 9 Artifacts

  • Step 2: Develop a Baseline Data Architecture Description
  • Step 3: Develop Target Data Architecture Description
  • Step 4: Perform Gap Analysis
  • Step 5: Define Candidate Roadmap Components
  • Step 6: Resolve impacts across the Architecture Landscape
  • Step 7: Conduct Formal Stakeholder Review
  • Step 8: Finalize the Data Architecture
  • Step 9: Create Architecture Definition Document
• Outputs of Data Architecture
• Data Architecture Components—Architecture Definition Document
• Data Architecture Components—Architecture Requirements Specification
• Summary
• Exercise

M 19: The Integrated Information Infrastructure Reference Model

• Objectives
• Key Business and Technical Drivers
• Objectives
• Key Business and Technical Drivers
• Integrated Information Infrastructure Reference Model
• TOGAF TRM
• TOGAF TRM Orientations
• Boundaryless Information Flow Focus
• Integrated Information Infrastructure Reference Model—A High-level Model
• Components of the III-RM
• Components of the High-Level III-RM
• Integrated Information Infrastructure Reference
• Model—A Detailed Model
• Summary
• Exercises
• The Integrated Information Infrastructure Reference Model

M 20 A: Phase C: Applications Architecture – Catalogs, Matrices and Diagrams

• Module Objectives
• TOGAF 9 Artifacts
• Catalogs, Matrices and Diagrams
• Application/Organization Matrix
• Example Application/Organization Matrix
• Role/Application Matrix
• Example Role/Application Matrix
• Application/Function Matrix
• Diagrams
• Application Communication Diagram
• Application and User Location Diagram
• Application Use Case Diagram
• Enterprise Manageability Diagram
• Process/Application Realization Diagram
• Software Engineering Diagram
• Application/Migration Diagram
• Software Distribution Diagram

 

Day 4

M 20: Phase C: Applications Architecture

• Module Objectives
• Phase C: Inputs: Application Architecture
• Steps
  • Step 1: Select Reference Models, Viewpoints and Tools

  Example – The Integrated Information Infrastructure Model

  III-RM Business and Technical Drivers

  III-RM Focus

  III-RM High Level View

  • Step 2: Develop a Baseline Application Architecture Description
  • Step 3: Develop Target Application Architecture Description
  • Step 4: Perform Gap Analysis
  • Step 5: Define Candidate Roadmap Components
  • Step 6: Resolve Impacts Across the Architecture Landscape
  • Step 7: Conduct Formal Stakeholder Review
  • Step 8: Finalize the Application Architecture
  • Step 9: Create Architecture Definition Document
• Phase C: Outputs: Application Architecture
• Architecture Definition Document – Application Architecture Components
• Architecture Requirements Specification – Application Architecture Components
• Summary

M 21: Foundation Architecture

• Module Objectives
• TOGAF Foundation Architecture
• Technical Reference Model Components
• The Technical Reference Model
• Taxonomy of Platform Services
• Taxonomy of Application Platform Service Qualities
• Availability
• Assurance
• Usability
• Adaptability
• Customizing the TRM
• Summary

M 22 A: Phase D: Technology Architecture – Catalogs, Matrices and Diagrams

• Module Objectives
• TOGAF 9 Artifacts
• Catalogs, Matrices, and Diagrams

M 22:Phase D: Technology Architecture

• Module Objectives
• Approach
• Technology Architecture: Inputs
• Steps
• TOGAF 9 Artifacts
• Technology Architecture Outputs
• Architecture Definition Document – Technology Architecture Components
• Summary

M 23: Migration Planning Techniques

• Module Objectives
• The Implementation Factor Assessment
• The Consolidated Gaps, Solutions and Dependencies Matrix
• Architecture Definition Increments table
• The Transition Architecture State Evolution Table
• The Business Value Assessment Technique
• Summary

M 24: Phase E: Opportunities and Solutions

• Module Objectives
• Stakeholders
• Approach
• Phase E: Inputs
• Steps
• Phase E Outputs
• Summary
• TOGAF 9 Artifacts
• Project Context Diagram
• Benefits Diagram

M 25: Phase F: Migration Planning

• Phase F Objectives
• Approach
• Phase F: Inputs
• Steps
• Phase F Outputs
• Summary

M 26: Phase G: Implementation Governance

• Module Objectives
• Phase G Objectives
• Approach
• Phase G: Inputs
• Steps
• Phase G Outputs
• Summary

M 27: Phase H: Architecture Change Management

• Module Objectives
• Phase H Objectives
• Approach
• Change Management Process
• Maintenance versus Redesign
• Change Impact Exercise
• Phase H: Inputs
• Change Requests
• Steps
• Phase H Outputs
• Business Users’ Architecture Contract
• Request for Architecture Work
• Summary

M 28: ADM Requirements Management

• Module Objectives
• ADM Requirements Management
• Requirements Development
• Resources
• Volère Requirements Specifications Template
• Requirements Management: Inputs
• Steps
• Requirements Management: Outputs
• Requirements Impact Assessment
• Summary

M 29: Architecture Partitioning

• Module Objectives
• Partitioning
• Preliminary Phase
• Summary

M 30: Guidelines for Adapting the ADM: Iteration and Levels

• Module Objectives
• Iteration and Levels
• Iteration and the ADM
• Iteration to Manage the Architecture Capability
• Approaches to Architecture Development
• Classes of Architecture Engagement
• A Hierarchy of ADM Processes
• Architecture Development Iteration “Baseline First”
• Architecture Development Iteration “Target First”
• Transition Planning
• Architecture Governance
• Applying the ADM Across the Architecture Landscape
• Summary

M 31: Guidelines for Adapting the ADM: Security

• Module Objectives
• Security and the ADM
• Stakeholder Concerns
• ADM Requirements Management
• Preliminary Phase
• Phase A Architecture Vision
• Phase B Business Architecture
• Phase C Information Systems Architectures
• Phase D Technology Architecture
• Phase E Opportunities and Solutions
• Phase F Migration Planning
• Phase G Implementation Governance
• Phase H Architecture Change Management
• Summary

M 32: Guidelines for Adapting the ADM: SOA

• Module Objectives
• What is Service Oriented Architecture?
• Preliminary Phase
• Phase A: Architecture Vision
• Architecture Development: Phases B,C, and D
• Summary

M 33: Architecture Maturity Models

• Module Objectives
• Capability Maturity Models
• CMMI
• US Department of Commerce ACMM
• Maturity Assessments in the ADM
• Summary

M 34: Architecture Skills Framework

• Module Objectives
• Roles
• Purpose
• Benefits of using the Architecture Skills Framework
• The structure of the Architecture Skills Framework