Enterprise Architecture Training – Foundation

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Course Language
English

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Today, cloud platforms, data architectures, business applications, and existing systems must fit into a unified enterprise architecture. TOGAF® provides a structured approach to identifying such dependencies and strategically aligning architectural decisions.

Key Topics

  • Principles and Terminology of Enterprise Architecture
  • TOGAF® Architecture Development Method
  • Architectural Goals, Requirements, and Stakeholders
  • Business, data, application, and technology architecture
  • Architecture Governance and Capability
  • Continuous Evolution of Architectures


Prerequisites
A basic understanding of IT systems, business processes, or organizational structures is beneficial.

Target Audience
Suitable for IT architects, enterprise architects, consultants, business analysts, project managers, and professionals in IT strategy, digitalization, and transformation.

The TOGAF® Fundamentals provide guidance for complex architectural landscapes and support a common language for business requirements and technology decisions.

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Course Content
  • Company
  • Purpose of Enterprise Architecture
  • Benefits of Enterprise Architecture
  • Framework for Enterprise Architecture
  • Architecture Domains
  • Architectural Abstraction in Enterprise Architecture
  • Enterprise Continuum
  • Architecture Repository
  • TOGAF® Content Framework and Enterprise Metamodel
  • Architecture Capabilities for Enterprise Architecture
  • Risk Management
  • Gap Analysis
  • Various Definitions
  • Understanding Relevant Technical Terms
  • TOGAF® ADM and Its Phases
  • “Drafts” and “Approved” Outputs
  • Iteration and the ADM
  • Managing the creation, development, and maintenance of the enterprise architecture.
  • How can the scope of an architecture be defined?
  • Architectural Alternatives, Considerations, and Trade-offs
  • Purposes
  • Objectives
  • Information flow between the ADM phases
  • How architecture development can be used to support agile software development.
  • How are the ADM and its associated guidelines and techniques related to one another?
  • Purpose: Architectural Principles
  • Template for Architectural Principles
  • What Makes a Good Architectural Principle?
  • Business Scenarios
  • The Purpose of the Gap Analysis
  • Interoperability
  • Assessment of Readiness for Business Transformation
  • Risk Management and the TOGAF® ADM
  • How is the TOGAF® standard applied?
  • Iteration and the ADM
  • The Three Levels of the Architecture Landscape
  • A breakdown designed to simplify the development of an enterprise architecture.
  • Purpose-Driven Architecture Projects
  • Applying the TOGAF® standard to support the digital enterprise.
  • Architecture Governance
  • Why Is Architecture Governance Beneficial?
  • The role of an architecture committee and its responsibilities.
  • Architecture Contracts
  • Compliance with Architecture Requirements
  • Key terms: stakeholders, concerns, architectural views, architectural perspectives, and their relationships.
  • Building Blocks and the ADM
  • The TOGAF® standard artifacts that are produced and used during the phases of the TOGAF® ADM.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • TOGAF® is particularly relevant for enterprise architects, solution architects, IT architects, business architects, and individuals working at the intersection of IT and business strategy. The framework provides a common structure for architecture work and is suitable for organizations that want to systematically plan, change, or align complex IT landscapes with strategic goals.
  • No specific prior knowledge of TOGAF® is required to get started. However, a basic understanding of IT structures, business processes, digital transformation, or architecture will make it easier to follow along. Experience in project management, business analysis, or IT management is also helpful, as enterprise architecture integrates technical, organizational, and strategic perspectives.
  • The Architecture Development Method, or ADM for short, provides a framework for the development and evolution of an enterprise architecture. It helps analyze the current state and target architecture, take requirements into account, plan for changes, and manage architectural decisions in a transparent manner. This results in a repeatable process for complex transformation and architecture projects.
  • Enterprise architecture is frequently used in cloud transformations, system modernizations, corporate mergers, process digitization, and the consolidation of IT landscapes. Architecture models reveal dependencies between business processes, applications, data, and technologies. This allows change initiatives to be planned in a more structured way and ensures that the impact on existing systems is taken into account early on.
  • A solid understanding of TOGAF® enhances your qualifications for roles in enterprise architecture, solution architecture, IT strategy, transformation, and architecture management. The ability to connect business requirements with technical structures is particularly valuable. This facilitates collaboration between management, business units, development, infrastructure, and other architecture roles.
  • Typical tasks include analyzing existing architectures, defining target states, managing requirements, and planning change processes. These are complemented by architectural principles, roadmaps, stakeholder management, and governance. The goal is to establish a clear link between business strategy, processes, data, applications, and technical infrastructure.
  • Key concepts include the Architecture Development Method, Architecture Governance, Stakeholder Management, Architecture Principles, as well as Business, Data, Application, and Technology Architecture. These are complemented by techniques for requirements, architectural visions, and transformation planning. These building blocks establish a common approach that allows different architectural perspectives to be consistently described and linked together.
  • Common challenges include unclear goals, a lack of support from stakeholders, isolated architectural decisions, and an overly theoretical application of frameworks. Best practice is to consistently align architecture work with specific business goals and to involve relevant stakeholders early on. TOGAF® should be used as an adaptable methodological framework, not as a rigid process model.
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