TOGAF Training Course; Putting TOGAF into Practice using Enterprise Architect

Putting TOGAF into Practice using Enterprise Architect; Course Overview

This course is designed to provide delegates with practical experience of using TOGAF within Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect.

You will gain a thorough understanding of TOGAF via TOGAF certified instructor led sessions which will then be applied practically using a series of Enterprise Architect hands-on workshops where you will build up an Enterprise Architecture repository based around a case study.

You will learn how to:

• Understand the major features of Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect
• Understand the Phases of TOGAF
• Understand the role of the TOGAF Enterprise Continuum
• Organise your architect projects using TOGAF
• Capture salient features of the architecture using the TOGAF meta-model, UML, BPMN and Archimate
• Create and maintain views
• Capture and maintain requirements for TOGAF and create traceability between requirements and other TOGAF artifacts
• Ensure TOGAF and modelling best practices

Putting TOGAF into Practice using Enterprise Architect; Course Outline:

• Overview of Enterprise Architect
• License Models
• Repositories, private and shared
• Modelling support
• TOGAF support
• Version control
• Creating the Enterprise Architect model using TOGAF
• Overview of TOGAF
• TOGAF defined
• Benefits of adopting TOGAF as a framework for Enterprise Architecture
• What is the Architecture Development Cycle (ADM)
• What is the Enterprise Continuum
• Deliverables, artifacts and building blocks
• Architecture Repository
• Requirements management


• TOGAF Preliminary Phase

This phase is about defining “how we do architecture” which breaks down into two main areas: defining the framework and defining the architecture principles.

During this session of the course you will learn and gain practical experience regarding the following:

• The Enterprise Architecture team
• Creating the Enterprise glossary
• Request for Architecture Work
• Creating the architecture governance


• TOGAF Requirements Management

Underpinning all phases of the TOGAF ADM is Requirements Management, which is not static but a dynamic process whereby requirements for enterprise architecture and subsequent changes to those requirements are identified, stored and traced to ADM artifacts and building blocks.

During this session of the course you will learn and gain practical experience regarding the following:

• Requirements management in Enterprise Architect
• Classification of requirements for use within the TOGAF ADM
• Data that should be captured within requirements
• Traceability to other elements with the Enterprise Architect repository


• TOGAF Phase A: Architecture Vision Phase

This phase defines what is in and what is outside the scope of the architecture effort and the constraints that apply.

During this session of the course you will learn and gain practical experience regarding the following:

• Identification and capturing of business principles, business goals and strategic business drivers
• Definition and prioritisation of baseline architecture components
• Definition and capture of stakeholders, their concerns and objectives
• Identification capture of key business requirements to be address within the architecture
• Formulation of an architecture vision


• TOGAF Phase B: Business Architecture Phase

Knowledge of the Business Architecture is a prerequisite for architecture work in the remaining phases of the TOGAF ADM.

During this session of the course you will learn and gain practical experience regarding the following:

• Inputs, outputs and deliverables
• Modelling the business context and business organisation
• Describing and capturing a baseline business architecture
• Development of a target business architecture
• Gap analysis between baseline and target business architectures
• Business process scenarios
• Capturing artifacts and building blocks in the Enterprise Continuum


• TOGAF Phase C: information Systems Architecture Phase

This phase involves the combination of application and data architectures.

During this session of the course you will learn and gain practical experience regarding the following:

• Inputs, outputs and deliverables
• Describing and capturing baseline application and data architectures
• Development of target application and data architectures
• Gap analysis between baseline and target application and data architectures
• Capturing artifacts and building blocks in the Enterprise Continuum


• TOGAF Phase D: Technology Architecture Phase

This phase describes the operating software and physical hardware capabilities that are required to support the deployment of business, application and data services. This includes IT infrastructure, middleware, networks, communications, hardware inventory, processing, services and standards.

During this session of the course you will learn and gain practical experience regarding the following:

• Inputs, outputs and deliverables
• Use of Technical Reference Models
• Describing and capturing baseline technology architecture
• Development of target technology architecture
• Gap analysis between baseline and target technology architectures
• Capturing artifacts and building blocks in the Enterprise Continuum


• TOGAF Phase E: Opportunities and Solutions

This phase attempts to identify new business and technology solutions arising from the architecture work in the previous phases of the TOGAF ADM. Typically this results in a set of project specifications for the enterprise to realise the goal of transiting from the baseline to target architectures.

During this session of the course you will learn and gain practical experience regarding the following:

• Identification and capture of key business drivers constraining the sequencing of implementation
• Cost benefit analysis
• Identification and capture of project specifications and major work tasks


• TOGAF Phase F: Migration Planning

The objective of this phase is to sort the various implementation projects identified during TOGAF Phase E into priority order. During this session of the course you will learn and gain practical experience regarding the following:

• Impact analysis on existing projects and the enterprise as a whole
• Identifying and capturing what’s needs to be developed, what can be re-used and what is redundant
• Development and capture of a timeline for implementation


• TOGAF Phase G: Implementation Governance

This phase establishes the connection between architecture and implementation governance, through the Architecture Contract

During this session of the course you will learn and gain practical experience regarding the following:

• Formulation and capturing of recommendations for each implementation project
• Construction of an Architecture Contract to govern the overall implementation and deployment process


• TOGAF Phase H: Architecture Change Management

This phase establishes the governance criteria that justifies whether a change request warrant an architecture update or if another cycle of the TOGAF ADM is required.

During this session of the course you will learn and gain practical experience regarding the following:

• Monitoring technology changes
• Monitoring business changes
• Assessment of these changes on the architecture
• Publishing of architecture changes


• Documentation Generation with Enterprise Architect
• Templates and reports within Enterprise Architect’s TOGAF
• Production of HTML documentation from an Enterprise Architect repository
• Product of RTF documentation from an Enterprise Architect repository

Course Delivery

The course is delivered using a mixture formal instruction and practical hands-on exercises based upon a Case Study.

Pre-requisites

It is expected that all delegates will be experienced system architects and solution architects. It would be ideal if delegates where aware of TOGAF although this is not absolutely necessary.

Duration

4 Days

Cost

The cost of attending a scheduled provision of this course is £1485.00 +Vat per person. Should you wish to book a place on this course or of you require a quote for onsite training please contact us by email or via telephone on +44 (0) 23 9282 2254.