BCS Solutions and Enterprise Architecture - Corporate in-house training

About the Course

This course is a combination of our Intermediate and Practitioner Enterprise and Solution Architecture modules. During the course, you’ll learn about architecture frameworks, software and data architectures, architecture management and migration planning, and much, much more.

What makes this course unique is that not only does it combine modules, but it combines theoretical with practical learning too, giving you the opportunity to try out the methods and techniques using a realistic case study. It also helps those with a TOGAF certificate to see how the framework can be applied in practice.

Who is it for?

The course is aimed at enterprise and business architects, business analysts, change managers and anyone else requiring a good overall understanding of enterprise and business architecture.

Entry Requirements

There are no pre-requisites for this course.

The Exam

During this five day course you’ll receive all the training you need to prepare for the two one-hour, BCS Enterprise and Solutions Architecture Intermediate and Practitioner certificate exams. The Intermediate exam takes place on the Wednesday (pm) and the Practitioner on the Friday (pm). A pass in both exams means a certificate in both modules, and they both contribute to the BCS Professional Certifications portfolio and cover the specialist modules for the BCS International Diploma in Solution Development. The course is also consistent with SFIA skill ARCH level 6 and STPL level 5.

Course Content

This classroom-based course provides a comprehensive coverage of the purpose, scope and techniques used within enterprise and solution architecture.

Introduction to Enterprise and Solution Architecture

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

Architecture pre-cursors (combined)

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

Architecture approaches (combined)

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

Business architecture (combined)

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

Data architecture (combined)

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

Applications architecture (combined)

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

Software architecture

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

Design for Non-Functional Requirements (combined)

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

Infrastructure architecture (combined)

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

Migration planning

• Gap Analysis
• Defining change activities
• Roadmaps

Architecture management

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