Course 11770: DoD Architecture Framework (DoDAF) 1.5 Training

Upon completion of this course, the attendees will be able to:

• Understand the basic concepts related to Enterprise Architecture (EA)

• Identify  the added value of DoDAF as an Architecture Framework 

• Explore why and how to build an EA

• Understand challenges of implementing EA, including the technical and organizational issues

• Identify the elements of an EA implementation plan

• Determine specific architectures requirements necessary for your organization

• Understand similarties and differences between DoDAF and  other EA frameworks and methodologies

• Understand DoDAF Definitions and Guidelines

• Understand Understand DoD Architecture Framework principles  (version 1.5)

• Understand DoDAF Product Descriptions

• Understand DoDAF Version 2.0 Introduction, Overview, and Concepts

• DoDAF Version 2.0 Architecture Data and Views

• DoDAF Version 2.0 Meta-model Physical Exchange Specification

Overview of EA and DoDAF

• Business Enterprise Architecture
• Architecture Overview
• Overview of the Enterprise Architecture (EA)
• Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF)  Principles
• Policies and  Requirements for the DoD Architecture Framework
• The USA Defence, C4ISR Architecture Framework
• C4ISR or Command, Control, Computers, Communications (C4), Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR)
• Overview of C4ISR (command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance) Framework
• Differences between Systems Engineering (SE) and Enterprise Architecture (EA)
• Policies that Drive the Requirements for the DoD Architecture Framework
• DoDAF methodology,  metrics and comparison tools

Architecture Framework Version 1.5

• How to Use the Architecture
• Facilitating the Use of Architecture
• Governing, Maintaining, And Managing Architectures through Data
• DoD Architecture Framework Design and Development Tools
• Data-Driven Requirements
• All View (AV) with two work products
• Operational View (OV) with seven work products
• Systems View (SV) with 11 work products
• Technical Standards View (TV) with two work products

All View (AV)

• AV-1
  AV-2  

 DoDAF Operational Views

• OV-1: Operational concept
• OV-2: Senders and receivers
• OV-3: Information exchanges
• OV-4: Who participates
• OV-5: Tasks
• OV-6: Mission performance
• OV-7: Logical data model

DoDAF Systems Views

• SV-1: System interfaces
• SV-2: Communications
• SV-3: Systems matrix
• SV-4: Functions
• SV-5: Performance
• SV-6: System exchanges
• SV-7: Performance parameters
• SV-8: System evolution
• SV-9: Technology forecast
• SV-10: System-level threads
• SV-11: Physical schema

DoDAF Technical Standards Views

• TV-1: Current protocols
• TV-2: Future protocols

Modeling Enterprise Architecture (EA) with DoDAF

• Modeling methods for DODAF Representations
• DoDAF and UML 2
  • UML 2 as the architecture description language for DoDAF
• DoDAF with SysML
• DODAF-based Network Simulations
• Applying Intelligent Agents to DODAF Models
• Simulation-Based Acquisition
• Software Architecture and the DODAF
  

• Introduction, Overview, and Concepts
• What’s New in Version 2.0
• DoDAF Version 2.0 Architecture Data and Views
• Understand DoDAF Version 2.0 Meta-model Physical Exchange Specification

• All Viewpoint
• Capability Viewpoint
• Data and Information Viewpoint
• Operational Viewpoint
• Project Viewpoint
• Services Viewpoint
•  Standards Viewpoint
• Systems Viewpoint
• Note on Systems Engineering
•  DoDAF Meta-model Groups
• Support of Viewpoints and DoD Key MAPPINGS TO DM CONCEPT  
   

DoDAF 2.0 META-MODEL DATA GROUPS 

• Performers
• Resource Flows
• Information and Data
• Activities
• Training/Skill/Education
• Capability
• Services
• Project
• Goals
• Rules
• Measures
• Locations

Architecture Framework Version 1.5 and 2 Workshops

• Examples and Exercises of Successful Framework Design
• Solving Real World Problems
• Applying DoDAF 1.5 and 2.0
• Final Group Project