Course 757: Enterprise Architecture (EA) Boot Camp

Enterprise Architecture (EA) is more than the collection of the constituent architectures (Business, Application, Technology, and Information). It is a conceptual tool that assists organizations with the understanding
of their own structure and the way they work. It provides a map of the enterprise and is a route planner for business and technology change.

The interrelationships among these architectures, and their joint properties, are essential to the Enterprise Architecture. That is to say, these architectures should not be approached in isolation. Together, they are intended to address important Enterprise-wide concerns, such as:

• Meeting stakeholder needs
• Aligning IT with the business
• Seamless integration and data sharing
• Security and dependability
• Data integrity, consistency
• Reducing duplication
• Utilizing Enterprise Architecture as a blueprint for current and desired capabilities and facilities gap analysis
• Utilizing EA as a tool for strategic, acquisition, and capital investment planning
  

The Enterprise Architecture (EA) Bootcamp will focus on the essential elements required for developing results-driven EA programs that are designed to meet your requirements. It clearly explains enterprise architecture’s vital role in enabling—or constraining—the execution of business strategy. The boot camp provides clear frameworks, thoughtful case examples, and a proven-effective structured process for designing and implementing effective enterprise architectures.

Our experienced instructors work with you, tailoring the Boot Camp content to your needs. We can even conduct Boot Camp onsite at your business! Using real-life examples and interactive exercises, we teach practical ways to maintain your valuable customer base, win repeat business, and measure your organization's ability to meet customer expectations.

Upon completion of this boot camp, the participants are able to:

• Understand the basic concepts related to Enterprise Architecture (EA)
• Identify  the added value of EA
• 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
• Develop an EA working plan
• Determine specific architectures necessary for your organization
• Identify the steps to improve enterprise architecture practices
• Select, organize and implement a EA project 
• Develop and manage an EA using Zachman and TOGAF
• Understand The Rational Unified Process (RUP) and The Enterprise Unified Process (EUP)
• Identify typical symptoms of EA dysfunction
• Redesign EA and structure successfully within the enterprise
• Develop best practices in the EA development
• Ensure best practice through the application of EA
• Overview of TOGAF, Zachman Framework (ZF), Spewak's EAP, RUP/EUP, IEEE 1471, DoDAF, MODAF, NAF, AGATE, and FEAF  
  

COURSE CONTENT

Current State and Future Directions of the IT Industry

• IT Strategic Planning
• IT Infrastructure Architecture Domains
• Integrated Architecture Framework
• Architecture and Architecture Framework Defined

What is Enterprise Architecture (EA)?

• EA Defined
• The Enterprise Architecture Domain
• EA Vision and Benefits
• EA Segments
• EA Frameworks and Selection Principles
• EA Interfaces
• EA Governance
• EA Products
• EA Implementation Strategy
• EA Domains
• Business drivers for Enterprise Architecture
• Key Issues for EA
• EA implementation essentials
• Strategies, architectures, models, skills, approaches and tools
• Developing and managing an EA
• EA Budget Allocation and Roles
• EA Performance Measurement
• EA Budget / Performance Integration
• Component-Based Architectures
• Enterprise Architecture (EA) Choices
• TOGAF, Zachman Framework (ZF) and RUP/EUP,  Spewak's EAP, DoDAF, MODAF, AGATE, FEAF

EA Components

• Application and Technology Architecture
• Conceptual, Logical, and Physical Views
• Application Architecture
• Application Patterns
• Technology Architecture
• Technology Patterns
• Business Architecture
• Information Architecture
• Data Architecture
• Systems Architecture
• Systems Management
• Privacy
• Security and Directory
• Capacity Planning
• Disaster Recovery
• Computer Architecture
• The Business Architecture
• Access Architecture
• Integration Architecture
• Network Architecture
• Platform Architecture

EA Implementation Plan Examples

• EA Planning, Acquisition and Requirements Generation
• Strategies for EA Management
• Implementing EA Strategies
• Integration of EA, Security, and Capital Planning Processes
• Building Support for EA Across Independent Organizations
• Using the EA to Assess and Improve Performance
• Using the EA to Make Intelligent Management Decisions
• Tactical Issues for Applying EA Investments
• Designing an EA for Business Value and Relevance
• The Change Management Challenge of Implementing a Successful EA Program
• Lessons Learned from EA Implementations
• Architecture and Transformation
• Essential Elements for Creating a Usable Enterprise Architecture

A Comparison of the Top Enterprise-Architecture Methodologies

• Using the Enterprise Architecture to Quantify the Benefits of IT Projects
• The Zachman Framework (ZF) for Enterprise Architecture
• Using the Zachman Framework to Integrate Security and EA
• Enterprise knowledge artifacts
• Extended framework
• Rules of the Framework
• The Open Group Architectural Framework (TOGAF)
  • Architecture Development Method (ADM
  • Enterprise Continuum
• Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA)
• The Rational Unified Process (RUP)
• The Enterprise Unified Process (EUP)
• Spewak's EAP
• Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF)
  • Artifact Views
  • All View (AV)
  • Operational View (OV)
  • Systems View (SV)
  • Technical Standards View (TV)
• The UK Ministry of Defence Architectural Framework (MODAF)
  • Strategic goals of the enterprise, and the people, processes and systems
  • AGATE, A framework by French government agency-Délégation Générale pour l'Armement (DGA)  
  • AGATE (Atelier de Gestion de l'ArchiTEcture des systèmes d'information et de communication)
  • Stakes, Objectives, and context about the system
• Business architecture: describes organizations and Business processes
• Service-oriented architecture (SOA)
• Logical architecture of the system
• Physical architecture of the systems
• Hardware and software products used in the architecture
• EAI, BPM, SOA, and Web Services to Support Your Enterprise Architecture

Case Studies

• The Governance Enterprise Architecture (GEA)
• Definition and Motivation
• GEA models
• GEA Implementation directions
• e-Government development

EA Boot Camp Workshops

• EA Program Guidance
• Milestones
• Performance Architecture
• Business Architecture
• Data Architecture
• Service Component Architecture
• Technology Architecture
• Gap Analysis
• Transition Strategy
• Establishment of appropriate EA governance processes
• EA Governance and EA Program Management
• EA Change Management and EA Deployment
• Usage milestones map to the enterprise assessment Criteria
• Cost Savings and Cost Avoidance
• Transition Strategy Performance
• Measuring EA Program Value
• Development and execution of EA value measurement plan to demonstrate the value of enterprise architecture (EA) in achieving enterprise objectives
• Implementing an Enterprise Architecture Program

TONEX Enterprise Architecture Implementation Checklist