Course Number: 11773
Length: 2 Days
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NAF Training, NATO Architecture Framework

The NATO Architecture Framework (NAF) provides the rules, guidance, and templates for developing and presenting architecture descriptions to ensure a common denominator for understanding, comparing, and integrating architectures in NATO.

An Architecture framework is a skeletal structure that defines suggested architectural artifacts, describes how those artifacts relate to each other and provide generic definitions for what those artifacts might look like.

The purpose of NAF is to enable architectures to contribute most effectively to acquiring and fielding cost-effective and interoperable military capabilities.

However, in general, the role of enterprise architecture is to provide decision support, in the context of the enterprise strategy, for the use of resources (including processes and procedures) in the enterprise.

Another way of looking at it, the architecture is responsible for defining how resources will be used to support enterprise strategy and benefit the NATO goals and objectives.

NAF details the viewpoints that makeup NAFv4. These are presented as a grid representation to organize the various subjects of concern (rows) and aspects of concern (columns), logically and consistently to aid architects. This includes topics such as:

  • Concepts
  • Service Specifications
  • Logical Specifications
  • Physical Resource Specifications
  • Architecture Meta-Data

The objectives of NAF are considerable, such as providing a way to organize and present architectures to stakeholders and specifying the guidance, rules, and product descriptions for developing and presenting architecture information.

Other NAF objectives include ensuring a common approach for understanding, comparing, and integrating architectures, as well as acting as a key enabler for acquiring and fielding cost-effective and interoperable capabilities.

The NAF standard also makes sure practices align with architecture references produced by international standard bodies such as:

NAF Training Course by Tonex

NAF Training, NATO Architecture Framework. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is an alliance of 26 countries from North America and Europe committed to fulfilling the goals of the North Atlantic Treaty signed on the 4th April 1949. In accordance with the Treaty, the fundamental role of NATO is to safeguard the freedom and security of its member countries by political and military means.

The NATO Architecture Framework (NAF) is an Enterprise Architecture (EA) framework by the NATO. The role of an enterprise architecture is to provide decision support, in the context of the enterprise strategy, for the use of resources (including processes and procedures) in the enterprise. In other words, the architecture is responsible for defining how resources will be used to support enterprise strategy and benefit the NATO goals and objectives.

NAF provides guidance on describing communication and information systems (or C3 systems) through architectures and provides the rules, guidance, and templates for developing and presenting architecture descriptions to ensure a common denominator for understanding, comparing, and integrating architectures in NATO.

The application of the NAF is designed to enable architectures to contribute most effectively to acquiring and fielding cost-effective and interoperable military capabilities.

NAF training provides the attendees with details of NATO Architecture Framework and its applications using real world scenarios and case studies. A detailed Transition Guidance from NAF v3 to NAF v4 and concepts behind Unified Architecture Framework (UAF) is provided.

NATO Architecture Framework Version 4 (NAFv4) is described as it provides a standard for developing and describing architectures for both military and business use. Learn how NATO Architecture Framework, Version 4 provides a standardized way to develop architecture artefacts, by defining Methodology (how to develop architectures and run an architecture project), Viewpoints (conventions for the construction, interpretation and use of architecture views for communicating the enterprise architecture to different stakeholders), Meta-Model (the application of commercial meta-models identified as compliant with NATO policy), and a Glossary, References and Bibliography.

The course provides a rigorous method for understanding, analyzing, and specifying: Capabilities, Systems, Systems of Systems (SoS), Organisational Structures, Business Processes and more.

Who Should Attend

Anyone who is interested in leading architecture development projects or is interested in NAF including:

  • System, Software, Solution and Application Architects, and Engineers
  • Enterprise Architects, Executives, Managers, and Team Leaders
  • CIO’s and Senior IT Management
  • Information, Data, and Systems Engineers
  • Business and Systems Analysts
  • Developers and Engineers
  • Senior Developers
  • Contractors Supporting DoD Architecture and Systems Development
  • Aspiring Architects
  • Project Managers
  • Tool Vendors and Developers
  • Integrators
  • Architecture Modellers
  • Managers
  • Advanced EA Users

Learning Objectives

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

  • Describe Architecture Frameworks
  • List Architecture Definitions, Terminology and Ontology
  • Identify Architecture Methodologies
  • Explain NATO Enterprise Architecture Policy and Directive principles
  • List the basic concepts of NATO Architecture Framework (NAF) v3
  • List the basic concepts of NATO Architecture Framework (NAF) v4
  • Describe concepts behind NATO Network Enabled Capability (NNEC)
  • List Architecture Concepts and Elements
  • Describe Architecture Views and Subviews
  • Employ the appropriate architecture process
  • Explain how to use and extend the NAFv4 in Capability Realization Projects
  • Create Concepts and Views
  • Create Logical and Physical Resource Specification Views
  • Apply NATO modelling concepts
  • Describe NATO Architecture Framework Metamodel (NMM) and Architecture Data Exchange Specification (ADES)
  • Describe Management of Architectures in NATO
  • Describe Transition Guidance NAF v3 to NAF v4
  • Explain concepts behind Unified Architecture Framework (UAF)
  • Discuss the role of Unified Architecture Framework (UAF 1.1) in the context of the NATO Architecture Framework (NAF v4)

Course Outline

Architecture Frameworks

  • Enterprise Architecture, Architectural Frameworks and NATO Architecture Framework (NAF)
  • Introduction to Architecture Frameworks
  • Architectural Framework (AF) as a specification of how to organise and Present Architectural Models
  • Enterprise Architecture (EA) Frameworks
  • EA Specification and Integrated Model of an Enterprise
  • Operational / Business Aspects and the Systems within the Enterprise
  • Why Develop Architectures?
  • Enterprise Architecture and Architecture Framework
  • The Structure of the NATO Architecture Framework (NAF)
  • What is the Value of an Architecture?
  • Interoperability between Architectures
  • Stakeholder Concerns, Viewpoints and Perspectives
  • Architecture Dimensions
  • Types of Architectures
  • Architecting Styles
  • Main Architecture Processes
  • Architecture Governance
  • Architecture Management
  • Architecture Evaluation
  • Architecture Enablers
  • Architecture Life Cycle

NATO Architecture Framework (NAF)

  • NAF as an Enterprise Architecture (EA) Framework
  • NAF for Enterprise and Mission architecting
  • System of Systems (SoS) and Cyber-physical Systems engineering with NAF
  • Digital Transformation efforts using NAF 4 and UAF
  • The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF)
  • Zachman Framework
  • Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF)
  • Ministry of Defence Architecture Framework (MODAF)
  • Unified Profile for DoDAF and MODAF™ (UPDM™)
  • Unified Architecture Framework (UAF) Specification Version 1.2
  • Modeling Guidelines for use of the UAF DMM

Architecture Methodologies

  • NC3A’s Architecture Engineering Methodology (AEM)
  • TOGAF 9 ADM
  • DoDAF’s 6 step model

Introduction to NATO Architecture Framework (NAF)

  • What is an Enterprise Architecture?
  • The NATO Architecture Framework (NAF)
  • Purpose and Scope of the NAF
  • Why use NAF?
  • NAF v3: New Features and Important Changes in NAF
  • Architecture Tools
  • Types of NATO Architectures
  • NATO Architecture Views
  • Management of NAF and architectures
  • Architecture Stakeholders and their Roles
  • Identification and Description of Stakeholders and Communities of Interest (CoIs)
  • TONEX Methodology for Identifying Project Stakeholders
  • Enterprise Architecture, SOA and NAF
  • Role of SOA (Service Oriented Architecture)

NNEC Architecture Concepts and Elements

  • NATO Network Enabled Capability (NNEC)
  • NNEC Architecture Concepts
  • NNEC Architecture Elements and Descriptions

NAF v3 Architecture Views and Subviews

  • NATO Architecture Views
  • NAV, NATO All View
  • NCV, NATO Capability View
  • NOV, NATO Operational View
  • NSOV, NATO Service-Oriented View
  • NSV, NATO Systems View
  • NTV, NATO Technical View
  • NPV, NATO Programme View
  • Mapping Subviews to Communities of Interest
  • Mapping Subviews to NNEC Elements
  • NATO Architecture Framework Metamodel (NMM) and Architecture Data Exchange Specification (ADES)
  • NATO Architecture Framework Metamodel (NMM)
  • NATO Architecture Data Exchange Specification (ADES)

Management of Architectures in NATO

  • The Management and Use of NAF v3
  • General Guidelines for the Management of NAF v3 Architectures in Nations
  • NAF v3 Request For Change Proposal (RFCP) Procedure
  • 6 Standardization of the NATO Architecture Framework Metamodel (NMM) and
  • the Architecture Information Exchange Mechanism (ADEM)

NAF v3 Architecture Definitions, Terminology and Ontology

  • NAF v3 Taxonomy
  • NAF v3 Ontology
  • Transition Guidance NAF v2 to NAF v3
  • Considering Transition Feasibility
  • Implementation of Transition
  • View, Subview and Metamodel Transition
  • TONEX Transition Roadmaps
  • The NATO Architecture Framework SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) Views

NAF v4 Architecture Definitions, Terminology and Ontology

  • NAF v4 Taxonomy
  • NAF v4 Ontology
  • NAF v4 Methodology
  • NAF v4 Viewpoints
  • NAF v4 Meta-Model

New Features and Important Changes in NAFv4

  • New Features
  • Architecture Methodology
  • Grid Representation
  • Adoption of Industry Meta-Models
  • Architecture Body of Knowledge
  • NAF grid representation
  • Concept viewpoints
  • Service specification viewpoints
  • Logical specification viewpoints
  • Physical resource specification viewpoints
  • Architecture foundation viewpoints Meta-Models
  • UNIFIED ARCHITECTURE FRAMEWORK® (UAF) DOMAIN META-MODEL (DMM)®

Workshops and case studies

  • Modeling Enterprise Architecture (EA) with NAF
  • Examples of Successful Framework Design using NAF and UAF
  • NAF Architecture Views/Subviews and Modeling Workshop: Working Exercises applied NAF to your Project

 

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