Overview
Exam: TOGAF 9 Part 1
Course Instructor: Bill Brinson
Course Outline
01. Course Introduction
- About this course
- TOGAF 9 Certification level
- Foundation training
- Certified training
- Bridging the gap between TOGAF 8 and TOGAF 9
- Paths to Level 2
- Prerequisites to the course
- Course objectives
- TOGAF 9 Foundation course content
02. Management Overview
- Management overview
- The Open Group
- The Open Group scorecard
- Architecture Forum
- Stakeholders and Value
- What is an Enterprise
- What is an Architecture
- Pressure to develop Enterprise Architecture
- Business benefits of Enterprise Architecture
- The importance of governance
- What governance means
- What is an Architecture Framework
- The value of a Framework
- Enterprise Architecture Development Method
- TOGAF origins
- TOGAF capability framework
- ADM – basic principles
- Preliminary phase
- TOGAF 9 certification
- TOGAF Foundation target audience
03. TOGAF 9 Components
- TOGAF 9 Components
- Objectives
- Roadmap
- The Architecture Development Method
- ADM guidelines and techniques
- Applying iteration to the ADM
- Applying the ADM across the Architecture landscape
- Categories of Stakeholder
- Architecture content framework
- Deliverables, artifacts, and building blocks
- Full content metamodel with relationships
- The Enterprise continuum
- Architecture repository
- TOGAF reference models
- High-level TRM
- Detailed TRM
- Boundaryless Information Flow™
- Integrated Information Infrastructure Reference Model (III-RM)
- Establishing the Architecture capability as an Operational Entity
04. Introduction to the Architecture Development Method
- Introduction to the Architecture Development Method (ADM)
- Objectives
- What is the TOGAF ADM
- Architecture Development Method – Process
- Relationship of the ADM with other parts of TOGAF
- ADM phases
- ADM phase steps example
- ADM inputs and outputs
- Adapting the ADM
- Governing the ADM
- Governance repository
- Reasons to constrain the scope of Architectural activity
- Scoping the Architecture activity
- Architecture integration
05. The Enterprise Continuum and Tools
- The Enterprise Continuum and Tools
- Roadmap
- Objectives
- TOGAF 9—Components
- Overview of the Enterprise Continuum
- Architecture Reuse
- Enterprise Continuum: Constituents
- The Architecture Continuum
- The Solutions Continuum
- Architecture and Solutions Continuum—Relationships
- The Enterprise Continuum
- Using the Continuum
- Relationships between the Three Continua
- The Need for tools
- Tools can model the Enterprise Architecture
- Issues in tool standardization
06. Architecture Repository
- Architecture Repository
- Roadmap
- Objectives
- Purpose of the Architecture Repository
- Architecture Repository—Overview
- Architecture Landscape
- Reference Library
- Standards Information Base
- Standards Classification
- Governance Log Contents
- Relationship with other Parts of TOGAF
07. Architecture Governance
- Architecture Governance
- Objectives
- Introduction to Architecture Governance
- Governance and ADM
- Nature of Governance
- Governance–Basic Principles
- Levels of Governance
- COBIT—IT Governance Framework
- TOGAF Architecture Governance Framework
- Architecture Governance Framework–Conceptual Structure
- Architecture Governance Framework– Processes
- Organizational Structure
- Benefits of Architecture Governance
- Architecture Governance in Practice
- Architecture Contracts
- Architecture Compliance Review Process
- Establishing an Architecture Capability
08. The Architecture Content Framework
- Architecture Content Framework
- Part IV: Architecture Content Framework
- Objectives
- Architecture Content Framework—Introduction
- Benefits of the Architecture Content Framework
- Deliverables, Artifacts, and Building Blocks
- Relationships between Deliverables, Artifacts, and Building blocks
- Architectural Artifacts and Example
- Content Metamodel
- Mapping the Framework and the ADM
- Relationship Between the Content Framework and TOGAF ADM
09. The Architecture Content Metamodel
- TOGAF Content Metamodel
- Roadmap
- Objectives
- What Is a Metamodel?
- Formal and Informal Modeling
- Core Content Metamodel Concepts
- TOGAF Content Metamodel and its Extensions
- Core Metamodel Entities
- Core Entities and their Relationships
- Stakeholder Needs
- The Content Metamodel
- Core Content Metamodel
- Core TOGAF 9 Artifacts
- Full Content Metamodel
- Metamodel Extensions
- Infrastructure Consolidation Extension
- Motivation Extension
10. Views and View points
- Views and Viewpoints
- Objectives
- Stakeholders, Concerns, Views, and Viewpoints—Relationship
- What is an Architecture View?
- A Simple Example of a Viewpoint
- A Simple Example of a View
- Developing Views in the ADM
- Exercise—Views and Viewpoints for a Simple Airport System
- The View Creation Process
- Benefits of the View Creation Process
- Using TOGAF Artifacts
- Catalogs
- Matrices
- Stakeholder Map Matrix
- Diagrams
- Business Footprint Diagram—Example
- TOGAF 9 Artifacts
- Recommended Architecture Views
11. Building Blocks
- Building Blocks
- Roadmap
- Objectives
- Building Block Characteristics
- A Good Building Block
- Building Blocks—Benefit
- Building Blocks—Types
- Architecture Building Blocks (ABBs)
- ABB Specifications
- Solution Building Blocks (SBBs)
- Solution Building Blocks—Specifications
- Principles of Using Building Blocks in the ADM Phases
- Building Block Design
- Building Blocks and the ADM
- Architecture Patterns
12. The Preliminary Phase
- Preliminary Phase: Objectives in Detail
- Approach
- Preliminary Phase: Main inputs
- Steps in the Preliminary Phase
- Scope the Enterprise Organizations Impacted
- Confirm Governance And Support Frameworks
- Define and Establish the Enterprise Architecture Team
- Identify Architecture Principles
- Defining Architecture Principles
- TOGAF Template for Principles
- Five Qualities of Principles
- Modeling Architecture Principles
- Tailor TOGAF and Other Selected Architecture Frameworks, If Any
- Terminology Tailoring
- Process Tailoring
- Content Tailoring
- Architecture Principles, Requirements, and Roadmap
- Implement Architecture Tools
- Preliminary Phase: Outputs
- TOGAF 9 Artifacts
- Catalogs
Skills Learned
After completing this online training course, students will be able to:
- Describe the basic concepts of Enterprise Architecture and the TOGAF standard
- Describe the core concepts of the TOGAF 9 standard
- Describe key terminology of the TOGAF 9 standard
- Describe the ADM cycle and the objectives of each phase, and how to adapt and scope the ADM
- Describe the concept of the Enterprise Continuum; its purpose and constituent parts
- Describe how each of the ADM phases contributes to the success of Enterprise Architecture
- Describe the ADM guidelines and techniques
- Describe how Architecture Governance contributes to the Architecture Development Cycle
- Describe the concepts of views and viewpoints and their role in communicating with stakeholders
- Describe the concept of building blocks
- Describe the key deliverables of the ADM cycle
- Describe the TOGAF reference models