Module 1: Introduction and Concepts

• What an Enterprise is
• The purpose and benefits of Enterprise Architecture
• The TOGAF Standard as a framework for Enterprise Architecture
• The four architecture domains
• Architecture Abstraction
• The Enterprise Continuum
• The Architecture Repository
• The TOGAF Content Framework and Enterprise Metamodel
• Architecture Capability
• Risk Management
• Gap Analysis

Module 2: Definitions

• Understand relevant terminology.

Module 3: Introduction to the ADM Phases

• The ADM and its phases
• Draft and Approved status for deliverables
• The iterative approach of the ADM
• The need to govern Enterprise Architecture
• How to Scope an Architecture
• Architecture alternatives and trade-offs
• The purpose and objectives of each of the ADM phases
• How architecture can be applied to support Agile software development

Module 4: Introduction to ADM Techniques

• How the ADM and Supporting Guidelines and Techniques relate to each other
• Architecture Principles
• Business Scenarios
• Gap analysis
• Interoperability
• Business Transformation Readiness Assessment
• Architecture Risk Management

Module 5: Introduction to Applying the ADM

• Where guidance is available
• How iteration within the ADM enables concurrent operation
• The Architecture Landscape
• Purposes to frame Architecture Projects
• How the TOGAF Standard can be applied to support the digital enterprise

Module 6: Introduction to Architecture Governance

• The concept of Architecture Governance
• Why Architecture Governance is beneficial
• The role and responsibilities of an Architecture Board
• Architecture Contracts
• Architecture Compliance

Module 7: Architecture Content

• The concepts of stakeholders, concerns, architecture views and architecture
• viewpoints
• Architecture Building Blocks (ABBs) Architecture deliverables

Module 8: The Context for Enterprise Architecture

• Guiding Effective Change: The Purpose of Enterprise Architecture
• What does an Enterprise Architecture look like?
• Architecture Capability
• Architecture Governance and the role of an Enterprise Architect
• Architecture Compliance, Levels of Conformance, Reviews, and the Role of the Architect
• How an Architecture enables alignment to Organizational Objectives using Agile development as an example
• The need to Manage Multiple Architecture States
• Enterprise Security Architecture Security, a Cross-Cutting Concern
• Managing Uncertainty in order to optimize Maximum Business Benefit andMinimum Business Loss

Module 9: Stakeholder Management

• How to identify Stakeholders, their Concerns, Views, and the Communication
• involved
• The use of Architecture Views
• Stakeholder Engagement and Requirements Management
• Using Trade-off to Support Architecture development

Module 10: Phase A, The Starting Point

• Information necessary to execute the Architecture Vision phase
• How to apply Phase A and how it contributes to Architecture Development Work
• Security-specific Architecture Design that is sufficient — Phase A
• Outputs necessary to proceed with the Architecture Development

Module 11: Architecture Development

• Steps applicable to all ADM Phases
• Risk and Security considerations during the Architecture Development (ADM Phases B to D)
• Relevant Information to produce outputs valuable to the Architecture Development
• How to apply Phases B, C, and D, and how they contribute to the Architecture Development work
• Information relevant to Phase C (Data and Applications) to produce outputs for the Architecture Development
• Information needed in Phase D to produce outputs relevant to the architecture development
• Outputs of Phases B, C, and D necessary to proceed with the Architecture Development Work

Module 12: Implementing the Architecture

• Risk and Security considerations for Phases E, F, & G
• Steps (Phase E) to create the Implementation and Migration Strategy
• Basic Approaches to Implementation
• Identifying and Grouping Work Packages
• Creating and Documenting Transition Architectures
• The Impact of Migration Projects on the Organization and the Coordination Required
• Why and how Business Value is assigned to each Work Package
• How to Prioritize the Migration Projects (Phase F)
• Confirm the Architecture Roadmap (Phase F)
• The outputs of Phase F necessary to Proceed with the Architecture Implementation
• Inputs to Phase G Implementation Governance
• How Implementation Governance is executed (Phase G)
• Outputs to support Architecture Governance
• How Architecture Contracts are used to communicate with Implementers

Module 13: Architecture Change Management

• Inputs triggering Change Management — Change Requests
• Activities necessary for effective Change Management (Stakeholder Management)
• Outputs relevant to proceed with a Change

Module 14: Requirement Management

• The inputs that feed the Requirements Management Phase
• How the Requirements Management steps correspond to ADM Phase Steps
• The Purpose of the outputs of Requirements Management

Module 15: Requirement Management

• How The Open Group TOGAF Library can be used to support the Practitioner’s Work
• Business Scenarios
• The purpose of Compliance Assessments
• How Migration Planning techniques are used to review and consolidate the Gap
• Analysis results from earlier Phases
• How a Repository can be structured using the TOGAF Architecture Repository as an Example
• What to expect in a well-run Architecture Repository
• How the concepts of Architecture Levels are used to Organize the Architecture
• Landscape
• Different Levels of Architecture that exist in an Organisation
• Determining the Level that an Architecture is being Developed at
• The Role of Architecture Building Blocks (ABBs)
• Guidelines and Techniques for Business Architecture
• Applying Gap Analysis
• How Iteration can be used in Architecture Practices
• How the Implementation Factor Catalogue can be used
• The Content Framework and the Enterprise Metamodel
• When the Architecture Content Framework (ACF) needs to be Filled throughout the ADM
• Cycles
• Using an Enterprise Metamodel
• Using a Taxonomy
• How Risk Assessment can be used