TOGAF® Essentials - United Kingdom

TOGAF® Essentials Course Outline

This TOGAF® Essentials training course will explore the following units:

Module 1:  Structure of the TOGAF® Standard, Version 9.2

• TOGAF® Body of Knowledge in 2011
• TOGAF® Evolution – The Strategic Target
• Role of Version 9.2
• Why is the TOGAF® Standard Successful?
• TOGAF® Ecosystem
• TOGAF® Body of Knowledge in 2018
• Architecture Styles
• Document Categories in the TOGAF® Library
• TOGAF® Library – Two Versions, Two Objectives
• Finding the Public TOGAF® Library
• TOGAF® Library– Overview and Structure
• Structure of the TOGAF® Library – Two Dimensions
• Using the Enterprise Continuum to Categorise Architecture "Styles"
• Tightness of Coupling to the TOGAF® Standard
• Business Scenarios
• Value Streams
• Business Capabilities
• Integrating Risk and Security within a TOGAF® Enterprise Architecture
• Using the TOGAF® Framework to Define and Govern Service-Oriented Architecture
• TOGAF® Leaders Guide to Establishing and Evolving an EA Capability
• Practitioner's Approach to Developing Enterprise Architecture Following the TOGAF® ADM
• TOGAF® Integrated Information Infrastructure Reference Model
• TOGAF® Technical Reference Model
• TOGAF® Body of Knowledge and Certification
• TOGAF® 9 Certification Body of Knowledge

Module 2: Business Architecture

• Clarification of Terminology
• Business Architecture Context
• Phase A: Architecture Vision Steps
• Phase B: Business Architecture Approach
• Phase B: Applying Business Capabilities​
• Phase B: Applying Value Streams​
• Phase B: Applying the Organisation Map​
• New Business Architecture Artifacts
• Business Architecture
• Definition of Actor
• Business Architecture, Capability, and Model
• Course of Action
• Organisation Map
• Value Stream

Module 3: ISO/IEC/IEEE 42010:2011 Standard

• Relationship Between the TOGAF® Version 9.2 and ISO/IEC/IEEE 42010:2011
• Basic Architecture Concepts
• Artefacts
• Architecture
• Stakeholder
• Concern
• Model Kind
• Architecture Viewpoint
• Architecture View
• Architecture Model

Module 4: TOGAF® Content Framework and Metamodel

• General Entities
• Business and IT Architecture
• Changes to the Content Metamodel
• Revised Core and Full Content Metamodel
• Changes to Other Content Framework and Metamodel Diagrams
• Detailed Representation of the Content Metamodel
• Content Metamodel with Extensions
• Artefacts Associated with the Core Content Metamodel and Extensions

Module 5: Security Architecture

• Definition of Risk
• Enterprise Security Architecture
• Security is a Cross-Cutting Concern
• Adapting the ADM for Security

Module 6: Other Significant Changes

• Overview
• Strategy and Implementation Plan for Tools and Techniques
• Objectives – Phase B
• Objectives – Phase C
• Objectives – Phase D
• Objectives – Phase E
• Layout of ADM Phase Chapters
• Information Systems Architecture
• Architecture Repository

Module 7: Definitions of Terms

• Application Component
• Information System Service
• Service Portfolio
• Technology Component
• Technology Service
• Viewpoint Library
• Terms with Revised Definitions
• Architecture Development Method
• Architecture Domain
• Architecture Framework
• Architecture Governance
• Architecture Style
• Boundaryless Information Flow™
• Building Block
• Technology Architecture
• Service Orientation
• Service-Oriented Architecture
• Definitions of Terms Deleted

Module 8: TOGAF® Credentials Program

• What is a Credential Badge?
• Vision
• Principles
• Incremental Rollout
• Potential Components of the Program
• Knowledge-Based Credential Assessments