Enterprise Architecture:
The Fundamentals

Introductory training

The enterprise architecture is a systemic analysis approach and an international methodological standard of integrated business & IT design. The implementation of this approach helps to master the complexity of organizations and information systems to improve their efficiency and performance.

Training objectives
At the end of the training, you will be able to:

Understand the systemic paradigm on which enterprise architecture is based
Introduce the great architectural views that describe a business
Present the major enterprise architecture processes that structure the business architect’s profession
Introduce architectural modeling languages (BPMN & UML) that implement the enterprise architecture approach
Understand how the enterprise architecture approach can be used in practice in a business environment.

Who should attend? Enterprise architects, functional architects, data architects, urbanists, system architects, senior engineers, senior designers, program managers and directors, project managers.

Prerequisite: Have at least 3 years of experience in the field of design and management of organizations and information systems.

Methods used & agenda: We dedicate a large part of our modules to conversing and practice to facilitate learning. During these 3 days you will immediately put into practice the architectural processes and tools on a simple enterprise, collectively chosen. Relationships between enterprise architecture and agile methods are highlighted along the training.

Program:

1. The fundamentals of enterprise architecture
– Concepts
– Environment analysis
– Exercise: Environment analysis

2. Needs and Requirements Engineering
– Needs
– Exercise: Needs
– Requirements

3. Business Architecture
– Motivation
– External Services
– Internal Processes
– Business Organization
– Exercise: Business architecture

4. Solution Architecture
– Motivation
– Solution functionalities
– Solution components
– Exercise: Solution Architecture

5. Architecture patterns

6. Collaboration
– Influencing techniques
– Collaborative Workshop

7. Implementation
– Roadmap
– Exercise: Roadmap
– Project Systems Architecture

Key information

CLASSROOM OR REMOTE

Format: Inter-company or intra-company

Where? For classroom trainings: CESAMES Academy (Paris)

Duration: 21 hours (3 days) – 9h00-12h30 / 13h30-17h00

Supports: Pdf version is sent by email before the training

Trainer: CESAMES senior architect

Cost: 
— Inter-company: 3.000 euros excl. taxes/pers. (Including lunch & snacks)
— Intra-company: Upon request


Evaluation & Certification: This training is part of the CESAM skills development course and allows you to pass the CESAM Associate level 1 certification. The issuance of the certification is conditional on obtaining 30 correct answers to an online multiple choice questionnaire (MCQ) comprising 40 random questions on system architecture topics. The price of the certification is 200 € including VAT.

Follow-up: Attendance sheet signed by the trainees and the trainer each half-day and proof of attendance.

Evaluation of satisfaction: Satisfaction questionnaire completed by each trainee.

Contact us 
— academy@cesames.net
— +33 (0)1 40 15 54 27

CESAMES is a training provider registered under the number 11 75 46653 75.

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