Enterprise architecture, the fundamentals (CESAM Framework)
Description
Organizations are faced with increasing complexity which requires them to transform. This impacts all levels of the company (processes, roles, IT tools, information systems, etc.). Enterprise architecture provides a response to this complexity by proposing a global and integrated methodological approach, making it possible to better align the business and IT dimensions. Thanks to enterprise architecture, you will be able to better control the costs, quality and performance of your transformations. The goal of this training is to give you an overview of the basics and key processes of enterprise architecture. You will leave with a practical method directly applicable in your context.
Training objectives:
At the end of the training, you will be able to:
Understand how the system approach applied to a company can respond to the challenges of digital transformation and/or optimization of information systems
Structuring and launching the activities to be carried out to successfully complete the digital transformation and/or optimization of information systems project, through the application of a reference method deployed in many professional environments
Define with the teams a reference language and concepts useful for collaboration between all stakeholders
Target audience: engineers, project managers, managers, business/IS architects, enterprise architects
Prerequisite: have at least 2 years of experience in the field of design and management of complex organizations and information systems.
Methods used & program: we dedicate a large part of our modules to exchanges and interaction with trainees, but above all to practice to facilitate learning. For 3 days, you will immediately apply your knowledge in exercises applying the enterprise architecture approach to a simple company that you choose collectively.
This training is available (specification of examples and application cases) in a version for service companies and a version for the industrial sector.
Information
DURATION
21 hours (3 days)
9:00a.m.-12:30p.m./ 1:30p.m.-5:00p.m.
EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT
Electronic version sent before the training
TRAINER
A senior architect
FORMAT
Inter-company
or intra-company
PLACE
Online or CESAMES Academy (Paris)
PRICING
Inter-company: 3000 euros excluding tax / person (including lunches)
Intra-company: Quote on request
CERTIFICATION
“CESAM Associate” – 30 correct answers to an online multiple-choice questionnaire (MCQ) comprising 40 random questions.
Certification price: 200€ including VAT.
ASSESSMENT
Evaluation of the quality of the training and satisfaction questionnaire at the end of the module
CESAMES Academy
Email : academy@cesames.net
Program
DAY 01
1. Fundamentals and Key Concepts of Enterprise Architecture
1.1. The challenges of digital transformations / business 4.0
1.2. The complexity of organizations and information systems
1.3. Elements of systemic analysis
1.4. The structuring visions of a company
1.5. Exercise: analysis of the architectural perimeter
1.6. Environmental analysis
1.7. Exercise
DAY 02
2. Needs and requirements engineering
2.1. The notion of need and requirement
2.2. Needs analysis
2.3. Exercise
2.4. Requirements engineering
2.5. The requirements derivation process
2.6. Concept of behavioral requirements
2.7. Concept of structural requirements
2.8. Exercise: Requirements derivation
3. Enterprise Architecture
3.1. Use cases and processes
3.2. Exercise
DAY 03
3.3. Organizations and business players
4. Solution Architecture
4.1. Functional architecture
4.2. Applications and technological components
4.3. Exercise
4.4. Data architecture
4.5. Exercise
5. Implementation
5.1. Transformation trajectories
5.2. Architectural elements of the project
5.3. Agility and collaboration
Ressources

DOCUMENT [EN]
Pocket Guide
CESAMES Systems Architecting Method (CESAM) is a systems architecting & modeling framework which develops since 2003 in close interaction with many leading industrial companies in areas such as aeronautics, automotive, civil engineering, defense, energy, health, railway and space. It was initiated within the academic sphere in the context of the “Engineering of Complex Systems” industrial chair in France (Dassault Aviation – DCNS – DGA – Thales – Ecole Polytechnique). Nowadays the members of CESAM Community act however as the core developers & contributors of the CESAM framework which is presented in a light version in this pocket guide.

Webinaire [FR]
Maîtriser le MBSE : de l’architecture à la modélisation des systèmes
Lors de ce webinaire, Cécile BEYSSAC (Directrice Académie – Architecte Système Principal) et Adrien ROQUES (Directeur Technique – Architecte Système Expert) partagent le point de vue de CESAMES sur cette pratique, les fondamentaux de déploiement, l’articulation entre architecture système et outils de modélisation, et les avantages qu’il y a à engager une telle démarche lors de la conception de produits complexes.
Ils caractérisent également certains cadres d’architecture et leur intégration aux différents outils de modélisation du marché (XATIS, Capella, Enterprise Architect, MagicDraw, Rhapsody…). Enfin, ils discutent des avantages et des écueils de cette adoption observés chez de nombreux clients.

DOCUMENT [EN]
CESAM Systems Architecture Key Takeaways
Complex projects are characterized by the multiplicity of components, technologies, and stakeholders and above all by the number of interfaces to be controlled. Complex projects duration combined with the acceleration of processes and services evolutions mean that most of the phases studies will be initiated while many of the structuring parameters are not yet defined… which can lead to many pitfalls.
Systems architecture provides valuable guidance to guarantee efficient and sustainable development while de-risking the projects. The objective is to anticipate design risks during the early phases of the project to minimize systemic problems and thus save time and cost.
Discover the 13 fundamentals of system architecture.