TOGAF® Foundation Architecture 2022

The TOGAF® Standard, 10th Edition, is a proven, sustainable Enterprise Architecture framework that facilitates the delivery of effective business innovation. The TOGAF Standard, 10th Edition defines a modular framework ideally suited to the support of strategic planning of an organizations’ assets and other key elements that are essential to enterprise architecture vendors and their tools. 

For businesses, the TOGAF Standard,10th Edition empowers your organization with an adaptable framework that delivers practical, flexible and trusted governance. 

For Enterprise Architects, the TOGAF Standard, 10th Edition provides an integrated, holistic view of an organizational landscape which enables strategic decision making by providing best practices for new business and technology trend adoption.

For consultants, the TOGAF Standard,10th Edition provides a modular, scalable framework that enables organizational transformation for different use cases and architecture styles.

This intensive course covers the entire syllabus for the TOGAF® Enterprise Architecture Foundation, thereby preparing candidates for the TOGAF® Enterprise Architecture Part 1 examination. This course will provide students with the knowledge and a basic understanding of Enterprise Architecture using the TOGAF® EA approach.

Course Outline

Introduction and TOGAF Enterprise Architecture Learning Path

Module 1: Introduction and Concepts

• Enterprise
• The Purpose of Enterprise Architecture
• The Benefits of Having an Enterprise Architecture
• A Framework for Enterprise Architecture
• Architecture Domains
• Architecture Abstraction in Enterprise Architecture
• The Enterprise Continuum
• The Architecture Repository
• The TOGAF® Content Framework and Enterprise Metamodel
• Architecture Capability
• Risk Management
• Gap Analysis

Module 2: Definitions

• TOGAF Definitions that are examinable are covered throughout the course as part of other modules.

Module 3: Introduction to the ADM

• The TOGAF® ADM and its Phases
• “Draft” and “Approved” Deliverables
• Iteration and the ADM
• Governing the Creation, Development, and Maintenance of Enterprise Architecture
• How to Scope an Architecture
• Architecture Alternatives, Concerns, and Trade-Off
• Purpose: Preliminary Phase
• Objectives: Preliminary Phase
• Purpose: Phase A
• Objectives: Phase A
• Purpose: Phases B, C, and D
• Objectives: Phase B
• Objectives: Phase C: Data Architecture and Application Architecture
• Objectives: Phase D
• Purpose: Phase E
• Objectives: Phase E
• Purpose: Phase F
• Objectives: Phase F
• Purpose: Phase G
• Objectives: Phase G
• Purpose: Phase H
• Objectives: Phase H
• Objectives: Requirements Management
• Purpose: Requirements Management
• Information Flow Between ADM Phases
• How Developing 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
• Purpose: Architecture Principles
• Template for Architecture Principles
• What Makes a Good Architecture Principle
• Business Scenarios
• The Purpose of Gap Analysis
• Interoperability
• Business Transformation Readiness Assessment
• Risk Management and the TOGAF® ADM

Module 5: Introduction to Applying the ADM

• How to Apply the TOGAF® Standard
• Iteration and the ADM
• The Three Levels of the Architecture Landscape
• Partitioning to Simplify the Development of an Enterprise Architecture
• Purpose-Based Architecture Projects
• Applying the TOGAF® Standard to Support the Digital Enterprise

Module 6: Introduction to Architecture Governance

• Architecture Governance
• Why Architecture Governance is Beneficial
• The Role of an Architecture Board and its Responsibilities
• Architecture Contracts
• Architecture Compliance

Module 7: Architecture Content

• Key Concepts: Stakeholders, Concerns, Architecture Views, Architecture Viewpoints, and their Relationships
• Building Blocks and the ADM
• The TOGAF® Standard Deliverables Created and Consumed in the TOGAF ADM Phases

Inclusions

• 1 complimentary exam vouchers are included in the price of this course:
• TOGAF® Enterprise Architecture Part 1 Examination Voucher
• Other Valuable Inclusions:
• Entire collection of accompanying color slides*
• Digital Version of TOGAF® EA Body of Knowledge
• 4 Sets of Practice Tests*

*Note: Hard copies of these materials are provided for all students signing up at least 2 weeks prior to a course, unless extra copies are immediately available for use. Hard copies of material are not provided for online classes.

Intended Audience

• Application Architects
• Application Portfolio Managers
• Business Analysts
• Business Architects
• CIOs and CTOs
• Data Architects
• Enterprise Architects
• I.T. strategists, senior business analysts
• Information Architects
• Infrastructure Architects
• IT Architects
• Others responsible for change programs
• Program Managers
• Project Managers
• Security Architects and Technology Vendors
• Solution Architects
• System Integrators
• Technology Architects

Prerequisites

• There are no prerequisites for this course.

Course & Certification Benefits

When you complete this course, you are entitled to receive a Certification of Completion upon request. This Certificate is not the same as the TOGAF® EA Foundations Certifications. To achieve certification, you must schedule, complete, and pass the TOGAF Enterprise Architecture Part 1 Certification Exam.