Reference Architectures and Roadmaps Training

Chapter 1 - Introduction

• Introductions
• Course Outline
• Handouts & Appendices
• Practical Application: Building Skills
• Practical Application: Filling Your Toolbox
• Course Evaluation & Questions
• Course Delivery Overview

Chapter 2 - Reference Architecture

• Reference Architecture
• Reference Architecture Components
• Reference Architecture Summarized
• Reference Architecture Context
• Architecture Principles
• Components of Principles
• Qualities of a Good Set of Principles
• EA Principles: Creation Process
• Templates: Principle & Principle Catalog
• Example: Architecture Principles
• Group Discussion: Principles
• Applying Architecture Principles
• Policies
• Template: Policy
• Example: Governance Policies
• Example: SOA Policy
• Example: Policies
• Reference Models
• Example: IBM Business Analytics & Optimization Reference Architecture
• Example: IBM Insurance Application Architecture
• Example: SOA Reference Architecture
• Example:Customer Experience Reference Architecture
• Business Scenarios
• Business Scenario Summary
• Business Scenario Outline
• Template & Example: Business Scenario
• Practices: Standards & Guidelines
• Example: Interoperability Standards
• Example: Insurance Reporting Reference Architecture
• Example: Electronic Product Code™ (EPC) Standards
• Example: Health Care Reference Architecture
• Resource: Financial Industry Organizations
• Resource: Health Industry Organizations
• Resource: Retail Industry Organizations
• Resource: Technical Organizations
• Industry Organizations
• Insurance Industry Standards ROI
• Requirements
• Example: Mobile Security Reference Architecture
• Example: MSRA Requirements
• Architecture Building Blocks: Reusable Requirement Sets
• Resource: NIST Security Requirements
• Example: COTS Standard Requirements Set
• Summary

Chapter 3 - Architecture Requirements

• Architecture Quality Attributes
• Quality of Service Requirement Categories
• Quality Attribute (QA)/Quality of Service (QoS) Definitions
• Trade-off Analysis
• Group Discussion: Trade-offs
• Requirement Patterns
• Example: Non-Functional Requirement Patterns
• Requirement Statement Best Practices
• Architecture Change Cases
• Elements of a Change Case
• Example: Change Case
• Eliciting Change Cases
• Group Discussion: Change Case
• Summary

Chapter 4 - Architecture Gap Analysis, Roadmap & Migration Planning

• Putting the Pieces Together
• Gap Analysis
• Gap Analysis Matrix
• Example: DOE Gap Analysis
• Consolidated Gaps, Solutions, and Dependencies Matrix
• Architecture Roadmap Table
• Transition Architectures in Context
• Architecture Roadmap
• General Roadmap Methodology
• Defining Work Packages
• Roadmap Development Strategies
• Example: High-Level Architecture Roadmap
• Example: Pharmacy Standards Roadmap
• Example: SOA Roadmap
• Example: Business Intelligence Roadmap
• Template: Architecture Roadmap
• Migration Planning
• Business Value Assessment Technique
• Example: DOE Transition Plan
• Example:Transition Milestone Table
• Example: EPA Transition Plan
• Template: TOGAF Implementation & Migration Plan Template
• Process Summary
• Summary

Chapter 5 - Patterns

• What are Patterns?
• Elements of a Pattern
• Pattern Levels
• Pattern Types
• How to Start Using Patterns?
• Common Architectural Patterns
• Layers Pattern
• Example: Retail Layered Architecture
• Object-Oriented Design Patterns
• Structural Design Pattern: Facade Pattern Example
• Enterprise Integration Patterns
• Messaging Systems: Overview
• Example Pattern: Pipes and Filters
• Monitoring Credit Bureau Example
• EAA Patterns
• Model-View-Controller (MVC) Pattern
• SOA Patterns
• Example: Saga Pattern
• Business Process Patterns
• Example: Synchronizing Merge Pattern
• Configuration Management Patterns
• New Patterns Continue to Emerge
• Group Discussion: Patterns
• Summary

Chapter 6 - Architecture Tactics

• Tactics
• Availability Tactics
• Modifiability Tactics
• Architectural Patterns and Corresponding Tactics for Modifiability
• Performance Tactics
• Security Tactics
• Testability Tactics
• Usability Tactics
• Approach for Describing Tactics
• Group Discussion: Tactics
• Pipes & Filters: Tactics
• Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA): Tactics
• Summary

Chapter 7 - Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS)

• COTS Advantages & Disadvantages
• COTS Implication: Accept Design Influence
• COTS Implication: Plan for Stability
• COTS Implication: Sustain Competency
• COTS Implication: Vendor Lock-In
• COTS Implication: Balance Business Needs & Architecture
• COTS Inherent Risks
• COTS Risk Management Strategy #1
• COTS Risk Management Strategy #2
• COTS Risk Management Strategy #3
• Group Discussion: COTS
• Typical COTS Architecture
• Summary

Handout 1 - Sample Principles

• Business Principles
• Data Principles
• Application Principles
• Technology Principles
• Governance Principles
• SOA Governance Principles

Handout 2 - Quality Attribute (QA)/Quality of Service (QoS) Categories

• Introduction
• Quality Attributes

Handout 3 - Requirement Patterns

Handout 4 - Requirement Statement Checklist

• Introduction
• Requirement Statement Review Checklist

Appendix A - Reference Library

• Industry Organizations
• References & Further Reading

Appendix B - Glossary

• ABC
• DEF
• GHI
• MNO
• PQR
• STU
• VWXYZ

Appendix C - EA Catalogs, Matrices, & Diagrams

• Catalogs
• Matrices
• Diagrams

Appendix D - Pattern List