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WA2759

Architecting the Modern Enterprise Training

A modern architect has to navigate many a technologies. This course covers the current architectural challenges around Agile, Cloud, Integration Patterns, Microservices, Containers and REST.
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Course Details

Duration

4 days

Target Audience

  • Senior Designers
  • Architects

Skills Gained

  • Learn architect's role in an Agile environment
  • Apply cloud architectural patterns
  • Choose the right integration pattern among the various integration patterns available
  • Understand the role Microservices play in today's architecture
  • Architecturally use Docker and Kubernetes to solve containerization needs
  • Use RESTful services correctly in an architecture
Course Outline
  • Enterprise Architecture (EA) Primer
    • Architecture
    • Architects
    • Enterprise Architecture Definitions
    • IEEE, TOGAF, & MIT Perspectives
    • Enterprise Architecture Defined
    • Architecture Framework: Foundation for a Common Vocabulary
    • Industry EA Frameworks
    • Dimensions of Architecture Scope
    • Architecture Domains
    • Time: Baseline, Target, and Transition Architectures
    • Various Solution Architecture Definitions
    • Characteristics of a Solution Architecture
    • Example Solution Architecture: SOA for Insurance
    • Solution Architecture Context
    • Solution Architecture & Domains
    • SA Spans All Domains
    • Relationship to EA Architecture Development Process
    • Solution Architecture
    • Solution Architecture Deliverables
    • EA Involvement in SA
    • Architecturally Significant
  • Challenges with Traditional Architecture
    • The Need for Senior Management Support
    • Business People Underestimate the Complexity
    • Role Clarity
    • Governance
    • Variables Outside Architecture's Control
    • Analysis Paralysis
    • Architecture Dismissed by Agile Teams
    • Scarce Resources
    • The Challenge of Alignment
    • Rogue IT
    • There's No ROI in Infrastructure
  • What is Agile?
    • Development Methodologies of the ‘80’s and ‘90’s
    • Enterprise Architecture
    • Problems with this Approach
    • Unified Process
    • The Manifesto for Agile Development
    • Don't Misinterpret...
    • Agile Principles
    • Role of a Methodology in Agile
    • Agile Methodologies
    • Scrum
    • Artifact: Product Backlog
    • Artifact: Sprint Backlog
    • Artifact: Product Increment
    • Artifact: Burndown Charts
    • Activity: Sprints
    • Activity: Sprint Planning
    • Activity: Daily Scrum
    • Activities: Sprint Review and Sprint Retrospective
    • Kanban
    • XP Practices
  • Challenges With Agile
    • Business' Need for Predictability
    • Shortsightedness
    • Forest and Trees
    • Difficulties with Securing a Team Member from the Business
    • The Cycle of Formalization
    • Integration Challenges
    • Operations Team Seen as a Blocker
    • Reinventing Standards
    • Possible Security Issues
    • Bias to Build over Buy
    • Team Member Criticality
    • Agile Team Member Qualifications
    • Difficulties Acquiring Proper Support
  • The Agile-Architecture Conflict
    • The Two Perspectives
    • Class Discussion
  • How Architecture Fits in with Agile
    • Common Ground
    • Building High Quality Systems
    • Solutions of Value
    • Rapid Delivery
    • Maintaining Systems Reliability
    • Design
    • Reuse
    • Discipline
    • Measurement
    • The Core Differences
    • How is Agile Even Possible?
    • Open Source
    • Code Control and Versioning
    • Test Driven Development (TDD)
    • Continuous Delivery Automation
    • Stack Overflow
    • Twitter and GitHub
    • What Does Architecture Produce That an Agile Team Needs?
    • What Should Architecture Provide to an Agile Team?
  • Where Agile and Architecture Connect
    • The Most Popular Frameworks
    • The Zachman Framework
    • IASA
    • The Open Group Architecture Framework
    • TOGAF's Scope
    • Which Architecture Principles are Non-Agile?
    • Which Business Principles? [2/1]
    • Which Business Principles? [2/2]
    • Which Data Principles?
    • Which Application Principles?
    • Which Technology Principles?
    • TOGAF's Architecture Development Method
    • Development Activities in TOGAF
    • Activities TOGAF Addresses that SDLC's Usually Don't
    • Requirements Gathering in TOGAF
    • Discussion
    • Key TOGAF Deliverables
    • Discussion
    • Roles
  • Is There Agile Architecture?
    • What is Agile Architecture: Definition 1
    • Agile Architecture: Definition 2
    • Which Definition is Correct?
    • What is the Problem We're Trying to Solve Again?
    • Prioritization
    • Integration
    • What About How the Environment Has Changed?
    • So What to Do?
    • Can Architecture Be Sprinted?
    • Goals of Agile Architecture
    • Benefits
    • Agile Architecture at Work
    • Agile Architecture for Agile Software Projects
    • Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
    • Agile Architecture Up Front (ADUF)
    • Agile Architecture for Software
    • Agile Architecture Research
    • Agile Architecture Research Examples
    • Agile Architecture as an EA Practice
    • Agile Architecture in the Industry
    • Agile Architecture for EA Conclusion
  • Towards Agile Architecture
    • Pulling Together the Best of All of the Leading Practices
    • Enterprise Architecture [1/2]
    • Enterprise Architecture [2/2]
    • Solution Architecture
    • Agile
    • Portfolio, Program and Project Management
    • Enterprise Packaged Software
    • Open Source
    • Cloud and SaaS
    • Continuous Integration
    • So How Does This All Come Together?
    • Modeling
    • Reference Architecture
    • Organization and Governance
    • Requirements Gathering
    • Requirements Management
    • Portfolio Management
    • Deliverables
    • Architectural Compliance
    • Education
    • Stakeholder Management and Communication
  • Defining the Cloud
    • A Bit of History
    • Wikipedia Entry
    • Cloud Computing at a Glance
    • Gartner Research on Cloud
    • Electrical Power Grid Service Analogy
    • The NIST Perspective
    • Five Characteristics
    • On-demand Self-Service (NIST Characteristic)
    • Broad Network Access (NIST Characteristic)
    • Resource Pooling (NIST Characteristic)
    • Rapid Elasticity (NIST Characteristic)
    • Measured Service (NIST Characteristic)
    • The Three Cloud Service Models (NIST)
    • The Cloud Computing Spectrum: IaaS, PaaS and SaaS
    • The Four Cloud Deployment Models (NIST)
    • The NIST Cloud Definition Framework
    • A Hybrid Cloud Diagram
    • Cloud Deployment Model Dynamics
  • Cloud Services
    • Defining Cloud Services
    • User-Cloud Interaction
    • Cloud Service Characteristics
    • The Typical Cloud Services
    • Application Services
    • Messaging Application Service
    • Email Application Service
    • Cache Application Service
    • Specialized Application Services
    • AWS Analytics Systems
    • Google App Engine (GAE) MapReduce Service - #DELETE
    • Use Cases for MapReduce Jobs
    • Integration Platform as a Service (IPaaS)
    • Storage Services
    • Object Storage
    • Archive Storage
    • Relational Storage
    • NoSQL Storage
    • Some AWS Storage Services
    • Data Warehouses in the Cloud
    • Cloud Utility Services
    • Scalability and HA of Your Applications in the Cloud
    • The Auto-scaling Service
    • Monitoring Services
    • Configuring Instance Health Check in AWS - #DELETE
    • Amazon Web Services Integration Diagram
    • Google App Engine (GAE) Services Integration Diagram
    • Microsoft Azure Services
    • Comparing Cloud Service Stacks
  • Introduction to NoSQL
    • The V3 Properties Limitations of Relational Databases
    • What are NoSQL (Not Only SQL) Databases?
    • What are NoSQL Databases?
    • The Past and Present of the NoSQL World
    • NoSQL Database Properties
    • NoSQL Benefits
    • Use Cases for NoSQL Database Systems
    • NoSQL Database Storage Types
    • The CAP Theorem
    • Mechanisms to Guarantee a Single CAP Property
    • NoSQL Systems CAP Triangle
    • Limitations of NoSQL Databases
    • Mix-and-Match Approach
    • Big Data Sharding
    • Sharding Example
    • Google BigTable
    • BigTable-based Applications
    • BigTable Design
    • Barriers to Adoption
    • Dismantling Barriers to Adoption
    • Industry trends
  • Designing Cloud Solutions
    • Getting Started …
    • "Good/Not-so-Good" Use Cases for the Cloud
    • Design the Cloud Service Interface
    • Practical Observations and Rules
    • Analysis and Design (A&D) Best Practices
    • A&D Best Practices - Prototyping
    • A&D Best Practices – System Partitioning
    • A&D Best Practices - Leveraging Cloud Platform Services
    • A&D Best Practices - Using Asynchronous Communication Patterns
    • MOM to the Rescue
    • A&D Best Practices - Preempt Possible Data Corruption
    • A&D Best Practices - Caching
    • A&D Best Practices - Staying Hands-On
    • Be Aware of the CAP Theorem Constraints
    • The CAP Triangle
    • Cloud Layering
    • Cloud Layering Overview
    • Content Services
    • Separate Static Content from Dynamic Content
    • Logic Services
    • Utility - Security Services
    • Out-of-the-Box Security Service Example
    • Layering Examples
    • Architecting for HA in AWS (Same Data Center)
    • Architecting for HA in AWS (Different AZs)
  • AWS Solution Architecture Patterns
    • AWS Architecture Center
    • List of Reference Architectures
    • High Availability Solution Architecture Blueprint
    • Log Analysis Solution Architecture Blueprint Summary
    • Scalable Web App Solution Architecture Blueprint Summary
    • Simplified Web App Solution Architecture Blueprint
    • Architecting for AWS: Design for Failure - Take 1
    • Architecting for AWS: Design for Failure - Take 2
    • Go with SOA and Asynchronous Communication Patterns
    • Batch Processing with SQS
    • Secure Your Applications
    • Securing your Web Application Example
    • Other Security Considerations
    • Operational Checklists for AWS
    • Excerpts from Operational Checklists
  • Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) Data Patterns
    • SOA Data Service Patterns
    • Pattern Template
    • Data Federation Pattern: Synopsis
    • Data Federation Pattern: Benefits
    • Data Federation Pattern: Context
    • Data Federation Pattern: Solution
    • Data Federation Pattern: Solution Architecture
    • Data Federation Pattern: Considerations
    • Data Federation Pattern: Summary
    • Data Consolidation Pattern: Synopsis
    • Data Consolidation Pattern: Benefits
    • Data Consolidation Pattern: Context
    • Data Consolidation Pattern: Solution
    • Data Consolidation Pattern: Considerations
    • Data Consolidation Pattern: Summary
    • Data Cleansing Pattern: Synopsis
    • Data Cleansing Pattern: Benefits
    • Data Cleansing Pattern: Context
    • Data Cleansing Pattern: Solution
    • Data Cleansing Pattern: Considerations
    • Data Cleansing Pattern: Summary
  • Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)
    • SOA and the ESB Pattern
    • Loose Coupling
    • Service Invocation
    • Business Process
    • Data Integration
    • Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)
    • Legacy System Integration
    • Unsupported Protocol
    • The Role of ESB in SOA
    • ESB: Software Artifacts
    • ESB: Software Artifacts
    • Business Process
    • Business Process: Example
    • Minimum ESB Capabilities
    • Minimum ESB Capabilities: Integration
    • Minimum ESB Capabilities: Communication
    • Minimum ESB Capabilities: Service Interaction
    • Minimum ESB Capabilities: Management
    • Security and ESB
  • Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) Patterns
    • SOA Patterns
    • Asynchronous Queuing Pattern: Problem
    • Asynchronous Queuing Pattern: Solution
    • Asynchronous Queuing Pattern: Implementation
    • Asynchronous Queuing Pattern: Illustration
    • Event-Driven Messaging Pattern: Problem & Solution
    • Event-Driven Messaging Pattern: Implementation
    • Event-Driven Messaging Pattern: Illustration
    • Reliable Messaging Pattern: Problem & Solution
    • Reliable Messaging Pattern: Implementation
    • Reliable Messaging Pattern: Illustration
    • Adapter Pattern: Problem & Solution
    • Adapter Pattern: Implementation
    • Adapter Pattern: Illustration
    • Canonical Protocol Pattern: Problem & Solution
    • Canonical Protocol Pattern: Implementation
    • Canonical Protocol Pattern: Illustration
    • Protocol Bridging Pattern: Problem
    • Protocol Bridging Pattern: Implementation
    • Protocol Bridging Pattern: Illustration
    • Canonical Data Format Pattern: Problem & Solution
    • Canonical Data Format Pattern: Implementation
    • Canonical Data Format: Illustration
    • Data Transformation Pattern: Problem & Solution
    • Data Transformation Pattern: Implementation
    • Data Transformation: Illustration
    • Schema Centralization Pattern: Problem
    • Schema Centralization Pattern: Solution
    • Schema Centralization Pattern: Implementation
    • Schema Centralization: Illustration
    • Intermediate Routing Pattern: Problem
    • Intermediate Routing Pattern: Solution
    • Intermediate Routing Pattern: Implementation
    • Intermediate Routing: Illustration
    • Decoupled Contract Pattern: Problem & Solution
    • Decoupled Contract Pattern: Implementation
    • Decoupled Contract Pattern: Illustration
    • Decoupled Contract Pattern: Another Illustration
    • Service Encapsulation Pattern: Problem & Solution
    • Service Encapsulation Pattern: Implementation
    • Service Encapsulation Pattern: Illustration
    • Service Decomposition Pattern: Problem & Solution
    • Service Decomposition Pattern: Implementation
    • Service Decomposition Pattern: Illustration
  • Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) Patterns
    • Enterprise Integration Patterns
    • EAI Patterns Summary
    • Messaging Systems: Overview
    • Pattern: Pipes and Filters
    • Root Pattern: Message Channel
    • Root Pattern: Message
    • Root Pattern: Message Router
    • Root Pattern: Message Translator
    • Root Pattern: Message Endpoint
    • Root Pattern: System Management
    • Monitoring Credit Bureau Example
  • Master Data Management (MDM)
    • What is Master Data Management?
    • A typical data management scenario
    • Why do you need MDM? (1 of 2)
    • Why do you need MDM? (2 of 2)
    • Why do you need MDM in SOA? (1 of 2)
    • Why do you need MDM in SOA? (2 of 2)
    • What role does MDM play in SOA?
    • MDM and SOA shared principles
    • MDM and SOA Governance
    • MDM products
    • Implementing MDM in an SOA (1 of 3)
    • Implementing MDM in an SOA (2 of 3)
    • Implementing MDM in an SOA (3 of 3)
  • EA Lessons Learned and Anti-Patterns
    • Key EA Lessons Learned
    • Three Critical Changes EA Must Make To Survive Hard Times
    • Scott Ambler’s EA Anti-Patterns
    • EA Anti-Patterns
  • API Management
    • Drivers Towards Business Inter-connectivity
    • View of the NetBeans IDE Web Services Facet
    • Facebook Graph API Explorer
    • APIs Proliferation
    • API Management Defined
    • API Management Disclaimers
    • The Traditional Point-to-point Integration Example
    • It Raises Some Questions …
    • API Management Conceptual Diagram
    • What Else is Needed?
    • Driving Forces
    • Gartner Research Stats
    • API Management Offerings
    • The Mashery API Management System Overview
    • WSO2 API Management Main Components
  • Introduction to Kafka
    • What is Kafka?
    • Need for Kafka
    • Where is Kafka useful?
    • Architecture
    • Core concepts in Kafka
    • Overview of ZooKeeper
    • Cluster, Nodes, Kafka Brokers
    • Consumers, Producers, Logs, Partitions, Records, Keys
    • Kafka Streams
    • Kafka Connectors
    • Kafka REST
  • Microservices
    • What is a \"Microservice\"?
    • SOA - Microservices Relationship
    • ESB - Microservices Relationship
    • One Helpful Analogy
    • The Driving Forces Behind Microservices
    • How Can Microservices Help You?
    • The Microservices Architecture
    • Utility Microservices at AWS
    • Microservices Inter-connectivity
    • The Data Exchange Interoperability Consideration
    • Managing Microservices
    • Implementing Microservices
    • Embedding Databases in Java
    • Microservice-Oriented Application Frameworks and Platforms
  • Microservices with Node.js (overview)
    • What is Node.js?
    • Node's Value Proposition
    • Example of a Node.js App: a Simple Web Server
    • Node.js Project Types
    • Managing Large Applications
    • Core Modules
    • Why Node.js uses JavaScript?
    • The Traditional Concurrency Support Model
    • Disadvantages of the Traditional Approach
    • Event-Driven, Non-Blocking I/O
    • The Success Callback Function
    • Using Node Package Manager (NPM)
    • NPM Registry (Repository)
    • NPM Enterprise
    • Package Life-Cycle Management
    • Local and Global Package Installation Options
    • Listing and Using Module Versions
    • The Express Package
    • Installing and Using Express
    • Defining Routing Rules in Express
    • Route Path
    • The Response Object
    • A Simple Web Service with Express Example
    • The MEAN Stack
  • Comprehensive Introduction to AngularJS
    • Key concepts and why it matters a lot in modern web architecture. MVC, Controller, data binding, etc. Would be good to talk about comparisons to other front-end technologies, e.g. React, Node, etc.
    • What is AngularJS?
    • Why AngularJS?
    • How AngularJS Works
    • MVC with AngularJS
    • AngularJS MVC in a Nutshell
    • Scope and Goal of AngularJS
    • One-way (Traditional) Data Binding
    • Two-way Data Binding (the AngularJS Way)
    • A Very Simple AngularJS Application
    • Building Blocks of an AngularJS Application
    • Use of Model View Controller (MVC) Pattern
    • A Simple MVC Application
    • The View
    • The Controller
    • Data Binding
    • Dependency Injection (DI) in a Nutshell
    • DI in AngularJS
    • Other Client Side MVC Frameworks
  • Docker Introduction
    • What is Docker
    • Where Can I Ran Docker?
    • Docker and Containerization on Linux
    • Linux Kernel Features: cgroups and namespaces
    • The Docker-Linux Kernel Interfaces
    • Docker Containers vs Traditional Virtualization
    • Docker as Platform-as-a-Service
    • Docker Integration
    • Docker Services
    • Docker Application Container Public Repository
    • Competing Systems
    • Docker Command-line
    • Starting, Inspecting, and Stopping Docker Containers
  • Introduction to Kubernetes
    • Consider whether this is something to augment Docker
    • What is Kubernetes
    • What is a Container
    • Container –Uses
    • Container – Pros
    • Container – Cons
    • Composition of a Container
    • Control Groups
    • Namespaces
    • Union Filesystems
    • Popular Containerization Software
    • Microservices
    • Microservices and Containers / Clusters
    • Microservices and Orchestration
    • Microservices and Infrastructure-as-Code
    • Kubernetes Container Networking
    • Kubernetes Networking Options
    • Kubernetes Networking – Balanced Design
  • Kubernetes – From the Firehose
    • What is Kubernetes?
    • Container Orchestration
    • Kubernetes Basic Architecture
    • Kubernetes Detailed Architecture
    • Kubernetes Concepts
    • Cluster and Namespace
    • Node
    • Master
    • Pod
    • Label
    • Annotation
    • Label Selector
    • Replication Controller and Replica Set
    • Service
    • Storage Volume
    • Secret
    • Resource Quota
    • Authentication and Authorization
    • Routing
    • Registry
    • Using Docker Registry
  • REST Services
    • Many Flavors of Services
    • Understanding REST
    • Principles of RESTful Services
    • REST Example – Create
    • REST Example – Retrieve
    • REST Example – Update
    • REST Example – Delete
    • REST Example – Client Generated ID
    • SOAP Equivalent Examples
    • REST Example – JSON
    • REST vs SOAP Communication
    • More REST vs SOAP
    • REST vs SOAP Summary
    • Famous RESTful Services
  • Designing a RESTful Service
    • Introduction
    • The Design Methodology
    • Ingredients of a Service Operation Interface
    • What Constitutes a REST Resource
    • Resource Identifiers
    • MIME Types
    • HTTP Methods
    • Request and Response Body Structure
    • Example Operation Interface Document
    • Formal (Machine-Readable) Specifications
Upcoming Course Dates
USD $2,930
Online Virtual Class
Scheduled
Date: Apr 29 - May 2, 2024
Time: 10 AM - 6 PM ET