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Course Outline

Why Architecting the Enterprise?

  • Introduction: Current challenges in Enterprise and IT governance
  • Legacy Systems and the need for evolution
  • Comparing Business Architecture and Enterprise Architecture: similarities and differences

The Fundamentals

  • Core principles of Enterprise Architecture
  • Strategic Alignment
  • Business and IT Repository
  • Logical Architectures: n-tiers
  • Application technologies: ERP, SCM, web portals
  • Integration and Services Architectures: EAI and ESB
  • Service-Oriented Architectures: Roles of BPM and BAM

Enterprise Architecture Strategies and Methodologies

  • "As is" and "To be" system mappings: Defining the roadmap
  • Structures to align IT with business strategies
  • Approach and methodology
  • Links to development processes

Enterprise Architecture Content Framework

  • Identifying business functions
  • Mapping actors and business functions
  • Aligning business strategies
  • Patterns for IT system architecture
  • Zones, squares, and blocks
  • Identifying exchanges using services and events
  • Modeling inter-block exchanges and data objects to support business processes

Building the Repository and Data Architectures

  • Master Data Management (MDM)
  • Granularity Management
  • Modeling Languages
  • Defining the meta-model and architecture rules
  • Developing the Enterprise Architecture Repository

Architecture Mapping Reference Layers

  • Business, Functional, Application, and Technical Layers
  • Links between Strategic and Business Views
  • Traceability between Business and Functional Views
  • Traceability between Functional and Application Views
  • Bridges to the Technical View

Value Creation through Enterprise Architecture

  • Contributing to business value
  • Best Practices
  • The Enterprise Architecture Roadmap
  • Future Perspectives

Tools

  • Business Process and Mapping Management tools
  • Case study presentation

Note: These interactive training-mentoring sessions utilize Business Modeling tools to ensure clear traceability between business specifications and their execution. Concepts are introduced through basic examples, followed by drafting solutions to your specific challenges. Post-session, we offer support by reviewing and validating your solutions based on your needs.

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