Course Overview

Enterprise and Solution Architecture Practitioner

Enterprise and Solution Architecture Practitioner Courses build upon the concepts previously introduced in the Intermediate Level programme and helps practitioners to create and describe architecture using ideas from TOGAF and other architecture frameworks. Participants apply their existing intermediate-level knowledge to case study situations. The course elaborates on the organisation and processes required to manage an architecture successfully.

BCS Professional Certifications

This course leads to the BCS Professional Certification (ISEB) in Enterprise and Solution Architecture (Practitioner). The examination for this qualification lasts for one hour and is held at the end of the course. The examination consists of 40 multiple-choice questions. This certificate is a specialist module for the Diploma in Solution Development.

Please note: candidates sitting the Practitioner exam MUST hold the Intermediate certificate.

SFIA Mapping

This course supports skills ARCH level 6 and STPL level 5.

Course Content

1. Architecture and architects
   • Review of intermediate level
2. Architecture precursors
   • Stakeholders
   • Drivers, aims and directives
   • Solution descriptions and plans
   • Standards
   • Scope of architecture work
   • Requirements
   • Regulatory requirements
   • Business case
3. Architecture frameworks
   • Review of intermediate level
   • Architecture documentation and repositories
4. Business architecture
   • Business structure and behaviour
   • Business process decomposition and automation
   • Design for business security
5. Data architecture
   • Knowledge and/or content management
   • Data architecture structure
   • Data qualities and integration
   • Design for data security
6. Software architecture
   • Review of intermediate level
7. Applications architecture
   • Applications structure and behaviour
   • Design for applications security
   • Application platform
8. Design for NFRS
   • Review of intermediate level
9. Infrastructure architecture
   • Infrastructure structure and behaviour
   • Design for Infrastructure security
10. Migration planning
    • Gap analysis
    • Migration path
    • Risk analysis
11. Architecture management
    • Architecture implementation
    • Architecture change management
    • Architecture governance
    • Architecture in operations