Vanguard EA (Advanced Applied TOGAF)

The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) is a framework for enterprise architecture that provides an approach for designing, planning, implementing, and governing an enterprise information technology architecture.

The Vanguard EA course is a hands-on “applied” training course specifically designed for TOGAF® practitioners to ensure they receive the most innovative and productive training in the industry. The Vanguard EA course builds upon the knowledge and experiences gained within the TOGAF® Level 1 and Level 2 Certification courses by providing student architects the environment to build a standards-based enterprise architecture using TOGAF®. 

Vanguard EA course uses the challenges of a real-word case study as the background for applying the TOGAF® ADM development cycles, guidelines, and techniques to establish the viewpoints, views, and deliverables that showcase and communicate the value of EA. As students build their enterprise architectures, they are applying proven methodologies for the development, modeling, analysis and reporting of the four architecture domains (Business, Data, Application, and Technology). Vanguard EA course incorporates hands-on modeling of the TOGAF® artifacts (Catalogs, Matrices, and Diagrams) associated with each phase of the TOGAF® ADM. Each hands-on exercise is tied to an EA repository for the storage, management, and visualization of the artifacts and deliverables developed in support of the Enterprise Architecture.

The five-day Vanguard EA course is designed for TOGAF® practitioners to gain an applied understanding of:

• Requirements Engineering using Business Scenarios
• Stakeholder mapping and documenting concerns
• Architecture Principles and their development
• The ADM development cycles and Enterprise Continuum
• The Architecture Capability Framework
• TOGAF® Reference Models
• Conducting Capability Assessments (Current and Target)
• Establishing Architecture Vision (Statement of Architecture Work, Scope Definition)
• Modeling the Business Architecture
• Modeling the Information Systems Architectures  
• Modeling the Technology Architecture
• Establishing a Migration Plan (TOGAF® migration planning to support a roadmap)
• Establishing a Governance Plan

Day 1
Morning 

• Introduction of Case Study 
• Stakeholder Management Scenario
• Business Scenario Exercise for EA Practice Governance and Team
• Architecture Principles Exercise

Afternoon

• Motivation Extension and Value Chain Modeling Exercises for EA Practice
• Motivation Extension and Value Chain Modeling Exercises for Prioritized EA Project List
• Alternative Architecture Vision Statements and Decision Making on Focus
• Statement of Architecture Work

Day 2
Morning

• Business Architecture Analysis and Modeling Exercises

Afternoon

• Data Architecture Analysis and Modeling Exercises

Day 3
Morning

• Application Architecture Analysis and Modeling Exercises

Afternoon

• Technology Architecture Analysis and Modeling Exercises

Day 4
Morning

• Consolidated Opportunities and Solutions Analysis and Modeling Exercises

Afternoon

• Migration Planning Analysis and Modeling Exercises

Day 5
Morning

• Architecture Review Board Process Development and Execution

Afternoon

• Proctored Certification Exam

Note: Several different tools, artifacts, deliverables, and techniques will be used over the course, with primers on/about each, as appropriate. However, it is expected that students will have completed TOGAF training prior to the course.

Intended Audience:

• Enterprise Architects
• Business Architects
• IT Architects
• Information Architects
• Technology Architects
• Application Architects
• System Integrators
• Solution Architects
• Data Architects
• Infrastructure Architects
• Security Architects
• Technology Vendors

Pre-requisites: TOGAF 9 Certified or Know TOGAF body of knowledge well