TOGAF® BA Foundation Training - United States

TOGAF® BA Foundation Training Course Outline

Unit 1 – Introduction and Concepts

• Enterprise
• Purpose of Enterprise Architecture
• Business Benefits of having an Enterprise Architecture
• Framework for Enterprise Architecture
• Architecture Domains
• ADM Phases
• Architecture Abstraction in Enterprise Architecture
• Architecture Principles
• Enterprise Continuum
• Architecture Repository
• The TOGAF® Content Framework and Enterprise Metamodel
• Architecture Capability
• Using the TOGAF® Standard with other Frameworks
• Risk Management
• Gap Analysis

Unit 2 – Definitions

• Various Definitions
• Understand Relevant Terminology

Unit 3 – Introduction to the ADM

• The TOGAF® ADM and its Phases
• “Draft” and “Approved” Deliverables
• Iteration and the ADM
• Governing the Creation, Development, and Maintenance of Enterprise Architecture
• How to Scope an Architecture?
• Architecture Alternatives, Concerns, and Trade-Off
• Purpose: Preliminary Phase
• Objectives: Preliminary Phase
• Purpose: Phase A
• How Iteration within the ADM Enables Concurrent Operation of Multiple ADM Phases?
• Purpose: Phases B

Unit 4 – Business Modeling

• Definition of Business Model
• Use-Case: Retail Business

Unit 5 – Business Capabilities

• Business Capability
• Defining a Business Capability
• Components of a Business Capability
• Business Capability Template
• Business Capability Map
• Capability Mapping
• Structuring the Business Capability Map
• Level One Capability Stratification
• Levelling
• Mapping Capabilities to Other Business Perspectives
• Heat Mapping
• Interpreting a Heat Map
• Relationship Mapping

Unit 6 – Value Streams

• Concept of Value
• Approaches to Value Analysis
• Value Chain
• Value Network
• Lean Value Stream
• What is a Value Stream?
• Using Value Streams in Business Architecture
• Key Principle of Value Streams
• Benefits of Value Streams and Value Stream Mapping
• Defining a Value Stream
• Decomposing a Value Stream
• Which should come First? Value Stream Map or Business Capability Model?
• Creating Value Streams: Guiding Principles

Unit 7 – Information Mapping

• Role of Information and Information Concepts
• What is Information Mapping?
• Information Map
• Benefits of Information Mapping
• Relationships of Information Maps to Business Architecture Concepts
• Business Capabilities and Information Concepts
• Relationship of Information Maps to Data Models
• Using Information Maps with the TOGAF® ADM
• Putting Information Maps into Practice

Unit 8 —Organisation Mapping

• What is Organisation Mapping?
• What is an Organisation Map?
• Organisation Unit Types and Levels
• Organisation Charts Vs Organisation Maps
• Differences in Terms of Purpose
• Impacts and Benefits of Organisation Mapping
• Relationship to Other Domains
• How Organisation Maps can be used with the TOGAF® ADM?

Unit 9 — Business Scenarios

• What is a TOGAF® Business Scenario?
• Business Scenario Workshops
• What does a TOGAF® Business Scenario Describe?
• TOGAF® Business Scenarios and the ADM
• Developing and Validating a TOGAF® Business Scenario
• Five Elements of a Business Scenario
• Steps of Each Phase
• Development Phases of a Business Scenario
• Phases of a Business Scenario

Unit 10 – Applying Business Architecture Techniques within the TOGAF® ADM

• Phase A: Architecture Vision
• Business Objectives and Process
• Business Modeling
• Organisation Maps
• Business Scenarios
• Phase B: Business Architecture
• Scoping the Work in Phase B
• Developing the Baseline Description
• Applying Business Architecture Concepts in Phase B: Business Capabilities
• Applying Business Architecture Concepts in Phase B: Value Streams
• Applying Business Architecture Concepts in Phase B: Organisation Map
• Applying Business Architecture Concepts in Phase B: Information Map
• Applying Business Architecture Concepts in Phase B: Business Modeling
• Applying Business Architecture Concepts in Phase B: Architecture Repository

Our TOGAF® BA course is accredited by The Open Group