Familiarisation with EA Frameworks

Course objective and pre-requisites

This instructor-led course provides a familiarisation with EA Frameworks.

There are no pre-requisites for this course.

Course duration

Familiarisation with EA Frameworks is a one-day course.

Course content

During the course the student will cover:

• What is an EA Framework, including its characteristics and benefits
• Evolution of Architecture Frameworks
• Architecture Standards
• ANSI/IEEE 1471-2000 Standard
• Model Driven Architectures (MDA) from OMG
• Generalised Enterprise Reference Architecture and Methodology (GERAM)
• Overview of TOGAF
• Comparative Overview of other EA Frameworks, including key strengths and weaknesses plus relationship with TOGAF
• US Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework (FEAF) and US Federal Enterprise Architecture
• US Treasury Enterprise Architecture Framework (TEAF)
• Department of Defence Architecture Framework (DoDAF), including relationship with TOGAF
• Ministry of Defence Architecture Framework (MoDAF)
• Commission Enterprise IT Architecture Framework (CEAF)
• TMF Architectures for the Telecoms Industry
• The Zachman Framework
• Enterprise Architecture Planning (EAP)
• Integrated Architecture Framework (IAF) -- CapGemini
• IFEAD's Extended Enterprise Architecture Framework(E2AF)
• Choosing the Right EA Framework
• An example of a TOGAF Case Study - Micron