Enterprise Architecture Foundations

4 Units · 12 Modules · 8 Weeks

An 8-week applied course that takes a practitioner from Enterprise Architecture literacy to a complete architecture artefact set.

Course curriculum

Each module produces a concrete artefact and builds toward a complete architecture portfolio.

Unit 1: TOGAF Foundations and ADM

Use the ADM selectively as a thinking structure for decision-first execution.

Artefact: Phase selection rationale document

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Establish intent, scope, principles, and executive commitment.

Artefact: Architecture Vision one-page brief

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Read the business, data, application, and technology baseline.

Artefact: BDAT baseline and gap analysis

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Frame options and sequence migration into executable waves.

Artefact: Options paper and roadmap

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Unit 2: UML Modelling

Visualise components, interfaces, boundaries, and dependencies.

Artefact: Component diagram

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Model runtime interactions and message flow.

Artefact: Sequence diagram

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Describe process flow and domain structure.

Artefact: Activity and class diagram

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Unit 3: ArchiMate

Read layers, elements, and relationships.

Artefact: ArchiMate reading assessment

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Create current and target views that can be read by others.

Artefact: Current and target view set

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Unit 4: Executive Presentation

Connect architecture to business capabilities and stakeholder language.

Artefact: Capability map and stakeholder story

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Build a board-ready decision pack.

Artefact: Executive architecture pack

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Defend the architecture and demonstrate applied capability.

Artefact: Final assessment

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