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ESA examinations are set by the British Computer Society. ESA prices include in-course examination fees and exams.

TOGAF® and ArchiMate® are registered trademarks of The Open Group. TOGAF prices exclude examination fees and exams.

All prices exclude VAT. Discounts given in special cases.

 

Course title

Price (ex VAT)

Days

Course description

TOGAF

Private courses only: 2, 3 or 4 days

IPCESA

£1,990 (inc. exams and fees)

5

Combined Intermediate & Practitioner ESA Certificates

IPCESA

£1,990 (inc. exams and fees)

6

Same as above - weekend option

ICESA

£1,390 (inc. exam and fee)

4

Intermediate ESA Certificate only. Weekday and weekend options

PCESA

£890 (inc. exam and fee)

2

Practitioner ESA Certificate only. Weekend option

ESA

£990

3

Solution Architecture in an EA context. No exams.

SYSTEMS

£100

1

System Theory and Thinking for Architects

 

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Venues: London, New Malden, Utrecht, Zagreb, other and onsite.

Course timings: Typically 09.00 to 17.15.

Dates and timetables: Scroll down for the training calendar and ESA course timetables.

Call 07711 884412 for information you cannot find on this web site about public or private courses.

 

Calendar 2018       Click here for 2019 calendar

 

Day

November

December

Day

1

1

2

 

2

3

3

4

4

5

5

6

6

7

7

8

PCESA weekend

8

9

PCESA exam

9

10

ICESA weekend 1

10

11

ICESA weekend 1

TOGAF

11

12

TOGAF

12

13

TOGAF

13

14

TOGAF

14

15

15

16

 

16

17

ICESA weekend 2

 

17

18

ICESA exam

 

18

19

IPCESA    ICESA

 

19

20

IPCESA    ICESA

 

20

21

IPCESA    ICESA

 

21

22

IPCESA    ICESA

22

23

IPCESA

23

24

24

25

 

BH

25

26

 

BH

26

27

27

28

28

29

 

29

30

 

30

31

 

31

Day

November

December

Day

 

 

Enterprise and Solution Architecture (ESA) course variations

 

Weekday course options

·         IPCESA - combined Intermediate and Practitioner - 5 days

·         ICESA - Intermediate only – the first 4 days

 

Weekend course options

·         IPCESA - combined Intermediate and Practitioner - 3 weekends = 6 days

·         ICESA - Intermediate only - 2 weekends = 4 days

·         PCESA - Practitioner only - 1 weekend = 2 days

 

4 day ICESA course

The ICESA course price includes one examination fee, for the BCS Intermediate certificate in ESA (£155 + VAT).

The focus is on understanding architectural terms and concepts. There are class exercises but no case study.

 

5 day IPCESA course

The combined IPCESA course price includes two examination fees, for BCS Intermediate and Practitioner certificates in ESA (£310 + VAT).

This course includes both class exercises and case study work. The practitioner exam is based on the case study.

                                                                                                                                                                               

Monday

ARCHITECTURE & ARCHITECTS

Architects and systems

Components and layers

Architecture terms and concepts

Enterprise & solution architect roles

CONTEXT & MOTIVATION

Principles

Scoping

Stakeholders and concerns

Goals and requirements

FRAMEWORKS & METHODOLOGY

Architecture processes

Architecture products

Architecture reference models

Tuesday

BUSINESS DOMAIN

Human activity systems

Functions/Capabilities

Processes/Scenarios

DATA DOMAIN

Data at rest - in stores

Data in motion - in flows

Data quality and interoperation

SOFTWARE DOMAIN

Modularity and decoupling

Design patterns

Interoperation & comm. styles

Wednesday

APPLICATIONS DOMAIN

Application services

Applications architecture

Integration tools and patterns

DESIGN FOR QUALITIES

Performance, availability,

recoverability, integrity,

security, etc. 

INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY

Cloud computing

Network concepts

Solution technology definition

Thursday

Revision and exam preparation

Intermediate examination

Practitioner exam preparation

Friday

MIGRATION PLANNING

Migration path

Business case

The agile mindset

IMPLEMENTATION & GOVERNANCE

Waterfall / Iterative / Agile delivery

Change management

Governance

Practitioner examination

 

3 day ESA course

The ESA course includes no examination for a BCS certificate.

When run as a stand-alone course, it includes class exercises and case study work.

It concludes with an informal examination – based on the case study - that is optional.

 

Monday

ARCHITECTURE & ARCHITECTS

Architects and systems

Components and layers

Architecture terms and concepts

Enterprise & solution architect roles

CONTEXT & MOTIVATION

Principles

Scoping

Stakeholders and concerns

Goals and requirements

FRAMEWORKS & METHODOLOGY

Architecture processes

Architecture products

Architecture reference models

Tuesday

BUSINESS DOMAIN

Human activity systems

Functions/Capabilities

Processes/Scenarios

DATA DOMAIN

Data at rest - in stores

Data in motion - in flows

Data quality and interoperation

SOFTWARE DOMAIN

Modularity and decoupling

Design patterns

Interoperation & comm. styles

Wednesday

APPLICATIONS DOMAIN

Application services

Applications architecture

Integration tools and patterns

DESIGN FOR QUALITIES

Performance, availability,

recoverability, integrity,

security, etc. 

Solution technology definition

MIGRATION PLANNING

Migration path

Business case

The agile mindset

Informal examination (optional)

 

No risk to you (your money is safe) booking

We never cancel a course place and date you have paid for – unless you ask us to.

We refund money in full if you cancel more than five days before a course.

We offer free retraining to anybody who fails an exam.

Payment is due a week before the course, or on booking within ten days of the course start date.

After you have paid, our policies protect you from the dodgy practices of some other training providers.

If others drop out and the class size reduces to one, then we offer you three options: a) go ahead with a 1-to-1 course, b) join a future course c) full money back immediately.