Enterprise and Solution Architect Training 2023

“Thanks again for passing on your knowledge and wisdom and not just reading out the syllabus to me.

I appreciated your real-life examples and going the extra mile to explain in more depth.

Defo a worthwhile course!” Solution Architect

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Our 2023 architect certification courses meet the new TOGAF and BCS standards, and add value beyond the examination syllabus.

 

“The best and most relevant all-round architect courses I have come across.” CTO

“The most inspiring and useful course I have been on” Architect.

“Depth and breadth of knowledge second to none.” Architect

 

Course title

Mode

Price

(ex VAT)

Days

Professional architect training courses

Foundation

On-line

£1,199

3

BCS Foundation in Architecture Concepts and Domains certificate (details here).

Includes the fee for the examination.

Foundation ++

On-line

£1,599

4

Adds principles, patterns and a case study to the Foundation course above.

Practitioner

On-line

£1,199

3

BCS Practitioner certificate: case study based. (£500 for last day only.)

Includes the fee for the examination.

Combined F & P

Classroom

£1,999

5

Combination of Foundation and Practitioner courses (details here)

Includes the fees for both examinations – sat in class

TOGAF

By agreement

tbd

4

Private courses only (“Thank so much for the wisdom you imparted”).

Does not include fees for the examinations.

 

“I can highly recommend Avancier Limited if you actually want to learn about Enterprise and Solution Architecture and not just pass the exam… a really enjoyable and informative course.”

“I thoroughly enjoyed your teaching, the work itself and the time they gave me to think about what I am and am not doing properly at the moment.” Enterprise Architect

“Excellent course. I enjoyed every minute. Almost everything relevant to what I do every day. I'll make a post... that highlights the value it delivers. Great to meet you and thanks for an excellent week!”

 

Calendar 2023

Book a course place   

Public course dates are shown see the calendar below. On-line courses are run using Zoom. Private courses are arranged on request.

 

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

1

 

 

 

 

Bank holiday

 

 

 

1

2

Bank holiday

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

5

 

Zoom

Classroom

 

 

 

 

 

Zoom

5

6

 

Combined F&P

 

 

 

 

Zoom

6

7

Combined F&P

Bank holiday

Zoom

 

 

 

7

8

Combined F&P

 

 

 

8

9

Combined F&P

 

 

9

10

 

Combined F&P

Bank holiday

Classroom

Classroom

10

11

 

Classroom

Combined F&P

 

Combined F&P

11

12

 

Zoom

Combined F&P

 

Combined F&P

Zoom

Combined F&P

12

13

 

Practitioner

 

Combined F&P

Zoom

Combined F&P

Practitioner

Combined F&P

13

14

 

Practitioner

Zoom

Combined F&P

Practitioner

Combined F&P

 

Practitioner

Combined F&P

14

15

Zoom

Practitioner

 

Practitioner

Combined F&P

 

Practitioner

Combined F&P

Zoom

Practitioner

Combined F&P

15

16

Foundation

 

Zoom

Practitioner

Combined F&P

Practitioner

Foundation

 

 

16

17

Foundation

 

Foundation

Practitioner

Zoom

Foundation

 

 

17

18

Foundation

 

Foundation

Foundation

 

Foundation

 

 

18

19

Foundation ++

 

Foundation

 

Foundation

 

 

Foundation ++

 

 

19

20

 

 

Foundation ++

 

Foundation

 

 

20

21

 

 

 

Foundation ++

 

 

 

21

22

 

 

 

 

 

22

23

 

 

23

24

 

24

25

 

Bank holiday

25

26

 

 

Bank holiday

26

27

 

 

 

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28

 

 

 

 

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29

 

 

 

Bank holiday

 

 

Bank holiday

29

30

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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31

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

 

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Guidance for purchasers on positioning solution architecture

Click here for details of private-only Zoom-delivered training without BCS exams

 

UK venues for public courses: New Malden, Epsom or elsewhere in the London area.

Other venues: Utrecht, Zagreb, and onsite for private courses.

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

 

Course structures

 

On-line Foundation course – adds value to the BCS syllabus.

Mon

1 FUNDAMENTALS

Levels and domains

Business case.

Drivers

Gap analysis

Governance, risk and compliance

STANDARDS AND FRAMEWORKS

Relevant frameworks

Architecture description.

Professional standards

2 BUSINESS ARCHITECTURE

Meaning and objectives

Artefacts and activities

Business structure and behavior

Tues

4 DATA ARCHITECTURE

Meaning and objectives

Artefacts and activities

Data v information

Data structures

3 APPLICATIONS ARCHITECTURE

Meaning and objectives

Artefacts and activities

Use and behavior

Cross-reference grids

Kinds of application

5 INFRASTRUCTURE ARCHITECTURE

Meaning and objectives

Artefacts and Activities

Wed

6 SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE

Meaning, objectives

Artefacts and activities

Software modeling

7 SECURITY ARCHITECTURE

Meaning and objectives

Artefacts and activities

Standards

Domain security

8 SOLUTION ARCHITECTURE

Meaning and objectives

Artefacts and activities

Solution requirements

Solution architecture lifecycle

Foundation exam preparation

 

Candidates book their own exam,

perhaps for 4pm or the following day

 

Practitioner course – case study based - adds value to the BCS syllabus.

Mon

1 FUNDAMENTALS

Systems, modularity, hierarchies

Enterprise & solution architect roles

FRAMEWORKS

Architecture processes

Architecture products

Architecture reference models

CONTEXT & MOTIVATION

Principles

Scoping

Stakeholders and concerns

Goals and requirements

Tues

2 BUSINESS ARCHITECTURE

EA level business architecture

Behavior decomposition

SA level business architecture

4 DATA ARCHITECTURE

EA level data definition

SA level data store definition

SA level data flow definition

3 APPLICATIONS DOMAIN

EA level applications architecture

SA level applications architecture

Integration tools and patterns

Wed

DESIGN FOR QUALITIES

Performance, availability,

recoverability, integrity, security, etc. 

SA level  application deployment

MANAGEMENT CONCERNS

Migration path

Business case

The agile mindset

Governance etc.

Practitioner exam preparation

 

Candidates book their own exam,

perhaps for 4pm or the following day.

 

On-line Foundation ++ course (formerly Intermediate-level course):deeper theory and practice; processes, principles and patterns.

The “P” below divides the Foundation material from additional Practitioner-level material.

 

Mon

1 FUNDAMENTALS

Levels and domains

Business case.

Drivers

Gap analysis

Governance, risk and compliance

P

Systems, modularity, hierarchies

Enterprise & solution architect roles

FUNDAMENTALS cont.

Relevant frameworks

Architecture description.

Professional standards

 

P

Architecture processes

Architecture products

Architecture reference models

CONTEXT & MOTIVATION

P

Principles

Scoping

Stakeholders and concerns

Goals and requirements

Tues

2 BUSINESS ARCHITECTURE

Meaning and objectives

Artefacts and activities

Business structure and behavior

 

P

EA level business architecture

Behavior decomposition

SA level business architecture

4 DATA ARCHITECTURE

Meaning and objectives

Artefacts and activities

Data v information

Data structures and qualities

P

EA level data definition

SA level data store definition

SA level data flow definition

3 APPLICATIONS ARCHITECTURE

Meaning and objectives

Artefacts and activities

Cross-reference grids

Kinds of application

P

EA level applications architecture

SA level applications architecture

Integration tools and patterns

Wed

5 INFRASTRUCTURE ARCHITECTURE

Meaning and objectives

Artefacts and Activities

P

EA level portfolio rationalization

SA level  application deployment

6 SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE

Meaning, objectives

Artefacts and activities

Software modeling

 

P

Modularity and decoupling

Interoperation & communication styles

Microservices and design patterns

Thurs

7 SECURITY & OTHER NFRS

Meaning and objectives

Artefacts and activities

Standards

Domain security

P

Performance, availability,

recoverability, integrity, security, etc. 

8 SOLUTION ARCHITECTURE PROCESS

Meaning and objectives

Artefacts and activities

Solution requirements

Solution architecture lifecycle

Foundation exam preparation

 

Candidates book their own exam,

perhaps for 4pm or the following day

 

Combined F+P course – includes case study - adds value to the BCS syllabus.

The “P” below divides the Foundation material from additional Practitioner-level material.

 

Mon

1 FUNDAMENTALS

Levels and domains

Business case.

Drivers

Gap analysis

Governance, risk and compliance

P

Systems, modularity, hierarchies

Enterprise & solution architect roles

FUNDAMENTALS cont.

Relevant frameworks

Architecture description.

Professional standards

 

P

Architecture processes

Architecture products

Architecture reference models

CONTEXT & MOTIVATION

P

Principles

Scoping

Stakeholders and concerns

Goals and requirements

Tues

2 BUSINESS ARCHITECTURE

Meaning and objectives

Artefacts and activities

Business structure and behavior

 

P

EA level business architecture

Behavior decomposition

SA level business architecture

4 DATA ARCHITECTURE

Meaning and objectives

Artefacts and activities

Data v information

Data structures and qualities

P

EA level data definition

SA level data store definition

SA level data flow definition

3 APPLICATIONS ARCHITECTURE

Meaning and objectives

Artefacts and activities

Cross-reference grids

Kinds of application

P

EA level applications architecture

SA level applications architecture

Integration tools and patterns

Wed

5 INFRASTRUCTURE ARCHITECTURE

Meaning and objectives

Artefacts and Activities

P

EA level portfolio rationalization

SA level  application deployment

6 SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE

Meaning, objectives

Artefacts and activities

Software modeling

 

P

Modularity and decoupling

Interoperation & communication styles

Microservices and design patterns

Thurs

7 SECURITY & OTHER NFRS

Meaning and objectives

Artefacts and activities

Standards

Domain security

P

Performance, availability,

recoverability, integrity, security, etc. 

8 SOLUTION ARCHITECTURE PROCESS

Meaning and objectives

Artefacts and activities

Solution requirements

Solution architecture lifecycle

P

Modularity and decoupling

Interoperation & communication styles

Microservices and design patterns

Foundation Exam preparation

 

Candidates sit the exam in class

On-line

Fri

MIGRATION PLANNING

Migration path

Business case

 

ARCHITECTURE MANAGEMENT

The agile mindset

Governance etc.

Practitioner Exam preparation

 

Candidates sit the exam in class

On paper

 

Courses outside the UK

Course delivery £1,100 per tutor day for up to 4 delegates,

+ an amount to be determined for each delegate over 4.

+ relevant exam fees for each delegate

+ tutor expenses

The customer or delegates will print materials from PDF documents provided.

 

Expenses: typically an amount in the range £500 to £1,000

If the customer pays for flights from/to London, other transport costs, and nights in a hotel with dinners, then Avancier will charge no expenses.

 

The tutor expects to arrive late evening before the course (c22.00) and leave early evening (c18.00) on the last day of the course.

Other prices that are usually not applicable:

+ £500 for leaving home before midday on the day before the course.

+ £500 for returning home the day after the course.

+ any taxes that apply.

No risk (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.     

More feedback

“For me, spot on” Architect”.

“I can highly recommend Avancier Limited if you actually want to learn about Enterprise and Solution Architecture and not just pass the exam. Graham Berrisford delivered a really enjoyable and informative course.”

“I thoroughly enjoyed your teaching, the work itself and the time those two things gave me to think about what I am and am not doing properly at the moment.” Enterprise Architect

“Excellent course. I enjoyed every minute of it. Almost everything relevant to what I do every day. I'll make a post... that highlights the value it delivers. Great to meet you and thanks for an excellent week!”

“Whereas TOGAF training is abstract, your ESA training fleshes it out with concrete guidance on techniques and artifacts. Much was new to me, well beyond what I learned when studying for TOGAF. The training is more intense – it teaches very useful stuff, as well as covering the reference model for the exams. Internal training tends to focus on our core domain and job role (e.g. I never see Business Architecture). This training is much broader and develops knowledge and skills across all the domains of Solution & Enterprise Architecture. It will be a huge benefit to me when working on future projects.” IBM Infrastructure architect

A great course with the content brought alive by the depth of knowledge and understanding of the tutor which made it far more meaningful and easier to learn - and I certainly achieved my objective of bringing together my understanding into a coherent picture of the work and role. Do quote me!”

“Your course is brilliant I would recommend it to anyone.” Solution Architect

“The course was very interesting and it is what I needed. I found it very professional and it will help in my future career.”

“Thank you. It was amazing how [the training] helped me understand architecture terms and concepts. I have started to put into practice some lessons learned and look forward to the practitioner course soon.”

I really enjoyed your course and [have since] found the material you presented very useful.” Solutions Architect

"explains what others (TOGAF, CMU…) leave obscure."

“Really good and provided me with new views on EA and SA – one of the best trainings I attended.” Enterprise Architect

“Your exam preparation really useful (a key objective for me).” Consultant

One of the few people I know who can articulate this area and subject in an understandable format.” Consultant

“It is amazing how my conversations have changed! On Monday I had three conversations that [made me] realise the positive effect the course has had… many things I now understand that I had only the smallest glimmer of before.” Infrastructure architect.

“An intensive course, covering the end-to-end of enterprise and solution architecture, from a tutor with a clear in depth knowledge and experience of his subject matter. A ‘must’ for all technologists, not just architects, it provides the structure of what all of us do on a day to day basis, business, data, systems and technology.” Solution architect

thank you for an interesting and stimulating course. It covered a lot of what I was expecting and more, and opened my eyes to architecture questions and concerns I need to be more familiar with.... Your anecdotes and examples helped make what is often a dry subject more interesting... [it] really helped me to grab the fundamentals of what it takes to be an Enterprise Architect.” Business intelligence architect.”

 

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