BCS Intermediate and Practitioner Certificate in Solution and Enterprise Architecture

At the end of this course you will be able to understand, and use in a practical way, the key terms and concepts of systems architecture, including:

• The main roles and goals of architecture
• An explanation of both Enterprise and Solution context and architecture
• Architecture governance
• Techniques for describing architecture
• An awareness of the most useful frameworks
• Architecture Processes
• The use of business, data, application and infrastructure components
• Planning the implementation of architecture

• BCS recommend up to six years experience of IS/IT work including contact with architects and architecture descriptions. Delegates are permitted to sit both the Intermediate and Practitioner exam in two consecutive sessions. However a pass in the practitioner exam can only be recognised if the delegate has also passed the Intermediate exam.
• A reference model for this certificate has been published by BCS. This is available on-line at http://certifications.bcs.org/upload/pdf/sd-esa-reference-model.pdf, and it is beneficial for attendees to have read through this before attending. They should also familiarise themselves with the syllabus, available at http://certifications.bcs.org/upload/pdf/sd-esa-syllabus.pdf.
• Delegates who are already TOGAF 8 Certified or TOGAF 9 level 2 Certified are regarded as having the pre-requisites to be exempted from the Intermediate exam, and may sit the Practitioner exam only. Delegates must bring a copy of their up-to-date TOGAF certificate for onward transmission to BCS.

Pre-course reading:

Delegates will be provided with pre-course reading prior to attending the course. The success on the course will be enhanced by close attention to the pre-reading materials. It is recommended that candidates spend 10 hours working through the pre-reading.

Day One:

• Definitions of Architect and Architecture
• The Enterprise context and architecture
• Architecture Description basics

Day Two:

• Architecture Description
• Business Architecture
• The Solution Context

Day Three:

• Applications Architecture
• Software Architecture

Day Four:

• Architecture Frameworks
• Data Architecture
• Architecture Processes

Day Five:

• Infrastructure Architecture
• Architecture Implementation
• Exams

Certification

• BCS Intermediate Certificate in Enterprise and Solution Architecture
• BCS Practitioner Certificate in Enterprise and Solution Architecture

Examinations

• BCS Intermediate Certificate in Enterprise and Solution Architecture Exam (One hour, 40 questions, closed book, multi-choice)
• BCS Practitioner Certificate in Enterprise and Solution Architecture Exam (Case study-based, one hour, 40 questions, multi-choice. Delegates are given a copy of the case study at the start of the course, and are also given a copy for use during the exam)