BCS Practitioner Certificate in Enterprise and Solution Architecture

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

• Techniques for describing architecture
• Architecture governance
• Component-based (using building blocks) design and the use of business, data, application and infrastructure components
• The Enterprise and Solution contexts
• Planning the implementation of architecture, including Roadmaps and Project Plans

• BCS recommend six or more years experience of IS/IT work including contact with architects and architecture descriptions.
• Attendees must have either achieved the BCS Intermediate-level certificate, or have studied the syllabus and associated Reference Model and be either TOGAF 8 Certified or TOGAF 9 level 2 Certified.
• Candidates wishing to make use of their TOGAF qualification as a pre-requisite must bring a copy of their up-to-date Certificate for submission to the BCS .

A reference model for this certificate has been published by BCS. This is available on-line at http://www.bcs.org/upload/pdf/reference-model-enterprise-solution-architecture.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://www.bcs.org/upload/pdf/syllabus-enterprise-solution-architecture.pdf

Day One:

• The Enterprise Context and architecture governance
• Exercise
• The Solution Context

Day Two:

• Applications and Software Architecture
• Data Architecture

Day Three:

• Infrastructure Architecture
• Implementation Planning
• Exam

Certification

BCS Practitioner Certificate in Enterprise and Solution Architecture

Examination

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.)