Get Established!

The Foundation Facet of EA-In-A-Box™ lays the groundwork for an organization that is formalizing their enterprise architecture practice.

APG helps organizations establish a firm foundation for their EA practice and professional development programs, using industry standard best practices such as The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF™) – the leading enterprise architecture framework based on open standards.

APG offers a comprehensive set of services to help organizations take this important first step in maturing their EA practices:

• Adopt standard architecture methods
• Develop professional skills and certify individuals
• Assess state of practice
• Configure architecture development process
• Raise executive management awareness

Standard Offering (4 days) [#07-0202-01]

APG works to establish a common understanding of standards-based enterprise architecture by delivering our TOGAF9 Certification Training course. APG provides each student with a TOGAF9 Combined Part 1 and Part 2 Exam voucher and an individual license of the APG TOGAF Process Library (ATPL) for personal use.

• TOGAF9 Certification training (4 days) [#01-0217]
  - Includes exam vouchers for all students
• APG TOGAF Process Library (ATPL) licenses [#02-0105]

Adaptation Offering (5 days) [#07-0202-02]

Once a solid foundation is established, APG works with organizations to help formally adopt various architecture industry standards and tailor them to their unique requirements.

• Establish architecture principles
• Integrate industry frameworks
• Customize process content
• Tailor method framework

Based on the APG TOGAF Process Library (ATPL), APG offers hands-on training and customization workshops using IBM Rational Method Composer to tailor TOGAF to organization-specific needs.

• IBM Rational Method Composer licenses [#04-0202]
• Method Composer Fundamentals training (1 day) [#01-0609]
• ATPL Customization workshop (4 days) [#00-0401]

Additional Services

• TOGAF Executive Management Overview training (1/2 day) [#01-0212]
• TOGAF 9 Foundation training (1 day) [#01-0213]
• TOGAF 8-9 Bridge training (2 days) [#01-0219]
• EA Practice Assessment workshop (5 days) [#00-0201]
• TOGAF Adoption workshop (5 days) [#00-0202]
• EA Advisory and Assessment service (ongoing) [#00-0207]