Training course
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CAS IT Architecture
Course facts
- Knowing the areas of responsibility and tasks in modern IT architecture
- Knowing key terms, concepts, methods, and roles in the context of IT architecture
- Getting an overview of relevant technologies and technical ecosystems
- Knowing process models and practical methods of architectural work
- Using AI to support and increase efficiency in the work process
- Deriving viable solutions from business processes and needs
- Integrating AI technologies into conceptual and technical solution designs
- Knowing structured and target-group-oriented documentation
- Getting to know evaluation and analysis procedures for quality assurance
1 Digital Enterprise Architecture (DIGIEA) – (This course can also be booked individually)
- Understanding the purpose, tasks, and responsibilities of enterprise architecture
- Gaining insight into the transformation of products, capabilities, and processes into digital structures
- Gaining clarity about the benefits, applications, and challenges of modeling
- Analyzing business needs and translating them into technology requirements
- Assessing the potential applications of Agentic AI based on a capability framework
- Developing the competence to design and further develop an initial digital enterprise architecture
- Evaluating modern enterprise technologies in terms of benefits, risks, and readiness for deployment
2 Kick-off Presentation
- Presentation of the project proposal
- Discussion and tips & tricks
3 Information and Data Architecture (IDA) – (This course can also be booked individually)
- Creating simple information and data models
- Evaluating information and data models
- Using information and data models as a basis for application partitioning
- Using AI to support data analysis and system modularization
4 iSAQB® Certified Professional for Software Architecture – Foundation (CPSAFL) – (This course can also be booked individually)
- Understanding the course content according to the iSAQB® framework curriculum
- Understanding the key terms, concepts and techniques of software architecture
- Understanding the application of these terms, concepts and techniques
- Evaluating and maintaining software architectures in practice
- Preparing for the iSAQB-CPSA-F® certification
5 Enterprise Architecture in Agile Transformation (BPU) – (This course can also be booked individually)
- Understanding the interaction between team structure, skills, responsibilities, and architecture domains
- Knowing methods for aspect-oriented and modular design of IT and enterprise architectures
- Applying AI tools for analysis, modeling, and decision support in a practical manner
- Evaluating existing structures in terms of efficiency, resilience, and changeability
6 Architecture-relevant IT platforms 2.0 (ARP2) – (This course can also be booked individually)
- Overview of the most important IT platforms – from cloud to classic systems – and their architecture-relevant properties
- Classifying IT platforms in a corporate context and evaluation of their impact on the IT landscape
- Identifying possible applications for artificial intelligence (AI) in the context of modern IT platforms
- Comparing IT platforms and application of appropriate selection criteria
- Making informed platform decisions based on specific scenarios and existing IT landscapes
7 System Integration (SYI) – (This course can also be booked individually)
- Understanding basic integration concepts and layers
- Knowing different technological approaches (messaging, REST, BPMN) and their use
- Understanding how AI can support system integration
- Recognizing typical hurdles and pitfalls in integration projects and deriving solution strategies
- Applying integration strategies to specific issues and evaluating suitable tools
- Distinguishing between marketing claims and real technical possibilities
- Assessing which technologies and tools (e.g., Apache Kafka, iPaaS, ESB, Camel) are suitable for which requirements
8 TOGAF® EA Training Course – Foundation (TOG1) – (This course can also be booked individually)
- Understanding the core concepts and terminologies of the TOGAF® Standard 10th Edition
- Understand and apply the concept of building blocks
- How an enterprise architecture can be partitioned to meet the specific needs of an organization
- How to apply iteration and different levels of architecture with the Architecture Development Method ADM
- Understanding the key elements of the Architecture Content Framework
- The purpose of the architecture repository
- How to use the enterprise continuum to manage architectural assets
- Key elements of the TOGAF® content metamodel and how it is used for modeling and developing reusable components
9 Final Presentation
- Presentation of your own work
- Q&A session
Consists of the following modules
- Digital Enterprise Architecture
- CAS IT Architecture – Kick-off presentation
- Information and Data Architecture
- iSAQB® Certified Professional for Software Architecture – Foundation
- Enterprise Architecture in Agile Transformation
- Architecture-relevant IT Platforms 2.0
- System Integration
- TOGAF® EA Training Course – Foundation
- CAS IT Architecture – Final Presentation
People who have or take on architectural tasks or who work with those responsible for architecture.
Software developers, people with architectural tasks, technical project managers, and people at the interface between business and IT (domain experts, business analysts).
- Bachelor's degree (University, FH, ETH), degree of a higher education institution (HF) or advanced federal diploma of higher education
- Basic knowledge of computer science and professional exposure to technical IT issues
- Basic knowledge of object orientation concepts and key Unified Modelling Language (UML) notations is an advantage
- Sur Dossier admissions are possible. These require sufficient professional experience relevant to the subject of the training course. Applicants are assessed individually (CV, interview). There is no right to admission.
You will receive the Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) IT Architecture for this training course. The CAS and the 15 ECTS credits are awarded by the HWZ University of Applied Sciences Zurich.
You will complete the training course with a certificate thesis. Upon successful completion, our partner, the HWZ University of Applied Sciences Zurich, will award you the «Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) IT Architecture», worth 15 ECTS points.
The 15 ECTS credits correspond to a total workload of approximately 450 hours. With 16 teaching days, approximately 120 hours (4 ECTS credits) are allocated to classroom attendance and 30 hours (1 ECTS credit) to follow-up work on the course material. Approximately 330 hours (10 ECTS credits) are allocated to the certificate thesis. Here are the details of how the 10 ECTS credits for the certificate thesis are broken down:
Certificate thesis (project work)
- Practice-based written assignment covering at least three IT architecture topics
- Length: 50 A4 pages
- 8 ECTS credits (approx. 240 hours of work)
- Students choose a topic from their current and/or future working environment at the start of the training course
- You will have approximately 6 months to complete the certificate thesis
Presentations on the certificate thesis
- Kick-off presentation with plenary discussion
- Approx. one week after the module iSAQB® Certified Professional for Software Architecture – Foundation (CPSAFL)
- Duration: 15 minutes
- 0.5 ECTS points (approx. 15 hours of work)
- Final presentation with plenary discussion
- At the end of the training course
- Duration: 30 minutes
- 1.5 ECTS points (approx. 45 hours of work)
You can also obtain a certificate in Software Architecture (iSAQB – Certified Professional for Software Architecture – Foundation) and Enterprise Architecture (TOGAF® Enterprise Architecture Part 1). Exam fees are included in the CAS price.
Digicomp supports the participants of the «CAS IT Architecture» according to the motto «Lifelong Learning». Participants in the course will benefit from the following promotion from October 2024: From the start of the course (1st course day), you will benefit from 25% off all training courses in the "Software Engineering" product line for one year. Courses, boot camps, partner and reseller courses are excluded from this promotion. You will receive a voucher at the start of your training with the relevant promotional code entitling you to the 25%.
Please contact info@digicomp.ch if you are interested in booking another course.