IASA IT ARCHITECTURE

FOUNDATION 101

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The Course Syllabus of IT Architecture Foundation 101 – 4 Days

The IT Architecture Foundations 101 provides a high level overview of the skills that the
worldwide IASA community has found to be essential to every practicing IT Architect. The skills
are separated into five foundational capability areas, with four areas of specialization. The course
presents how the IT Architect operates in an enterprise as a technology strategist, with morning
lecture and team-based case study in the afternoon.

In Day 1, there is an overview of the five foundational pillars, and then the Human Dynamics and
IT Environment pillar are explored. Day 2 covers Design Skills and Day 3 covers Quality
Attributes. In Day 4 covers Business Technology strategy with a review of all the pillars and
discussion of next steps.

Training Objectives

The Foundation level of certification applies to individuals who are familiar with introductory
concepts in IT Architecture.
 Introductory understanding of the 5 pillars of IT Architecture
 Distinguish between key IT Architecture concepts
 Define industry frameworks and components alongside base skills
 Define IT value and business capabilities for organization
Day 1 In Class Session Case Study /Discussion

IT Architecture Landscape

What is IT Architecture

What is an IT Architect
Budget request to document IT
What are the skills needed to Environment
become an IT Architect
Introduction to Human
Dynamics Pillar
IT Environment Pillar

Day 2 In Class Session Case Study /Discussion

Design Skills Pillar

Determine Design Strategy

Presentation &Approval Design
Going Through the Design Strategy
Process
Documenting the Design

Day 3 In Class Session Case Study /Discussion

Quality Attributes Pillar

Balancing the Quality Attributes

Balancing Performance & Scalability
Monitoring & Management
Techniques
Effective Balancing &
Optimization Quality Attributes
Day 4 In Class Session Case Study /Discussion
Business Technology Strategy Developing Business Technology
Pillar Strategy
Evaluate Business Problems and
Technology Direction s
Complete Skills Matrix Self
Portfolio Lifecycle
Assessment
Business Architecture Methods
and Tools