IT Staff EA POI

Group/Training Name IT Staff Overview of Enterprise Architecture and A Methodology for Building and Using It
   
Date:   Time:  From 0800 Hrs To 1200 Hrs
   
Location: Site Name
Training Leader: Senior Authority for Training
Training Purpose: To provide IT Staff with an detailed overview of Enterprise Architecture, following the Basic Enterprise Architecture Methodology (BEAM)
Desired Outcome(s): Participants gain understanding Enterprise Architecture concepts, principles, terms, and technologies.
Participants gain understanding of the BEAM methodology as a procedure for developing and maintaining an Enterprise Architecture for IT resources
           
WHAT (Topics) HOW (Process) WHO DURATION (Minutes) RUNTIME
(Minutes)
REFERENCE
Startups Review Roy Roebuck      
--Introductions   Sponsor 5 5  
--Desired Outcomes Present
Agree
Roy
All
3 8  
--Schedule Present
Agree
Roy
All
5 13  
--Roles Present
Agree
Roy
All
2 15  
--Groundrules Present
Agree
Roy
All
3 18  
Basic Enterprise Architecture Methodology Present
Discuss
Roy
All
5 23  
1.      BEAM Concepts Present
Discuss
Roy
All
  23  
1.1.   BEAM Glossary Present
Discuss
Roy
All
5 28  
1.2.   Architecture Basics Present
Discuss
Roy
All
15 43  
1.3.   Enterprise Architecture Basics Present
Discuss
Roy
All
5 48  
Break     10 58  
2.      Executive Overview Present
Discuss
Roy
All
  58  
1.4.   What are BEAM, GEM, and EMM and why are they valuable? Present
Discuss
Roy
All
15 73  
1.5.   GEM Facts/History and Claimed Benefits Present
Discuss
Roy
All
10 83  
2.2.   BEAM Function – Migrating from As-Is to ToBe Present
Discuss
Roy
All
10 93  
2.3.   BEAM Supports the FEA and the PMA Present
Discuss
Roy
All
10 103  
2.4.   Supporting The President’s Mgt Agenda (PMA) Present
Discuss
Roy
All
10 113  
2.5.   BEAM for EA Governance Present
Discuss
Roy
All
10 123  
2.6.   GEM™ and Enterprise Management Maturity Levels Present
Discuss
Roy
All
10 133  
2.7.   Implementing GEM™ Using EMM™ Present
Discuss
Roy
All
10 143  
2.8.   BEAM Spiral Life Cycle Support for Standards, Regulations, and Legislation Present
Discuss
Roy
All
10 153  
Break     15 168  
3.      Technical Overview Present
Discuss
Roy
All
  168  
3.1.   What is the BEAM process?
(BEAM – EA Capability Management Stages Preceding GEM)
Present
Discuss
Roy
All
10 178  
3.2.   BEAM™, Your Tools, and MDEM™ Present
Discuss
Roy
All
5 183  
3.3.   BEAM and GEM MDEM Repository Elements Present
Discuss
Roy
All
10 193  
3.4.   EMM 3 – Extended Enterprise Architecture (EA) + Present
Discuss
Roy
All
15 208  
3.5.   BEAM Delivers Capabilities Present
Discuss
Roy
All
10 218  
3.6.   BEAM Cycle “Tree” Analogy in relation to FEA and DoDAF/C4ISR Elements Present
Discuss
Roy
All
5 223  
3.7.   BEAM - System (EMM Level 1) Capability Architecture Elements Present
Discuss
Roy
All
15 238  
Lunch     60 298  
4.      BEAM Procedures Present
Discuss
Roy
All
  298  
4.1.   BEAM – Procedural Flow (Concurrently For All Enterprise Organizations, Functions, Programs, and Projects) Present
Discuss
Roy
All
10 308  
4.2.   BEAM – Procedure Steps Present
Discuss
Roy
All
20 328  
4.3.   Technology Insertion Process Flow
(Within Steps 24, 30, and 31 of BEAM Procedure)
Present
Discuss
Roy
All
5 333  
4.4.   Technology Insertion Procedure Present
Discuss
Roy
All
10 343  
Break     10 353  
5.      Standards/Technology Supporting BEAM Present
Discuss
Roy
All
  353  
5.1.   BEAM - Enterprise IT Reference Architecture
(i.e., Technical Process Standards)
Present
Discuss
Roy
All
10 363  
5.2.   BEAM Information Product Categories Present
Discuss
Roy
All
10 373  
5.3.   BEAM, with Your EA and Other Tools, with MDEM Present
Discuss
Roy
All
5 378  
5.4.   OMG 4 Layer Metamodel for MDEM
(MDA, SPEM, XMI, GEM/BEAM, CIM, CWM)
Present
Discuss
Roy
All
10 388  
Break     10 398  
6.      Products Supporting BEAM Present
Discuss
Roy
All
15 413  
7.      Sample BEAM Implementation Project Plans Present
Discuss
Roy
All
  413  
7.1.   Sample BEAM Organizational EA (EMM 3) Project Plan Present
Discuss
Roy
All
10 423  
7.2.   Sample BEAM Functional Architecture (EMM2) Project Plan
(e.g., for A76 Studies and As-Is Function Modeling Independent of Organization EA)
Present
Discuss
Roy
All
10 433  
8.      BEAM Scenarios for Initial EA Governance Cycle Present
Discuss
Roy
All
  433  
8.1.   Enterprise-wide (Top Down) Implementation = BEAM Procedure Steps 0-31 Present
Discuss
Roy
All
5 438  
Break     10 448  
8.2.   System-level (Bottom Up) Implementation = BEAM Procedure Steps 22-31, 0-21 multiplied by number of systems to be architected and linked to Functional Architecture. Present
Discuss
Roy
All
5 453  
8.3.   Functional (Middle Out) Implementation = BEAM Procedure Steps 13-31, 0-12 multiplied by number of functions to be architected and linked to Enterprise Architecture. Present
Discuss
Roy
All
5 458  
9.      BEAM Summary Present
Discuss
Roy
All
5 463  
Desired Outcomes Assessment Plus (Desired outcomes are met.)
Delta (Desired outcomes need more work.)
Roy
All
10 473  
Training Performance Assessment Plus (what worked)
Delta (what needs improvement)
Roy
All
5 478  
Closing Farewell Sponsor 2 480