Training for Software Architects

Recommended Courses for Software Architects

Architectural & integration patterns
- to align infrastructure with required organizational capabilities
Architectural tactics
- to concretely realize quality requirements
Reference architectures
- as template architectures for specific application domains
Application frameworks & platforms
- as partially or fully implemented architectural solutions
Persistence & integration
- architectures, frameworks and platforms

A solid understanding of the Unified Modeling Language (UML)
- for both, application and software architecture design
Functional & non-functional requirements specification
- consistent, implementable, testable, …
Systematic software architecture design
- following IEEE-4020 compliant process
Documenting/specifying the software architecture
- using IEEE-42010 compliant description
Validating and evaluating software architectures
- using IEEE-42030 compliant method
Assess frameworks, platforms and technologies
- including open standards and vendor solutions
Estimation and risk assessment
- provide insights into effort required for and risks associated with different software architectures

Understand business goals & strategies
- aligning system qualities with organizational capabilities
- capture testable high-level functional & non-functional requirements

Design, document & validate
- software architectures for specific systems
- overall systems and integration architecture
Evaluate software architectures
- identifying options for improvement

Verify architecture compliance
- that implemented software systems
Assist with developing prototypes
- to assess novel solutions or technologies
Provide guidance for improving development processes
- may include defining certifiable development process for high-reliability systems