Architectural Thinking Overview

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Architectural Thinking

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Welcome to Architectural Thinking!

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Course objectives (1 of 2)

At the beginning of this course, we said that this course would enable you to:
Describe architecture, architecture views, and viewpoints
Analyze requirements and select architectural significant requirements
Define and classify nonfunctional requirements and explain how to
architect for them
Explain an Architecture Overview and how it fits in with the Component and
Operational Models
Define architecture decision and principle and describe how to use them
Identifythe functional aspects of an IT architecture and some key principles
used in building Component Models

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Course objectives (2 of 2)

At the beginning of this course, we said that this course would enable you to:
 Explain the key concepts and artifacts of the operational aspects of an IT
architecture
 Classify the different architectural assets and state when to apply them
 Describe open and industry standards and applicability to IBM’s approach
to architecture
 Describe technical reviews and how to incorporate full life cycle validation
and verification into architectural thinking
 Identify the tools available for Architects

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What are the course prerequisites?

Before beginning this course, you must have completed the following
prerequisites:

 Prior knowledge of either the IBM Unified Method Framework or the

Team Solution Design
 Successful completion of the Introduction to Architectural Thinking
course
 Experience working as an Architect

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The instructors for this class are:

Instructor Title/Division/Email

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Let us take a few minutes to meet each other.
Please introduce yourself by giving:

 Your name
 Your current role
 Your experience in IT
 Your experience on the job
 Your areas of specialization
 What you expect to get from this class

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Administrative items

 Please turn mobile phones off

 Facilities
 In case of fire
 Prompt start, please
 Estimated finish times
 Lunch time
 There will be morning and afternoon breaks

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Architectural thinking involves inputs, processes, and outputs
(1 of 2)

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 Architectural thinking involves inputs, processes, and outputs
(2 of 2)

These are the

system’s parts,
and this is how
What’s the IT they work
system got to together.
do?

Is there anything
After all that
that’s done this
– will it
before?
work?

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Architectural thinking is iterative and complex

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Above all, architectural thinking involves

 Learning a variety of architecture styles and approaches

 Avoiding the “golden hammer” anti-pattern
 Not rushing to a solution
 Understanding that fixing one problem often causes another
 Looking for unconventional solutions

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Agenda (Face-to-face class)
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4
Architectural Thinking Review Day 1 Review Day 2 Review Day 3
Overview
Case Study Exercise 2 Operational Aspect Validation and Viability
What Is Architecture? Review (Logical)

Requirements Aspect: Case Study Exercise 5 Case Study Exercise 7

Case Study Introduction Nonfunctional and Review
Lunch
Lunch
Case Study Exercise 1 Architecture Overview
and Review Case Study Exercise 5
Review Architecture Standards
Lunch Case Study Exercise 3
and Review
Operational Aspect Tooling for IBM’s
Architecture Description (Physical)
Lunch Architects
and Representation

Case Study Exercise 6 Elective Session

Architectural Decisions Functional Aspect part 1 and Review
and Principles
Summary and Close
Requirements Aspect: Case Study Exercise 4 Assets
Functional and Review

Case Study Exercise 2

Functional Aspect part 2

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 Agenda (Live virtual class)
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4

Using BbC Review Day 1 Review Day 2 Review Day 3

Architectural Thinking Architecture Description

Overview Requirements Aspect:
and Representation Functional Aspect part 1
Nonfunctional

What Is Architecture? Architectural Decisions

Case Study Exercise 4
and Principles Architecture Overview
and Review

Case Study Introduction Requirements Aspect:

Functional Case Study Exercise 3
and Review
Case Study Exercise 1 Case Study Exercise 2
and Review and Review

Day 5 Day 6 Day 7 Day 8 Day 9

Review Day 4 Review Day 5 Review Day 6 Review Day 7 Review Day 8
Functional Aspect Case Study Exercise Case Study Exercise Case Study Exercise Tooling for IBM’s
part 2 5 Review 6 Review 7 and Review Architects
Operational Aspect
(Logical) Operational Aspect
Assets Architecture Elective Session
(Physical)
Standards
Case Study Exercise
5 Case Study Exercise Validation and Summary and Close
6 Viability
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But before we get started

Time for a question

What statement best describes the anti-pattern called "golden hammer"?

A. The ultimate goal for every problem is to create a perfect solution, like a
golden hammer.
B. When you have a great solution, like a golden hammer, every problem
begins to look the same, like a silver nail.
C. Sometimes a solution that looks good, like a golden hammer, proves too
unrealistic to be of any practical value.

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Now, let us get started

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