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Architecting with DODAF
Effectively Using The DOD Architecture Framework (DODAF)
The DOD Architecture Framework (DODAF)
provides an underlying structure to work with
complexity. Today’s systems do not stand alone;
each system fits within an increasingly complex
system-of-systems, a network of interconnection
that virtually guarantees surprise behavior.
Systems science recognizes this type of
interconnectivity as one essence of complexity. It
requires new tools, new methods, and new
paradigms for effective system design.
Summary
This course provides knowledge and exercises at
a practical level in the use of the DODAF. You will
learn about architecting processes, methods and
thought patterns. You will practice architecting by
creating DODAF representations of a familiar,
complex system-of-systems. By the end of this
course, you will be able to use DODAF effectively in
your work. This course is intended for systems
engineers, technical team leaders, program or
project managers, and others who participate in
defining and developing complex systems.
Practice architecting on a creative “Mars Rotor”
complex system. Define the operations,
technical structure, and migration for this future
space program.
What You Will Learn
• Three aspects of an architecture
• Four primary architecting activities
• Eight DoDAF 2.0 viewpoints
• The entire set of DoDAF 2.0 views and how they
relate to each other
• A useful sequence to create views
• Different “Fit-for-Purpose” versions of the views.
• How to plan future changes.
Instructor
Dr. Scott Workinger has led projects in
Manufacturing, Eng. & Construction,
and Info. Tech. for 30 years. His projects
have made contributions ranging from
increasing optical fiber bandwidth to
creating new CAD technology. He
currently teaches courses on
management and engineering and
consults on strategic issues in
management and technology. He holds a Ph.D. in
Engineering from Stanford.
November 3-4, 2011
Columbia, Maryland
June 4-5, 2012
Denver, Colorado
$990 (8:30am - 4:00pm)
"Register 3 or More & Receive $100 00 each
Off The Course Tuition."
Course Outline
1. Introduction. The relationship between
architecting and systems engineering. Course
objectives and expectations..
2. Architectures and Architecting. Fundamental
concepts. Terms and definitions. Origin of the terms
within systems development. Understanding of the
components of an architecture. Architecting key
activities. Foundations of modern architecting.
3. Architectural Tools. Architectural frameworks:
DODAF, TOGAF, Zachman, FEAF. Why frameworks
exist, and what they hope to provide. Design patterns
and their origin. Using patterns to generate
alternatives. Pattern language and the communication
of patterns. System architecting patterns. Binding
patterns into architectures.
4. DODAF Overview. Viewpoints within DoDAF (All,
Capability, Data/Information, Operational, Project,
Services, Standards, Systems). How Viewpoints
support models. Diagram types (views) within each
viewpoint.
5. DODAF Operational Definition. Describing an
operational environment, and then modifying it to
incorporate new capabilities. Sequences of creation.
How to convert concepts into DODAF views. Practical
exercises on each DODAF view, with review and
critique. Teaching method includes three passes for
each product: (a) describing the views, (b) instructorled
exercise, (c) group work to create views.
6. DODAF Technical Definition Processes.
Converting the operational definition into serviceoriented
technical architecture. Matching the new
architecture with legacy systems. Sequences of
creation. Linkages between the technical viewpoints
and the operational viewpoints. Practical exercises on
each DODAF view, with review and critique, again
using the three-pass method.
7. DODAF Migration Definition Processes. How
to depict the migration of current systems into future
systems while maintaining operability at each step.
Practical exercises on migration planning.
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