BCS Foundation in Architecture Concepts and Domains

Business analysts, project managers, business change managers and anyone who requires a thorough introduction to business-related architectures. 

This training course on architecture concepts, introduces you to essential approaches and concepts involved in enterprise, business, data, applications, software and infrastructure architecture.

"This foundation certification provides an introduction to the main aims and concepts of architecture and explores the different subdomains of enterprise architecture." (BCS Syllabus)

Presented to you by one of the expert training consultants pictured below, each member of our Architecture Concepts training team brings their professional knowledge and experience to this training course.

Fundamentals of architecture: concepts

Meaning and levels of architecture

Sub-domains of enterprise architecture

Architecture descriptions

Role of the architect

Gap analysis

Fundamentals of architecture: approaches 

Architecture drivers

Architecture standards and frameworks

Governance, risk and compliance

Business architecture

Objectives of business architecture

Types of application

Key artefacts

Key activities

Cross-referencing models with grids and matrices

Structure and behaviour of applications in a business

Data architecture

Data, information and metadata

Data states and lifecycles

Objectives of data architecture

Key artefacts

Key activities

Structure and behaviour of a business system

Infrastructure architecture

Objectives of infrastructure architecture

Key artefacts

Key activities

Software architecture

Objectives of software architecture 

Key artefacts

Key activities

System modelling techniques

APIs

Security architecture

Objectives of security architecture 

Key concepts in data, applications and infrastructure architectures

Key artefacts

Key activities

Legislation and professional standards

Solution architecture

Objectives of solution architecture

Key artefacts

Key activities

Solution requirements

Solution architecture lifecycle

Stakeholder categories

Applying architectures holistically

Cross-referencing architecture 

Configuration management of architecture

Realising architecture

Yes. During this three-day course you’ll receive all the training you need to prepare for the BCS Foundation certificate in Architecture Concepts and Domains examination.

For delegates attending a classroom or virtual classroom course, the exam is available remotely using the BCS online proctoring service. This exam consists of 40 multiple-choice questions with a pass mark of 26/40.

Business Architecture, which is an Analytical module in the BCS Advanced Diploma. Solution Architecture, a deeper exploration of solution architecture and the role of solution architect.