Mastering DoDAF for Defense and Enterprise Architecture Leadership
You’re under pressure. Stakeholders demand clarity, alignment, and traceability across complex defense and enterprise systems. Yet, without a proven architecture framework, your initiatives stall, funding evaporates, and strategic influence fades. You know DoDAF matters. But mastering it isn’t about memorising viewpoints or generating static diagrams. It’s about speaking the language of defense strategy, earning board-level credibility, and driving interoperability across domains, agencies, and missions. Mastering DoDAF for Defense and Enterprise Architecture Leadership transforms you from a technical contributor into a strategic orchestrator. This isn’t theory - it’s a step-by-step system to build architectures that secure funding, guide billion-dollar acquisitions, and position you as the authoritative voice in enterprise planning. One senior enterprise architect used this program to restructure a failed modernization initiative. Within 90 days, she delivered a DoDAF-compliant roadmap, secured $42M in renewed funding, and was promoted to lead architecture for her entire command. You don’t need more complexity. You need precision, confidence, and a repeatable process that delivers decision-ready artifacts. This course gives you the exact methodology, tools, and templates used by top defense contractors and federal architects. Here’s how this course is structured to help you get there.Course Format & Delivery Details Designed for Demanding Professionals, Delivered with Absolute Clarity
This course is self-paced, with immediate online access upon enrollment. You progress through structured learning sequences, practical exercises, and real-world scenarios at a pace that fits your operational tempo - no fixed dates, no mandatory attendance, no classroom scheduling. Most learners complete the core curriculum in 6–8 weeks while working full time, with many applying foundational concepts to active projects within the first 10 days. The fastest path from confusion to confidence begins the moment you begin. Lifetime Access, Continuous Relevance
You receive lifetime access to all course materials, including free ongoing updates as DoDAF guidance evolves. Defense standards shift - your mastery won’t expire. You’ll always have access to the most current methodologies, tools, and certification-aligned content at no additional cost. Access is available 24/7 from any device, anywhere in the world. Whether you're on base, in a command center, or traveling, the content is fully mobile-friendly and optimised for high-performance learning on tablets, laptops, and smartphones. Direct Instructor Support & Real Expert Guidance
You are not on your own. Throughout the course, you receive direct guidance from certified DoDAF practitioners with two decades of experience in defense acquisition, joint capability integration, and enterprise transformation. Structured feedback pathways ensure your work aligns with DoD standards and real-world expectations. Each learner who completes the course earns a Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service - a globally trusted name in professional certification and architecture training. This credential is recognised across defense agencies, prime contractors, and federal enterprises, validating your expertise with authority and credibility. Transparent, Risk-Free Enrollment
Pricing is straightforward with no hidden fees, subscriptions, or surprise charges. One payment grants you complete access - forever. We accept all major payment methods including Visa, Mastercard, and PayPal. Your enrollment is protected by our 30-day satisfied or refunded guarantee. If you find the course does not meet your expectations, simply request a full refund - no questions asked. This is your safety net, ensuring zero financial risk. After enrollment, you’ll receive a confirmation email. Your access details and login instructions will be sent separately once your course materials are prepared - ensuring a smooth onboarding experience. “Will This Work For Me?” - We’ve Got You Covered
This course works even if you’ve never led a full DoDAF effort, if your organisation uses a hybrid framework, or if you're transitioning from commercial enterprise architecture into defense roles. It’s used by systems engineers at Lockheed Martin, enterprise architects in the Air Force Materiel Command, and strategic planners at NATO partner agencies. One U.S. Navy captain used the methodology to unify disparate C4ISR systems across three task forces - using only the templates and decision matrices from Module 5. We reverse the risk. You gain clarity, credibility, and career-forward momentum - or you get your money back. That’s our promise.
Module 1: Foundations of DoDAF and Strategic Context - Understanding the origins and evolution of DoDAF within the Department of Defense
- Core purpose of enterprise architecture in defense and national security
- Distinguishing DoDAF from TOGAF, Zachman, and other frameworks
- Key drivers: joint operations, interoperability, and acquisition reform
- The role of architecture in defence capability development
- DoDAF 2.02 vs. prior versions: critical updates and implications
- Introducing the DoD Architecture Framework’s meta-model (DM2)
- Overview of DoDAF’s role in JCIDS, PPBE, and DAS processes
- Architectural governance in military and federal organisations
- Stakeholder analysis and tailoring architecture products to decision-makers
- Defining scope, boundaries, and architecture project chartering
- The importance of traceability from mission to capability to system
- Integrating architecture with systems engineering life cycles
- Common pitfalls in early-stage architecture development
- Leveraging architecture to reduce programme risk and cost overruns
Module 2: DoDAF Viewpoints and View Descriptions - Overview of the eight DoDAF viewpoints and their strategic alignment
- Mission Viewpoint (MVS) purpose and core content
- Capability Viewpoint (CV) structure and strategic relevance
- Project Viewpoint (PV) integration with portfolio management
- Services Viewpoint (SvcV) for SOA and modular design
- Systems Viewpoint (SV) for platform and subsystem specification
- Data and Information Viewpoint (DIV) for interoperability
- Standards Viewpoint (StdV) for compliance and policy alignment
- Physical Viewpoint (PV) integration and infrastructure mapping
- How viewpoints enable cross-domain analysis and decision support
- Selecting the right views for operational, acquisition, or strategic use
- Tailoring viewpoint depth based on audience and purpose
- Linking viewpoints to capability gaps and investment decisions
- Defining content requirements for each view description
- Using metadata to ensure consistency across views
Module 3: The DoDAF Meta-Model (DM2) and Data Architecture - Introduction to the DoDAF Meta-Model (DM2) as the foundation
- Core entities: nodes, activities, services, systems, capabilities
- Relationships, dependencies, and traceability in DM2
- Using DM2 to eliminate ambiguity in architecture descriptions
- Data modeling for DoDAF using UML and SysML conventions
- Entity-Relationship Diagrams (ERDs) in architecture data design
- Defining data elements, attributes, and value domains
- Mapping operational needs to data flows and exchanges
- Integrating XML schemas and data dictionaries for compliance
- Data governance within defence architecture teams
- Ensuring data consistency across multiple architecture repositories
- Role of DM2 in automated tool interoperability
- Validating model integrity and completeness using DM2 rules
- Using DM2 to support automated analysis and simulation
- Data quality metrics and audit readiness in architecture artifacts
Module 4: Mission and Capability Modelling - Translating mission objectives into capability requirements
- Developing a capability taxonomy aligned with DoD doctrine
- Mapping mission threads to capability activity sequences
- Capability phasing and timelines using CV-3
- Capability dependencies and gaps using CV-2
- Capability evolution and roadmap development with CV-6
- Linking capability requirements to operational scenarios
- Capability synchronisation across joint and coalition forces
- Capability portfolios and investment prioritisation
- Capability maturity assessment and gap analysis
- Capability outcomes vs. system performance metrics
- Modelling capability tempo and reach for operational planning
- Integrating capability models into acquisition decision briefs
- Using capability views to support JCIDS documents
- Presenting capability architecture to senior leaders and funding boards
Module 5: Systems and Services Architecture Design - System decomposition and hierarchy using SV-1
- System interfaces and interconnections with SV-2
- Communications systems and networks using SV-3a and SV-3b
- System functionality and service allocation with SV-4a and SV-4b
- System evolution and technology refresh planning via SV-8
- System performance parameters and thresholds in SV-7
- Scheduling systems development and deployment with SV-9
- System requirements traceability across lifecycle phases
- Modelling system of systems (SoS) integration challenges
- Using SV products to support system safety and cybersecurity
- Developing technology roadmaps aligned with system evolution
- Integrating hardware, software, and firmware specifications
- System readiness levels and technology insertion planning
- System affordability and lifecycle cost modelling
- Using systems views in acquisition strategy development
Module 6: Services-Oriented Architecture and Interoperability - Principles of services-oriented architecture (SOA) in defence
- Defining services using SvcV-1 and SvcV-2
- Service interfaces, contracts, and message exchanges
- Service data flows and operational sequencing
- Service performance parameters and quality of service
- Service evolution and technology lifecycle planning
- Service dependencies and interoperability requirements
- Modelling microservices and container-based architectures
- Integrating cloud-native services into defence systems
- Service security and identity management in SvcV
- Service reuse and enterprise service repositories
- Service governance and registry management
- Service virtualisation for testing and integration
- Service-level agreements (SLAs) in military contexts
- Using SvcV to support net-centric and JADC2 initiatives
Module 7: Operational and Organisational Architecture - Modelling operational nodes and organisations using OV-1
- Operational activities and process flows with OV-5a and OV-5b
- Organisational relationships and command structures
- Operational rules and business process modelling
- Human-system interaction and role definitions
- Operational information exchanges using OV-2
- Operational activity decomposition and sequencing
- Mapping operational tasks to capability outputs
- Developing operational scenarios and vignettes
- Modelling coalition and joint force participation
- Operational timelines and event sequencing via OV-6a and OV-6b
- Resource requirements for operational nodes
- Integrating doctrine, TTPs, and operational guidance
- Operational risk identification and mitigation
- Using OV products in concept of operations (CONOP) development
Module 8: Data and Information Architecture for Interoperability - Information exchange requirements using DIV-2
- Data entities and attributes in operational contexts
- Logical data models and schema definitions
- Physical data design and database specifications
- Information flow diagrams and system data pathways
- Data ownership, stewardship, and governance
- Data standards and formats for cross-system exchange
- Metadata management and data lineage tracking
- Using XML, JSON, and UML for data specification
- Data quality, latency, and availability requirements
- Modelling data resilience and backup strategies
- Data architecture in cyber-physical systems
- Supporting AI/ML data pipelines through DIV
- Integrating data architecture with zero trust frameworks
- Ensuring compliance with DoD data strategy directives
Module 9: Standards, Compliance, and Governance - Developing technical standards profiles using StdV-1
- Standards forecasts and technology adoption timelines
- Compliance assessments and conformance reporting
- Mapping standards to architecture components and systems
- Integrating DoD, NATO, and coalition interoperability standards
- Cybersecurity standards alignment (e.g., RMF, NIST)
- Spectrum and electromagnetic compliance requirements
- Software and hardware configuration standards
- Architecture governance frameworks and review boards
- Architecture decision records and approval workflows
- Policy alignment with DoDI 5000.02 and CJCSI 6212.01
- Conducting architecture compliance checks
- Tools for standards validation and gap analysis
- Reporting architecture maturity to leadership
- Integrating standards into acquisition RFPs and contracts
Module 10: Project and Portfolio Integration - Linking architecture to acquisition programmes via PV-1
- Project dependencies and milestone alignment
- Resource allocation across multiple projects
- Technology development projects and risk registers
- Integrating architecture with programme management offices
- Architecture inputs to acquisition strategy and RFPs
- Traceability from capability to project to system
- Modelling programme interdependencies and critical paths
- Using architecture to deconflict joint acquisition efforts
- Architecture alignment across service branches
- Supporting milestone decision reviews (e.g. MDD, CDR)
- Project phasing and technology insertion planning
- Modelling R&D and prototyping efforts in PV
- Integrating digital engineering and model-based systems engineering
- Using PV to support cost estimation and budgeting
Module 11: Architecture Development Methodology and Process - The DoDAF Architecture Development Process (ADP)
- Phase 0: Strategy and scoping
- Phase 1: Capability requirements analysis
- Phase 2: Operational concept development
- Phase 3: System and service design
- Phase 4: Technology and standards integration
- Phase 5: Project and investment alignment
- Architecture production workflows and team roles
- Version control and configuration management
- Architecture peer reviews and quality assurance
- Using Agile and iterative methods in architecture development
- Architecture sprint planning and backlog management
- Collaborative tools for distributed teams
- Architectural decision modelling and traceability
- Managing architecture change requests and updates
Module 12: Tools, Repositories, and Collaboration Platforms - Evaluating DoDAF-compliant architecture tools (e.g. Cameo, LeanIX)
- Architecture repository structure and data organisation
- Data import, export, and interoperability standards
- Model-based architecture vs. document-centric approaches
- Automated report generation and dashboard creation
- Versioning and audit trails in architecture tools
- Integrating with PLM, ERP, and programme management tools
- Using APIs for tool-to-tool data exchange
- Cloud-hosted vs on-premise architecture environments
- Secure collaboration for classified and controlled environments
- Role-based access and data classification management
- Tool selection criteria for defence contractors
- Validating tool compliance with DM2 specifications
- Training requirements for team tool adoption
- Migrating legacy architectures into modern repositories
Module 13: Real-World Application and Case Studies - Case study: Integrated Air and Missile Defense architecture
- Case study: Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2) design
- Case study: Navy shipboard system modernisation
- Case study: Coalition interoperability enhancement
- Case study: Enterprise IT modernisation in a defence agency
- Analyzing DoDAF implementation in DoD 5000.02 programmes
- Reverse-engineering successful DoD acquisition briefs
- Evaluating architecture impact on systems integration
- Lessons from failed architecture programmes
- Best practices from top defence contractors
- Using architecture to accelerate fielding timelines
- How architecture reduces integration risk in major programmes
- Presenting architecture results to four-star generals and SES leaders
- Architecture in crisis response and rapid capability deployment
- Adapting DoDAF for non-traditional defence missions
Module 14: Communication, Presentation, and Executive Briefing - Tailoring architecture products to executive audiences
- Developing board-ready architecture summaries and dashboards
- Visual storytelling with architecture diagrams
- Executive briefing templates and slide decks
- Highlighting risk, cost, and interoperability insights
- Using architecture to support investment decisions
- Communicating technical complexity with clarity
- Managing stakeholder expectations and feedback
- Conducting architecture review meetings and walkthroughs
- Responding to technical and policy challenges in briefings
- Preparing for Milestone Decision Authorities (MDAs)
- Using architecture to resolve inter-service disputes
- Building credibility through consistent, high-impact communication
- Developing speaking notes and Q&A preparation
- Measuring the impact of architecture communication
Module 15: Certification, Career Advancement, and Next Steps - Preparing for DoDAF certification and professional credentials
- Role of The Art of Service Certificate in federal hiring
- Adding certification to LinkedIn, resumes, and proposals
- Transitioning from architect to architecture leadership
- Leading multi-disciplinary architecture teams
- Developing an architecture centre of excellence (CoE)
- Mentoring junior architects and onboarding teams
- Setting architecture quality standards and metrics
- Defining architecture maturity models for your organisation
- Integrating architecture with digital transformation
- Positioning architecture as a strategic enabler
- Building a personal brand as a defence architecture expert
- Networking within DoD and contractor architecture communities
- Contributing to DoDAF working groups and standards evolution
- Next-generation architecture: AI, digital twins, and autonomy
- Understanding the origins and evolution of DoDAF within the Department of Defense
- Core purpose of enterprise architecture in defense and national security
- Distinguishing DoDAF from TOGAF, Zachman, and other frameworks
- Key drivers: joint operations, interoperability, and acquisition reform
- The role of architecture in defence capability development
- DoDAF 2.02 vs. prior versions: critical updates and implications
- Introducing the DoD Architecture Framework’s meta-model (DM2)
- Overview of DoDAF’s role in JCIDS, PPBE, and DAS processes
- Architectural governance in military and federal organisations
- Stakeholder analysis and tailoring architecture products to decision-makers
- Defining scope, boundaries, and architecture project chartering
- The importance of traceability from mission to capability to system
- Integrating architecture with systems engineering life cycles
- Common pitfalls in early-stage architecture development
- Leveraging architecture to reduce programme risk and cost overruns
Module 2: DoDAF Viewpoints and View Descriptions - Overview of the eight DoDAF viewpoints and their strategic alignment
- Mission Viewpoint (MVS) purpose and core content
- Capability Viewpoint (CV) structure and strategic relevance
- Project Viewpoint (PV) integration with portfolio management
- Services Viewpoint (SvcV) for SOA and modular design
- Systems Viewpoint (SV) for platform and subsystem specification
- Data and Information Viewpoint (DIV) for interoperability
- Standards Viewpoint (StdV) for compliance and policy alignment
- Physical Viewpoint (PV) integration and infrastructure mapping
- How viewpoints enable cross-domain analysis and decision support
- Selecting the right views for operational, acquisition, or strategic use
- Tailoring viewpoint depth based on audience and purpose
- Linking viewpoints to capability gaps and investment decisions
- Defining content requirements for each view description
- Using metadata to ensure consistency across views
Module 3: The DoDAF Meta-Model (DM2) and Data Architecture - Introduction to the DoDAF Meta-Model (DM2) as the foundation
- Core entities: nodes, activities, services, systems, capabilities
- Relationships, dependencies, and traceability in DM2
- Using DM2 to eliminate ambiguity in architecture descriptions
- Data modeling for DoDAF using UML and SysML conventions
- Entity-Relationship Diagrams (ERDs) in architecture data design
- Defining data elements, attributes, and value domains
- Mapping operational needs to data flows and exchanges
- Integrating XML schemas and data dictionaries for compliance
- Data governance within defence architecture teams
- Ensuring data consistency across multiple architecture repositories
- Role of DM2 in automated tool interoperability
- Validating model integrity and completeness using DM2 rules
- Using DM2 to support automated analysis and simulation
- Data quality metrics and audit readiness in architecture artifacts
Module 4: Mission and Capability Modelling - Translating mission objectives into capability requirements
- Developing a capability taxonomy aligned with DoD doctrine
- Mapping mission threads to capability activity sequences
- Capability phasing and timelines using CV-3
- Capability dependencies and gaps using CV-2
- Capability evolution and roadmap development with CV-6
- Linking capability requirements to operational scenarios
- Capability synchronisation across joint and coalition forces
- Capability portfolios and investment prioritisation
- Capability maturity assessment and gap analysis
- Capability outcomes vs. system performance metrics
- Modelling capability tempo and reach for operational planning
- Integrating capability models into acquisition decision briefs
- Using capability views to support JCIDS documents
- Presenting capability architecture to senior leaders and funding boards
Module 5: Systems and Services Architecture Design - System decomposition and hierarchy using SV-1
- System interfaces and interconnections with SV-2
- Communications systems and networks using SV-3a and SV-3b
- System functionality and service allocation with SV-4a and SV-4b
- System evolution and technology refresh planning via SV-8
- System performance parameters and thresholds in SV-7
- Scheduling systems development and deployment with SV-9
- System requirements traceability across lifecycle phases
- Modelling system of systems (SoS) integration challenges
- Using SV products to support system safety and cybersecurity
- Developing technology roadmaps aligned with system evolution
- Integrating hardware, software, and firmware specifications
- System readiness levels and technology insertion planning
- System affordability and lifecycle cost modelling
- Using systems views in acquisition strategy development
Module 6: Services-Oriented Architecture and Interoperability - Principles of services-oriented architecture (SOA) in defence
- Defining services using SvcV-1 and SvcV-2
- Service interfaces, contracts, and message exchanges
- Service data flows and operational sequencing
- Service performance parameters and quality of service
- Service evolution and technology lifecycle planning
- Service dependencies and interoperability requirements
- Modelling microservices and container-based architectures
- Integrating cloud-native services into defence systems
- Service security and identity management in SvcV
- Service reuse and enterprise service repositories
- Service governance and registry management
- Service virtualisation for testing and integration
- Service-level agreements (SLAs) in military contexts
- Using SvcV to support net-centric and JADC2 initiatives
Module 7: Operational and Organisational Architecture - Modelling operational nodes and organisations using OV-1
- Operational activities and process flows with OV-5a and OV-5b
- Organisational relationships and command structures
- Operational rules and business process modelling
- Human-system interaction and role definitions
- Operational information exchanges using OV-2
- Operational activity decomposition and sequencing
- Mapping operational tasks to capability outputs
- Developing operational scenarios and vignettes
- Modelling coalition and joint force participation
- Operational timelines and event sequencing via OV-6a and OV-6b
- Resource requirements for operational nodes
- Integrating doctrine, TTPs, and operational guidance
- Operational risk identification and mitigation
- Using OV products in concept of operations (CONOP) development
Module 8: Data and Information Architecture for Interoperability - Information exchange requirements using DIV-2
- Data entities and attributes in operational contexts
- Logical data models and schema definitions
- Physical data design and database specifications
- Information flow diagrams and system data pathways
- Data ownership, stewardship, and governance
- Data standards and formats for cross-system exchange
- Metadata management and data lineage tracking
- Using XML, JSON, and UML for data specification
- Data quality, latency, and availability requirements
- Modelling data resilience and backup strategies
- Data architecture in cyber-physical systems
- Supporting AI/ML data pipelines through DIV
- Integrating data architecture with zero trust frameworks
- Ensuring compliance with DoD data strategy directives
Module 9: Standards, Compliance, and Governance - Developing technical standards profiles using StdV-1
- Standards forecasts and technology adoption timelines
- Compliance assessments and conformance reporting
- Mapping standards to architecture components and systems
- Integrating DoD, NATO, and coalition interoperability standards
- Cybersecurity standards alignment (e.g., RMF, NIST)
- Spectrum and electromagnetic compliance requirements
- Software and hardware configuration standards
- Architecture governance frameworks and review boards
- Architecture decision records and approval workflows
- Policy alignment with DoDI 5000.02 and CJCSI 6212.01
- Conducting architecture compliance checks
- Tools for standards validation and gap analysis
- Reporting architecture maturity to leadership
- Integrating standards into acquisition RFPs and contracts
Module 10: Project and Portfolio Integration - Linking architecture to acquisition programmes via PV-1
- Project dependencies and milestone alignment
- Resource allocation across multiple projects
- Technology development projects and risk registers
- Integrating architecture with programme management offices
- Architecture inputs to acquisition strategy and RFPs
- Traceability from capability to project to system
- Modelling programme interdependencies and critical paths
- Using architecture to deconflict joint acquisition efforts
- Architecture alignment across service branches
- Supporting milestone decision reviews (e.g. MDD, CDR)
- Project phasing and technology insertion planning
- Modelling R&D and prototyping efforts in PV
- Integrating digital engineering and model-based systems engineering
- Using PV to support cost estimation and budgeting
Module 11: Architecture Development Methodology and Process - The DoDAF Architecture Development Process (ADP)
- Phase 0: Strategy and scoping
- Phase 1: Capability requirements analysis
- Phase 2: Operational concept development
- Phase 3: System and service design
- Phase 4: Technology and standards integration
- Phase 5: Project and investment alignment
- Architecture production workflows and team roles
- Version control and configuration management
- Architecture peer reviews and quality assurance
- Using Agile and iterative methods in architecture development
- Architecture sprint planning and backlog management
- Collaborative tools for distributed teams
- Architectural decision modelling and traceability
- Managing architecture change requests and updates
Module 12: Tools, Repositories, and Collaboration Platforms - Evaluating DoDAF-compliant architecture tools (e.g. Cameo, LeanIX)
- Architecture repository structure and data organisation
- Data import, export, and interoperability standards
- Model-based architecture vs. document-centric approaches
- Automated report generation and dashboard creation
- Versioning and audit trails in architecture tools
- Integrating with PLM, ERP, and programme management tools
- Using APIs for tool-to-tool data exchange
- Cloud-hosted vs on-premise architecture environments
- Secure collaboration for classified and controlled environments
- Role-based access and data classification management
- Tool selection criteria for defence contractors
- Validating tool compliance with DM2 specifications
- Training requirements for team tool adoption
- Migrating legacy architectures into modern repositories
Module 13: Real-World Application and Case Studies - Case study: Integrated Air and Missile Defense architecture
- Case study: Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2) design
- Case study: Navy shipboard system modernisation
- Case study: Coalition interoperability enhancement
- Case study: Enterprise IT modernisation in a defence agency
- Analyzing DoDAF implementation in DoD 5000.02 programmes
- Reverse-engineering successful DoD acquisition briefs
- Evaluating architecture impact on systems integration
- Lessons from failed architecture programmes
- Best practices from top defence contractors
- Using architecture to accelerate fielding timelines
- How architecture reduces integration risk in major programmes
- Presenting architecture results to four-star generals and SES leaders
- Architecture in crisis response and rapid capability deployment
- Adapting DoDAF for non-traditional defence missions
Module 14: Communication, Presentation, and Executive Briefing - Tailoring architecture products to executive audiences
- Developing board-ready architecture summaries and dashboards
- Visual storytelling with architecture diagrams
- Executive briefing templates and slide decks
- Highlighting risk, cost, and interoperability insights
- Using architecture to support investment decisions
- Communicating technical complexity with clarity
- Managing stakeholder expectations and feedback
- Conducting architecture review meetings and walkthroughs
- Responding to technical and policy challenges in briefings
- Preparing for Milestone Decision Authorities (MDAs)
- Using architecture to resolve inter-service disputes
- Building credibility through consistent, high-impact communication
- Developing speaking notes and Q&A preparation
- Measuring the impact of architecture communication
Module 15: Certification, Career Advancement, and Next Steps - Preparing for DoDAF certification and professional credentials
- Role of The Art of Service Certificate in federal hiring
- Adding certification to LinkedIn, resumes, and proposals
- Transitioning from architect to architecture leadership
- Leading multi-disciplinary architecture teams
- Developing an architecture centre of excellence (CoE)
- Mentoring junior architects and onboarding teams
- Setting architecture quality standards and metrics
- Defining architecture maturity models for your organisation
- Integrating architecture with digital transformation
- Positioning architecture as a strategic enabler
- Building a personal brand as a defence architecture expert
- Networking within DoD and contractor architecture communities
- Contributing to DoDAF working groups and standards evolution
- Next-generation architecture: AI, digital twins, and autonomy
- Introduction to the DoDAF Meta-Model (DM2) as the foundation
- Core entities: nodes, activities, services, systems, capabilities
- Relationships, dependencies, and traceability in DM2
- Using DM2 to eliminate ambiguity in architecture descriptions
- Data modeling for DoDAF using UML and SysML conventions
- Entity-Relationship Diagrams (ERDs) in architecture data design
- Defining data elements, attributes, and value domains
- Mapping operational needs to data flows and exchanges
- Integrating XML schemas and data dictionaries for compliance
- Data governance within defence architecture teams
- Ensuring data consistency across multiple architecture repositories
- Role of DM2 in automated tool interoperability
- Validating model integrity and completeness using DM2 rules
- Using DM2 to support automated analysis and simulation
- Data quality metrics and audit readiness in architecture artifacts
Module 4: Mission and Capability Modelling - Translating mission objectives into capability requirements
- Developing a capability taxonomy aligned with DoD doctrine
- Mapping mission threads to capability activity sequences
- Capability phasing and timelines using CV-3
- Capability dependencies and gaps using CV-2
- Capability evolution and roadmap development with CV-6
- Linking capability requirements to operational scenarios
- Capability synchronisation across joint and coalition forces
- Capability portfolios and investment prioritisation
- Capability maturity assessment and gap analysis
- Capability outcomes vs. system performance metrics
- Modelling capability tempo and reach for operational planning
- Integrating capability models into acquisition decision briefs
- Using capability views to support JCIDS documents
- Presenting capability architecture to senior leaders and funding boards
Module 5: Systems and Services Architecture Design - System decomposition and hierarchy using SV-1
- System interfaces and interconnections with SV-2
- Communications systems and networks using SV-3a and SV-3b
- System functionality and service allocation with SV-4a and SV-4b
- System evolution and technology refresh planning via SV-8
- System performance parameters and thresholds in SV-7
- Scheduling systems development and deployment with SV-9
- System requirements traceability across lifecycle phases
- Modelling system of systems (SoS) integration challenges
- Using SV products to support system safety and cybersecurity
- Developing technology roadmaps aligned with system evolution
- Integrating hardware, software, and firmware specifications
- System readiness levels and technology insertion planning
- System affordability and lifecycle cost modelling
- Using systems views in acquisition strategy development
Module 6: Services-Oriented Architecture and Interoperability - Principles of services-oriented architecture (SOA) in defence
- Defining services using SvcV-1 and SvcV-2
- Service interfaces, contracts, and message exchanges
- Service data flows and operational sequencing
- Service performance parameters and quality of service
- Service evolution and technology lifecycle planning
- Service dependencies and interoperability requirements
- Modelling microservices and container-based architectures
- Integrating cloud-native services into defence systems
- Service security and identity management in SvcV
- Service reuse and enterprise service repositories
- Service governance and registry management
- Service virtualisation for testing and integration
- Service-level agreements (SLAs) in military contexts
- Using SvcV to support net-centric and JADC2 initiatives
Module 7: Operational and Organisational Architecture - Modelling operational nodes and organisations using OV-1
- Operational activities and process flows with OV-5a and OV-5b
- Organisational relationships and command structures
- Operational rules and business process modelling
- Human-system interaction and role definitions
- Operational information exchanges using OV-2
- Operational activity decomposition and sequencing
- Mapping operational tasks to capability outputs
- Developing operational scenarios and vignettes
- Modelling coalition and joint force participation
- Operational timelines and event sequencing via OV-6a and OV-6b
- Resource requirements for operational nodes
- Integrating doctrine, TTPs, and operational guidance
- Operational risk identification and mitigation
- Using OV products in concept of operations (CONOP) development
Module 8: Data and Information Architecture for Interoperability - Information exchange requirements using DIV-2
- Data entities and attributes in operational contexts
- Logical data models and schema definitions
- Physical data design and database specifications
- Information flow diagrams and system data pathways
- Data ownership, stewardship, and governance
- Data standards and formats for cross-system exchange
- Metadata management and data lineage tracking
- Using XML, JSON, and UML for data specification
- Data quality, latency, and availability requirements
- Modelling data resilience and backup strategies
- Data architecture in cyber-physical systems
- Supporting AI/ML data pipelines through DIV
- Integrating data architecture with zero trust frameworks
- Ensuring compliance with DoD data strategy directives
Module 9: Standards, Compliance, and Governance - Developing technical standards profiles using StdV-1
- Standards forecasts and technology adoption timelines
- Compliance assessments and conformance reporting
- Mapping standards to architecture components and systems
- Integrating DoD, NATO, and coalition interoperability standards
- Cybersecurity standards alignment (e.g., RMF, NIST)
- Spectrum and electromagnetic compliance requirements
- Software and hardware configuration standards
- Architecture governance frameworks and review boards
- Architecture decision records and approval workflows
- Policy alignment with DoDI 5000.02 and CJCSI 6212.01
- Conducting architecture compliance checks
- Tools for standards validation and gap analysis
- Reporting architecture maturity to leadership
- Integrating standards into acquisition RFPs and contracts
Module 10: Project and Portfolio Integration - Linking architecture to acquisition programmes via PV-1
- Project dependencies and milestone alignment
- Resource allocation across multiple projects
- Technology development projects and risk registers
- Integrating architecture with programme management offices
- Architecture inputs to acquisition strategy and RFPs
- Traceability from capability to project to system
- Modelling programme interdependencies and critical paths
- Using architecture to deconflict joint acquisition efforts
- Architecture alignment across service branches
- Supporting milestone decision reviews (e.g. MDD, CDR)
- Project phasing and technology insertion planning
- Modelling R&D and prototyping efforts in PV
- Integrating digital engineering and model-based systems engineering
- Using PV to support cost estimation and budgeting
Module 11: Architecture Development Methodology and Process - The DoDAF Architecture Development Process (ADP)
- Phase 0: Strategy and scoping
- Phase 1: Capability requirements analysis
- Phase 2: Operational concept development
- Phase 3: System and service design
- Phase 4: Technology and standards integration
- Phase 5: Project and investment alignment
- Architecture production workflows and team roles
- Version control and configuration management
- Architecture peer reviews and quality assurance
- Using Agile and iterative methods in architecture development
- Architecture sprint planning and backlog management
- Collaborative tools for distributed teams
- Architectural decision modelling and traceability
- Managing architecture change requests and updates
Module 12: Tools, Repositories, and Collaboration Platforms - Evaluating DoDAF-compliant architecture tools (e.g. Cameo, LeanIX)
- Architecture repository structure and data organisation
- Data import, export, and interoperability standards
- Model-based architecture vs. document-centric approaches
- Automated report generation and dashboard creation
- Versioning and audit trails in architecture tools
- Integrating with PLM, ERP, and programme management tools
- Using APIs for tool-to-tool data exchange
- Cloud-hosted vs on-premise architecture environments
- Secure collaboration for classified and controlled environments
- Role-based access and data classification management
- Tool selection criteria for defence contractors
- Validating tool compliance with DM2 specifications
- Training requirements for team tool adoption
- Migrating legacy architectures into modern repositories
Module 13: Real-World Application and Case Studies - Case study: Integrated Air and Missile Defense architecture
- Case study: Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2) design
- Case study: Navy shipboard system modernisation
- Case study: Coalition interoperability enhancement
- Case study: Enterprise IT modernisation in a defence agency
- Analyzing DoDAF implementation in DoD 5000.02 programmes
- Reverse-engineering successful DoD acquisition briefs
- Evaluating architecture impact on systems integration
- Lessons from failed architecture programmes
- Best practices from top defence contractors
- Using architecture to accelerate fielding timelines
- How architecture reduces integration risk in major programmes
- Presenting architecture results to four-star generals and SES leaders
- Architecture in crisis response and rapid capability deployment
- Adapting DoDAF for non-traditional defence missions
Module 14: Communication, Presentation, and Executive Briefing - Tailoring architecture products to executive audiences
- Developing board-ready architecture summaries and dashboards
- Visual storytelling with architecture diagrams
- Executive briefing templates and slide decks
- Highlighting risk, cost, and interoperability insights
- Using architecture to support investment decisions
- Communicating technical complexity with clarity
- Managing stakeholder expectations and feedback
- Conducting architecture review meetings and walkthroughs
- Responding to technical and policy challenges in briefings
- Preparing for Milestone Decision Authorities (MDAs)
- Using architecture to resolve inter-service disputes
- Building credibility through consistent, high-impact communication
- Developing speaking notes and Q&A preparation
- Measuring the impact of architecture communication
Module 15: Certification, Career Advancement, and Next Steps - Preparing for DoDAF certification and professional credentials
- Role of The Art of Service Certificate in federal hiring
- Adding certification to LinkedIn, resumes, and proposals
- Transitioning from architect to architecture leadership
- Leading multi-disciplinary architecture teams
- Developing an architecture centre of excellence (CoE)
- Mentoring junior architects and onboarding teams
- Setting architecture quality standards and metrics
- Defining architecture maturity models for your organisation
- Integrating architecture with digital transformation
- Positioning architecture as a strategic enabler
- Building a personal brand as a defence architecture expert
- Networking within DoD and contractor architecture communities
- Contributing to DoDAF working groups and standards evolution
- Next-generation architecture: AI, digital twins, and autonomy
- System decomposition and hierarchy using SV-1
- System interfaces and interconnections with SV-2
- Communications systems and networks using SV-3a and SV-3b
- System functionality and service allocation with SV-4a and SV-4b
- System evolution and technology refresh planning via SV-8
- System performance parameters and thresholds in SV-7
- Scheduling systems development and deployment with SV-9
- System requirements traceability across lifecycle phases
- Modelling system of systems (SoS) integration challenges
- Using SV products to support system safety and cybersecurity
- Developing technology roadmaps aligned with system evolution
- Integrating hardware, software, and firmware specifications
- System readiness levels and technology insertion planning
- System affordability and lifecycle cost modelling
- Using systems views in acquisition strategy development
Module 6: Services-Oriented Architecture and Interoperability - Principles of services-oriented architecture (SOA) in defence
- Defining services using SvcV-1 and SvcV-2
- Service interfaces, contracts, and message exchanges
- Service data flows and operational sequencing
- Service performance parameters and quality of service
- Service evolution and technology lifecycle planning
- Service dependencies and interoperability requirements
- Modelling microservices and container-based architectures
- Integrating cloud-native services into defence systems
- Service security and identity management in SvcV
- Service reuse and enterprise service repositories
- Service governance and registry management
- Service virtualisation for testing and integration
- Service-level agreements (SLAs) in military contexts
- Using SvcV to support net-centric and JADC2 initiatives
Module 7: Operational and Organisational Architecture - Modelling operational nodes and organisations using OV-1
- Operational activities and process flows with OV-5a and OV-5b
- Organisational relationships and command structures
- Operational rules and business process modelling
- Human-system interaction and role definitions
- Operational information exchanges using OV-2
- Operational activity decomposition and sequencing
- Mapping operational tasks to capability outputs
- Developing operational scenarios and vignettes
- Modelling coalition and joint force participation
- Operational timelines and event sequencing via OV-6a and OV-6b
- Resource requirements for operational nodes
- Integrating doctrine, TTPs, and operational guidance
- Operational risk identification and mitigation
- Using OV products in concept of operations (CONOP) development
Module 8: Data and Information Architecture for Interoperability - Information exchange requirements using DIV-2
- Data entities and attributes in operational contexts
- Logical data models and schema definitions
- Physical data design and database specifications
- Information flow diagrams and system data pathways
- Data ownership, stewardship, and governance
- Data standards and formats for cross-system exchange
- Metadata management and data lineage tracking
- Using XML, JSON, and UML for data specification
- Data quality, latency, and availability requirements
- Modelling data resilience and backup strategies
- Data architecture in cyber-physical systems
- Supporting AI/ML data pipelines through DIV
- Integrating data architecture with zero trust frameworks
- Ensuring compliance with DoD data strategy directives
Module 9: Standards, Compliance, and Governance - Developing technical standards profiles using StdV-1
- Standards forecasts and technology adoption timelines
- Compliance assessments and conformance reporting
- Mapping standards to architecture components and systems
- Integrating DoD, NATO, and coalition interoperability standards
- Cybersecurity standards alignment (e.g., RMF, NIST)
- Spectrum and electromagnetic compliance requirements
- Software and hardware configuration standards
- Architecture governance frameworks and review boards
- Architecture decision records and approval workflows
- Policy alignment with DoDI 5000.02 and CJCSI 6212.01
- Conducting architecture compliance checks
- Tools for standards validation and gap analysis
- Reporting architecture maturity to leadership
- Integrating standards into acquisition RFPs and contracts
Module 10: Project and Portfolio Integration - Linking architecture to acquisition programmes via PV-1
- Project dependencies and milestone alignment
- Resource allocation across multiple projects
- Technology development projects and risk registers
- Integrating architecture with programme management offices
- Architecture inputs to acquisition strategy and RFPs
- Traceability from capability to project to system
- Modelling programme interdependencies and critical paths
- Using architecture to deconflict joint acquisition efforts
- Architecture alignment across service branches
- Supporting milestone decision reviews (e.g. MDD, CDR)
- Project phasing and technology insertion planning
- Modelling R&D and prototyping efforts in PV
- Integrating digital engineering and model-based systems engineering
- Using PV to support cost estimation and budgeting
Module 11: Architecture Development Methodology and Process - The DoDAF Architecture Development Process (ADP)
- Phase 0: Strategy and scoping
- Phase 1: Capability requirements analysis
- Phase 2: Operational concept development
- Phase 3: System and service design
- Phase 4: Technology and standards integration
- Phase 5: Project and investment alignment
- Architecture production workflows and team roles
- Version control and configuration management
- Architecture peer reviews and quality assurance
- Using Agile and iterative methods in architecture development
- Architecture sprint planning and backlog management
- Collaborative tools for distributed teams
- Architectural decision modelling and traceability
- Managing architecture change requests and updates
Module 12: Tools, Repositories, and Collaboration Platforms - Evaluating DoDAF-compliant architecture tools (e.g. Cameo, LeanIX)
- Architecture repository structure and data organisation
- Data import, export, and interoperability standards
- Model-based architecture vs. document-centric approaches
- Automated report generation and dashboard creation
- Versioning and audit trails in architecture tools
- Integrating with PLM, ERP, and programme management tools
- Using APIs for tool-to-tool data exchange
- Cloud-hosted vs on-premise architecture environments
- Secure collaboration for classified and controlled environments
- Role-based access and data classification management
- Tool selection criteria for defence contractors
- Validating tool compliance with DM2 specifications
- Training requirements for team tool adoption
- Migrating legacy architectures into modern repositories
Module 13: Real-World Application and Case Studies - Case study: Integrated Air and Missile Defense architecture
- Case study: Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2) design
- Case study: Navy shipboard system modernisation
- Case study: Coalition interoperability enhancement
- Case study: Enterprise IT modernisation in a defence agency
- Analyzing DoDAF implementation in DoD 5000.02 programmes
- Reverse-engineering successful DoD acquisition briefs
- Evaluating architecture impact on systems integration
- Lessons from failed architecture programmes
- Best practices from top defence contractors
- Using architecture to accelerate fielding timelines
- How architecture reduces integration risk in major programmes
- Presenting architecture results to four-star generals and SES leaders
- Architecture in crisis response and rapid capability deployment
- Adapting DoDAF for non-traditional defence missions
Module 14: Communication, Presentation, and Executive Briefing - Tailoring architecture products to executive audiences
- Developing board-ready architecture summaries and dashboards
- Visual storytelling with architecture diagrams
- Executive briefing templates and slide decks
- Highlighting risk, cost, and interoperability insights
- Using architecture to support investment decisions
- Communicating technical complexity with clarity
- Managing stakeholder expectations and feedback
- Conducting architecture review meetings and walkthroughs
- Responding to technical and policy challenges in briefings
- Preparing for Milestone Decision Authorities (MDAs)
- Using architecture to resolve inter-service disputes
- Building credibility through consistent, high-impact communication
- Developing speaking notes and Q&A preparation
- Measuring the impact of architecture communication
Module 15: Certification, Career Advancement, and Next Steps - Preparing for DoDAF certification and professional credentials
- Role of The Art of Service Certificate in federal hiring
- Adding certification to LinkedIn, resumes, and proposals
- Transitioning from architect to architecture leadership
- Leading multi-disciplinary architecture teams
- Developing an architecture centre of excellence (CoE)
- Mentoring junior architects and onboarding teams
- Setting architecture quality standards and metrics
- Defining architecture maturity models for your organisation
- Integrating architecture with digital transformation
- Positioning architecture as a strategic enabler
- Building a personal brand as a defence architecture expert
- Networking within DoD and contractor architecture communities
- Contributing to DoDAF working groups and standards evolution
- Next-generation architecture: AI, digital twins, and autonomy
- Modelling operational nodes and organisations using OV-1
- Operational activities and process flows with OV-5a and OV-5b
- Organisational relationships and command structures
- Operational rules and business process modelling
- Human-system interaction and role definitions
- Operational information exchanges using OV-2
- Operational activity decomposition and sequencing
- Mapping operational tasks to capability outputs
- Developing operational scenarios and vignettes
- Modelling coalition and joint force participation
- Operational timelines and event sequencing via OV-6a and OV-6b
- Resource requirements for operational nodes
- Integrating doctrine, TTPs, and operational guidance
- Operational risk identification and mitigation
- Using OV products in concept of operations (CONOP) development
Module 8: Data and Information Architecture for Interoperability - Information exchange requirements using DIV-2
- Data entities and attributes in operational contexts
- Logical data models and schema definitions
- Physical data design and database specifications
- Information flow diagrams and system data pathways
- Data ownership, stewardship, and governance
- Data standards and formats for cross-system exchange
- Metadata management and data lineage tracking
- Using XML, JSON, and UML for data specification
- Data quality, latency, and availability requirements
- Modelling data resilience and backup strategies
- Data architecture in cyber-physical systems
- Supporting AI/ML data pipelines through DIV
- Integrating data architecture with zero trust frameworks
- Ensuring compliance with DoD data strategy directives
Module 9: Standards, Compliance, and Governance - Developing technical standards profiles using StdV-1
- Standards forecasts and technology adoption timelines
- Compliance assessments and conformance reporting
- Mapping standards to architecture components and systems
- Integrating DoD, NATO, and coalition interoperability standards
- Cybersecurity standards alignment (e.g., RMF, NIST)
- Spectrum and electromagnetic compliance requirements
- Software and hardware configuration standards
- Architecture governance frameworks and review boards
- Architecture decision records and approval workflows
- Policy alignment with DoDI 5000.02 and CJCSI 6212.01
- Conducting architecture compliance checks
- Tools for standards validation and gap analysis
- Reporting architecture maturity to leadership
- Integrating standards into acquisition RFPs and contracts
Module 10: Project and Portfolio Integration - Linking architecture to acquisition programmes via PV-1
- Project dependencies and milestone alignment
- Resource allocation across multiple projects
- Technology development projects and risk registers
- Integrating architecture with programme management offices
- Architecture inputs to acquisition strategy and RFPs
- Traceability from capability to project to system
- Modelling programme interdependencies and critical paths
- Using architecture to deconflict joint acquisition efforts
- Architecture alignment across service branches
- Supporting milestone decision reviews (e.g. MDD, CDR)
- Project phasing and technology insertion planning
- Modelling R&D and prototyping efforts in PV
- Integrating digital engineering and model-based systems engineering
- Using PV to support cost estimation and budgeting
Module 11: Architecture Development Methodology and Process - The DoDAF Architecture Development Process (ADP)
- Phase 0: Strategy and scoping
- Phase 1: Capability requirements analysis
- Phase 2: Operational concept development
- Phase 3: System and service design
- Phase 4: Technology and standards integration
- Phase 5: Project and investment alignment
- Architecture production workflows and team roles
- Version control and configuration management
- Architecture peer reviews and quality assurance
- Using Agile and iterative methods in architecture development
- Architecture sprint planning and backlog management
- Collaborative tools for distributed teams
- Architectural decision modelling and traceability
- Managing architecture change requests and updates
Module 12: Tools, Repositories, and Collaboration Platforms - Evaluating DoDAF-compliant architecture tools (e.g. Cameo, LeanIX)
- Architecture repository structure and data organisation
- Data import, export, and interoperability standards
- Model-based architecture vs. document-centric approaches
- Automated report generation and dashboard creation
- Versioning and audit trails in architecture tools
- Integrating with PLM, ERP, and programme management tools
- Using APIs for tool-to-tool data exchange
- Cloud-hosted vs on-premise architecture environments
- Secure collaboration for classified and controlled environments
- Role-based access and data classification management
- Tool selection criteria for defence contractors
- Validating tool compliance with DM2 specifications
- Training requirements for team tool adoption
- Migrating legacy architectures into modern repositories
Module 13: Real-World Application and Case Studies - Case study: Integrated Air and Missile Defense architecture
- Case study: Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2) design
- Case study: Navy shipboard system modernisation
- Case study: Coalition interoperability enhancement
- Case study: Enterprise IT modernisation in a defence agency
- Analyzing DoDAF implementation in DoD 5000.02 programmes
- Reverse-engineering successful DoD acquisition briefs
- Evaluating architecture impact on systems integration
- Lessons from failed architecture programmes
- Best practices from top defence contractors
- Using architecture to accelerate fielding timelines
- How architecture reduces integration risk in major programmes
- Presenting architecture results to four-star generals and SES leaders
- Architecture in crisis response and rapid capability deployment
- Adapting DoDAF for non-traditional defence missions
Module 14: Communication, Presentation, and Executive Briefing - Tailoring architecture products to executive audiences
- Developing board-ready architecture summaries and dashboards
- Visual storytelling with architecture diagrams
- Executive briefing templates and slide decks
- Highlighting risk, cost, and interoperability insights
- Using architecture to support investment decisions
- Communicating technical complexity with clarity
- Managing stakeholder expectations and feedback
- Conducting architecture review meetings and walkthroughs
- Responding to technical and policy challenges in briefings
- Preparing for Milestone Decision Authorities (MDAs)
- Using architecture to resolve inter-service disputes
- Building credibility through consistent, high-impact communication
- Developing speaking notes and Q&A preparation
- Measuring the impact of architecture communication
Module 15: Certification, Career Advancement, and Next Steps - Preparing for DoDAF certification and professional credentials
- Role of The Art of Service Certificate in federal hiring
- Adding certification to LinkedIn, resumes, and proposals
- Transitioning from architect to architecture leadership
- Leading multi-disciplinary architecture teams
- Developing an architecture centre of excellence (CoE)
- Mentoring junior architects and onboarding teams
- Setting architecture quality standards and metrics
- Defining architecture maturity models for your organisation
- Integrating architecture with digital transformation
- Positioning architecture as a strategic enabler
- Building a personal brand as a defence architecture expert
- Networking within DoD and contractor architecture communities
- Contributing to DoDAF working groups and standards evolution
- Next-generation architecture: AI, digital twins, and autonomy
- Developing technical standards profiles using StdV-1
- Standards forecasts and technology adoption timelines
- Compliance assessments and conformance reporting
- Mapping standards to architecture components and systems
- Integrating DoD, NATO, and coalition interoperability standards
- Cybersecurity standards alignment (e.g., RMF, NIST)
- Spectrum and electromagnetic compliance requirements
- Software and hardware configuration standards
- Architecture governance frameworks and review boards
- Architecture decision records and approval workflows
- Policy alignment with DoDI 5000.02 and CJCSI 6212.01
- Conducting architecture compliance checks
- Tools for standards validation and gap analysis
- Reporting architecture maturity to leadership
- Integrating standards into acquisition RFPs and contracts
Module 10: Project and Portfolio Integration - Linking architecture to acquisition programmes via PV-1
- Project dependencies and milestone alignment
- Resource allocation across multiple projects
- Technology development projects and risk registers
- Integrating architecture with programme management offices
- Architecture inputs to acquisition strategy and RFPs
- Traceability from capability to project to system
- Modelling programme interdependencies and critical paths
- Using architecture to deconflict joint acquisition efforts
- Architecture alignment across service branches
- Supporting milestone decision reviews (e.g. MDD, CDR)
- Project phasing and technology insertion planning
- Modelling R&D and prototyping efforts in PV
- Integrating digital engineering and model-based systems engineering
- Using PV to support cost estimation and budgeting
Module 11: Architecture Development Methodology and Process - The DoDAF Architecture Development Process (ADP)
- Phase 0: Strategy and scoping
- Phase 1: Capability requirements analysis
- Phase 2: Operational concept development
- Phase 3: System and service design
- Phase 4: Technology and standards integration
- Phase 5: Project and investment alignment
- Architecture production workflows and team roles
- Version control and configuration management
- Architecture peer reviews and quality assurance
- Using Agile and iterative methods in architecture development
- Architecture sprint planning and backlog management
- Collaborative tools for distributed teams
- Architectural decision modelling and traceability
- Managing architecture change requests and updates
Module 12: Tools, Repositories, and Collaboration Platforms - Evaluating DoDAF-compliant architecture tools (e.g. Cameo, LeanIX)
- Architecture repository structure and data organisation
- Data import, export, and interoperability standards
- Model-based architecture vs. document-centric approaches
- Automated report generation and dashboard creation
- Versioning and audit trails in architecture tools
- Integrating with PLM, ERP, and programme management tools
- Using APIs for tool-to-tool data exchange
- Cloud-hosted vs on-premise architecture environments
- Secure collaboration for classified and controlled environments
- Role-based access and data classification management
- Tool selection criteria for defence contractors
- Validating tool compliance with DM2 specifications
- Training requirements for team tool adoption
- Migrating legacy architectures into modern repositories
Module 13: Real-World Application and Case Studies - Case study: Integrated Air and Missile Defense architecture
- Case study: Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2) design
- Case study: Navy shipboard system modernisation
- Case study: Coalition interoperability enhancement
- Case study: Enterprise IT modernisation in a defence agency
- Analyzing DoDAF implementation in DoD 5000.02 programmes
- Reverse-engineering successful DoD acquisition briefs
- Evaluating architecture impact on systems integration
- Lessons from failed architecture programmes
- Best practices from top defence contractors
- Using architecture to accelerate fielding timelines
- How architecture reduces integration risk in major programmes
- Presenting architecture results to four-star generals and SES leaders
- Architecture in crisis response and rapid capability deployment
- Adapting DoDAF for non-traditional defence missions
Module 14: Communication, Presentation, and Executive Briefing - Tailoring architecture products to executive audiences
- Developing board-ready architecture summaries and dashboards
- Visual storytelling with architecture diagrams
- Executive briefing templates and slide decks
- Highlighting risk, cost, and interoperability insights
- Using architecture to support investment decisions
- Communicating technical complexity with clarity
- Managing stakeholder expectations and feedback
- Conducting architecture review meetings and walkthroughs
- Responding to technical and policy challenges in briefings
- Preparing for Milestone Decision Authorities (MDAs)
- Using architecture to resolve inter-service disputes
- Building credibility through consistent, high-impact communication
- Developing speaking notes and Q&A preparation
- Measuring the impact of architecture communication
Module 15: Certification, Career Advancement, and Next Steps - Preparing for DoDAF certification and professional credentials
- Role of The Art of Service Certificate in federal hiring
- Adding certification to LinkedIn, resumes, and proposals
- Transitioning from architect to architecture leadership
- Leading multi-disciplinary architecture teams
- Developing an architecture centre of excellence (CoE)
- Mentoring junior architects and onboarding teams
- Setting architecture quality standards and metrics
- Defining architecture maturity models for your organisation
- Integrating architecture with digital transformation
- Positioning architecture as a strategic enabler
- Building a personal brand as a defence architecture expert
- Networking within DoD and contractor architecture communities
- Contributing to DoDAF working groups and standards evolution
- Next-generation architecture: AI, digital twins, and autonomy
- The DoDAF Architecture Development Process (ADP)
- Phase 0: Strategy and scoping
- Phase 1: Capability requirements analysis
- Phase 2: Operational concept development
- Phase 3: System and service design
- Phase 4: Technology and standards integration
- Phase 5: Project and investment alignment
- Architecture production workflows and team roles
- Version control and configuration management
- Architecture peer reviews and quality assurance
- Using Agile and iterative methods in architecture development
- Architecture sprint planning and backlog management
- Collaborative tools for distributed teams
- Architectural decision modelling and traceability
- Managing architecture change requests and updates
Module 12: Tools, Repositories, and Collaboration Platforms - Evaluating DoDAF-compliant architecture tools (e.g. Cameo, LeanIX)
- Architecture repository structure and data organisation
- Data import, export, and interoperability standards
- Model-based architecture vs. document-centric approaches
- Automated report generation and dashboard creation
- Versioning and audit trails in architecture tools
- Integrating with PLM, ERP, and programme management tools
- Using APIs for tool-to-tool data exchange
- Cloud-hosted vs on-premise architecture environments
- Secure collaboration for classified and controlled environments
- Role-based access and data classification management
- Tool selection criteria for defence contractors
- Validating tool compliance with DM2 specifications
- Training requirements for team tool adoption
- Migrating legacy architectures into modern repositories
Module 13: Real-World Application and Case Studies - Case study: Integrated Air and Missile Defense architecture
- Case study: Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2) design
- Case study: Navy shipboard system modernisation
- Case study: Coalition interoperability enhancement
- Case study: Enterprise IT modernisation in a defence agency
- Analyzing DoDAF implementation in DoD 5000.02 programmes
- Reverse-engineering successful DoD acquisition briefs
- Evaluating architecture impact on systems integration
- Lessons from failed architecture programmes
- Best practices from top defence contractors
- Using architecture to accelerate fielding timelines
- How architecture reduces integration risk in major programmes
- Presenting architecture results to four-star generals and SES leaders
- Architecture in crisis response and rapid capability deployment
- Adapting DoDAF for non-traditional defence missions
Module 14: Communication, Presentation, and Executive Briefing - Tailoring architecture products to executive audiences
- Developing board-ready architecture summaries and dashboards
- Visual storytelling with architecture diagrams
- Executive briefing templates and slide decks
- Highlighting risk, cost, and interoperability insights
- Using architecture to support investment decisions
- Communicating technical complexity with clarity
- Managing stakeholder expectations and feedback
- Conducting architecture review meetings and walkthroughs
- Responding to technical and policy challenges in briefings
- Preparing for Milestone Decision Authorities (MDAs)
- Using architecture to resolve inter-service disputes
- Building credibility through consistent, high-impact communication
- Developing speaking notes and Q&A preparation
- Measuring the impact of architecture communication
Module 15: Certification, Career Advancement, and Next Steps - Preparing for DoDAF certification and professional credentials
- Role of The Art of Service Certificate in federal hiring
- Adding certification to LinkedIn, resumes, and proposals
- Transitioning from architect to architecture leadership
- Leading multi-disciplinary architecture teams
- Developing an architecture centre of excellence (CoE)
- Mentoring junior architects and onboarding teams
- Setting architecture quality standards and metrics
- Defining architecture maturity models for your organisation
- Integrating architecture with digital transformation
- Positioning architecture as a strategic enabler
- Building a personal brand as a defence architecture expert
- Networking within DoD and contractor architecture communities
- Contributing to DoDAF working groups and standards evolution
- Next-generation architecture: AI, digital twins, and autonomy
- Case study: Integrated Air and Missile Defense architecture
- Case study: Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2) design
- Case study: Navy shipboard system modernisation
- Case study: Coalition interoperability enhancement
- Case study: Enterprise IT modernisation in a defence agency
- Analyzing DoDAF implementation in DoD 5000.02 programmes
- Reverse-engineering successful DoD acquisition briefs
- Evaluating architecture impact on systems integration
- Lessons from failed architecture programmes
- Best practices from top defence contractors
- Using architecture to accelerate fielding timelines
- How architecture reduces integration risk in major programmes
- Presenting architecture results to four-star generals and SES leaders
- Architecture in crisis response and rapid capability deployment
- Adapting DoDAF for non-traditional defence missions
Module 14: Communication, Presentation, and Executive Briefing - Tailoring architecture products to executive audiences
- Developing board-ready architecture summaries and dashboards
- Visual storytelling with architecture diagrams
- Executive briefing templates and slide decks
- Highlighting risk, cost, and interoperability insights
- Using architecture to support investment decisions
- Communicating technical complexity with clarity
- Managing stakeholder expectations and feedback
- Conducting architecture review meetings and walkthroughs
- Responding to technical and policy challenges in briefings
- Preparing for Milestone Decision Authorities (MDAs)
- Using architecture to resolve inter-service disputes
- Building credibility through consistent, high-impact communication
- Developing speaking notes and Q&A preparation
- Measuring the impact of architecture communication
Module 15: Certification, Career Advancement, and Next Steps - Preparing for DoDAF certification and professional credentials
- Role of The Art of Service Certificate in federal hiring
- Adding certification to LinkedIn, resumes, and proposals
- Transitioning from architect to architecture leadership
- Leading multi-disciplinary architecture teams
- Developing an architecture centre of excellence (CoE)
- Mentoring junior architects and onboarding teams
- Setting architecture quality standards and metrics
- Defining architecture maturity models for your organisation
- Integrating architecture with digital transformation
- Positioning architecture as a strategic enabler
- Building a personal brand as a defence architecture expert
- Networking within DoD and contractor architecture communities
- Contributing to DoDAF working groups and standards evolution
- Next-generation architecture: AI, digital twins, and autonomy
- Preparing for DoDAF certification and professional credentials
- Role of The Art of Service Certificate in federal hiring
- Adding certification to LinkedIn, resumes, and proposals
- Transitioning from architect to architecture leadership
- Leading multi-disciplinary architecture teams
- Developing an architecture centre of excellence (CoE)
- Mentoring junior architects and onboarding teams
- Setting architecture quality standards and metrics
- Defining architecture maturity models for your organisation
- Integrating architecture with digital transformation
- Positioning architecture as a strategic enabler
- Building a personal brand as a defence architecture expert
- Networking within DoD and contractor architecture communities
- Contributing to DoDAF working groups and standards evolution
- Next-generation architecture: AI, digital twins, and autonomy