Leading Enterprise Architecture Value™

Course List

Real IRM offers enterprise architecture-related courses worldwide, both as public and as customer-specific courses.

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Enterprise Architecture Frameworks Training Courses

The EA Framework courses cover the fundamentals of each industry-accepted framework. Each course includes instruction on the practical implementation of the framework in business. The mapping of one framework to another is also addressed.

Enterprise Architecture Techniques Training Courses

Architects are required to deliver architectural artefacts to their stakeholders. Real IRM’s Technique courses offer guidance as to how to do this based on a defined meta-model. These courses focus on industry-accepted techniques using an EA tool of choice.

Enterprise Architecture Tools Training Courses

Real IRM’s EA Tool courses combine both tools and techniques training. All the courses in the Technique category are offered within the context of a specific tool.

Upcoming Courses

Our delegates recommend our TOGAF 9 courses

"Very great course. Of the best I attended the past few years"
Standard Bank, 2010

"The course facilitator handled the course and course material in a manner that made the TOGAF 9 exercise look easy and interesting"
University of Johannesburg, 2010

"The concepts covered were really useful...thanks for the excellent work!"
Anonymous, 2010

"It was delightful to have a teacher with a high level of practical experience he could relate the slides to."
DevoTeam, 2010

Training News

The Open Group has released ArchiMate® 2.0, the latest version of the open and independent modeling language for Enterprise Architecture. ArchiMate® 2.0 is now more closely aligned with TOGAF® and enables the creation of fully integrated models of an organization's Enterprise Architecture, the motivation behind it, and the programs, projects and migration paths to implement it.

The TOGAF® 9 People Certification program has been designed to accommodate maintenance updates (such as TOGAF® 9.1) to the TOGAF® 9 specification. Thus, the certification remains as “TOGAF® 9 Foundation” and “TOGAF 9 Certified”, and individuals who are currently certified in the TOGAF® 9 People Certification program remain certified.

TOGAF® 9.1 was released on 1 December 2011. It contains a set of corrections to address the feedback submitted since the introduction of TOGAF® 9 in 2009. This new version has addressed over 400 of the comments received, resulting in over 450 changes to the standard.
The changes are upwards compatible adding clarification, consistency and additional detail where needed. Some of the most significant updates include:

Real IRM will be providing TOGAF® 9 training in Cape Town in August 2011. The course is open to the public and promises an interactive training experience that combines formal training with informal class discussion.

Understanding the data structures within an organisation is the key to successful data management. This understanding is reached by modelling the various data structures using the industry standard notations. Real IRM’s Data Modelling Foundation course addresses this by tackling both relational operational databases and dimensional analytical cubes. 

South Africa is ranked fifth in the world when it comes to TOGAF® 9 certification numbers. According to The Open Group, at the beginning of June there were already 7,200 individuals certified from more than 50 countries worldwide. Following on the heels of the UK, Netherlands, USA and Australia, South Africa has 5.5% of all these certified individuals.

In South Africa, the first TOGAF® course was presented by Real IRM in 2006. Since then the company has certified hundreds of individuals both locally and abroad, and continues to present public and in-house courses each month.

A certification provides assurance that individuals have the expertise and experience required to get the job done. The Open Group offers three certifications for practitioners; TOGAF® Certification, IT Architecture Certification (ITAC) and IT Specialist Certification (ITSC).

Training Articles

Real IRM, a leading enterprise architecture specialist, is launching the first ArchiMate 1.0 training course in South Africa in July.

Real IRM will offer ArchiMate training locally and internationally alongside its TOGAFTM (The Open Group Architecture Framework) training and certification. The training will be presented in the form of instructor-led, public and client-specific courses.

The key to a career as an enterprise architect is TOGAF®

Choosing a career as an enterprise architect can be the most important decision in a young person's life. It opens many doors, locally and internationally, and ensures that they are well rounded in their general approach to a wide range of business and IT issues. It challenges them to take the step up in terms of strategic thinking.

The growing demand for TOGAF® version 9 and its certification program is indicative of the accelerating global adoption of the standard.

Real IRM, a leading enterprise architecture (EA) specialist, is launching the new EA Bootcamp training course in Johannesburg, in October.

The EA Bootcamp course offers a solid foundation to individuals beginning their careers in the field of enterprise architecture. This four-day course focuses on basic EA concepts with the aim of equipping delegates with the knowledge needed to start participating in EA initiatives.