Coverage includes
* Evolving the enterprise architecture towards an SOA while continuing to deliver business value on a project-by-project basis
* Understanding the fundamentals of SOA and distributed systems, the dominant architectural issues, and the design patterns for addressing them
* Understanding the distinct roles of project and enterprise architects and how they must collaborate to create an SOA
* Understanding the need for a comprehensive total architecture approach that encompasses business processes, people, systems, data, and infrastructure
* Understanding the strategies and tradeoffs for implementing robust, secure, high-performance, and high-availability solutions
* Understanding how to incorporate business process management (BPM) and business process monitoring into the enterprise architecture
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