Dragon1 EA Bridge Training & Certification

€2875 (pp, excl tax)

Follow this Dragon1 training course, containing all the required learning materials, for level 3 EA certification.

This training course is provided by the Dragon1 Academy and teaches you, as an experienced architect, the basics of the Dragon1 open EA method. This training course, by default, has an enterprise architecture scope but is provided at request as Business Architecture training.

There are no prerequisites for this training course, although you must pass the exam to achieve the Dragon1 Enterprise Architecture Certification. This training course differs from the Masterclass, as this enterprise architect training is for experienced enterprise architects who would like more practice and less theory.

This training course is about the Dragon1 open EA method and has no dependency on a software tool. Although optional, the Dragon1 platform can be used during the training course.

This enterprise architect training has been fully accredited by the Dragon1 Architecture Foundation.

Learn to Visualize Enterprise Architecture at Strategic and Project Level

Certified Enterprise Architects typically create these kinds of A0-sized or interactive visualizations for stakeholders, using the Dragon1 Architecture Canvas.

Why Should You Take This Course?

Become a Certified Enterprise Architect, Business Architect, or Security Architect, level 3 by taking a fully accredited class-based or online Dragon1 Bridge Training!

Certification Scheme

Become a certified enterprise architect, level 3, via the EA Bridge Training (5 days). It is a combination of three training courses, especially for experienced architects.

Other training courses to become a certified enterprise architect are three separate training courses:

Dragon1 Foundation, 2 days → Level 1
Dragon1 Practitioner, 2 days → Level 2
Dragon1 Professional, 2 days → Level 3

This EA Bridge Training focuses on six things:

Introducing the Dragon1 vision of Visual Enterprise Architecture
How to formulate and visualize Enterprise Architecture Principles
How to create effective Enterprise Architecture Visualizations
How to implement Working with Enterprise Architecture
How to do Project Management in a visual way
Aligning Enterprise Architecture to your Companies' Priorities

This class-based or interactive eLearning training course is a complete package for those wishing to become Dragon1 Certified - level 3.

Browse the course syllabus below for a full module-by-module breakdown of what's included.

With this course, you'll receive 12 months' access and an exam voucher to use within 12 months of course access. Just contact us when you are ready to sit for the exams!

Schedule Dates

Januari 22, 2025, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Class size is 4 to 8 participants.

eLearning is individual and starts at any time, anywhere in your web browser.

Full Details of our Bridge Training (level 3 ea certification):

All the modules in the Bridge training are optional. If you can provide evidence that you have experience in certain modules, they can be skipped.

Read the contents of this training course:

Module 1 - Introduction Visual Enterprise Architecture

Vision of Enterprise Architecture as Total Concept
Vision on Program and Project Management

Module 2 - Core Concepts

Core Glossary of Terms
Enterprise Architecture Meta Model

Module 3 - Architecture Visualization

Viewpoints, Views and Visualization
Types of Visualization

Module 4 - Architecture Principles

Discovering, Formulating, Visualizing and Applying Principles and Standards
Types of Principles

Module 5 - Transformation

Architecture in Projects
Portfolio Management
Solution Architectures

Module 6 - Design Basics

Concept Design
Critical Thinking & Design Thinking
Ideation
Solution Design

Module 7 - Business Modeling

Dragon1 Modeling Language
Modeling Business Models
Modeling Business Functions and Business Processes
Modeling Business Capabilities

Module 8 - Information Systems Modeling

Dragon1 Modeling Language
Modeling Information Systems
Modeling Applications
Modeling Data
Modeling Services

Module 9 - Strategy and Business Cases

Strategy Development
Innovation Management
Policy Management
Business Cases
Quality Management and Quality Model
Requirements Management and Engineering

Module 10 - Architecture Processes

Governance and Management Process
Maintenance Process
Building Process
The Architecture Code
Communication Process (Presenting & Convincing)
Collaboration: Stakeholder Involvement

Alignment with other Frameworks and Languages

If an organization already has a method, framework, reference architecture, and modeling language chosen as an internal corporate standard for working with enterprise architecture, we will fit the Dragon1 contents into the internal corporate standard.

Customized Private Group Training

The Dragon1 Academy offers customized private training solutions to incorporate maximum value for their training funds. We have been helping our clients achieve their private group training objectives since 2005.

At the academy, we offer all the classroom or online courses in a private format - at your facility or ours or online, in any time zone and anywhere in the world.