Online Training with Dunstan Thomas

BPMN 2.0 with Enterprise Architect version 15

It looks like social distancing will be with us for the foreseeable future and as such Dunstan Thomas are continuing to operate under a remote delivery model. The updates to our online training content continue and today we are pleased to announce the publication of our Business Process Modelling with BPMN 2.0 and Enterprise Architect version 15.x online training course (written by yours truly).

BPMN 2.0 with Enterprise Architect version 15 - Agenda

Introduction to Enterprise Architect

• Describes the main features of Enterprise Architect and its editions
  • Describes the concept of repositories in Enterprise Architect;
    • Working with repositories
    • Structure of repositories
• Provides an overview of version control with Enterprise Architect

Introduction to BPMN 2.0

Business Modelling

Analytical Modelling

Advanced Modelling

Each of these topics is delivered as a lesson activity within Dunstan Thomas' learning site. These lessons are made up of reading materials, step by step exercises guiding you through the publication processes and supplementary video content to support those exercises.

Given the current climate, if you would like to know more about our off-the-shelf online training or to organise an instructor led remote learning webinar, please do not hesitate to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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Online Training with Dunstan Thomas

Reporting with EA 15

In this new world of Social Distancing, remote working and remote delivery have become essential as we all adapt to being at home and away from the traditional meeting room environment. It is with this in mind that we are pleased to announce that this morning we have published an update to one of our popular online training courses, Reporting with Enterprise Architect.

The new version of this online self-study training session is made especially to work with Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect version 15.x and covers the following topics:

Reporting with Enterprise Architect v.15 - Agenda

• Introduction to Enterprise Architect
  • The main features of Enterprise Architect and its editions
  • The concept of repositories in Enterprise Architect;
    • Working with repositories
    • Structure of repositories
  • Provide an overview of version control with Enterprise Architect
    
    
• Publishing to HTML
  • Generating an HTML Report
  • Using your own logo
  • Customisation using Web Style Templates:
    • Creating a Web Style Template
      
      
• Publishing to a DOCX / PDF Document
  • Publishing to a DocX / PDF Document
  • Templates and the Template Editor
  • Completing the Template
  • Adding a Table to a Template
  • Generating the Document
    
    
• Cover Pages, Templates and Style Sheets
  • Cover Pages
  • Table of Contents
  • Style Sheets
  • Creating and applying a Style Sheet
    
    
• Combining Templates
  • Combining Templates
  • Creating a Model / Master Document
  • Template Fragments

Each of these topics is delivered as a lesson activity within Dunstan Thomas' learning site. These lessons are made up of reading materials, step by step exercises guiding you through the publication processes and supplementary video content to support those exercises.

Given the current climate, if you would like to know more about our off-the-sheld online training or to organise an instructor led remote learning webinar, please do not hesitate to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Sparx Enterprise Architect is a powerful modeling tool for many types of modelers. For every modeling community Enterprise Architect offers numerous modeling languages like UML, ArchiMate, SysML and BPMN It has numerous  features and functionalities that aid modelers in their day to day modeling tasks. However for modellers new to Enterprise Architect the tool can be confusing because of the vast amount of functionalities and modeling concepts. To overcome the steep learning curve a new online training is available on Udemy, see https://www.udemy.com/course/introduction-to-sparx-enterprise-architect/

Udemy is an online learning environment where you can register for this online training course. This Enterprise Architect has almost 3 hours of training videos in a logical order for novice Enterprise Architect modelers. The course has five sections describing the most relevant features for modelers new in Enterprise Architect. The basics of the repository, the browser, diagrams and elements are described in video lectures. In the last sections we give an overview on publishing and reporting and using Enterprise Architect in modeling teams. Every section has a shore self test with multiple choice questions.

When registering for this online training on Udemy you get a lifetime access to the training videos and material. The material includes a sample repository used in the training as an eapx file. When you are interested please feel free to watch the introduction video on the webpage accessable via the URL above.

Sparx Systems is pleased to announce a new Sparx Systems University Week scheduled June 3^rd-7^th.

During Sparx Systems University week, a range of both free and paid training sessions are hosted at training locations around the world and online.  All sessions are supported by Sparx Service providers and qualified trainers in a number of different languages.

This week-long event is a unique opportunity to gain knowledge and improve skills around Enterprise Architect. June's course line-up covers a broad range of topics, and has been developed with both introductory and advanced users in mind.

There are a great number of opportunities to meet Sparx Services in Europe:

A lot of customers at our seminars and workshops on BPMN, enterprise architecture, business analysis and requirements gathering, have 1 thing in common: their company uses the Enterprise Architect® version 12 , 13 or 14 tool from SparxSystems®. They use it mainly for implementing and testing software, and only occasionally for analysing and modelling business processes and requirements.

Enterprise Architect from SparxSystems offers you a complete environment that supports you in every phase of a project, from requirements gathering to the implementation and testing of software. Hence, Enterprise Architect offers something for every role in a project and the interaction between them, but also allows the streamlining, consistency and communication of deliverables, which can be improved in many companies.

During this workshop, we want to focus on the lesser known applications of Enterprise Architect, such as enterprise architecture modelling (with ArchiMate), requirements analysis and documentation, as well as business analysis, process modelling, simulation of business processes, software project management, data modelling, etc. The use of this tool for software implementation is very well known, so this will get less attention.

Your course leader and moderator is Christian Gijsels of GIJSELSDOTCOM. He has a lot of experience in business analysis, requirements management and modelling business processes with Enterprise Architect, and he uses this and other tools almost every day. Hence, you get a very practical and pragmatic view during this intensive, interactive and inspiring workshop, which is also available in-company.

Education in Belgium : 25 / 10 / 2018 - More info: https://www.itworks.be/

Education in The Netherlands: 28 / 11 / 2018 - More info: https://adeptevents.nl/event/cursus-enterprise-architect

Sparx Services North America launches new offerings to support the BIZBOK® Guide for Business Architecture

Sparx Services North America is pleased to announce a new set of training, consulting and technology offerings aligned to the BIZBOK Guide to support the Business Architecture discipline.  Business Architecture is an essential part of companies’ digital transformation and operational excellence strategies - weaving together people, processes, information and technology in support of strategic vision and operational objectives. A Guide to the Business Architecture Body of Knowledge® (BIZBOK Guide) from the Business Architecture Guild® represents the generally accepted standards of practice for the Business Architecture discipline.

BIZBOK Training Offerings

Whether you are a new or aspiring Business Architect seeking to learn the fundamentals of the role; a seasoned Enterprise, Business, Information or Systems Architect looking to add the BIZBOK methodology to your toolbox; or a company that uses Sparx Enterprise Architect today and are looking to bring best-practices into your architecture function – the BIZBOK training offerings from Sparx Services North America, a Guild Accredited Training Provider®, can help provide the skills you need to succeed.

BIZBOK Foundation: A 3-day course covering the core framework content of the BIZBOK to help students prepare for the Certified Business Architect® exam from the Business Architecture Guild.

Sparx Enterprise Architect BIZBOK: A 2-day course to help students understand how to use Sparx Enterprise Architect (the industry leading EA tool) to support Business Architecture activities as outlined in the BIZBOK.

BIZBOK Essentials: A 5-day course that combines the framework and essential concepts from the BIZBOK Foundation course with the practical application and tooling guidance from the implementation course into an intensive overview to give students the knowledge and skills to apply the BIZBOK in their daily work. 

Business Architecture Alignment and Integration: A 2-day course focused on leveraging the BIZBOK concepts to integrate Business Architecture with existing EA, Business Analysis and Solution Delivery functions.

BIZBOK Consulting Offerings

As active contributors to the Business Architecture Guild, the architects from Sparx Services North America understand how to apply the BIZBOK framework and methods within the context of a company’s EA/BA practice along with best-practices for configuring and using Sparx Enterprise Architect to support the BIZBOK methods.

Coming Soon! BIZBOK Extension for Sparx Enterprise Architect

Sparx Services North America will soon be releasing a new BIZBOK Extension (MDG Technology) for the Sparx Enterprise Architect platform - providing pre-configured objects, data models and templates to enable Business Architects to quickly perform techniques direct from the BIZBOK using the industry leading EA tool, Sparx Enterprise Architect.

To learn more about the BIZBOK offerings from Sparx Services North America, visit www.sparxsystems.us/bizbok or contact one of our BIZBOK experts at  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Business Architecture Guild, BIZBOK, A Guide to the Business Architecture Body of Knowledge, Certified Business Architect, CBA, Guild Accredited Training Program, and GATP are trademarks or registered trademarks of the Business Architecture Guild. Sparx Systems, Enterprise Architect, MDG Integration, and MDG Technology are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sparx Systems Pty Ltd

I ran a number of times a 3 day training course for a client in the automotive industry on SysML with Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect tool to model complex systems. This training course in french involved two instructors: Pascal Roques, a SysML and Systems Engineering expert in France, and myself on modelling and Sparx Enterprise Architect.

This training course combines the theory with the SysML modelling language brought by Pascal expertise alongside Enteprise Architect as a SysML modelling tool, brought by Viseo. Enterprise Architect tool is covered throughout the 3 days course to understand its environment, its SysML integration and features, and putting it all in practice via exercises.

Following several successful "intra company" training sessions, Pascal and myself have decided to run "inter-company" training sessions throughout France, starting 2017. The first SysML + Enterprise Architect training session will take place in Grenoble in April (4 to 6th April).

Full details in French are available from this link. Contact me on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for any further information.

Hippo Software has extended Enterprise Architect and BPMN training materials to add Conversation and Choreography diagrams to existing Business Process and Collaboration diagrams providing complete coverage of the BPMN 2.0 standard.

More information is available at http://www.hippo-software.co.uk/pages/BPMN.htm