NATO Architecture Framework (NAF) - 4 Days Training Course

Introduction

• What is NAF?
• NAF compared to other frameworks.
• Overview of NAF features and architecture.

Understanding NAF

• The lifecycle of a NATO architecture.
• How NAF functions.

Getting Started

• Setting up Sparx Enterprise Architect as the development environment.
• Installing NAF as a framework.

Background

• NATO C3.
• NATO C3 Organisation Mission.
• NAF goals.
• Framework Documentation Structure.

NATO Network Enabled Capability

• What constitutes an Enterprise Architecture?
• How to describe the architecture.
• The importance of architecture.
• Architecture as a language.
• EA and decision-making.

Types of NATO Architectures

• Quiz: Identifying architectures described in sample sentences.
• Overarching Architecture (OA).
• Reference Architectures (RA).
• Target Architectures (TA).
• Baseline Architecture.

NATO Architecture Views

• NATO All View (NAV).
• NATO Capability View (NCV).
• NATO Operational View (NOV).
• NATO Service-Oriented View (NSOV).
• NATO Systems View (NSV).
• NATO Technical View (NTV).
• NATO Programme View (NPV).

Stakeholders

• Communities of Interest.
• Life-cycle management in NAF.
• Aligning stakeholder interests with the architecture via NAF.
• Identification of Stakeholders.
• Identification of Communities of Interest (CoIs).
• Examples of CoIs.
• Relationship between Stakeholders and CoIs.
• Requirements Analysis of CoIs.
• Description of CoI Interests.
• CoI’s Architecture Interests and Impacts.
• Requirements of Architecture Views.

Troubleshooting

Summary and Next Steps