Duration
40 hours (client-defined schedule)
Level
Foundation
Delivery
Online (format not stated)
Sessions and enrolment
Check the provider's website for upcoming sessions and enrolment information.
Price
Price not published. Check with the provider.
Course presenters may include
Kenneth L. Preston, DBA
Certification / credential
Caltech CTME certificate of completion.
International delivery
Global delivery available

About this course

A 40-hour certificate program for engineering organisations, delivered in a format and location defined by the client. It introduces systems architecting through lectures, case studies and team exercises: the role of the systems architect, heuristics and methods, architectures used in government and industry, documenting architectures with DODAF, SysML modelling, architectural effectiveness, and considerations such as complexity, affordability, COTS and a Modular Open Systems Approach.

Course presenters may include

Modeling language, method and software

Modeling language
SysML (version not confirmed; ask the provider)
Frameworks
Unified Architecture Framework (UAF); TOGAF; DoDAF

Also covers the Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA). Software is not stated.

As stated on the provider's course page, checked 9 October 2026. Confirm the language version and software edition with the provider before booking.

Who should attend

  • Systems architects, component and subsystem engineers, software and hardware engineers, systems and acquisition engineers
  • Project managers, business analysts and technical support personnel

Learning outcomes

  • Recognise the fundamentals of systems architecting and the role of the architect.
  • Apply heuristics, processes, methods, languages and architecture tools.
  • Apply DODAF to documenting system architectures.
  • Use SysML to construct visual models of the system design.
  • Evaluate architectural effectiveness, including complexity, affordability, COTS and MOSA.

Course outline

  1. 01

    Terminology

  2. 02

    Systems engineering methodologies

  3. 03

    Architectural methods and frameworks

  4. 04

    DoD Architecture Framework (DoDAF)

  5. 05

    Systems and software architecting

  6. 06

    Architectural effectiveness considerations

Certificate of completion

Caltech CTME certificate of completion.

Training areas