Oracle Certified Master (OCM) Java EE 6 Enterprise Architect

Note: This course used to be called Sun Certified Enterprise Architect (SCEA).

Firebrand Training's 6 day Oracle Certified Master (OCM) Java EE 6 Enterprise Architect provides students with knowledge needed to develop robust architectures for enterprise Java applications using the Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) technology. The Enterprise Java applications developed using the architecture as a guideline can accommodate rapid change and growth.

By taking this course, participants gain an understanding of the technical context of the Java EE and relevant technologies, and strategies needed to create application blueprints that work well when implementing Java EE technologies. These strategies include effective decision making through the use of systemic qualities (such as scalability and flexibility), Java EE technology blueprints and design patterns.

Upon completion of this course, students should be able to

1. Make good use of Java EE component technologies to solve typical problems in system architecture
2. Derive software systems using techniques outlined in the Java EE Blueprint and solutions defined in the Java EE Patterns catalogue
3. Address quality-of-service requirements in a cost-effective manner using engineering trade-off techniques
4. Describe the role of the architect and the products an architect delivers
5. List and describe typical problems associated with large-scale enterprise systems

Days 1- 4

Module 1 - Introducing Fundamental Architectural Concepts

• Understand the challenges of enterprise applications
• Define software architecture
• Understand the need for software architecture
• Understand an architect6's roles, responsibilities, and deliverables
• Understand architecture modeling using the Unified Modeling Language (UML)
• Understand the differences and similarities between architecture and design
• Describe the SunTone (SM) Architecture Methodology

Module 2 - Understanding Systemic Qualities

• Describe the systemic qualities of an enterprise application
• Describe common practices for improving systemic qualities
• Prioritize quality-of-service (QoS) requirements
• Inspect for trade-off opportunities

Module 3 - Examining System Architecture Development Heuristics and Guidelines

• Identify key risk factors in distributed enterprise systems
• Design a flexible object model
• Understand the guidelines of creating a network model
• Justify the use of transactions
• Plan system capacity

Module 4 - Developing an Architecture for the Client Tier

• Describe the roles involved in client-tier development
• Understand Information Architecture client-tier concerns
• Understand how to select a user interface device that will fit your application requirements
• Describe how reuse can apply to the client tier
• Understand strategies for deploying Java desktop-based applications
• Be familiar with the security concerns of the client tier

Module 5 - Developing an Architecture for the Web Tier

• Describe the roles involved with the development of the web tier
• Understand the Separation of Concerns
• Describe the strategies for implementing the presentation concerns of the web tier
• Describe the strategies for implementing the data concerns of the web tier
• Describe the strategies for managing the presentation, data, and logic-related concerns of the web tier
• Understand the advantages and disadvantages of request- and component-oriented web-tier frameworks
• Describe strategies for implementing authentication and authorization in the web tier
• Address the concerns of scaling web applications

Module 6 - Developing an Architecture for the Business Tier

• Understand the value in using enterprise application container services
• Describe the architectural options for implementing domain model services
• Describe the architectural options for implementing domain model entities
• Distribute domain model components
• Understand the best practices for exception handling and logging

Module 7 - Developing an Architecture for the Integration and Resource Tiers

• Describe the challenges in Enterprise Information System (EIS) integration
• Describe the roles of the integration tier
• Describe the EIS resource tier
• Review Java integration technologies and best practices
• Apply integration-tier patterns
• Understand how Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) facilitates system integration
• Describe SOA best practices

Module 8 - Developing a Security Architecture

• Analyze the impact of security in distributed computing
• Understand the secruity services in Java EE technology
• Understand security requirements for web services

Module 9 - Evaluating the Software Architecture

• Describe architecture evaluation guidelines
• Evaluate Java EE technologies and their applicability
• Create system prototypes
• Understand application server selection criteria

Day 4

Java EE 6 Enterprise Architect Certified Master Exam (1Z0-807)

Days 5-6

Assignment

The assignment requires that you architect a solution for a small but plausible business system. To keep the amount of work involved to a reasonable level, the programs you create will be much more restricted in capability, and much cruder in overall presentation, than anything you would actually create for a paying customer. However, the essence of the problem will be the same. You will be graded on correctly solving the technical and performance requirements, not on the "polish" of the finished product.

To succeed fully in this course, students should be able to:

• Describe, in outline form, all Java EE technologies, including Enterprise JavaBeans, servlets, JavaServer Pages, and JavaServer Faces.
• Describe distributed computing and communication concepts
• Perform analysis and design of object-oriented software systems
• Use UML notation for modeling object-oriented systems

As part of this accelerated course, you will prepare for this exam, covered by our Certification Guarantee:

Java EE 6 Enterprise Architect Certified Master Exam (Step 1 of 3) (1Z0-807)

In addition, during the course you will prepare for the following assignment:

Java Enterprise Architect Certified Master Assignment (Step 2 of 3) (1Z0-865)

This is completed outside of the course, and you will need to arrange and pay for this assignment directly with Oracle. On completion of the assignment, you will also be able to complete the following essay:

Java Enterprise Architect Certified Master Essay Exam (Step 3 of 3) (1Z0-866)

This is also completed outside of the course.

Please note that it is not possible to sit Oracle exams onsite. As part of this course, delegates receive an exam voucher to take exams remotely.