Trainings

Introduction to BIAN

Learn more about BIAN´s primary purpose and approach. Positioning BIAN in the standards landscape. How BIAN evolves: a member-driven architecture. The BIAN Framework is a toolbox.

BIAN: principles and approach

BIAN’s Architecture is based on agile principles. Changing architecture thinking: building blocks versus process-based architecture.

Explaining the BIAN Architecture

The BIAN Metamodel. The BIAN Service Landscape. BIAN Service Domains and their patterns. Control Record and Information Profile and their patterns. BIAN Business Object Model and its approach and patterns. BIAN Service Operations and Semantic API and their patterns. BIAN Business Scenarios and Wireframes. BIAN Business Capability

How to apply the BIAN Standard, general abilities

BIAN as Common Frame of Reference: ambition levels, Tailoring and Gradual introduction.

How to apply the BIAN Standard, applied to layers and transversal views

A holistic overview on the enterprise. Business and Application layer, Information and data, Interoperability.

Advanced Understanding of BIAN Reference Architecture

Develop a strong understanding of the design principles and key architectural elements of the BIAN Reference Architecture and how they are applied in practice.

Reducing Integration Complexity and Cost

Learn how BIAN enables reduced integration costs through standardized service boundaries and consistent interaction patterns.

Enabling Interoperability Across Ecosystems

Understand how BIAN supports interoperability across different platforms, vendors, and ecosystems through its standardized approach.

Improving Enterprise Manageability

Explore how BIAN promotes modularity, clear ownership of services, and controlled evolution of capabilities to improve overall enterprise manageability.

Positioning BIAN Within the Broader Standards Landscape

Gain an understanding of how BIAN relates to other industry standards and frameworks, and how to effectively position it within enterprise architecture and the wider industry context.

Understanding BIAN Fundamentals

Learn what BIAN (Banking Industry Architecture Network) is, including its purpose, key goals, and core design principles

Exploring BIAN Architecture Elements

Develop the ability to identify and understand the key elements of the BIAN architecture and how they contribute to creating and using BIAN’s data-related deliverables.

Interpreting BIAN Data Deliverables

Learn how to read and interpret BIAN data artefacts such as the Control Record and Business Object Model (BOM) using ArchiMate and UML. This includes understanding the meaning of modeling elements and notations used within these languages in a BIAN context.

Applying Business Object Modeling

Understand the Business Object Modeling approach, including its steps, structure, and common patterns, and develop the ability to apply this approach in practice.

Understanding BIAN Documentation Techniques

Learn how BIAN documents its data-related deliverables, with a focus on ensuring they are easy to use, maintain, and manage.

Using BIAN for Data Governance and Architecture

Understand how BIAN’s data deliverables, modeling approach, and documentation methods support information governance, as well as data architecture and system design.

BIAN Overview

A high level run through and overview of the range of available training topics. This module is suited to business and management oriented employees and also provides a useful framework and context for the more detailed training modules designed for architects and developers.

Explaining the BIAN Model

BIAN was formed to tackle and solve the excessive complexity and inefficiencies arising from overlapping process based systems. Through comparison with “City Planning and Building Architecture” we will teach participants to specify and apply a canonical model (i.e. one that can be consistently interpreted by all banks and solution providers).

The BIAN Service Landscape

A walk through all of the elements that make up the BIAN Service Landscape version release: the Service Landscape; Business Scenarios; service operations; Tooling updates (where appropriate) and How To Guides. This module includes an overview of the internal practices of the Working Groups so members can determine where they might wish to participate in shaping the BIAN framework.

What is a Service Domain 

Defining the design techniques used to isolate and define a BIAN Service Domain, how it is ‘right-sized’, the definitions of ‘functional patterns’, ‘generic artifacts’, ‘control records, and ‘action terms’ with extended definitions where appropriate.

Migration Techniques 

In this module we teach participants how they can migrate away from their current state (point solutions) to the desired state, Service / API driven connectivity. Describing how BIAN’s extended definitions are used to provide a design foundation for point solutions. Including a standard project engagement model with business case definition, task planning and example BIAN related deliverables.

Applying Semantic API Designs

A more detailed explanation of considerations when applying the BIAN Semantic API specifications in different technical situations. This session will cover external (open) APIs, Internal “A2A’ connectivity, the use of Enterprise Service Business and Cloud technology and legacy host wrapping considerations. Examples will be referenced where available.

Model Bank & heat mapping 

Describes how to develop an Enterprise Blueprint (Model Bank) and how to select and apply business- or technology viewpoints to the model (Heat Mapping). Example model banks will be presented to jump start development.