This training provides an introduction to Alfabet Fastlane in order to get customers onboarded.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this course, learners will be able to:
- Know what Alfabet Fastlane is
- Understand the scope of Alfabet Fastlane
- Learn the relevant functionalities for an initial usage
Software Versions Covered
- Alfabet V10.15 or higher
Intended Audience
- New Users Interested in Alfabet
Course Pre-requisites
- Basic computer skills
Content Topics
- What is Alfabet
- Alfabet Fastlane Overview
- Getting Started with Fastlane
- Integrations with Fastlane
- Day-To-Day Work with Fastlane
Delivery Method
- Basic courses are delivered as Self-Paced Course (pre-recorded Instructor presentations, product demonstrations, and hands-on exercises, as applicable)
Self-Paced Duration
- Minimum of 70 minutes
This self-paced course provides a first elementary insight into Alfabet, as a tool, to conduct portfolio management tasks. Learners need to search for information within a read-only tutorial environment based on simple tutorial cases. The tasks are guided by conceptual explanations and small demos.
This course also allows you to earn a badge and be a Software AG Certified Alfabet Associate.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Learn what are the task associated with IT Portfolio Management
- Learn about Alfabet as a tool
Software Versions Covered
- Alfabet 10.6 or higher
Intended Audience
- Users Interested in IT Portfolio Management and/or Alfabet
Skills Pre-requisites
- Basic Computer Skills
Content Topics
- Introduction: "What is Alfabet"
- Tutorial: Review Technical Health
- Tutorial: How Integrated is the Application
- Tutorial: What Projects are Running
- Tutorial: Where to Save Money
- Tutorial: Enlarge Cloud Footprint
- Tutorial: Impact of Server Change
Delivery Method
- Basic courses are delivered as Self-Paced Course (pre-recorded Instructor presentations, product demonstrations, and hands-on exercises, as applicable)
Self-paced duration
- Minimum of 120 minutes
A general tool training course for Alfabet, Learners will get a deep understanding of the Alfabet methodology and will be able to effectively use the tool in their environment. The foundation of the course is the best practice configuration of the Alfabet Accelerator. The course consists of methodological parts (definitions, meta-models, examples) combined with hands-on lab where the methodology training data and examples are based on the fictional "AllFinance" Holding company.
The Alfabet Portfolio Management Essentials course is based on several parts: Basic, Core and Electives.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this course, learners will be able to:
- Understand the Alfabet Methodology
- How to work with Alfabet as an end-user
- Configuration using Alfabet Accelerator
Software Versions Covered
- Alfabet Version 10.7 and above
Intended Audience
- Alfabet users, including enterprise architects, domain architects, application owners, technology architects and program managers
Skills Pre-requisites
- Basic Computer and Internet Handling Skills
Content Topics
- Introduction to IT Portfolio Management
- Alfabet as a tool
- Meta Model and High Level Use Cases
- Business Architecture
- Application Architecture
- Technology Architecture
- Information Architecture
- Investment Portfolio
- Business Questions
Delivery Method
- Essentials courses are delivered as Self-Paced Course (pre-recorded Instructor presentations, product demonstrations, and hands-on exercises, as applicable)
- Please Note: Should you prefer to complete this course with a live instructor, please contact your Software AG Education Services for more details.
Self-Paced Duration
- Minimum of 16 hours
This self-paced course is designed for the learner to understand the basics on how to configure Alfabet and write reports. It also covers how to work with Alfabet Expand with the Windows interface. A prerequisite is for the learner to have and understand the Alfabet Meta Model knowledge.
The Alfabet Configuration Essentials course is based on several parts: Basic, Core and Electives.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this course, learners will be able to:
- Understand how to configure Alfabet and its standards.
- Design Landing Page and styling of the interface
- Adjust the meta-model and its User Interface representation
- Custom reports needed
Software Versions Covered
- Alfabet Version 10.7 and above
Intended Audience
- Alfabet users, including enterprise architects, domain architects, application owners, technology architects and program managers
Skills Pre-requisites
- Basic Computer and Internet Handling Skills
Content Topics
- Introduction, Configuration & Standards
- Design Landing Page & Styling
- Meta-Model to UI
- Editors & Wizards
- Object Views & Cockpits
- Class Settings, View Schemes & Profiles
- XML Objects, Stereotypes, Custom Selectors & Explorer
- Report
- AQL & SQL List Reports
- Reporting Possibilities, Filter & Parameter
- Administration
Delivery Method
- Essentials courses are delivered as Self-Paced Course (pre-recorded Instructor presentations, product demonstrations, and hands-on exercises, as applicable)
- Please Note: Should you prefer to complete this course with a live instructor, please contact your Software AG Education Services for more details.
Self-Paced Duration
- Minimum of 16 hours
Alfabet offers functionality that allows users of Expand to write both tabular reports with the Alfabet Query Language or with native SQL. These tabular reports can be used to populate visual reports (such as trees, cluster maps, matrix reports or bar charts) with data from an Alfabet database. Expand is then used to manage access rights to these reports or integrate them into existing user profiles.
| Attendees: | Alfabet users who will be writing Alfabet reports and people who plan to be working with Expand beyond a beginner level. | |
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| Duration: | 2 days | |
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| Available languages: | course book: English course delivery: Dutch, English, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish | |
| Software version: | Alfabet 10.4 |
Expand is a tool used to configure user profiles and functionality for Alfabet. The meta-model can be enhanced to reflect an Alfabet customer's unique information needs. Configured, use case-based user profiles grant individual user’s different perspectives and views on the data stored in the Alfabet database. This course enables participants to work with Expand, helping them learn how to adjust existing user profiles and create new ones.
| Attendees: | Alfabet users who will be working with Expand | |
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| Duration: | 3 days | |
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| Available languages: | course book: English course delivery: Dutch, English, French, German, Spanish | |
| Software version: | Alfabet 10.4 |