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Global Education Services Catalogwww.softwareag.com/education

GLOBAL EDUCATION SERVICESCourse Catalog

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Global Education Services Catalog www.softwareag.com/education

CONTENTGlobal Education Services Introduction 4 Training Needs Analysis - identify skills and training requirements 4 Training – gain knowledge and expertise 4 Mentoring – establish self-sufficiency on the job 5 Certification - measure learning success 5 ARIS courses 9 Process Costing with ARIS Business Optimizer (ABO) 9 Defining and Managing Enterprise Strategies with ARIS Balanced Scorecard (ABSC) 10 Supporting Projects with ARIS Six Sigma 10 Defining and Implementing Corporate Strategies with ARIS Business Strategy 11 Business Process Modeling with ARIS (ABD) 12 Business Process Modeling with ARIS (BPMNTM-based) 13 Advanced Business Process Modeling with ARIS (ABA1) 14 Customization and Management of the ARIS Modeling Environment (ABA2) 15 Flexible Automation of BPM Processes with ARIS Process Governance 16 Dynamic Simulation with ARIS Business Simulator (ABS) 17 ARIS Business Publisher Administration and Configuration (ABP) 18 ARIS Report Script Customizing (RSC) 18 ARIS Server Installation (ASI) 19 Enterprise Architecture Management with ARIS (ITA) 20 Object-Oriented Modeling with ARIS UML Designer 21 Process-oriented Testing with ARIS Test Designer 22 Implementing and Optimizing Process-Driven SAP® Solutions with ARIS 23 Administration of Process-Driven SAP Solutions with ARIS 24 Analyzing Processes with ARIS PPM (APPM1) 25 Advanced Process Analysis with ARIS PPM (APPM2) 26 Advanced Reporting with ARIS PPM (APPM3) 27 Dashboard Design based on ARIS MashZone (AMZ) 28 Compliance Management with ARIS Risk & Compliance Manager 29 webMethods courses 33 The BPE Roundtrip Experience 33 eLearning—The webMethods Fundamentals 34 webMethods 8.2 Integration Workshop 35 webMethods 8.2 Advanced Integration Workshop 36 webMethods 8.2 ESB Administration Workshop 37 webMethods 8.2 BPM for Developers 38 webMethods 8.2 CAF UI and Portlet Development 39 webMethods 8.2 Trading Networks Workshop 40 webMethods 8.2 Technical Architecture Workshop 41 webMethods 8.2 Business Rules 42 webMethods 8.2 Optimize for Infrastructure 43 webMethods 8.2 Optimize for Process 43 webMethods 8.2 Business Events 44 webMethods 8.2 UI Development with Mobile Designer 45 webMethods Knowledge Update 7.x to 8.2 - ESB 46 webMethods Knowledge Update 7.x to 8.2 - BPM 46

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webMethods - Certifications 47 webMethods 8 Certified ESB Developer 47 webMethods 8.x Certified CAF Developer 48 webMethods 8.2 Certified BPM Developer 49 Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) courses 53 SOA with Purpose 53 SOA Governance with CentraSite ActiveSOA 8.2 53 SOA Run-time Governance with webMethods Mediator 8.2 54 webMethods Insight 8.2 55 SOA - Certification 56 webMethods 8.x CentraSite SOA Governance Professional 56 webMethods OneData courses 59 webMethods OneData for End Users 59 webMethods OneData for Developers 60 webMethods OneData API and Configuration 61 webMethods OneData MDR 62 EntireX and ApplinX courses 65 Application Modernization with webMethods EntireX 65 webMethods EntireX Administration 66 Web-Enabling with webMethods ApplinX 66 SOA-Enabling with webMethods ApplinX 67 Natural courses 71 Building Applications with Natural (I) 71 Building Applications with Natural (II) 71 Building Applications with NaturalONE 72 Building Applications with Natural - Rich Internet Applications with Natural for AJAX 73 Reengineering and Refactoring with Natural Engineer 73 Building Unicode Applications with Adabas and Natural 74 Using Predict for Application Development 74 Predict Application Control - Usage and Administration 75 Predict Administration 75 Natural Organization and Administration 76 Natural (UNIX®, Windows®) Organization and Administration 76 Natural Security 77 Natural - Certification 78 Natural Certified Application Developer 78 Adabas courses 81 Adabas Fundamentals 81 Adabas, Natural, Predict System Administration 81 Adabas System Administration 82 Adabas V8 (Mainframe) Upgrade Class 82 Adabas (UNIX, Windows) System Administration 83 Adabas (UNIX, Windows) Version 5 and 6 Upgrade Class 83 Adabas - Certifications 84 Adabas 8.x Certified Database Administrator for Mainframe 84 Adabas 6.x Certified Database Administrator for Open Systems 85 CONTACTS 89 Useful Links 90

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Make each and every project a success with expert training from Software AG. Choose from a wide range of education and certi-fication options to increase your skills and knowledge across the entire project life cycle. Train in a public classroom, at your site or online. We can even custom a training plan to meet your specific needs and goals, and to accelerate your project success. Take a closer look at the services we can offer your organization. Methodology Training Needs Analysis - identify skills and training requirements

This service is designed to support you identifying the current skill set and training requirements of your teams and includes the following: Determine business requirements•Understand business strategies•Identify the key projects, timeframes, and resources•Determine learning and appropriate certification requirements•Identify the learning objectives and categorize objectives into key roles•Determine timelines for meeting both the project and learning objectives

Assess current knowledge levels•Identify the current knowledge levels of the teams

Perform gap analysis•Compare current skills to the required knowledge level for project and overall strategy and build an appropriate training plan

Report training recommendationsAt the conclusion of the assessment, Software AG will present a proposed training plan to successfully meet the outlined objectives. The report includes recommendations on: •Suggested role-based and optimized learning paths•Appropriate training delivery methods•Required certifications

Training – gain knowledge and expertise Software AG training courses cover the core ARIS, webMethods, Natural and Adabas technologies including best practices as well as product agnostic skills related to the Software AG portfolio. Our certified instructors are subject-matter experts having both practical and teaching experience. Software AG courses are designed to emphasize best practices and project-specific expertise. Individuals and orga-nizations can easily identify relevant courses and plan learning paths through role and activity-based curriculum tracks.

Global Education Services offers a broad variety of delivery options including: •Standard public training•Standard or customized private classroom training•Public or private remote training courses (virtual classroom) •Various eLearning options•Mentoring workshops•Education consulting services

You can combine any of these options to meet your individual needs and to make training as convenient as possible.

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Mentoring – establish self-sufficiency on the job Software AG provides hands-on training for organizations that want to bridge classroom learning with on-the-job execution. Following a formal training course, the instructor joins and guides the project team during the first days of project implementa-tion. In a case study environment, students will learn to use the different Software AG software components together, as these software components are used in isoloation on the formal standard courses, and students will gain realistic project experience.

Mentoring is ideal for customers maximizing their development success with Software AG products and technologies.

Certification - measure learning success As part of our continued commitment to building competency on Software AG technology, Software AG Global Education Services offers a number of certification paths focused on Software AG technology. The Software AG Certification Program objectively measures and validates a project member’s knowledge and expertise gained on Software AG technologies and provides the fol-lowing benefits:

For Project Team Members

•Increases long-term career and professional opportunities•Establishes credibility and differentiation amongst peers, by measuring the knowledge and proficiency gained•Provides industry recognition and endorsement as a Software AG Certified Professional•Provides the individual with a Software AG-branded certificate to identify Software AG Certified Professionals

For Enterprises•Provides a management and auditing tool that objectively benchmarks, measures and validates role-based competency on Software AG technology•Enables employee retention by facilitating long-term career planning and professional development paths•Provides a baseline for hiring criteria•Increases project team members’ productivity

For further details please visit http://www.softwareag.com/corporate/service/training/certification/default.asp

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Additional up-to-date public course offerings can be found at our corporate website. Please visit http://www.softwareag.com/schedule

Process Costing with ARIS Business Optimizer (ABO)

Description: To optimize processes, businesses need meaningful data that provide insights into different aspects of a workflow. This data normally consists of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), which are derived from the operational process. By combining process structures with KPIs, it is possible to reach precise conclusions about issues, such as, process costs and personnel requirements planning. ARIS Business Optimizer is a Web-based tool for process optimization using KPIs. It delivers process transparency by modeling operational structure and process organization, while also providing insights based on KPIs for IT and cost management activities. ARIS Business Optimizer helps users to define best-practice procedures and make informed decisions. Based on the process-costing scenario, this course provides an introduction to the opportunities delivered by ARIS Strategy Platform. The course introduces the benefits of process costing and introduces possible KPIs and calculation methods which are supported by the new standard rule set. The relationship between ARIS Design Platform and ARIS Business Optimizer is explained, focusing on business process architecture and recommended ARIS methodology conventions. The handling of ARIS Business Optimizer is introduced using practical examples. The strength of the presentation of the results is taught using new tables and reports. The way to configure your own rule set with the new KPI editor is presented.

Target groups: Business users

Topics: At the end of this course, you will be able to:•Use ARIS Business Optimizer to analyze your business pro-cesses based on KPIs

Prerequisites:The following courses are required as prerequisite: •Business Process Modeling with ARIS (ABD)

Duration:2 days

Content:•Overview of ARIS Business Optimizer scenarios, objectives and benefits •Introduction to the concept of ARIS Business Optimizer •Process Costing - Basics, KPIs, calculation methods

You will learn how to master the business optimization process by:•Describing enterprise architectures and structuring business processes using the ARIS methodology •Preparing the ARIS Business Optimizer database •Evaluating processes using various KPIs •Interpreting evaluation results using tables, charts, and reports •Improving business processes and performing what-if analyses and as-is/to-be comparisons

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Defining and Managing Enterprise Strategies with ARIS Balanced Scorecard (ABSC)

Description: Learn how to conduct strategic corporate planning using Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). In order to survive in an increasingly dynamic market, enterprises must link business processes to their evolving corporate strategies. Balanced Score Card (BSC) systems use trusted KPIs to support the management activity built around these strategies. ARIS BSC contains all the tools needed for the design, implementation, management, and realignment of a strategy project. This software product enables definition of both strategic corporate objectives and cause-and-effect relationships across multiple perspectives. As well as identifying strategic processes, ARIS BSC provides reporting on all necessary performance indicators and activities. All balanced scorecard elements can be analyzed using other ARIS tools. The course will help you to apply the visibility of the ARIS repository to the strategic view of an enterprise. The top-down approach—from strategy to processes—will enable you to support management decision-making based on the content and relationships generated in ARIS. You will learn all necessary modeling requirements for setting up a BSC system in your company using ARIS Balanced Scorecard.

Target groups: System administrators


Duration:1 day

Content:•Concept of the BSC as a management instrument •Designing a BSC system in ARIS •Reporting and analyzing a BSC system •Publishing the BSC system in your intranet •Additional methods in the strategic environment

Supporting Projects with ARIS Six Sigma

Description: Software AG has consistently demonstrated business experience and comprehensive knowledge in the field of Business Process Management (BPM), and continues to leverage its Business Process Excellence heritage. Software AG is one of the early leaders in BPM and continues to grow its capabilities in this field within its products and services. To this end, the ARIS tool has been upgraded to increase its support of Six Sigma and integration with Six Sigma tools. Six Sigma is a set of practices originally developed by Motorola to systematically improve processes by eliminating defects. It is a data driven, systematic approach that has gained much popularity over the past 20 years. ARIS Six Sigma training has been designed to not just introduce the Six Sigma practitioner into ARIS Six Sigma methods and functionality but also to put the use of ARIS into context to the Six Sigma DMAIC lifecycle (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve and Control).

Target groups: Business architects, system administrators

Prerequisites: •Completion of the Business Process Modeling with ARIS train-ing course or equivalent knowledge•It is recommended to have completed the Advanced Business Process Modeling with ARIS course •The attendee should have a basic knowledge of Six Sigma and will get more benefit from the course if they have Six Sigma training and practical experience

The following courses are required as prerequisite: •Business Process Modeling with ARIS (ABD)•Advanced Business Process Modeling with ARIS (ABA)

Duration:1 day

Content: •Introduction to basic concepts •Recording and modeling •Analysis and reporting •Demonstrations and case studies •Summary and outlook


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Defining and Implementing Corporate Strategies with ARIS Business Strategy

Description: In order to survive in an increasingly dynamic market, enterprises must link business processes to their evolving corporate strategies. Design, implementation and controlling of a business strategy are challenging tasks for every organization. You need efficient management processes to apply your company’s strategies and strategic objectives in your daily business. ARIS Business Strategy is a component of ARIS Platform and supports you by handling those tasks. It provides decision support tools, such as Balanced Scorecards, SWOT analysis and strategy allocation plans. To make strategy design and implementation successful, you need to keep your top-level management informed on a regular basis. ARIS Business Strategy integrates ARIS MashZone so managers can visualize corporate strategy effectiveness and relevant metrics using dashboards. You can control and analyze your strategic goals and KPIs designed with ARIS Business Strategy immediately by using ARIS MashZone. This course will help you to apply the visibility of the ARIS repository to the strategic view of a company. The top-down approach, from strategy to processes, will enable you to support management decision-making based on the content and relationships generated in ARIS. You will learn all necessary modelling requirements for setting up a business strategy system in your company using ARIS Business Strategy.

Target groups: Users working with ARIS Business Strategy to define and analyze the company’s strategy

Topics: At the end of this course, you will be able to:•Know how to define business strategies and business models using ARIS Business Strategy •Understand the relationships between business strategies, tactics, objectives and KPIs •Know how to set up a Balanced Scorecard to support strategy imple-mentation •Know how to use MashZone to keep management up-to-date

Prerequisites:•Basic computer handling skills •Basic ARIS modeling skills

Duration:1 day

Content:•Basics for business strategy management •Procedure to develop business strategies and business models with ARIS •Reports for business strategy evaluation •MashZone

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Business Process Modeling with ARIS (ABD)

Description: Business process modeling is about creating and maintaining process documentation, doing evaluations (reports, etc.) and many more. These features are perfectly supported by ARIS Business Designer. For example, ARIS Business Designer enables you to create re-usable objects, which stay up-to-date in each and every process, even if you change them only in one place. Creating models is accelerated by some powerful but easy-to-use tools. Moreover appealing layout templates can be applied easily to your processes. Using this knowledge, you can contribute to a clean and good-looking business process landscape. But, most important, you get there faster.

Target groups: Users working with ARIS Business Designer to create business process models

Topics: At the end of this course, you will be able to: •Use ARIS Business Designer functionality to facilitate modeling work •Describe complex business information in a logical and under-standable way using the ARIS methodology •Structure and describe all relevant information typically used in an enterprise architecture framework

Prerequisites:Basic computer handling skills

Extensions: The following courses are proposed for continuing education:•Advanced Business Process Modeling with ARIS (ABA1)•Customization and Management of the ARIS Modeling Environment (ABA2)

Duration:2 days

Content:•Introduction to BPM •The business process life cycle •Modules of ARIS Business Designer •Advanced modeling functionality •Modeling with ARIS Business Designer: Creating library models and process models •The ARIS methodology: Testing and evaluating models


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Business Process Modeling with ARIS (BPMN™-based)

Description: Business process modeling is about creating and maintaining process documentation, doing evaluations (reports, etc.) and much more. These features are perfectly supported by ARIS Business Designer. For example, ARIS Business Designer enables you to create re-usable objects, which stay up-to-date in each and every process, even if you change them only in one place. Creating models is accelerated by some powerful but easy-to-use tools. Moreover appealing layout templates can be applied easily to your processes. Using this knowledge, you can contribute to a clean and good-looking business process landscape. But, most important, you get there faster.

Target groups: Users working with ARIS Business Designer to create business process models

Topics: At the end of this course, you will be able to: •Use ARIS Business Designer functionality to facilitate modeling work •Describe complex business information in a logical and under-standable way using the ARIS methodology •Structure and describe all relevant information typically used in an enterprise architecture framework

Prerequisites:•Basic computer handling skills

Duration:2 days

Content:•Introduction to BPM •The business process life cycle •Modules of ARIS Business Designer •Advanced modeling functionality •Modeling with ARIS Business Designer: Creating library models and process models •The ARIS methodology: Testing and evaluating models

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Advanced Business Process Modeling with ARIS (ABA1)

Description: How to do quality assurance, automatic model generation and imports/exports Advanced business process modelin is more than just modeling. It is about roles within a BPM project, project organization, simple administration tasks (users, scripts, etc.) and much more. These advanced features are perfectly supported by ARIS Business Architect. That tool is like ARIS Business Designer with some extra functionality. For example, ARIS Business Architect enables you to tailor conventions perfectly to your needs. Also, layout templates can be configured easily. Using this advanced knowledge, you get a clean and good-looking business process landscape. But, most important, you get there faster.

Target groups: Users working with ARIS Business Architect to do quality assurance and advanced data handling tasks and Senior Modelers (a.k.a., Power Users)

Topics: At the end of this course, you will be able to:•Setup basic structures and administrate the ARIS database with ARIS Business Architect •Do advanced data handling tasks, like automatic model gen-eration or im/export •Check ARIS database content and ensure its consistency

Prerequisites:.The following courses are required as prerequisite: •Business Process Modeling with ARIS (ABD)

Extensions: The following courses are proposed for continuing education:•Customization and Management of the ARIS Modeling Environment (ABA2)

Duration:2 days

Content:•Refresher of BPM and ARIS •ARIS modeling project •Best practices: modeling conventions •Modeling •Import and export of models •Quality assurance & release (RCM) •Versioning •Reports and macros •Shortcuts

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Customization and Management of the ARIS Modeling Environment (ABA2)

Description: Customization and management of the ARIS modeling environment is about activities that enable others to do the modeling. It is about setting up con-figuration, databases and supportive things, like queries, reports/macros and semantic checks. These tasks are perfectly supported by ARIS Business Architect. Using this expert-grade knowledge, you get a clean and good-looking business process landscape. But, most important, you get there faster.

Target groups: Users working with ARIS Business Architect to setup ARIS databases and doing customization of ARIS’s configuration (filters, semantic checks, reports, etc.) and ARIS administrators

Topics: At the end of this course, you will be able to: •Setup the server-wide configuration •Setup and keep the database(s) clean •Provide queries, reports, macros and semantic checks

Prerequisites:The following courses are required as prerequisite:•Business Process Modeling with ARIS (ABD)•Advanced Business Process Modeling with ARIS (ABA1)

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Content:•ARIS configuration •Setting up the ARIS project database •Keeping the database clean •Queries •Reports and macros •Semantic checks

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Flexible Automation of BPM Processes with ARIS Process Governance

Description: Successfully set up and manage ARIS-based projects. The task of all BPM activity is to achieve optimal performance of your operational processes. Thus you can reach most efficiently your company objectives. To do so, the process for process management should be performed in an efficient way, too. ARIS Process Governance offers you an easy possibility not only to design your BPM processes in the best way, but also automate them without losing the required flexibility in your process design. Non-IT staff is enabled not only to design processes, but to have them implemented in an automated way exactly according to the required design.

Target groups: Persons in charge of design and management of BPM activities and members of the BPM Team (Process Excellence Center, Business/Process Consultants, etc.)

Topics: At the end of this course, you will be able to: •Flexibly design processes and dialogs •Realize automations with the help of pre-defined ARIS Web services •Make your process models become executable workflow Source code

Prerequisites:•ARIS skills as acquired in the training course Business Process Modeling with ARIS•ARIS skills as aquired in the training courses Advanced Business Process Modeling with ARIS and Customization and Manage-ment of the ARIS Modeling Environment (optional) •Experience in organizational or similar departments (optional)

Duration:3 days

Content:•The process of process management •Create and maintain processes for automated execution •Design process flows, including automated activities and notifications •Model dialogs in a flexible way •Use pre-defined ARIS Web services for automatic execution •Integrate relevant organizational structures and roles •Map data flows •Ensure quality with pre-defined semantic checks •Transform theoretical documentation into real implementations •Automatic generation of executable source code •Execution of designed processes •Status control and escalation


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Dynamic Simulation with ARIS Business Simulator (ABS)

Description: How do you establish efficient processes? How do you know what resources are required to execute a process or where bottlenecks will arise during process execution? How do you identify which process variants are better than others before they are actually implemented? How many resources do you need for new processes? These questions can be answered by analyzing the dynamic behavior of processes. This is where ARIS Business Simulator comes into play, with its Web-based simulation of business processes. By enabling evaluation of both executability and efficiency, the software supports decision-making in re-engineering, benchmarking, and resource planning. ARIS Business Simulator allows both existing and new processes to be analyzed and improved. The application collects a variety of information during a simulation run that enables the behavior of processes to be assessed. The results are presented in the form of color animation, statistics and charts. Data provided includes throughput and wait times, total processing time, costs, weaknesses, as well as resource requirements and utilization. Simulation of business processes provides information about the executability of processes, process weaknesses and resource bottlenecks. In the run-up to cost intensive process changes, the simulated process performance indicators can be used to evaluate various alternatives and carry out true-to-life benchmarking. The course covers possible application scenarios for ARIS Business Simulator and the procedure for simulating your business processes.

Target groups: Business architects, business user

Topics: At the end of this course, you will be able to: •Configure process models for simulation •Conduct simulation runs and experiments •Interpret the results and identify optimization potential •Increase the understanding of process correlations •Perform capacity planning •Analyze as well as optimize your business processes for better performance


Duration:1 day

Content:•BPM with ARIS Business Simulator •The simulation process: - Prepare process models - Prepare simulation - Execute simulation - Analyze simulation results - Identify optimization potential •Special topics (e.g., BPMN simulation, ERM attributes, risk simulation) •Simulation summary and outlook

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ARIS Business Publisher Administration and Configuration (ABP)

Description: The ARIS Business Publisher Administration and Configuration training course gives you a perfect overview about all necessary steps to publish process in-formation within your intranet. After a short insight on the installation routine you’ll learn about the options to create your individual process publication. Hands-on sessions will help you get familiar with the great variety of publishing options. Finally you will learn how to administrate the entire set of process publications within your company.

Target groups: Business analysts, business architects, business users

Topics: At the end of this course, you will be able to: •Publish your company processes on your intranet •Manage all the configurable publishing options •Administrate the process publication

Prerequisites:Basic knowledge of ARIS framework and methodology essential

Duration:1 day

Content:•ARIS Business Publisher installatíon •Creating and configuring process publications •Explanation of available functionality and configuration options •Administrating the process publications •Tips and tricks

ARIS Report Script Customizing (RSC)

Description: ARIS Reporting enables you to evaluate and change database content, e.g., by running calculations on your models or entering attribute values in your database. At the end of this workshop, you will be able to analyze and edit information from your own company processes to suit your requirements. You can do this with the standard ARIS evaluation reports or by writing your own report scripts in JavaScript® using the script editor and the new ARIS WYSIWYG Editor.

Target groups: Business user

Topics: At the end of this course, you will be able to analyze and edit information from your own company processes to suit your requirements

Prerequisites:•Basic ARIS knowledge •JavaScript knowledge

Duration:1 day

Content:•ARIS methodology: general overview, evaluation filters •ARIS WYSIWYG editor •ARIS report function library •ARIS report development •ARIS report wizard •Sample reports

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ARIS Server Installation (ASI) Description: Learn how to install, configure and administer ARIS servers (Business Server and Business Publisher After completion of the workshop, the participants will be able to perform ARIS administration functions including installation. They will be able to create, understand and manage ARIS Server installations in a Wide Area Network (WAN).


Topics: At the end of this course, you will be able to: •Perform all essential installation, maintenance, and administra-tion activities in the ARIS environment •Identify error sources without assistance •Work out solutions to problems arising during the installation and maintenance of ARIS

Prerequisites:•Knowledge of technical administration of Windows •Knowledge of networks (TCP/IP) •Basic ARIS knowledge is recommended

The following courses are required as prerequisite: •Business Process Modeling with ARIS (ABD)

Duration:2 days

Content:•Technical configuration of the ARIS Design Platform •Installation scenarios (LAN, WAN, scaling, Windows, Solaris®) •Supported database systems (ARIS internal and external) •Windows and Web client components •Installing the ARIS Business Server and ARIS Business Publisher server •Setting up and configuring the application server •Setting up and configuring external databases (e.g., Oracle® , Microsoft® SQL Server®) •Setting up and configuring the various clients •Managing the systems in a multi-user environment •Maintenance tasks (e.g., backup, recovery)

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Enterprise Architecture Management with ARIS (ITA)

Description: Learn how to successfully manage IT complexity and reduce IT operational costs. Corporate business processes are underpinned by complex IT environments. Over time many of these environments become increasingly diverse and difficult to manage. An Enterprise Architecture (EA) describes this complex system of corporate IT resources and establishes standards for creating and updating it. This course covers detailed method conventions for designing and managing an EA that you can instantly apply to your own work environment. You will be able to successfully build content in the ARIS repository and establish relationships with content from other architecture views. You will know how to address important issues, such as detecting system redundancy, identifying IT requirements, building up and planning IT landscapes, creating IT system lifecycle reports and analyzing the impact of business process changes on the relevant IT systems.

Target groups: Persons in charge of design and management of BPM activities and members of the BPM team (Process Excellence Center, business and process consultants) and IT architect

Topics: At the end of this course, you will be able to: •Build and manage an EA •Establish relationships with content from other architecture views •Address important issues respecting your IT landscape

Prerequisites:•No prior knowledge required •Optional: Business process modeling with ARIS Business Designer •Optional: Experience of IT architecture management

The following courses are required as prerequisite: •Business Process Modeling with ARIS Business Designer

Duration:2 days

Content:•Introduction to EA management •EA management with ARIS •Designing an EA by using ARIS structures and models •Planning and managing the EA •Analyzing the EA •Publishing the EA

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Object-Oriented Modeling with ARIS UML Designer

Description: All business software serves the same purpose: to provide the best possible support for corporate processes. Close cooperation between user departments and IT staff is therefore key to the success of software projects, whether they involve adapting packaged software or developing custom solutions. To facilitate this kind of cooperation, ARIS UML Designer combines conventional business process modeling with software development. The result is a seamless, integrated approach to developing business applications, covering every stage from process analysis to system design. ARIS UML Designer is the first tool to speak the language of business processes and that of software development. Because it supports the entire software development process, there is no need for extra steps outside this process. With ARIS UML Designer, all process modelers and UML modelers work with an integrated software product. Users access process model data and UML content via a Web browser, thereby enabling processing and change management within a multi-user environment. Students will acquire the basic skills essential to creating models with ARIS UML Designer.

Target groups: Systems analysts, software developers and IT staff who use ARIS for requirements analysis and design purposes

Prerequisites:•ARIS skills as aquired in the training course Business Process Modeling with ARIS Business Designer (ABD) •Basic knowledge of object-oriented principles and UML

Duration:1 day

Content:•ARIS method overview •Process and object-oriented modeling concepts •Modeling with ARIS (review of basic knowledge): Processes, organizational structure; occurrence versus definition level •UML (review of basic knowledge) and UML integration with ARIS •UML modeling with ARIS •The UML package tree and global settings •The stereotype concept •Architectures and project procedures •Data exchange and reporting

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Process-oriented Testing with ARIS Test Designer

Description: Create integration test scenarios based on your business blueprint in ARIS. ARIS Test Designer—a functionality of ARIS Business Architect for SAP, starting Version 7.1.SR 8—supports the creation of test scenarios in SAP projects. Business processes that have been created and used for a blueprint and synchronized with SAP® Solution Manager can be re-used in the test phase by transforming them to end-to-end scenarios. If you have processes with multiple decisions (different directions within one model), you can graphically capture each path and maintain it as a single test case and even create test cases across multiple process models via process interfaces. These results can again be synchronized to a new Solution Manager project, which is the base for SAP’s test workbench to support the execution of tests. In addition the user can use existing report formats to create documentation required for the tester. This training will give you an introduction of how to use ARIS Test Designer functionality in your project for creating test cases. You will learn different ways of creating test cases, test objects and how to define an end to end test path. Once the test path is created, the training material also covers what attributes can be maintained and how to extract this information out from the test case model into an excel using a define report at the model level. The course will also teach users how to link the reports to the test. Once the link is complete the material will teach how to upload test cases into the SAP Solution Manager environment.

Target groups: SAP project member responsible for defining integration tests

Extensions: The following courses are proposed for continuing education:•Business Process Modeling with ARIS (ABD)

Duration:1 day

Content:•Introduction and challenges in test management - What are common problems - How can ARIS help •Overview & concept of ARIS Test Designer - Positioning of new feature - Concept and steps to use it •Test case creation - Insert existing process structure - Define test path capturing - Manage test cases •Create test reports - Microsoft® Excel® report - Microsoft® Word/PDF report •Loading test cases into SAP Solution Manager

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Implementing and Optimizing Process-Driven SAP Solutions with ARIS

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Description: ARIS for SAP and SAP Solution Manager are perfect tools to close the gap between business requirements, business process design, and SAP implementation. The interaction of ARIS for SAP and SAP Solution Manager supports companies throughout the entire SAP life cycle, from strategy and requirements analysis, through blueprint to configuration, testing, training and roll out. Business processes are documented using ARIS for SAP and analyzed within the context of the SAP system environment. After the analysis of the relevant process areas the detailed processes are synchronized with SAP Solution Manager. Thus the correct mapping of the user requirements in the SAP environment can be ensured and any non-standard features are identified. SAP Solution Manager also contains reference content which can be synchronized to ARIS and re-used for modeling processes. This enables cost saving and fast implementation of your SAP solution.

Target groups: Business architects, business users

Topics: At the end of this course, you will be able to: •Implement and optimize your SAP solution. This will give you a clear view of the relationship between your corporate processes and the configuration of your systems. Thanks to the integrated use of ARIS for SAP and SAP Solution Manager, you can ensure that your SAP implementation will be documented according to consistent formal standards, from technical design and configuration through to testing. •Import process content provided by SAP Solution Manager into ARIS for SAP where it is transformed into complete end-to-end processes that reflect the business management view. Content that relates purely to configuration can be enhanced to include business information, such as manual operations and their description, executing roles, and data and information used.

Prerequisites: •Completion of the Business Process Modeling with ARIS train-ing course or equivalent knowledge •Basic SAP skills are recommended •Basic knowledge of SAP Solution Manager is desirable

Duration:2 days

Content:•Overview of SAP Solution Manager •Structure of SAP reference models •Introduction to functionality of ARIS for SAP •Initial settings in ARIS for SAP •ARIS attributes in the SAP environment •Overview of Prime methodology for SAP implementation •Modeling of technical requirements •Procedure: Data transfer ARIS Solution Manager •Re-using processes

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Description: To implement the business requirements derived from their corporate strategy, companies need a fast and efficient way of mapping business processes and new business concepts to the SAP solution. ARIS for SAP enables enterprises to define business-driven requirements from a process perspective. These requirements can provide a common language between business and IT within the project. The bidirectional interface to SAP Solution Manager enables the models to be constructed on the basis of SAP reference content for a process-driven SAP Solution. ARIS for SAP has a great number of functionalities which can be used to synchronize relevant elements from Solution Manager to ARIS and back again. You profit from cost saving and fast implementation of your SAP solution. In addition, global companies must co-ordinate their rollouts and synchronize these in the solution landscape. You rollout your defined global processes in ARIS and synchronize them to a global template project in Solution Manager with all process documentations, BC sets and predefined test cases. Therefore ARIS enables the implementation of global business processes and ensures flexibility and local requirements at the same time.

Target groups: Business architects, business users

Topics: At the end of this course, you will be able to: •Implement and optimize your SAP solution in a consistent, structured and process-oriented manner •Detect and correct errors to enable a successful synchronization between ARIS and SAP Solution Manager •Use the ARIS for SAP functionality to synchronize elements, e.g. key words, end-user roles and SAP shortcuts •Publish content and define end-to-end scenarios as well as to handle change request management and the rollout of global processes •Perform all tasks regarding the interaction of ARIS for SAP and Solution Manager

Prerequisites: •Completion of the Business Process Modeling with ARIS train-ing course or equivalent knowledge •Completion of the Advanced Business Process Modeling with ARIS training course and basic SAP skills are recommended •Basic knowledge of SAP Solution Manager is desirable

Duration:2 days

Content:•Interaction between ARIS for SAP and SAP Solution Manager •Download and use of SAP reference content •Modeling rules and conventions •Transformation of process model into a configuration model •Synchronization options and error handling •Problems and solution around synchronization •Publishing and transfer of ARIS Business Publisher content into Solution Manager •ARIS online guide•Change request management•Global template roll out •Tips and tricks from project experiences

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Description: Discover the secret of successful project managers. ARIS PPM is a patented software solution for measuring, analyzing and visualizing live business processes. ARIS PPM performance dashboards provide a unified view on processes, accompanying KPIs and achievement of business objectives. Performance Dashboards provide a coherent starting point for various in-depth impact analyses of process performance. For example, process mining makes it possible to automatically identify factors that influence KPIs of interest. Furthermore, monitoring approaches with embedded alert mechanisms pay the process owners attention to processes not fulfilling objectives. ARIS PPM comes up with process chains and communication graphs revealing operational and organizational structure. By measuring KPIs and drilling down to underlying processes, ARIS PPM provides an objective decision-making at both strategic and operational level and paves the way for continuous process improvement from the business perspective. According to the principle, nothing can be improved, unless it has been measured! Intuitive PPM navigation supports simple and flexible configuration of appealing charts and tables showing KPI values. Live analytics supports easy-to-use filter bars, multi-panel analyses and interactive filtering.

Target groups: Operational staff

Topics: This training teaches you the basic principles and the procedure model of process performance management. You learn how to apply predefined performance dashboards, management views and reports and how to configure your first own analyses. By means of a running example (sales processes), you experience a complete root-cause analysis. Starting from KPI evaluation (process cycle time, delivery performance), you proceed with identifying influencing factors (sales organization, customer, material) for interesting KPIs, up to in-depth views on processes in the course of their execution (feedback loops, execution paths complexity and probability).

Prerequisites:None

Extensions: The following courses are proposed for continuing education:

•Advanced Process Analysis with ARIS PPM (APPM2)•Advanced Reporting with ARIS PPM (APPM3)

Duration:1 day

Content:•Process performance management – overview •Process intelligence and performance management •Process warehouse •Running example of United Motor Group •Quick start ARIS PPM •ARIS PPM – introduction •Graphical user interface – navigation •Analysis elements (KPI, dimension, filter, display settings) •Analysis development •Favorites and clipboard •Help tools •Performance analysis and optimization process •“What?” – KPI evaluation and assessment (use of enterprise performance dashboards, alerting with easy mining) •“How?” – identifying influencing factors (use of management views and reporting) •“Why & who?” – identifying the process structure (process instance list) •Summary, outlook, Q&A

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Description: Learn how to use the advanced functions of ARIS PPM to analyze your processes. This training briefly introduces basic knowledge acquired from APPM1 training. Based on this, you will learn more advanced process analysis techniques, amongst others Process Monitoring, Process Mining, ABC-Analysis and Organi-zational analysis. Furthermore, you become familiar with administration tasks (user management). By means of a running example (sales processes), you experience a complete root-cause analysis, starting from KPI evaluation, you proceed with identifying factors that impact process efficiency, up to an in-depth view on organizational communication patterns. You will learn how advanced process analysis techniques can be used to drill down KPIs (delivery performance) to interesting factors in terms of dimensions (sales organization, customer, material) and communication patterns (who does what?, who delegates to whom?).

Target groups: Operational Staff

Topics: ARIS PPM is a patented software solution for measuring, analyzing and visualizing live business processes. ARIS PPM performance dashboards provide a unified view on processes, accompanying KPIs and achievement of business objectives. Performance dashboards provide a coherent starting point for various in-depth impact analyses of process performance. For example, process mining makes it possible to automatically identify factors that influence KPIs of interest. Furthermore, monitoring approaches with embedded alert mechanisms pay the process owners attention to processes not fulfilling objectives. ARIS PPM comes up with process chains and communication graphs revealing operational and organizational structure. By measuring KPIs and drilling down to underlying processes, ARIS PPM provides an objective decision-making at both strategic and operational level and paves the way for continuous process improvement from the business perspective. According to the principle, nothing can be improved, unless it has been measured! Intuitive PPM navigation supports simple and flexible configuration of appealing charts and tables showing KPI values. Live analytics

supports easy-to-use filter bars, multi-panel analyses and interactive filtering.

Prerequisites:The following courses are required as prerequisite: •Analyzing Processes with ARIS PPM (APPM1)

Duration:1 day

Content:•ARIS PPM - briefing •Review APPM1 training •Quick start ARIS PPM •Performance analysis & optimization process •“What?” - KPI evaluation (management of planned values and alarm values, monitoring, user-defined (online) KPIs •“How?” - identifying influencing factors (top-flop evaluation, process mining, ABC analysis) •“Why & who?” (reveal organization structure, introduction to organizational analysis, communication analysis with communi-cation graph, activity analysis with relation explorer) •ARIS PPM administration (user management, access privileges, factory calendar, favorite management) •Summary, outlook, Q&A

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Advanced Reporting with ARIS PPM (APPM3)

Description: Learn how to prepare custom analyses and reports with impressive performance dashboards. ARIS PPM is a patented software solution for measuring, analyzing and visual-izing live business processes. Performance dashboards created with ARIS MashZone provide a unified view on processes, accompanying Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and achievement of business objectives. Performance dashboards provide a coherent starting point for various in-depth impact analyses of process performance. For example, process mining makes it possible to automatically identify factors that influence KPIs of interest. Furthermore, monitoring approaches with embedded alert mechanisms pay the process owners attention to processes not fulfilling objectives. ARIS PPM comes up with process chains and communication graphs revealing operational and organizational structure. By measuring KPIs and drilling down to underlying processes, ARIS PPM provides an objective decision-making at both strategic and operational level and paves the way for continuous process improvement from the business perspective. According to the principle, nothing can be improved, unless it has been measured! Intuitive PPM navigation supports simple and flexible configuration of appealing charts and tables showing KPI values etc. Live analytics supports easy-to-use filter bars, multi-panel analyses and interactive filtering. This training covers reporting with ARIS PPM and gives an introduction to the creation of performance dashboards with MashZone.

Target groups: Advanced business analysts

Topics: At the end of this course, you will be able to: •Consolidate various predefined analyses and corresponding filter settings within a so-called management view •Combine predefined analyses within a PDF-based report •Create unified views on hierarchical-structured processes, ac-companying KPIs and achievement of business objectives, and to put all these items together using a dashboard

Prerequisites:•ARIS PPM skills as provided in the training course Analyzing Processes with ARIS PPM (APPM1)•Attending the training course Advanced Process Analysis with ARIS PPM (APPM2) is recommended

Duration:1 day

Content:•ARIS PPM - briefing •ARIS MashZone - creating dashboards with ARIS MashZone based on ARIS PPM favorites •Reporting - introduction: report EditorFormat, layout and report elements + output format and execution •Summary, outlook, Q&A

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Description: Learn how to create interactive dashboards integrating heterogeneous data sources. ARIS MashZone enables you to create analytical dashboards —so called MashApps—by combining data from different sources. You can gain new insights by combining any source within your data feeds and apply various operators to calculate KPIs on the fly. Using graphical editors only, you will be able to present data feed results in appealing dashboards and charts within minutes. You may even add interactivity to present relevant information that supports the decision making process in a context-based way.

Target groups: Users wishing to visualize data with ARIS MashZone

Topics: This training will give you a in-depth introduction into the usage of ARIS MashZone. You will learn how to read from different sources, such as text files, Microsoft Excel, ARIS PPM or the Internet and enhance the results based on the embedded operator library. Based on this functionality, you will render the feed results through appealing charts and other display options, all using the visual composer. A number of different components will be illustrated in detail, e.g., charts, maps, tables, lists and many more. Finally, you learn how to filter results interactively. The training enables you to create astonishing and interactive dashboards based on your own data to share them with your colleagues.

Prerequisites:•Computer handling skills •Understanding of data formats and data sources

Duration:1 day

Content:•ARIS MashZone overview - Goals of the application - Demonstration •Doing analysis with ARIS MashZone - Navigation through existing dashboards - Collaboration: Search, re-use and rate MashApps •Create dashboards with ARIS MashZone - Data sources - Feed editor - Visual composer •Administration of ARIS MashZone - User management and rights - Backups: Import and export of MashApps and data feeds •The most important features will be developed together with the help of up to date examples

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Compliance Management with ARIS Risk & Compliance Manager

Description: Increase your understanding of the workflow-based environment for Software AG’s Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) solution. Organizations need to ensure—and be able to demonstrate—that their workflows meet a wide range of legal requirements and standards. The GRC solution from Software AG offers customers a software tool for integrating current and future compliance requirements into their business processes. ARIS Risk & Compliance Manager is an intuitive software product that helps users to conduct tests by providing a corresponding workflow and all the relevant information. It enables or-ganizations to carry out the necessary compliance activity with maximum efficiency and can easily be extended to accommodate new legislation or standards. ARIS Risk & Compliance Manager also helps you to manage your operational risks. Detected high risks can be minimized by establishing controls and conducting tests. The integrated easy to use evaluation part generates automatically all necessary reports to show the actual status of the risk management. The risk assessments are also supported by a workflow which automatically sends emails to the responsible persons. High level controls from management can be covered with the easy-to-use survey module which is completely flexible for any kind of questionnaires. The new audit management module with fully integrated resources Management completes the portfolio of ARIS GRC. ARIS Risk & Compliance manger is part of the GRC solution.

Target groups: Operational Staff

Topics: At the end of this course, you will be able to:•Use the ARIS Risk & Compliance Manager in the context of the operational risk management •Document internal controls with process orientation and per-form the necessary tests of the controls •Evaluate your processes and internal controls using standard reports and analyses •Initiate appropriate measure to minimize your operational risk •Transport data from ARIS Business Architect into ARIS Risk & Compliance Manager and how to administrate the tool •Use the deficiency, issue, sign-off and survey management as well as the new audit management module

Prerequisites:•Basic ARIS knowledge is helpful but not required

Duration:3 days

Content:•Introduction to the Software AG GRC solution •Modeling conventions in general and for GRC specifics •Modeling of compliance relevant data in ARIS Business De-signer / Architect •Using semantic check with compliance relevant data •Data export from ARIS Business Architect •Data import into ARIS Risk & Compliance Manager •Administration of ARIS Risk & Compliance Manager •Testing and valuation •Deficiency management •Issue management •Sign-off management •Survey management •Operational risk management •Audit management •Navigating and in the ARIS Risk & Compliance Manager modules •Offline functionality

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Note: Private, onsite only Description: Experience how a real closed-loop process life cycle is supported by a methodology on one platform of Software AG products. The ultimate way enabling Business Process Excellence (BPE). A work-shop to hear, see and experience how the different products of Software AG can support you in an integrated context to achieve your goal of BPE. You will learn what BPM is all about, and how the different components of ARIS and webMethods can support this in a phased and integrated manner. You will experience that you can start small and easily, ending into an integrated BPM platform after months all depending on your own ambition and needs. The power of this workshop lies in its holistic approach, simplicity and broad target audience. These ingredients make the workshop of added value to your organization at all levels.

Target groups: The BPE Roundtrip Experience is designed for everyone who is interested or engaged in process improvement, risk & compliance management, and/or IT implementations; ranging from senior or middle management, architects, team leads and quality managers to project managers, process consultants, business analysts and IT managers.

Topics: Ideal as kick-off for Process Management programs and BPE Roadmap Assessments. You have streamlined your organization and processes to the best of your knowledge. You have reduced costs wherever you can. But somehow your organization is still fragmented and not integrated. There is a lot happening around business process management and continuous improvement. Have you ever wondered what these topics are really about, and how this can affect your organization? The BPE Roundtrip Experience workshop will show you the easiness and simplicity of experiencing process improvement along the cycle. The Goal:“To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.” Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965) Knowing your business processes these days is not good enough. To compete in a changing world, with continuously changing rules and regulation, you need a framework which can support you in design, implement, monitor/ measure/

control, and redesign of your business processes and supporting IT applications. The ability to improve continuously and to adapt to the changing environment in a fast way is a must for every organization. During this workshop we will look in detail to these two aspects of change, and we will show you how the different software products/ components of Software AG can support you in building a BPE framework (or just a part of it).The workshop is particularly suited to create management awareness, and to jumpstart a BPE initiative.The workshop has several learning objectives: •Find out what the different components of ARIS and web-Methods are, and how they can support you in building your own BPM platform •Experience how easy you can set up the different software components of Software AG •Understand what is required to deliver continuous improve-ment, and change management

Business Process Excellence: In this workshop we will use the term BPE often. BPE is the ultimate goal of Business Process Management (BPM). BPM is a holistic management approach to align all aspects in the organization with the wants and needs of its customers. It promotes business effectiveness and efficiency while striving for innovation, flexibility, and integration with technology. BPM attempts to improve processes continuously. It can therefore be described as a process optimization process. BPM enables organizations to be more efficient, more effective and more capable of change than a functionally focused, traditional hierarchical management approach. BPM, according to Software AG, follows different phases; Strategize, Design, Implement, Compose, Execute, and Monitor & Control.

Prerequisites:None

Duration:2 days

Content:Life cycle of ARIS and webMethods, all main solutions and products of the life cycle are covered.

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eLearning—The webMethods Fundamentals

Description: A high-level overview of the products that belong to the webMethods product suite by solution type.

Target groups: Application developers, BPM developer, business analysts, business architects, business user, IT architects, project managers, system administrators, system programmers, systems analysts, Web (service) developer

Topics: Learn about what products are part of the webMethods product suite, what they are used for in different solution scenarios and gain a first impression how to work with them.

Prerequisites:None

Duration:2 hours

Location: eLearning

Content:The course is divided into different chapters: •Chapter 1: Introduction to the webMethods 8 •Chapter 2: webMethods products in BPM solutions •Chapter 3: webMethods products in business infrastructure solutions •Chapter 4: Cross-suite products summary

The following topics regarding the products are covered: •What it is and what it is good for •Some first technical information •What does it look like •How you benefit from using the product

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webMethods 8.2 Integration Workshop Description: This course introduces the Software AG webMethods suite. Participants learn through hands-on exercises how to implement a sample business process model by creating the underlying services and working with a process using Software AG Designer, and then monitoring process execution using My webMethods Server. The concept of the data pipeline is introduced and students learn to use mapping tools and flow services to move XML documents and flat-file data into and out of an Integration Server. Students are also introduced to messaging, the Integration Server API for Java®, and Web service capabilities of the Integration Server. At the end of this course, students will be able to implement, execute and debug automated business processes across the extended enterprise. This course is an intensive workshop. Exercises are designed to prepare students for self-sufficiency.

Target groups: Application developers

Topics: At the end of this course, you will be able to:•Describe the architecture and components of the webMethods platform •Explain the interaction of services and the data pipeline •Use built-in services and webMethods adapters to perform integration tasks •Develop custom packages and services to perform business logic •Create services using the webMethods Flow and Java lan-guages •Create de-coupled integrations via publish-subscribe messaging •Send and receive data over the Internet •Implement, execute and debug business process model

Prerequisites: •Object-oriented development experience strongly recom-mended but not required •1 to 2 years experience in software development, preferably Java •Solid hands on experience working with the Eclipse™ IDE •Familiarity with XML

The following courses are required as prerequisite: •The webMethods Fundamentals (eLearning)

Extensions: The following courses are proposed for continuing education:•webMethods 8.2 Advanced Integration Workshop •webMethods 8.2 Technical Architecture Workshop

Duration:4 days

Content: •webMethods overview •Using Software AG Designer •Introduction to services •Document types •Flow services •Mapping •Java services •Monitoring services •Invoking services •Flat file handling •Web services •REST services •Broker pub/sub •Java® Message Service ( JMS) pub/sub •JDBC® adapter •Business process modeling

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webMethods 8.2 Advanced Integration Workshop

Description: In this follow-on to the webMethods Integration Workshop, participants are introduced to the advanced features of the webMethods Integration Server and Broker. Participants learn through hands-on exercises how to build integrations that are scalable and performance optimized. Common imple-mentation architectures will be discussed, including both external integrations (to/from business partners) and internal integrations (enterprise application integration). Students learn how to optimize and configure services for performance, scalability and error handling. Students will complete several exercises using the Java programming language. Internal and external integration projects commonly have different fail-over and performance requirements. The publish/subscribe mechanism is central to internal integration and is discussed in detail, together with the available options for fail-over and performance. External integrations present unique challenges and students are introduced to the Integration Server features such as performance handling, large document handling and clusters.

Target groups: Development administrators

Topics: At the end of this course, you will be able to: •Develop services using Java and Software AG Designer •Perform error handling in both Flow and Java services •Optimize services for performance •Explain exactly-once processing when subscribing to docu-ments from the Broker •Explain the publish/subscribe mechanism •Explain the Java Application Programming Interfaces (API) to the webMethods Broker via Java® Message Service ( JMS) •Perform processing on delimited and fixed length flat files •Explain the external integration options including large docu-ment handling and clustering •Discuss the various parameters for optimizing and securing internal integrations •Explain and use advanced Web services features

Prerequisites:•webMethods skills as provided in the course webMethods 8.2 Integration Workshop •Object-oriented development experience ( Java) •1 to 2 years experience with Web development, HTML and XML •At least 2 years experience working with Windows

The following courses are required as prerequisite: •The webMethods Fundamentals (eLearning)•webMethods 8.2 Integration Workshop

Duration:3 days

Content:•Overview •Advanced Java •Exception handling •Advanced Web services •Publish and subscribe performance •Service performance and parameters •Exactly once processing and error handling •JMS interface •Advanced flat file handling •External integration performance •Advanced Web services

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webMethods 8.2 ESB Administration Workshop

Description: Participants will learn installation, configuration of important components of the webMethods ESB platform: specifically Integration Server and Broker. The course is designed to enable a participant to undertake both one-time and day-to-day administration duties from development to production.

Target groups: Development administrators, system administrators

Topics: At the end of this course, you will be able to:•Describe the components and architectures of the webMethods ESB platform •Understand how to use the Software AG Installer and Update Manager programs for product and fix pack installations and initial configuration •Use administrative tools for Integration Server, Broker, Monitor, and My webMethods Server •Perform troubleshooting tasks for the Integration Server and Broker •Understand version control under webMethods •Understand the use of the asset build environment •Deploy projects using webMethods Deployer

Prerequisites:•Being familiar with the role of middleware


Extensions: The following courses are proposed for continuing education:•webMethods 8.2 Technical Architecture Workshop

Duration:5 days

Content:•Introduction to the webMethods platform •Planning for performance •Installing the webMethods ESB platform •Startup and shutdown •Update manager •Basic configuratîon •Logging and audit •Securing the infrastructure •Broker management •Integration server trigger management •Performance tuning •Troubleshooting integration server •Troubleshooting broker •Day to day operations •Integration server packages •Version control •Asset build management •Application staging and deployment

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webMethods 8.2 BPM for Developers Description: This course introduces webMethods BPMS within the Software AG webMethods suite. Participants learn through hands-on exercises how to either to enhance an imported logical business process model or to implement a technical business process model from scratch. The process model will be enhanced in Designer by adding underlying invoked services and business rules. Moreover, the students will implement automated business processes that require user task execution. Deployed processes will be tested and executed. Their execution will be monitored using My webMethods. Additionally, the class covers more advanced topics such as quality of service settings, task user interface development, and starting processes from various sources. At the end of this course, students will be able to model, execute, debug and monitor business processes across the extended enterprise. This course is an intensive workshop; the core of the course is a set of representative example business cases that illustrate the features of webMethods BPMS. Exercises are designed to prepare students for self-sufficiency.

Target groups: Development administrators, systems administrators

Topics: At the end of this course, you will be able to:•Rapidly build BPMN-compliant business processes using Soft-ware AG Designer •Import and enhance or design process models •Debug, deploy, run and monitor business processes •Work with joins, parallelism and correlations •Event handling •Leverage user tasks and assign them to users, groups or roles •Implement robust processes using exception handling •Start and version business processes •Maintain BPM and user task-related metadata in an SOA regis-try/repository

Prerequisites:•Being familiar with general BPM concepts, e.g., as provided in Software AG’s FREE book BPM Basics for Dummies•1 to 2 years experience in software development, preferably Java •Familiarity with the Eclipse IDE •Attending the webMethods 8.2 Integration Workshop is strongly recommended


Duration:5 days

Content:•Introduction to BPM •Planning and starting development •Introduction to process modeling and execution •User Task activities •Process administration and monitoring •Parallelism and joins •Message handling, correlation and reuse •User task development and refactoring •User task UI customization and assignments •User task management and administration •Processes error and timeout handling •Invocation of webMethods or Blaze Business Rules •Starting business processes •Process metadata •Team development and process versioning

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Description: This course is a workshop on developing Web user interfaces with webMethods Composite Application Framework (CAF), as stand-alone web pages or portlets running in the My webMethods Server. Students will learn to use controls from the control library and to integrate them with data coming from e.g., Web services or BPM tasks. Advanced chapters will cover input validation, collaboration, security and internationalization. Specific topics as navigation, customization and administration are handled in separate sections for stand-alone web applications and portal deployment.

Target groups: BPM developer, portal developer, Web (service) developer

Topics: At the end of this course, you will be able to:•Develop composite applications with webMethods CAF •Configure and administrate Portlets in My webMethods Server 8.2 •Customize CAF applications specific to users and user roles

Prerequisites: •Understanding of Internet applications, HTML and JavaScript® •Java programming skills •Understanding of Java Server Faces ( JSF) is helpful


Extensions: The following courses are proposed for continuing education:•webMethods 8.x Certified CAF Developer (after course atten-dance) (CERT ATT - CAF 8.x)

Duration:4 days

Content: •webMethods CAF Overview and Concepts •Using Software AG Designer •Creating projects, views and portlets •Using simple and complex controls (including AJAX) •Data binding and managed beans •Actions and data flows •Input validation •Error handling •Internationalization •Navigation in stand-alone Web applications •Workspaces •Inter-portlet communication (linking, wiring, workspace context) •Portal administration & permissions management •Collaborations (events, notifications, subscriptions) •Portal personalization (skins, shells, rules)

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webMethods 8.2 Trading Networks Workshop

Description: Participants will learn Trading Networks concepts and configuration, including profiles, document types, and processing rules. The course discusses monitoring, use of Trading Networks with business processes, and advanced topics such as gateway services, custom delivery methods and queues. In addition, all Trading Networks configuration properties are covered, and a method for using Trading Networks services in flow is discussed.

Target groups: Trading Networks administrators, Integration Server developers with Trading Networks responsibility

Topics: At the end of this course, you will be able to:•Describe the concepts of a trading network •Understand how to create partner profiles, document types and processing rules •Use administrative tools across the Integration Server and MWS •Deploy Trading Networks projects using webMethods Deployer •Understand performance options for the Integration Server and Trading Networks •Create and use gateway services •Implement Trading Networks security features •Build custom services for delivery, data transformation and duplicate checking

Prerequisites: The following courses are required as prerequisite: •The webMethods Fundamentals (eLearning)•webMethods 8.2 Integration Workshop

Duration:3 days

Content: •Trading Networks concept overview •Trading partners •Document types •Processing rules •Monitoring Trading Networks •Trading Networks and business processes •Gateway services •Delivery and queues •Custom options •Trading networks security •Trading networks performance •Deployment •Trading Networks properties and services

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webMethods 8.2 Technical Architecture Workshop

Description: This course exposes the experienced integration architect to best practice architectural principles for the webMethods suite. The class starts with describing key architectural framework principles to execution of the webMethods platform. Participants will learn and understand the webMethods Reference Architecture. The participant will also explore many key features and aspects of the webMethods ESB, BPMS, and asset management to deliver a highly-available and performant enterprise architecture.

Target groups: Enterprise and solution architects with a background in object-oriented software development, application integration, XML messaging and the webMethods suite, whose role is to design and implement integration solutions with the webMethods Suite.

Topics: At the end of this course, you will be able to:•Develop an architecture framework •Describe solutions architectures utilizing the webMethods suite •Design scalable and performing architectures with the web-Methods suite •Understand the operational and deployment requirements in the webMethods suite •Understand key concepts in asset governance

Prerequisites: •Experience with the webMethods platform, especially ESB components such as Integration Server and Broker •Some Java experience including development and JVM knowledge •Experience with XML messaging, Web services and ap-plication integration •Understanding of computer networking and administration

The following courses are required as prerequisite: •The webMethods Fundamentals (eLearning)•webMethods 8.2 Integration Workshop •webMethods 8.2 ESB Administration Workshop

Duration:5 days

Content: •Overview of the webMethods distributed architecture •Architecting in the ESB: Integration Server and messaging •Architecting with BPM •Distributed design and deployment •Operational aspects of key components

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webMethods 8.2 Business Rules

Description: This course introduces webMethods Business Rules within the Software AG webMethods suite. Participants learn through extensive hands-on exercises how to implement various business rules to be invoked from webMethods BPMS processes and user tasks, but also starting and affecting business processes. The students will first create and test business rules standalone in Designer, then—after successful deployment—invoke them from webMethods BPMS and rule management consoles running in My webMethods. At the end of this course, students will be able to create, test, deploy and execute webMethods Business Rules in conjunction with webMethods BPMS processes, user tasks and webMethods Business Events. This course is an intensive workshop; the core of the course is a set of representative examples that illustrate the features of webMethods Business Rules. Exercises are designed to prepare students for self-sufficiency.

Target groups: Development administrators, IT architects

Topics: At the end of this course, you will be able to: •Rapidly build webMethods Business Rules projects using Soft-ware AG Designer •Create, test, and deploy business rules projects •Invoke business rules from webMethods BPMS processes and User Tasks •Start processes from business rule actions •Queue user tasks from business rule actions •Affect running processes from business rule actions •Work with rule maintenance applications •Create rule metadata in an SOA registry/repository•Invoke decision entities from user tasks and Integration Server services

Prerequisites:•Being familiar with general BPM concepts, e.g., as provided in Software AG’s FREE book BPM Basics for Dummies •1 to 2 years experience in software development, preferably Java •Familiarity with the Eclipse IDE •Attending the webMethods 8.2 Integration Workshop and the webMethods 8.2 BPM for Developers class is strongly recom-mended

Duration:2 days

Content:•Introducing webMethods Business Rules •Creating simple decision tables •Rule sets •Rule execution and inference •Internal event rules •Service actions •New data actions •Deployment to Integration Server and MWS •Working with the Rule Management Console •BPM invokes business rules •Business rule interacts with BPM - process actions •External event rules and event models •Business rules invoked from BPM user tasks and other re-sources •Business rule metadata •Logging

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webMethods 8.2 Optimize for Infrastructure

Description: This course provides an administrator perspective on using Optimize for Infrastructure to monitor webMethods components. The hands-on workshop covers architecture of the product, usage of the MWS Optimize console, managing the Optimize environment and creation of KPIs, rules, actions and user defined overviews.

Target groups: Administrators, operational staff

Prerequisites: The following courses are required as prerequisite: •The webMethods Fundamentals (eLearning)•webMethods 8.2 Integration Workshop

Duration:4 days

Content:•Introduction to Optimize and business activity monitoring •Architecture and startup •MWS console overview •Discovery, assets components •Events, dimensions and KPIs •Rules and alerts •Optimize and ARIS MashZone •IDC configuration •Actions and alerts configuration

webMethods 8.2 Optimize for Process

Description: This course provides an administrator perspective on using Optimize for Process to monitor business processes. The hands-on workshop covers architecture of the product, usage of the MWS Optimize console, and creation of KPIs, rules and actions, which are invoked at time of rule violations. This course does not cover centralized configuration activities or installation of the product; however several configuration features are discussed, such as configuring Web service action for rules. The course also provides and introduction to the Optimize architecture and components, including My webMethods Server, data collectors, analysis engine and the Optimize database.

Target groups: Development administrators, operational staff

Prerequisites:•Being familiar with general BPM concepts, e.g. as provided in Software AG’s FREE book BPM Basics for Dummies •Attending the course webMethods 8.2 BPM for Developers is helpful, but not required

The following courses are required as prerequisite: •The webMethods Fundamentals (651-41E)

Duration:2 days

Content:•Introduction to webMethods Suite, Optimize and business activity monitoring •Optimize components and startup •Optimize console overview •Business process overview •Business process monitoring •Events, KPIs and dimensions •Rules and alerts •Prediction •Process improvement •External business processes

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webMethods 8.2 Business Events Description: webMethods Business Events / Complex Event Processing (CEP) is a new class of data management applications that is designed to continuously analyze event streams and trigger appropriate actions immediately. Processing event streams involves filtering, correlation, aggregation and event enrichment, for example, by incorporating persistent data from databases. Recent technological advances have pushed the emergence of a new class of data-intensive applications that require continuous processing over sequences of transient data, called events streams, in near real-time. Event streams are queried leveraging SQL, to trigger actions, or create event streams which again can be fed to all applications capable of consuming events. The course introduces webMethods Business Events within the Software AG webMethods suite. Participants learn through hands-on exercises how to develop CEP applications using the continuous query development Perspective in the webMethods Designer within continuous query projects. Additionally, the class covers more advanced topics such as deployment of continuous query projects, creating MashApps and event type governance. ARIS MashZone Event Edition, extended in various ways for use in an EDA, can visualize query result streams. At the end of this course, students will be able to develop CEP applications, define event types, create corresponding queries and execute continuous query applications.

Target groups: Application developers, business architects

Topics: At the end of this course, you will be able to: •Use the continuous query development perspective within Software AG Designer •Rapidly create and edit event type definitions and events •Create continuous query applications •Import continuous query example projects •Create and use queries to analyze event streams •Test and deploy continuous query applications •Use ARIS MashZone for visualizing query results •Log and replay events

Prerequisites:•Basic experience in software development, preferably Java •Familiarity with the Eclipse IDE •Basic understanding of SQL •Basic knowledge of XML and XML Schema •Basic knowledge of the webMethods Broker and Integration Server functionality


Duration:3 days

Content:•Introduction to webMethods Business Events / CEP•Installation of webMethods Business Events •Architecture and components - overview •Developing continuous query applications •Event types, input streams, queries •Main features of the Event Query Language (EQL) •Visualization of query results using ARIS MashZone Event Edi-tion •Working with Software AG Designer, webMethods Event Server and ARIS MashZone Event Edition •Exporting and deployment •Logging and replaying events

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Description: This course is a workshop on developing mobile apps with webMethods Mobile Designer. You will learn to use the Mobile Designer’s NativeUI display hierarchy of components (windows, views and elements) to build the mobile app’s UI. The basics will also cover view-to-view navigation as well as popup dialogs. You will learn how to integrate with other webMethods components, e.g., by invoking REST services in webMethods Integration Server out of your mobile app. This will include XML parsing of the service’s response received in the mobile app. Your mobile app will be capable to cope with varying screen sizes of the target devices. Finally, you will learn how to cross-compile your mobile app and deploy it on a device simulator (Android® and BlackBerry®). Advanced topics will cover the usage of some of the available Java ME runtime libraries to address handset-specific capabilities like GPS, SD cards or sensors. Note: the scope of the practical exercises depends heavily on the devices and networking environment available in the classroom. The standard exercises are based on device simulators for Android and BlackBerry.

Target groups: Mobile application developers

Topics: At the end of this course, you will be able to: •Develop mobile apps with webMethods Mobile Designer •Cross-compile and deploy mobile apps on various targets (e.g. Android and BlackBerry)

Prerequisites: •Java programming skills •Being familiar with Eclipse •Basic knowledge of Java ME (CLDC, MIDP) is helpful but not required

Duration:3 days

Content: •Concepts & architecture •Setting up a new Mobile Designer project •The build process •Basic UI concepts •Using the device emulator (Phoney) •Handling event callbacks •Navigation and pop-up dialogs •HTTP connectivity (invoking REST services in IS) •Processing XML and/or JSON data in a mobile app •Local persistent data storage (including SD card support) •Advanced mobile app concepts (GPS, sensors, multi-language UI, varying screen sizes, etc.) •Native code integration •Deploying apps on device simulators (Android and BlackBerry)

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webMethods Knowledge Update 7.x to 8.2 - ESB

Description: In this workshop, participants are introduced to the new features of the webMethods Integration Server and Broker 8.2 as compared to version 7.x. Participants learn through both hands- on exercises and demonstrations given by the instructor what the major new features of Integration Server and Broker are.

Target groups: Developers

Topics:At the end of this course, you will be able to understand and use the new features of webMethods Integration Server and Broker 8.2.

Prerequisites:•Good webMethods 7.x skills •Object-oriented development experience ( Java) •1 to 2 years experience with Web development, HTML and XML •At least 2 years experience working with Windows


Duration:3 days

Content:•Integration Server 8.2 overview •Proxy support •Killing a runaway service •Create and register key- and truststores for PKI infrastructures •Validate signed XML data •Encrypt and decrypt XML data •Codeless pipeline debugging •Using template services CentraSite integration •XSLT2 support •Service auditing enhancements •Derived type support •Web services in compatibility mode •Web services using MTOM streaming •Web services using SOAP over JMS •Using REST services in Integration Server •Broker 8.2 overview •Trigger filter hints •Priority controlled scheduling of published documents •Publish messages in a territory and the forward queue browser •Configuring Broker basic authentication

webMethods Knowledge Update 7.x to 8.2 - BPM

Description: The latest releases of the webMethods platform, versions 8.0 and 8.2, include a wealth of new functionality to satisfy customer demand. This course presents the new and enhanced functionality available with the BPM part of webMethods 8.2, focusing on the differences to webMethods 7.x. Therefore, students attending this course must have a good understanding of webMethods 7.x, as the course proceeds from the assumption that these features are well understood. Hands-on exercises will be conducted in addition to lecture and demonstrations. At the end of this course, you will be able to understand and use the new features of webMethods BPMS 8.2.

Target groups: BPM developers, BPM administrators

Prerequisites:•Good knowledge of webMethods 7.x BPM and MWS •1 to 2 years experience in software development, preferably Java •Familiarity with the Eclipse IDE


Duration:4 days

Content:•Overview of the new features •BPMN™ support in Designer, process engine and My webMethods •BPMN activities and activity markers •BPMN events •BPMN gateways •Enhancements in process engine •Changes in debugger and simulations •Enhancements to user tasks and task engine •New My webMethods look and feel •Support for e-forms and webMethods CSP content •Metadata and CentraSite interoperability •webMethods Business Rules interoperability and Blaze Rules enhancements •Changes in simulations •Model-to-Execute and XPDL support

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webMethods 8 Certified ESB Developer

Description: This proctored examination is designed for the experienced webMethods ESB developer. It consists of 50 multiple choice questions across a range of ESB development topics. Examinees are allowed 150 minutes to complete the exam.


Topics: The test is designed to test for skills of how to implement the webMethods ESB in an organization.

Prerequisites:The scope of the test is webMethods ESB 8.0. The test assumes a general understanding of Java, Web services and Internet technologies, as well as specialized knowledge of ESB development. While the suggested courses can assist you in preparing for the test, it is imperative that you have hands-on experience developing and/or maintaining ESB projects since this is a practice-oriented test. No course completion is required to sit for this exam but prospective examinees are strongly recommended to have completed the below mentioned course(s): •webMethods Fundamentals (eLearning)•webMethods 8 Integration Workshop •A solid knowledge in using webMethods ESB and practical experience

Duration:150 minutes

Location: Public course in one of our training rooms

Language: English

Content:TEST TOPICS:•General integration topics: architecture, environment, setup, standards, etc. •Server architecture: pipeline, clustering, flat files, security •Broker: administration, clustering, queue and client types, JMS •Development toolset: designer GUI, server management and monitoring interfaces •Integration objects: documents, services, Web services, triggers •Java services •Adapters: architecture, Adapter services, Adapter notification

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webMethods 8.x Certified CAF Developer

Description: This proctored examination is designed for the experienced webMethods CAF developer. It consists of 50 multiple choice questions across a range of CAF development topics. Examinees are allowed 150 minutes to complete the exam.

Target groups: Application developers, business user, data dictionary administrators, database administrators, development administrators, IT architects, project managers, system administrators, system programmers, systems analysts, Web (service) developer.

Topics: The test is designed to test for skills of how to implement webMethods CAF applications in an organization.

Prerequisites:The scope of the test is webMethods CAF 8.0 or 8.2. The test assumes a general understanding of Java, Web services and Internet technologies, as well as specialized knowledge of CAF development. No course completion is required to sit for this exam, but prospective examinees are strongly recommended to have completed the following course(s): •webMethods 8 CAF UI and portlet development or web-Methods 8.2 CAF UI and portlet development •A solid knowledge in using webMethods CAF •It is imperative that you have hands-on experience developing and/or maintaining CAF projects since this is a practice-oriented test



Language: English

Content:TEST TOPICS: •General CAF topics: architecture, environment, setup, standards, etc. •Designer GUI: perspectives, views, editors, etc. •Managed beans •Content providers •General portlet development: controls, scripts, converters, validators, actions, etc. •AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) •Security •Page navigation and navigation rules •Using cascading style sheets (CSS) •Web application development & deployment •My webMethods server page development •My webMethods server administration •CAF APIs: JSFEL / CAF.Model API •Internationalization •CAF events and notifications

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webMethods 8.2 Certified BPM Developer

Description: This proctored examination is designed for the experienced webMethods BPM developer. It consists of 50 multiple choice questions across a range of BPM and Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) development topics. Examinees are allowed 150 minutes to complete the exam.

Target groups: BPM developer, development administrators, IT architects, system administrators, system programmers, systems analysts, Web (service) developer

Topics: The test is designed to test for skills of how to implement, execute, and monitor technical business processes by using webMethods 8.2 BPMS in an organization.

Prerequisites: The scope of the test is webMethods 8.2 BPMS. The test assumes a general understanding of Java, XML, Web services and internet technologies, as well as specialized knowledge of BPM/BAM development. While the suggested resources can assist you in preparing for the test, it is imperative that you have hands-on experience developing and/or maintaining BPM projects since this is a practice-oriented test. No course completion is required to sit for this exam, but prospective examinees are strongly recommended to have completed the following course(s): •webMethods 8.2 Integration Workshop •webMethods 8.2 BPM for Developers •webMethods 8.2 Optimize for Process •A solid knowledge in using webMethods 8.2 BPMS and practi-cal experience



Language: English

Content: TEST TOPICS: •General webMethods and BPM topics: architecture, suite and ARIS interoperability, setup, etc. •Common Software AG Designer: perspectives, views, editors, etc. •BPM processes: Development, supported BPMN notation and syntax, process execution, debugging, build & upload, process logging, versioning, import/export, data mapping, etc. •BPM user tasks: user task development, usage of the task editor, MWS deployment, user task execution and monitoring, user task type administration, etc. •Integration Server and Broker: supplementing IS services, im-portant packages, publishing documents, BPM implementation layer, process engine administration •My webMethods Server: MWS Monitor for processes and user tasks, task engine administration, server environments, etc. •Metadata: Handling of local metadata, shared process and task metadata, CentraSite Active interoperability •webMethods business rules: simple business rules, rule de-ployment, rules management console in My webMethods •Blaze rules: Simple business rules, rule deployment, rules maintenance applications in My webMethods •Process simulation: creating and running simulations, simula-tion re-sources, embedded optimization •Business process activity monitoring using webMethods Opti-mize for Process

Optimize components and startup, events, KPIs and dimensions, rules and alerts, process monitoring and improvement, prediction.

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SOA Governance (CentraSite, Mediator, Insight)

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SOA with Purpose Description: This course teaches how to better understand a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) regarding design, rationale and purpose. Within the course the students will learn the importance of SOA and a layered architecture. A reference architecture is used to enable design decisions with a starting point and the students will study an example of applying the reference architecture to a well known problem. Lastly, the students will learn the importance of SOA governance and how to start their own projects off successfully. Students completing this course will become more familiar with SOA terminology and basic concepts allowing them to shape their SOA projects more effectively.

Target groups: Application owners, to-be SOA architects, integration managers

Topics: At the end of this course, you will be able to: •Describe the architectural layers that make up an SOA at a high level •Speak using a common vocabulary and general understanding of SOA terminology and basic concepts •Explain the value in using an SOA reference architecture •Begin to apply an SOA reference architecture to your next project

Prerequisites:Basic understanding of enterprise architecture concepts

Duration:3 days

Content:•Principles of SOA •Cost benefits •SOA governance •SOA layers •Reference architecture •SOA example •Project planning •Alignment of Software AG’s products

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SOA Governance with CentraSite ActiveSOA 8.2

Description: CentraSite ActiveSOA is a powerful, open and standards-based SOA registry and repository that allows customers to manage and govern their SOA environment. In this course, attendees will learn how to use CentraSite functionality to implement SOA governance in their organization.

Target groups: SOA architects, SOA librarians and SOA developers

Prerequisites:•Sound knowledge of information processing •Understanding of Web services and SOA concepts •Programming concepts, e.g., Java •For advanced chapters, XML, XML Schema and XQuery knowl-edge is helpful

Extensions: The following courses are proposed for continuing education:•webMethods 8.x CentraSite Certified SOA Governance Profes-sional (CERT - SOA 8.x)

Duration:3 days

Content:•SOA governance concepts •Organization model (organizations and child-organizations, groups, users, roles, permissions) •SOA command center (browse, search, smart lists, favorites and notifications) •Asset types (basics, custom asset type, custom taxonomy) •Active life cycles (life cycle stages and states, state transitions) •Active policies (basics, global and local policies, policy scope, design/change time action templates: approval, name checker, ...) •Runtime governance (consumer provider relationship) •Eclipse support (eclipse plug-in as UI for CentraSite) •Reporting (report layout, custom report templates, XQuery) •webMethods suite integration •Advanced topics overview (pluggable UI, federation, APIs)

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SOA Run-time Governance with webMethods Mediator 8.2

Description: webMethods Mediator is a service intermediary that enforces the run-time policies you create in CentraSite ActiveSOA Virtualizing shared services makes it easy to change your SOA. Combined with CentraSite ActiveSOA, Mediator provides end-to-end governance of all services from development to run-time. Mediator supports an organization to easily grow and evolve shared services, service consumers and providers. Processing steps allow protocols, message formats or service locations—without impacting consumer-provider relationships—to be changed to adapt rapidly. The same service can even be made available to new applications over a different protocol or security standard—without costly recoding. In this course, attendees will learn how to use Mediator functionality to implement SOA run-time governance in their organization.

Target groups: SOA architects, SOA librarians and SOA dcevelopers

Prerequisites: •Understanding of Web services and SOA concepts •CentraSite ActiveSOA skills as aquired in the course SOA governance with CentraSite ActiveSOA •Programming concepts, e.g., Java •For advanced chapters, webMethods Integration Server knowledge is helpful

Duration:2 days

Content: •CentraSite ActiveSOA concepts recap •Runtime governance - Mediator architecture and configuration - Target-type - Target •Virtual services - Processing steps - Protocols - Message formats - Service locations

•Run-time policies - Security - Logging - Service metrics - Service level agreements •Consumer registration (consumer provider relationship)


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webMethods Insight 8.2

Description: This course teaches how to monitor the service activity of an SOA. Within the course the student will learn how to create run-time policies that map to service level agreements, all of which help administrators and stakeholders of the enterprise SOA to achieve success in deploying their business use cases. The students will learn how to use message fields of service messages to track and report service activity. The course describes how to use dimensions for monitoring the service activity and how to configure stabilizers for custom behaviour of your service network at run-time. During the training the students will describe a business process in Insight and monitor the service activity of this business process.

Target groups: SOA developers, SOA architects

Topics: At the end of this course, you will be able to: •Understand run-time management and governance concepts •Install and configure Insight products •Monitor SOA service traffic •Understand and demonstrate Insight features including moni-toring, policy, root cause analysis, business reporting •Identify and troubleshoot common problems

Prerequisites:•Understanding of SOA •Manage components of a distributed application •Manage server components in Windows •Start, stop and configure a Java-based application server ( Java servlet engine) •Describe and have experience with common messaging proto-cols used by distributed applications •Describe and have experience with applications that consume and provide services •Programming concepts, e.g., Java

Duration:4 days

Content:

•webMethods Insight concepts •Installing webMethods Insight •Configure a service network •Monitoring your service network •Managing policies and auditing •Watchdogs •Using message fields and flow fields •Using dimensions •Creating and monitoring business processes stabilizers •Integration of Insight with other webMethods products •Common problems and troubleshooting •Configuring and managing agents for third-party SOA platforms


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webMethods 8.x CentraSite SOA Governance Professional

Description: This proctored examination is designed for the experienced CentraSite user and is a Web-based test. It consists of 51 multiple-choice questions across a range of CentraSite ActiveSOA, webMethods Mediator and very little of webMethods Insight topics. Examinees are allowed 150 minutes to complete the exam. To pass the test and receive certification, you must score a 66% on the test.


Topics: The test is designed to test for skills of how to implement SOA governance in an organization. It is practice-oriented and simulates situations typical of SOA governance projects.

Prerequisites: The scope of the test is CentraSite ActiveSOA and webMethods Mediator. The test assumes a general understanding of Web services and concepts of an SOA.

No course completion is required to sit for this exam, but prospective examinees are strongly recommended to have completed the following course(s): •SOA Governance with CentraSite ActiveSOA •SOA Run-time Governance with webMethods Mediator a solid knowledge in using CentraSite ActiveSOA 8.2 and webMethods Mediator 8.2 and practical experience •It is imperative that you have hands-on experience developing and/or maintaining CentraSite/Mediator projects



Language: English

Content: TEST TOPICS: •General webMethods and BPM topics: architecture, suite interoperability, setup, etc. •SOA governance concepts: SOA management and governance objectives •Organization model: CentraSite administrator, organization structure, users, groups and roles •SOA command center: search and browse, impact analysis, import/export •Security: custom group, permissions •Active life cycle: concept, stages and states, versioning •Change/design-time policies: concept, policy scope, policy actions •Eclipse support: capacities •Asset types: concept, attributes and profiles •Taxonomies: concept, search and browse using taxonomies •Reporting: predefined reports, custom reports •Federation: concept •Runtime governance: runtime aspects, mediator •Architecture: CentraSite components, synchronization •Virtual services: concept, service deployment, mediation steps •Run-time policies: concept, virtual service deployment, policy actions •Consumer registration: concept, registration process, consumer authorization process •webMethods Insight: key features, integration with CentraSite

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Description: This course covers the basics of webMethods OneData from an end-user perspective, with in-depth coverage on browsing and searching data, reporting, and maintaining data values. It also includes the basics of change management and workflow. The course is designed for users who expect to be using OneData as an end-user; managers or supervisors of regular OneData users, and those who will function as workflow or change request approvers.

Target groups: Business user, project managers, system administrators

Topics: At the end of this course, you will be able to:•Understand the concept of a data object and the relationship to a database table •Understand different type of hierarchies and constructs •Understand the concept of work versus release area •Navigate through folders •Preferences and favorites •Navigate using the graphical model viewer •Search for data objects and values, and browse data •Understand basic and advanced filtering and sorting options •Perform data maintenance tasks: insert, copy, update, delete, restore, purge, bulk update, search/replace •Maintain data in hierarchical objects •Understand the various object level personalization parameters and their effects on the user interface •Reporting and delivery options •Build and run reports using both the report-builder wizard •OneData anywhere •Request changes, and understand the relationship between data changes and change requests •Understand the concepts of workflow items and transactions, and how to approve/reject a workflow item; staging versus production (as-is setup)

Prerequisites: Basic computer and application usage skills

Extensions: The following courses are proposed for continuing education:•webMethods OneData for Developers

Duration:1 day

Content: •webMethods OneData overview •Presentation layer overview and login •Browsing and filtering •Data management •Reporting •Workflow •Collaboration •Hands-on exercises


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webMethods OneData for Developers

Description: This course provides the knowledge needed for someone to implement and configure a webMethods OneData solution. It covers the basics of object creation as well as basic and advanced object configuration. In addition, it also covers setup of workflow rules and user authorizations and authentication. The course is designed for OneData developers responsible for configuring the OneData application in terms of model, rules, users, authorization roles, data interchange, workflow, hooks and process flow.

Target groups: Advanced end users, webMethods OneData application developers

Topics: At the end of this course, you will be able to: •Create basic data objects and configure relationships among objects; update schema and synchronize structure •Navigate through folders, create and modify folders, and assign objects to folders •Advanced model configuration •Creation of conceptual objects and hierarchies: recursive, net-work re-cursive and leveled •Advanced configuration topics: temporal objects, time-bound objects, super-type/sub-type, secondary axis on hierarchies •Notification setup •Build, schedule, test and monitor distribution and import jobs •Interchange mapping •Basic/advanced workflow setup and configuration •Understand how application security works; how to create users, roles, and user groups •Advanced rules engine configuration •iHooks and process flow •Admin workbench including metadata transfer across land-scapes

Prerequisites:The following courses are required as prerequisite: •webMethods OneData for end users

Duration:4 days

Content:•Object definition •Data object - basic configuration •Data object - advanced configuration •Conceptual object configuration •Repository project configuration •Data deployment •Data acquisition •Job center •Security •Workflow •Admin workbench •Rules engine and iHooks •Process flow

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webMethods OneData API and Configuration

Description: This course provides the knowledge needed to administer a webMethods OneData solution from an infrastructure and integration perspective. It covers software installation, infrastructure setup, integration configuration and production support activities.

Target groups: Technical administrators

Topics: At the end of this course, you will be able to: •Install OneData software using the installer •OneData Security setup including LDAP integration setup •Configure services layer (API and Web services) •Configure messaging queues •Real-time Master Data Management (MDM) •Setup of repository level properties •Troubleshooting and production support

Prerequisites: •Basic knowledge of SQL and relational databases •Knowledge of Java-based application servers

Duration:1 day

Content: •webMethods OneData architecture and installation •Java API & Web services •Real-time MDM


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webMethods OneData MDR Description: This course provides the knowledge needed to implement and administer a webMethods OneData MDR solution. It includes browsing, maintenance and reporting of administered items and classification scheme Items. It covers the Registration process associated with administered items. In addition, it provides an overview of advanced presentation layer options and security. It also covers the API functions specific to registry.

Target groups: Administrators, data stewards, registrars

Topics: At the end of this course, you will be able to:•Understand the underlying database model for the metadata registry •Understand the basic operations on administered items and alternative views built on it •Manage administered items; use customized import utilities for administered items and associative entities •Move administered items through the registration process, cre-ate version, delete/cascade deletes on administered items •Manage classification schemes and associated taxonomy. asso-ciate administered items to classification scheme item nodes. generate XML schema specifications •Configure the options for advanced presentation layer, such as groups, sub-types, multi-select and templates •Understand how application security works; how to create users, roles, and user groups; configure external authentication using LDAP, and synchronization •Import of technical data and linking it to data elements •MDR-specific API functions

Prerequisites: webMethods OneData skills as acquired in the course webMethods OneData (for end-users)

Duration:3 days

Content: •webMethods OneData MDR overview •Data management and acquisition •Registration and workflow process •MetaMap •Model configuration •Security •API and Web services


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Application Modernization with webMethods EntireX

Description: This course uses real-life scenarios to teach the technical functionality and features of webMethods EntireX and shows you how to use it successfully to perform service-based application modernization.

Target groups: Application developers, system administrators and SOA developers/architects

Topics: At the end of this course, you will be able to: •Understand seamless point-to-point integration across plat-forms and service-oriented architecture concepts •Enable cross-platform service interface-based integration using EntireX RPC and various wrappers •Extend the scope of existing applications •Understand administration and security concepts of web-Methods EntireX

Prerequisites:•Programming experience: Server environment (e.g., Natural, COBOL, PL/I), Client environment (e.g., Java, C#, ASP.NET, VBA,...) •Basic knowledge of Web technologies, XML and Web services

Extensions: The following courses are proposed for continuing education:•webMethods EntireX Administration

Duration:3 days

EntireX, ApplinX courses


Content:•webMethods EntireX in various integration scenarios •Integration of existing COBOL, PL/I or Natural applications •EntireX RPC technology (IDL, Extractors, Wrappers, Service Interfaces, etc.) •Invocation of existing applications from Java, Web service or .NET clients •Extending existing applications to invoke Java, Web service or .NET applications •Conversational and reliable RPCs •EntireX Messaging using Broker ACI and message queuing •Integration of JMS and MQI applications •Basic Administration using system management hub (broker, RPC server, etc.) •Security concepts

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webMethods EntireX Administration Description: This course provides the technical in-depth knowledge you will need for cross-platform implementation and administration of your integration solutions based on webMethods EntireX. You will learn to install, configure, tune, and conduct administration tasks for EntireX on the mainframe, UNIX/Linux® and Windows platforms.

Target groups: System administrators, application developers and SOA developers/architects Topics: At the end of this course, you will be able to: •Understand the architecture of all EntireX components on vari-ous platforms •Monitor, administer and tune a distributed solution based on webMethods EntireX •Secure your EntireX application

Prerequisites:•Programming experience: server environment (e.g., Natural, COBOL, PL/I), client environment (e.g., Java, C#, ASP.NET, VBA,...) •Basic knowledge of Web technologies, XML and Web services •Knowledge of your server operating system (z/OS, z/VSE, BS2000/OSD or UNIX/Linux) and Windows

The following courses are required as prerequisite: •Application modernization with webMethods EntireX

Duration:4 days

Content:•webMethods EntireX in various distributed environments •Architecture, configuration and administration of the EntireX Broker on different platforms •Configuration and administration of Natural- and EntireX RPC Servers •Administration of EntireX Broker agents, listeners and bridges •Load balancing and automatic server startup using the attach server •Monitoring, tracing and accounting in an EntireX environment •Security using EntireX Security, Natural Security and SSL •Platform dependencies •Deployment and performance


Web-Enabling with webMethods ApplinX Description: ApplinX is Software AG’s revolutionary new server-based technology that offers a variety of ways to expand the capabilities of any organization’s legacy assets. The course is intended to provide both theoretical and practical knowledge of ApplinX. During the course, you will create and develop a demo ApplinX application, applying the tools and methodology taught.

Target groups: Application developers, project leaders Topics: The course is intended to provide both theoretical and practical knowledge of ApplinX. During the course, you will create and develop a demo ApplinX application, applying the tools and methodology taught.

Prerequisites:•Good working knowledge of Web technologies (e.g., HTML, CSS, JavaScript) •Good programming skills ( Java or .NET)

Duration:3 days

Content: •ApplinX overview and architecture •First steps •Setting-up and developing an ApplinX Web application •Instant pages •Customizing the page layout •Creating and using tables •Customizing the host keys •Transformations (wizard-based, and coded in Java) •Customized pages •Combining data from multiple host screens •Hands-on exercises

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SOA-Enabling with webMethods ApplinX Description: ApplinX is Software AG’s revolutionary new server-based technology that offers a variety of ways to expand the capabilities of any organization’s legacy assets. The course is intended to provide both theoretical and practical knowledge of ApplinX. During the course, you will create and develop a demo ApplinX application, applying the tools and methodology taught.

Target groups: Application developers, project leaders

Topics: The course is intended to provide both theoretical and practical knowledge of ApplinX. During the course, you will create and develop a demo ApplinX application, applying the tools and methodology taught.

Prerequisites:•Basic knowledge of Web technologies and XML •Basic knowledge of the Web services standards

Duration:3 days

Content: •ApplinX overview and architecture •First steps •Identifying screens & screen groups •The application map •Creating path procedures •Creating flow procedures •Deploying procedures as Web services •Complementing screen data with external data sources (external databases or Web services) •Registering Web services in CentraSite •Generating client-side proxies (binary RPC) •Hands-on exercises


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Building Applications with Natural (I) Description: Natural is a development platform for building large and complex business applications. By completing this course, you will learn to use the functions of the Natural development environment and to implement applications with database accesses, processing logic and maps for the mainframe, UNIX and Windows target platforms.

Target groups: Application developers, project leaders, system administrators

Prerequisites: •General programming skills

The following courses are required as prerequisite: •Adabas Fundamentals

Extensions: The following courses are proposed for continuing education:•Building Applications with Natural (II) •Natural Organization and Administration •Building Applications with NaturalONE•Natural (UNIX, Windows) Organization and Administration•Reengineering and Refactoring with Natural Engineer

Duration:5 days

Content: •The Natural system - an overview •Working in the Natural development environment •Prototyping •Program editor, data area editor, map editor •Variables and data structures •Statements and commands •Application modularization techniques •Database accesses and modifications •Transaction logic •Creating reports •Debugging

Building Applications with Natural (II) Description: Based on the contents of the course Building Applications with Natural I, this course provides you with advanced knowledge needed to build complex business applications. In in-depth workshops, you will use predefined program skeletons and programming standards in practice.

Target groups: Application developers, project managers

Prerequisites:•Natural skills as acquired in the course Building Applications with Natural (I)•Programming experience

The following courses are required as prerequisite: •Building Applications with Natural (I) (301-45E)

Extensions: The following courses are proposed for continuing education:•Building Applications with Natural - Rich Internet Applications with Natural for AJAX (346-15E)•Reengineering and Refactoring with Natural Engineer (360-13E)

Duration:5 days

Content:•Techniques of application development with Natural •Standardization and modularization of applications •Design of access modules •Remote procedure calls •Ergonomic interface design •Error handling •Support of multiple languages •Complex Adabas accesses •Data exchange with work files, Entire Connection and XML •Long-running processing, Natural in batch mode •Data sorting •Quality assurance

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Building Applications with NaturalONE Description: NaturalONE is an all-in-one Natural development environment providing a single Eclipse-based IDE for new application development as well as maintenance and modernization. This course provides you with advanced knowledge needed to build Natural applications with NaturalONE. In practical workshops you will learn to use the Eclipse workbench with the corresponding NaturalONE functionality, e.g., perspectives, views, editors and plug-ins.

Target groups: Application developers, project leaders Topics: At the end of this course, you will be able to: •Develop applications with NaturalONE •Use the Natural data browser •Test Natural subprograms •Use the Natural debugger •Perform versioning for Natural applications •Create AJAX applications •Generate data access layers (CRUD) •Generate Web services •Use the Predict plug-in

Prerequisites:•Natural skills as acquired in the course Building Applications with Natural (I) •Programming experience

The following courses are required as prerequisite: •Building Applications with Natural (I) (301-45E)

Duration:3 days

Content:•NaturalONE overview •Eclipse workbench - perspectives, views, local workspace •Natural data browser, test subprogram •Natural editors - DDM editor, map editor, source editor, code assistant •Build project, upload/compile and execute programs •Natural debugger •Advanced concepts - working modes, versioning •Building rich internet applications with AJAX •Generating data access layers (CRUD) •Generating Web services •Using the Predict plug-in

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Building Applications with Natural - Rich Internet Applications with Natural for AjAX

Description: This course provides you with advanced knowledge needed to build rich Internet applications. In workshops you will learn to create rich GUI Web pages manually or to create them by conversion from existing Natural maps and to use them in combination with a Natural application.


Prerequisites: •Programming experience

The following courses are required as prerequisite: •Adabas Fundamentals•Building Applications with Natural (I)

Duration:3 days

Content: •Introduction and overview •The development environment •Processing •Controls - overview and types •Designing the user interface •Complex controls and processing details •Navigation •Customizing the rich GUI Web page •Modernization of legacy applications

Reengineering and Refactoring with Natural Engineer

Description: This course will show Natural programmers how to use Natural Engineer to analyze existing Natural code and to specify the standards to be applied when optimizing and migrating code. The course will cover all the main functionality of Natural Engineer, including both reengineering and refactoring. The course includes practical exercises.

Target groups: Experienced application developers, project managers

Prerequisites:•Natural Single-Point-of-Development (SPoD) skills

The following courses are required as prerequisite: •Adabas Fundamentals •Building Applications with Natural (I) •Building Applications with Natural (II)

Duration:2 days

Content:•Infrastructure, installation, configuration •Extract, load, populating the repository •Object explorer, field explorer •COBOL and JCL support •Impact analysis •Modification reports •The Web interface •How to combine search criteria •Code optimization and migration •Incremental impact analysis and modification •Combining criteria with multi-search •Utilities: beautification, compare and others •Refactoring database access •The presentation layer split •Encapsulating presentation logic in subprograms

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Building Unicode Applications with Adabas and Natural

Description: Internationalization of Adabas/Natural-based application systems is one of the big challenges of the Software AG community. In order to meet those re-quirements, the current versions of Adabas and Natural support the Unicode standard. This course provides you with the knowledge required to build Unicode-enabled applications. Participants will learn to prepare Adabas databases and files, and to develop Natural applications with respect to Unicode support.

Target groups: Natural programmers/developers and Adabas/Natural system administrators

Prerequisites: •Adabas skills as acquired in the seminars Adabas Fundamentals and Adabas System Administration•Natural skills as acquired in the seminar Building Applications with Natural (I)

Duration:2 days

Content: •Internationalization •Unicode - terms and definitions •Unicode support in Adabas (mainframe and open systems) •Unicode support in Natural (run-time environment - develop-ment environment - statements)

Using Predict for Application Development

Description: This practice-oriented course provides you with the knowledge and skills you need to use Predict in development projects for the documentation and administration of application systems and data structures.

Target groups: Application developers, data dictionary administrators, project managers, systems analysts

Prerequisites:•Basic Adabas and Natural skills

The following courses are required as prerequisite:•Adabas Fundamentals•Adabas, Natural, Predict System Administration

Extensions: The following courses are proposed for continuing education:•Predict Administration

Duration:5 days

Content:•Software development life cycle •Predict’s scope of functionality and system architecture •Functions for the documentation of application systems and data structures •Evaluation of the documentation •Creation of data descriptions and generation of DDMs •Application-related and cross-application evaluations of active reference data •Consistency check and comparison of documented/implement-ed systems and data structures •Redocumentation of existing programs and files

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Predict Application Control - Usage and Administration

Description: This course provides you with advanced knowledge needed to use and administrate Predict Application Control. In workshops you will learn to administrate the environment, to define statuses like DEVELOPMENT, TEST, PRODUCTION, etc. and to migrate objects from DEV to TEST and to PROD. Furthermore you will learn to maintain the repository.


Prerequisites:•Natural skills as acquired in the course Building Applications with Natural (I)•Programming experience

Duration:3 days

Content:•Introduction •Natural / Predict environment •PAC entities •PAC administration •Predict Application Audit (PAA) •Event processing •Repository maintenance •PAC / PAA reporting •Product internals / customization

Predict Administration Description: In this course you receive in-depth information about Predict’s implementation concepts and configuration options from the database administrator’s point of view. Intense hands-on workshops will give you additional practice.

Target groups: Application developers, data dictionary administrators, database administrators

Prerequisites: •Database knowledge

The following courses are required as prerequisite: •Using Predict for Application Development

Duration:3 days

Content: •Predict basic information •Generation and incorporation of external data structures •Configuration of the implementation environment •Extensions of the metastructure and of the functionality •Security for Predict objects •Consistency checks •Maintenance of meta data

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Natural Organization and Administration Description: This course provides you with the knowledge and skills needed for planning and performing all tasks required to set up, maintain, and monitor a system environment for Natural applications.

Target groups: Natural (mainframe) system administrators, experienced application developers

Prerequisites:•Basic Natural skills •Knowledge of an operating system (z/OS, OSD/BS2000, etc.) •Knowledge of a TP system (Complete, CICS, UTM, etc. in an IBM® or Siemens® environment)

The following courses are required as prerequisite: •Building Applications with Natural (I)

Duration:4 days

Content:•Natural architecture and functioning •Embedding Natural into the operating system and database environment •Planning and administration of a Natural environment (devel-opment, test, production environment and deployment) •Planning and defining user environments •Monitoring and optimizing the system environment •Problem analysis and maintenance

Natural (UNIX, Windows) Organization and Administration

Description: This course provides you with the knowledge and skills you need to plan and execute all measures to set up, maintain and monitor a system environment for Natural applications on UNIX and Windows platforms.

Target groups: Natural (UNIX, Windows) system administrators, experienced application developers

Prerequisites: •Knowledge of the operating system used

The following courses are required as prerequisite: •Adabas Fundamentals •Building Applications with Natural (I)

Duration:3 days

Content: •Natural (UNIX, Windows) architecture and functioning •Natural for Windows as SPoD client •Natural (UNIX, Mainframe) as NDV Server •Natural (UNIX, Windows) as RPC Server •Planning and setting up Natural (UNIX, Windows) operational environments •Development/production environment •Deployment •Planning and setting up user environments •Monitoring and optimizing the system environment •Problem analysis

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Natural Security Description: In this course, you will acquire the knowledge and skills needed for the independent planning and implementation of a Natural Security environment with different authorization profiles for different users.

Target groups: Project managers, system administrators, systems analysts

Prerequisites: Knowledge of Natural functionality and usage

Duration:3 days

Content: •Structure and terminology of Natural Security •Conceptual planning of data and function security in Natural development and production environments •Establishing security definitions for users, user groups, applica-tions and DDMs •Defining application profiles and user authorizations •Natural Security administration •Using user exits •Natural utilities, AOS and Predict under Natural •Natural Security in distributed environments

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Description: The Web-based multiple-choice test contains approximately 45 questions and must be completed in 150 minutes. To pass the test and receive certification, you must score a 66% on the test.

Target groups: Application developers, system administrators, system programmers, systems analysts

Topics: The scope of the test is based on the Natural syntax available with version 4.2 on Mainframes and version 6.2 on Open Systems platforms. The test is designed to test for Natural programming skills. Natural system administration topics are not in the scope of this test. The certification test is practice-oriented and simulates situations typical of Natural projects. Currently, the test contains questions for accessing Adabas databases. An alternative section of questions for accessing SQL databases is planned for a subsequent release of the test.

Prerequisites:Successful completion of Natural Application Developer Certification requires a solid knowledge in Natural programming, as can be acquired through Software AG training courses and through practical experience gained in medium-sized Natural development projects. In general, the test is independent of operating system and platform details, but assumes a certain understanding of the concepts available with Natural for Mainframes and Open System platforms, in particular the Single Point of Development (SPoD) concept. Also, the availability / existence of modern Natural programming features, e.g., Web interface, XML and HTTP support, should be known on a basic level. While the suggested resources can assist you in preparing for the test, it is imperative that you have hands-on experience developing and/or maintaining Natural applications since this is a practice-oriented test.

The following courses are required as prerequisite: •Building Applications with Natural (I) •Building Applications with Natural (II)


Location:Public course in one of our training rooms

Language:English

Content:•General Natural knowledge: Benefits fo using Natural, applica-tion areas, platform and database availability, components of a Natural system, development scenarios, add-on products •Natural syntax: Statements, data types, data declaration, data areas, system functions, system variables, DBMS access prin-ciples, Natural DML for Adabas access, error handling •User Interfaces: Maps •Handling the Natural Development Environment: System com-mands •Application Architecture: Modularization, subprograms, sub-routines, invocation, parameter passing, data access layers, optimistic and pessimistic locking concept •Project related activities: Programming standards, getting help and support •Application Integration: Interfaces to external systems (CALL, REQUEST DOCUMENT), XML support, migration/porting •Natural Single Point of Development (SPoD): Basic concepts, development scenarios, components, Natural for Windows, NaturalONE

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Adabas Fundamentals Description: Unparalleled in scalability and performance, Adabas is one of the leading database management systems for mission-critical applications. This course provides you with the essential knowledge of the architecture, facilities and functions of the Adabas UNIX, which is a prerequisite for all technical activities in the Adabas environment.

Target groups: Application developers, database administrators, project managers, system administrators, systems analysts

Prerequisites: Sound knowledge of information processing

Extensions: dThe following courses are proposed as continu-ing education: •Adabas System Administration•Adabas (UNIX, Windows) System Administration•Building Applications with Natural (I)

Duration:2 days

Content: •Adabas in today’s IT environments •Adabas features and components •Adabas architecture and structures •Data definition, data description and design considerations •Access logic for read and update functions •Transaction logic •Database administration overview

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Adabas, Natural, Predict System Administration

Description: Adabas, Natural and Predict are a ‘dream team’ for building and operating mission-critical transaction systems. Only a minimum of maintenance work is required, which is still indispensible. After completing this course, you will be able to perform all tasks necessary to build, maintain and monitor an Adabas/Natural/Predict system environment on Mainframe platforms.


Prerequisites: •Knowledge of the Adabas architecture and functioning as acquired in the course Adabas Fundamentals •Basic Natural skills •Knowledge of an operating system (z/OS, OSD/BS2000, etc.) and TP monitor (Complete, CICS, UTM, etc. in an IBM or Siemens environment)

Duration:10 days

Content: •Adabas database architecture •Natural architecture and functionality •Planning and setting up an Adabas, Natural and Predict system environment •Fundamentals of Adabas file design •File definition with Predict •Administration of the Adabas, Natural and Predict system environments •Planning and execution of restart and recovery •Monitoring and optimizing the system environment •Problem analysis and maintenance

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Adabas V8 (Mainframe) Upgrade Class Description: Adabas 8 represents a major milestone in the development of this high performance database system. This course comprehensively provides you with knowledge about the new and enhanced functions of this Adabas release and their administrational implications.


Prerequisites:Knowledge of Adabas system administration as acquired in the courses Adabas, Natural, Predict System Administration or Adabas System Administration

Duration:2 days

Content:•Database conversion •Performance enhancements •Modified database structures •Lifted limits of physical and logical extents, records, and MU/PE field occurrences •Spanned records and large objects •New field formats and options •Utility enhancements •Dataset compatibility •Add-on product compatibility •Adabas 8.2 enhancements •Natural architecture and functionality •Planning and setting up an Adabas, Natural and Predict system environment •Fundamentals of Adabas file design •File definition with Predict •Administration of the Adabas, Natural and Predict system environments •Planning and execution of restart and recovery •Monitoring and optimizing the system environment •Problem analysis and maintenance


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Adabas System Administration Description: This course provides you with the knowledge you need to efficiently run your Adabas databases. You will acquire in-depth information about the technical administration and maintenance of Adabas. Among other topics, you will learn to perform all tasks needed to define, maintain and monitor an Adabas database.

Target groups: •Adabas mainframe system administrators•System administrators

Prerequisites:•Knowledge of an operating system (z/OS, OSD/BS2000, etc.) and TP monitor (Complete, CICS, UTM, etc. in an IBM or Sie-mens environment)

The following courses are required as prerequisite:•Adabas Fundamentals

Duration:5 days

Content:•Setting up an Adabas database •Planning and setting up an Adabas system environment •Fundamentals of Adabas file design •File definition •Administration of the Adabas system environment •Planning and execution of restart and recovery •Monitoring and optimizing the system environment •Problem analysis and maintenance •Storing concepts of spanned records and large objects

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Adabas (UNIX, Windows) System Administration

Description: This course provides you with the knowledge you need to run your Adabas database efficiently. You will acquire in-depth information about the technical administration and maintenance of Adabas. Among other topics, you will learn to perform all tasks needed to define, maintain and monitor an Adabas database.

Target groups: Adabas (UNIX, Windows) system administrators

Prerequisites: •Knowledge of the operating system being used

The following courses are required as prerequisite: •Adabas Fundamentals

Duration:5 days

Content: •Product installation: preparing the Adabas system environment •Adabas database: terminology, structures, architecture •Adabas utilities: usage and control •Adabas nucleus: variable areas and parameters •Planning and setting up databases •Defining files, loading data •Configuring the nucleus •Monitoring, managing, adapting databases and files •Planning and executing back-up measures •Problem analysis and solving


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Adabas (UNIX, Windows) Version 5 and 6 Upgrade Class

Description: Adabas for Open Systems is an essential component of Software AG’s Adabas offering. This course provides you with the knowledge about the new and enhanced functions with version 5 and 6 of Adabas for UNIX and Windows as well as the administrational aspects. Participants will learn to install new versions, to convert existing Adabas databases, and to use the new features.


Prerequisites:•Practical experience in Adabas (UNIX, Windows) database administration

The following courses are required as prerequisite: •Adabas System Administration

Duration:2 days

Content:•Adabas Strategy and Architecture •New and enhanced features of Versions 5 and 6 •Installation on Windows and UNIX systems •Conversion and Compatibility •Utility changes •Unicode support •Large object and ACBX support •Add-on products - overview

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Adabas 8.x Certified Database Administrator for Mainframe

Description: The Adabas 8.x Database Administrator Certification Test is a web-based multiple-choice test. It contains approximately 50 questions and must be completed in 150 minutes. To pass the test and receive certification, you must score a 66% on the test.

Target groups: Application developers, data dictionary administrators, database administrators, IT architects

Topics: The scope of the Adabas 8.x Database Administrator Certification Test are mainframe operating systems (i.e. z/OS, z/VSE, BS2000 and VM/CMS). The Certification Test is practice-oriented and simulates situations typical for Adabas database administration. It tests your Adabas knowledge in all areas that are important to successfully manage and maintain Adabas databases, including the acquaintance of Adabas Add-on products. The test covers general Adabas knowledge, including: benefits of using Adabas; platform availibility; components of the Adabas system; Adabas commands and user types; and Adabas add-on products.

Prerequisites:General knowledge of the features of Adabas add-on products is expected, as well as knowledge of Predict and Adabas Online System (AOS), whereas Natural system administration and the Adabas Manager are not subjects of the test. In general, the test is independent of specific mainframe operating system, platform and application development system details, but assumes a certain understanding of the concepts available with Adabas for Mainframes. Even though the test is designed for Adabas administrators, the examinees should have basic knowledge of programming concepts to access Adabas as well as the existence of modern Adabas interfaces, e.g., Adabas SQL Gateway, Adabas SOA Gateway etc. Detailed programming skills are not in the scope of this test, whereas a thorough knowledge of the Adabas commands (direct calls) is a prerequisite. Successful completion of the Adabas 8.x Database Administrator Certification requires a solid knowledge of Adabas architecture, utilities and parameters as well as their functioning, as can be acquired through Software AG training courses. While the

suggested resources can assist you in preparing for the test, it is imperative that you have hands-on experience gained by maintaining Adabas databases in production, development or test environments since this is a practice-oriented test.

The following courses are required as prerequisite: •Adabas Fundamentals•Adabas V8 (Mainframe) Upgrade Class •Adabas, Natural, Predict System Administratio•Adabas V8 (Mainframe) Internals •Adabas System Administration



Language: English

Content: TEST TOPICS: •General Adabas knowledge: Benefits of using Adabas, platform availa-bility, components of an Adabas database system, access mechanisms including universal encoding support, Adabas add-on products (overview level) •Adabas architecture: Adabas database and file structures, struc-tures in the Adabas nucleus, i.e. buffers and pools •Database administration: Tasks of an Adabas database adminis-trator, installation, administration tools •Handling of the Adabas Nucleus: Adabas operator commands, starting, stopping and restarting the Adabas nucleus, ADARUN parameters and operator commands •Database and file administration: Database and file design, database and file maintenance, descriptor and space manage-ment •Database and file access: Access and update commands, trans-action and hold logic, user types •Monitoring and performance: Database report, nucleus statistics, command logging, add-on products for monitoring, performance aspects •Ensuring database availability: Backup and recovery, protection logging, error handling, problem solving (including Software AG support, ServLine24 and Developer Community)

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Adabas 6.x Certified Database Adminis-trator for Open Systems

Description: The Adabas 6.x Database Administrator Certification Test is a web-based multiple-choice test. It contains approximately 50 questions and must be completed in 150 minutes. To pass the test and receive certification, you must score about 66% on the test.

Target groups: Application developers, Data dictionary administrators, Database administrators, Development administrators, IT architects

Topics: The scope of the Adabas 6.x Database Administrator Certification Test are Open Systems (i.e. WINDOWS, UNIX and Linux). The Certification Test is practice-oriented and simulates tasks and situations typical for Adabas database administration. It tests your Adabas knowledge in all areas that are important to successfully manage and maintain Adabas databases, including basic acquaintance with Adabas add-on products.

Prerequisites:General knowledge of the features of Adabas add-on products is expected, as well as knowledge of Predict, whereas Natural system administration and the Adabas Manager are not subjects of the test. In general, the test is independent of specific operating systems, platform and application development system details, but assumes a certain understanding of the concepts available with Adabas for Open Systems. Even though the test is designed for Adabas administrators, the examinees should have basic knowledge of programming concepts to access Adabas as well as the existence of modern Adabas interfaces, e.g., Adabas SQL Gateway etc. Detailed programming skills are not in the scope of this test, whereas a thorough knowledge of the Adabas commands (L1, L3, S1 etc.) is a prerequisite. Successful completion of the Adabas 6.x Database Administrator Certification requires a solid knowledge of Adabas architecture, utilities and parameters as well as their functioning, as can be acquired through Software AG training courses. While the suggested resources can assist you in preparing for the test, it is imperative that you have hands-on experience gained by maintaining Adabas databases in production, development or test environments since this is a practice-oriented test.

The following courses are required as prerequisite: •Adabas Fundamentals •Adabas, Natural, Predict System Administration •Adabas System Administration •Adabas (UNIX, Windows) System Administration

Extensions: The following courses are proposed for continuing education:•Adabas V8 (Mainframe) Upgrade Class


Location:Public course in one of our training rooms

Language: English

Content:TEST TOPICS: •General Adabas knowledge: Benefits of using Adabas, platform availability, components of the Adabas database system, access methods including Universal Encoding Support, Adabas add-on products (overview level) •Adabas architecture: Adabas database and file structures, struc-tures in the Adabas nucleus, i.e. pools, queues and tables •General database administration skills: Tasks of an Adabas database administrator, installation, administration tools •Handling of the Adabas nucleus: Adabas operator commands, starting, stopping and restarting the Adabas nucleus, ADANUC parameters and operator commands •Database and file administration: Database and file design, maintenance, descriptor and space management •Database and file access: Access and update commands, trans-action and hold logic, user types •Monitoring and performance: Database report, nucleus statis-tics, command logging, add-on products for Adabas monitoring and performance •Ensuring database availability: Backup and recovery, protection logging, error handling, problem solving (including Software AG support, Empower and Developer Community)

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