Architecture is learned by building it.
We run accredited iSAQB training for software architects: CPSA-Foundation and the Advanced modules, taught by architects who still design and ship the systems they talk about.
AccreditationAbout Albion
What our accreditation means for you.
We teach for the work, not just for the exam.
A course built around exam questions gets people through the exam and no further. Ours runs the other way round. Most of the time goes into design problems: you make the calls, argue the trade-offs out loud, and write the decisions down the way the syllabus asks.
The content follows the current iSAQB syllabus, so nothing in the exam comes as a surprise. What differs is where the examples come from. They are real design reviews, brought into the room by the trainer who sat in them.
See all iSAQB coursesWhat our accreditation means for you.
Albion has been an accredited iSAQB training partner since 2003. Accreditation is not a badge we hand ourselves. iSAQB audits the syllabus, the trainers and the exam process, and repeats that audit.
The official syllabus
You are taught against the official syllabus, the same one your exam is written from.
Credit points toward CPSA-A
Every Advanced module you pass adds credit points toward CPSA-A, counted by iSAQB rather than by us.
The iSAQB name
Your certificate carries the iSAQB name, so it means the same to your next employer as to your current one.
Our trainers
Who teaches at Albion.
Every Albion course is taught by an accredited iSAQB trainer who still works as an architect. Open a profile to see the modules and the next dates.
Roger Rhoades
Founder & Principal Trainer
Founder of Albion Academy and accredited iSAQB® trainer with over 20 years of practical experience in Enterprise and Software Architecture Management.
Focus areas
- Strategy planning and implementation
- Enterprise Architecture Management (EAM) and Business Architecture, including TOGAF certifications
- Software architecture, including iSAQB® certifications
Four things we do differently.
Trainers who still build systems
Everyone who teaches here designs production architecture outside the classroom. When an exercise turns into a real argument about trade-offs, that is the person you want in the room.
Live, not recorded
Every session runs live, online or in a room, with a trainer you can interrupt. There is no video library to work through on your own.
Exercises from real projects
The case studies come out of architecture work our trainers actually did. You practice on systems that had constraints, deadlines and a budget, not on a neutral example.
Useful after the exam
Passing is the part that is easy to measure. We teach for what comes after it: a shared vocabulary, documentation habits, and decision records people still keep months later.
What teams say after the training.
Feedback from participants and from the teams that booked them. The quotes stay unattributed until the companies behind them tell us we may use their names.
In-House Training
+40% team efficiencyAlbion's in-house training changed how our architecture team works. The curriculum matched our exact technology stack and challenges.
The hands-on workshop format was outstanding. Our team passed the iSAQB certification with a 100% success rate on the first attempt.
Roger's deep expertise in enterprise architecture made the training genuinely valuable. Our design decisions improved right away.
Flexible scheduling and on-site delivery meant no disruption to our project timelines. The ROI showed within weeks.
The best investment we have made in our engineering team. Albion aligned every exercise with our real microservices challenges.
Companies whose teams we have taught.
A short list rather than a wall of logos. There are 500+ enterprise clients in all.
- Siemens
- SAP
- Bosch
- Allianz
- Deutsche Bank
- Zalando
Based in Germany. Every course live.
Bad Reichenhall is where the company is registered. Courses run live online or at your site, so the address matters less than the dates.