iSAQB ARCEVALArchitecture Evaluation Training
- 20 credit points toward CPSA-A
- Guaranteed dates
- German and English
Fact sheet
- Duration
- 2 days
- Format
- Live online
- Language
- English and German
- Credit points
- 20 methodical
Price per seat
from€1,305plus VAT
Next date
24–25 Feb 2027Live online5 dates
What this course is.
You evaluate an architecture and hand its team a list of risks and trade-offs.
- Current curriculum
- 2022.1
- iSAQB · Advanced Level · ARCEVAL
After the course you can:
- Elicit and prioritise quality scenarios
- Prepare and run an ATAM workshop
- Derive risks and trade-offs
- Assess a running system with metrics
Dates for this course.
5 dates.
Group discount from 2 seats in one booking, applied automatically at checkout. The highest eligible discount applies.
November 2026
1 date, Live online, English
- Wed–Thu–CET
Online
Sold out- Format
- Live, instructor-led
- Language
- English
- Trainer
- Matthias Bohlen
- Seats
- Fully booked
Previous price
€1,450/ seatNo longer bookable
February 2027
1 date, Live online, German
Wed–ThuTo be announcedOnline
From 2 seats in one booking- Format
- Live, instructor-led
- Language
- German
- Trainer
- Matthias Bohlen
- Seats
- Available
Early birdCurrent price €1,305/ seat
Regular price
€1,450Save €145plus VAT
May 2027
1 date, Live online, English
Wed–ThuTo be announcedOnline
From 2 seats in one booking- Format
- Live, instructor-led
- Language
- English
- Trainer
- Matthias Bohlen
- Seats
- Available
Early birdCurrent price €1,305/ seat
Regular price
€1,450Save €145plus VAT
September 2027
1 date, Live online, German
Wed–ThuTo be announcedOnline
From 2 seats in one booking- Format
- Live, instructor-led
- Language
- German
- Trainer
- Matthias Bohlen
- Seats
- Available
Early birdCurrent price €1,305/ seat
Regular price
€1,450Save €145plus VAT
November 2027
1 date, Live online, English
Wed–ThuTo be announcedOnline
From 2 seats in one booking- Format
- Live, instructor-led
- Language
- English
- Trainer
- Matthias Bohlen
- Seats
- Available
Early birdCurrent price €1,305/ seat
Regular price
€1,450Save €145plus VAT
Prices are per seat and exclude VAT (value-added tax). Hours are in Central European Time (CET or CEST) unless a date says otherwise.
Looking for an inhouse ARCEVAL training for your team? Ask us.
Is this the right course for you?
Who it's for
If one of these four describes your work, you are in the right room.
- You assess whether an architecture meets its quality goals.
- You review systems you did not design yourself.
- You facilitate the rounds where architecture decisions are made.
- You take over a system and need evidence before a rebuild.
Prerequisites
Recommended- CPSA-F basics:
Describing architectures with views, cross-cutting concepts, design decisions and constraints
- Experience:
Own experience in building and maintaining software is desirable
- Helpful:
Knowledge of typical design questions makes some concepts easier
What the course covers.
The topics follow the iSAQB ARCEVAL curriculum 2022.1. Your trainer works through them live with the group.
- Basic terminology of architecture evaluation
- Requirements in architecture evaluation
- Scenario-based workshops
- Evaluation of existing systems (or their parts)
- Other evaluation methods
- Examples
After the course you can
- Prepare and facilitate an ATAM evaluation workshop
- Elicit, document and prioritise quality scenarios
- Select the views and decision documents an evaluation needs
- Derive risks, non-risks, sensitivity points and trade-offs
- Condense findings into risk clusters and report them
- Check the implementation against the architecture with metrics
- Choose between ATAM, DCAR, TARA, PBAR and ARID by fit
- Size an evaluation and estimate the people it needs
How the training works.
- Before the date
Before the course
Before the Albion ARCEVAL course you get the materials. Joining details or the address follow before the date.
- Day 1Day 2
The course days
The course days follow the same programme online and on site; the times are on the date you booked.
- After the courseCredit points and certificate
After the course
From 80 percent attendance you get the Albion certificate of participation; the credit points count toward CPSA-A admission.
Credit points, and the certificate you take home.
Certificate of participation
Albion- To receive it
- At least 80% of the course time attended
Credit points
iSAQB20 credit points toward CPSA-A
This course has no exam.
- Technical
- 0 credit points
- Methodical
- 20 credit points
- Communicative
- 0 credit points
What you still need for CPSA-A
This course contributes 20 of the 70 credit points required. Your total across modules must include at least 10 points in each area.
You also need the CPSA-F (Foundation) certificate; the official rules cover the remaining eligibility and assessment requirements.
Why book with Albion.
Every promise here is one the Terms can be held to, on every course.
Verified digital certificate
Public verification pageEvery certificate Albion issues has a public verification page, and the certificate showroom shows a sample of each one.
See the certificate showroomAccredited trainers who work as architects
iSAQB accreditationYour trainers are accredited iSAQB trainers who work as architects, so the exercises come from systems they have built.
Who teaches this course.
Accredited for this course.
Related modules.
Architecture Evaluation adds 20 methodical points toward CPSA-A. Technical and communicative are still open.
- Technical
- 0Open: minimum is 10
- Methodical
- 20Minimum of 10 met
- Communicative
- 0Open: minimum is 10
This course only. Your previous modules are not included. CPSA-A requires 70 points, at least 10 in each area, plus the Foundation certificate.
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- FMFormal Methods20 technical, 10 methodical, and 0 communicative points30 Nov2026from €1,80030 Nov 2026
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This list has 8 modules.
Questions before you book.
Credit points and certificate
The Albion ARCEVAL course has no exam and earns CPSA-A credit points. Certification involves an assignment and an oral exam assessed by experts appointed by the iSAQB, after all admission requirements have been met.
The Albion ARCEVAL course carries 20 credit points for methodical competence; technical and communicative competence are zero in the iSAQB curriculum 2022.1. The iSAQB counts them toward admission to the CPSA-A exam.
The Albion ARCEVAL course ends with the Albion certificate of participation, from 80% attendance and with a public verification page. No exam is involved.
The course
You do not need CPSA-F for the Albion ARCEVAL course. The iSAQB curriculum recommends the Foundation Level knowledge; a passed Foundation exam is required only when you apply for the CPSA-A certification.
The Albion ARCEVAL course teaches ATAM as its core method and covers CBAM, DCAR, TARA, PBAR and ARID in outline, as the iSAQB curriculum 2022.1 sets out.
Yes, the Albion ARCEVAL course evaluates running systems too: one chapter of the iSAQB curriculum is about checking the implementation in code, with metrics, tools and dynamic analysis.
The Albion ARCEVAL course follows the same programme online and on site.
Booking and price
Albion applies a group discount when one ARCEVAL booking covers several seats. Whether it applies to a date, and from how many seats, is shown on the date's row and at checkout.
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5 dates, next on 24–25 Feb 2027, from €1,305 plus VAT.