iSAQB CPSA-FFoundation Level Training

  • Exam optional
  • Guaranteed dates
  • Online or on site
  • German and English

Fact sheet

Duration
3 days
Format
Live online or On site
Language
German and English
Exam
Optional, €250 plus VAT, booked at checkout

Next date

27–29 Oct 2026Live online

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About the course

What this course is.

You leave with your design for the case study and can justify it.

Current curriculum
2025.1
iSAQB · Foundation Level · CPSA-F
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After the course you can:

  1. Derive a design from quality scenarios
  2. Cut a system into building blocks
  3. Document views of the architecture
  4. Assess a design against its goals

The course and the certification are two things.

Attending earns
The Albion certificate of participation
Passing the CPSA-F exam makes you
A Certified Professional for Software Architecture, Foundation Level

Exam and certificate details

Dates

Dates for this course.

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100 dates.

Group discount from 2 seats in one booking, applied automatically at checkout. The highest eligible discount applies.

October 2026

1 date

  • , Live online, German

    • Tue–Thu–CET

    Online

    Guaranteed to run
    Format
    Live, instructor-led
    Language
    German
    Trainer
    Raphael Pigulla
    Seats
    4 seats left

    €2,250/ seat

    plus VAT

November 2026

6 dates

  • , Dubai, English

    Tue–ThuTo be announced

    United Arab Emirates

    City
    Dubai
    Language
    English
    Trainer
    Zied Chtioui
    Seats
    5+ seats left
    Monthly Pick

    Current price €2,457/ seat

    Regular price €2,890Save €434

    plus VAT

  • , Munich, English

    • Tue–Fri–CET

    Germany

    Sold out
    City
    Munich
    Language
    English
    Trainer
    Ruba Kharrubi
    Seats
    Fully booked

    Previous price €2,590/ seat

    No longer bookable

  • , Amsterdam, English

    • Tue–Thu–CET

    Netherlands

    City
    Amsterdam
    Language
    English
    Trainer
    Serkan Karagulle
    Seats
    4 seats left

    €2,890/ seat

    plus VAT

  • , Live online, German

    • Wed–Fri–CET

    Online

    Format
    Live, instructor-led
    Language
    German
    Trainer
    Benjamin Hollmach
    Seats
    5+ seats left
    Monthly Pick

    Current price €1,913/ seat

    Regular price €2,250Save €338

    plus VAT

  • , Frankfurt am Main, German

    • Tue–Thu–CET

    Germany

    City
    Frankfurt am Main
    Language
    German
    Trainer
    To be announced
    Seats
    5+ seats left
    Early bird

    Current price €2,331/ seat

    Regular price €2,590Save €259

    plus VAT

  • , Prague, English

    • Tue–Thu–CET

    Czechia

    Guaranteed to run
    City
    Prague
    Language
    English
    Trainer
    Serkan Karagulle
    Seats
    3 seats left

    €2,590/ seat

    plus VAT

December 2026

6 dates

  • , Stuttgart, German

    • Tue–Thu–CET

    Germany

    City
    Stuttgart
    Language
    German
    Trainer
    Phillip Spielberger
    Seats
    5+ seats left
    Early bird

    Current price €2,331/ seat

    Regular price €2,590Save €259

    plus VAT

Exam optional, €250 plus VAT, booked at checkout.

Prices are per seat and exclude VAT (value-added tax). Hours are in Central European Time (CET or CEST) unless a date says otherwise.

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Before you book

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 own a system's structure and have to defend it in reviews.
  • You have designed for years without writing the decisions down.
  • You have more than 18 months of team development behind you.
  • You commission or review architecture work.

Prerequisites

Recommended
  • Experience:

    More than 18 months of software development in a team, outside formal education

  • Programming:

    Practical experience with at least one high-level programming language

  • Basics:

    Modelling and abstraction, algorithms and data structures, and testing

  • UML:

    Basic knowledge of class, package, component and sequence diagrams

Curriculum

What the course covers.

The topics follow the iSAQB CPSA-F curriculum 2025.1. Your trainer works through them live with the group.

How the days run

One case system runs through all three days. Each short teaching block is followed by your work on the case, then a discussion in the group.

  1. Day 1: Role and requirements

    Where architecture work starts and what it answers for.

    • Clarify the role's tasks and stakeholder concerns
    • Write qualities as quality scenarios
    • Weigh requirements against constraints
    • Agree the case study's quality goals

  2. Day 2: Design and structure

    The curriculum's longest chapter, 360 of 1080 minutes.

    • Cut the system into building blocks and cross-cutting concepts
    • Choose design principles and architectural patterns
    • Design, version and document the interfaces
    • Sketch the design in C4 levels and weigh what distribution costs

  3. Day 3: Documentation and assessment

    Writing the architecture down, then checking it.

    • Document views in an arc42 structure
    • Record decisions as ADRs
    • Review another group's design against its scenarios
    • A short ATAM introduction, not examined per the curriculum
    • Sit a mock exam in the iSAQB format and review it together

After the course you can

  • Explain what the architecture role is responsible for
  • Write quality scenarios and derive design decisions from them
  • Cut building blocks and manage the dependencies between them
  • Select architectural patterns for a stated problem
  • Document an architecture in views for a target group
  • Record decisions with their reasons and the rejected alternatives
  • Assess risks and metrics, and check the implementation against the design
  • Defend trade-offs to stakeholders
How it works

How the training works.

  1. Before the date

    Before the course

    Before the Albion CPSA-F course you get the materials and a short reading list. Joining details or the address follow before the date.

  2. Day 1
    Day 2
    Day 3

    Three course days

    For the Albion CPSA-F course you need a computer, plus a stable connection if you join online. The times are on the date you booked.

  3. After the course

    The exam

    A CPSA-F exam booked with Albion is sat after the course with the certification body, which tells you the result.

    Exam and certificate details
After this course

The exam, and the certificate you take home.

Certificate of participation

Albion
To receive it
At least 80% of the course time attended
Exam result
You do not need to pass the exam to receive your certificate of participation.
The certificate, shown in English

The exam

iSAQB

Optional exam, booked at checkout

Add the exam for €250 plus VAT, or book the course without it.

Questions (approx.)
40
Time limit
75 min+15 min for non-native speakers
Pass mark
60%
Exam fee
€250 plus VAT
When
After the course, with a certification body recognised by the iSAQB
Exam certificate validity
Valid for life, no renewal

Official exam rules and sample questions

Why Albion

Why book with Albion.

Every promise here is one the Terms can be held to, on every course.

  • Verified digital certificate

    Public verification page

    Every certificate Albion issues has a public verification page, and the certificate showroom shows a sample of each one.

    See the certificate showroom

  • One free exam retake

    Terms, part III § 5

    If you do not pass the exam, you can retake it once free of charge within twelve months of the original course start, on a public Albion date, provided you attended at least two thirds of the course.

    The conditions, in the Terms

  • Accredited trainers who work as architects

    iSAQB accreditation

    Your trainers are accredited iSAQB trainers who work as architects, so the exercises come from systems they have built.

Trainers

Who teaches this course.

The trainers running the scheduled dates.

FAQ

Questions before you book.

Exam and certificate

The course

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