iSAQB FLEXFlexible Architecture Models Training
- 30 credit points toward CPSA-A
- Guaranteed dates
- German and English
Fact sheet
- Duration
- 3 days
- Format
- Live online
- Language
- German and English
- Credit points
- 20 technical and 10 methodical
Price per seat
from€1,980plus VAT
Next date
2–4 Nov 2026Live online4 dates
What this course is.
You can cut a system into modules and justify each cut by cost and benefit.
- Current curriculum
- 2024.1
- iSAQB · Advanced Level · FLEX
After the course you can:
- Cut a system along business boundaries
- Align module and team boundaries
- Select integration and resilience patterns
- Choose an operating model for services
Dates for this course.
4 dates.
Group discount from 2 seats in one booking, applied automatically at checkout. The highest eligible discount applies.
November 2026
1 date, Live online, German
- Mon–Wed–CET
Online
Guaranteed to run- Format
- Live, instructor-led
- Language
- German
- Trainers
- Martin Lehmann & Dr. Kristine Schaal
- Seats
- 3 seats left
€2,250/ seat
plus VAT
December 2026
1 date, Live online, German
- Tue–Thu–CET
Online
Guaranteed to runFrom 2 seats in one booking- Format
- Live, instructor-led
- Language
- German
- Trainer
- Marc-André Bumann
- Seats
- 4 seats left
€2,250/ seat
plus VAT
May 2027
1 date, Live online, English
Mon–WedTo be announcedOnline
From 2 seats in one booking- Format
- Live, instructor-led
- Language
- English
- Trainer
- Marc-André Bumann
- Seats
- Available
Early birdCurrent price €1,980/ seat
Regular price
€2,200Save €220plus VAT
October 2027
1 date, Live online, English
Tue–ThuTo be announcedOnline
From 2 seats in one booking- Format
- Live, instructor-led
- Language
- English
- Trainer
- Marc-André Bumann
- Seats
- Available
Early birdCurrent price €1,980/ seat
Regular price
€2,200Save €220plus 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.
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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 are breaking up a monolith and have to justify every cut.
- You own the interfaces between several systems.
- You decide how your services are deployed and operated.
- You negotiate module boundaries with several teams.
Prerequisites
Recommended- CPSA-F basics:
Views, cross-cutting concepts, design decisions and constraints
- Experience:
Development and architecture work in agile projects and conventional systems
- Helpful:
Knowledge of distributed systems, modularisation and operations
What the course covers.
The topics follow the iSAQB FLEX curriculum 2024.1. Your trainer works through them live with the group.
- Why approach Flexible Systems
- Modularization of Systems of Systems
- Software Modules and the Organization
- Integration methods & protocols
- Deployment & Runtime/Platform Methods
- Service Operation Models
After the course you can
- Tell microservices, self-contained systems and moduliths apart
- Name the quality goals that justify a distributed architecture
- Cut a system into modules along its business boundaries
- Weigh the cost of a modularisation against its benefit
- Align module boundaries with team boundaries
- Select integration mechanisms, consistency and resilience patterns
- Settle what continuous deployment and zero downtime require
- Choose an operating model and design observability for it
How the training works.
- Before the date
Before the course
Before the Albion FLEX course you receive the materials and either the joining details or the address of the venue.
- Day 1Day 2Day 3
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
iSAQB30 credit points toward CPSA-A
This course has no exam.
- Technical
- 20 credit points
- Methodical
- 10 credit points
- Communicative
- 0 credit points
What you still need for CPSA-A
This course contributes 30 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.
The trainers running the scheduled dates.
Related modules.
Flexible Architecture Models adds 20 technical and 10 methodical points toward CPSA-A. Communicative is still open.
- Technical
- 20Minimum of 10 met
- Methodical
- 10Minimum 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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Questions before you book.
Credit points and certificate
The Albion FLEX 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 FLEX course carries 30 credit points under the iSAQB FLEX curriculum 2024.1: 20 in the technical area of competence, 10 in the methodical area and none in the communicative area.
For the Albion FLEX course you receive the Albion certificate of participation from 80% attendance, with a public verification page. It records that you attended and depends on no exam.
The course
You need no CPSA-F certification for the Albion FLEX course. Curriculum 2024.1 recommends the fundamentals CPSA-F teaches; only applying for the CPSA-A exam requires a passed Foundation exam.
The Albion FLEX course is not only about microservices. The curriculum sets microservices, self-contained systems, moduliths and monoliths side by side and asks when distribution is worth its price.
The iSAQB curriculum for the Albion FLEX course names no specific cloud tool as prerequisite knowledge. It recommends knowledge of distributed systems and operations.
The Albion FLEX course follows the same programme online and on site.
Booking and price
A booking for several seats on the Albion FLEX course receives a group discount. The date row and checkout show whether it applies and the minimum number of seats.
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4 dates, next on 2–4 Nov 2026, from €1,980 plus VAT.