iSAQB IMPROVEEvolution and Improvement of Software Architectures
- 30 credit points toward CPSA-A
- Online or on site
- German and English
Fact sheet
- Duration
- 3 days
- Format
- Live online or On site
- Language
- German and English
- Credit points
- 10 technical and 20 methodical
Price per seat
from€1,980plus VAT
Next date
4–6 Nov 2026Frankfurt am Main6 dates
What this course is.
You plan improvements to an existing system and make the business case for them.
- Current curriculum
- 1.6.1
- iSAQB · Advanced Level · IMPROVE
After the course you can:
- Analyse the current state of a system
- Separate problems from solutions
- Estimate effort as a range
- Apply refactoring and decoupling
Dates for this course.
6 dates.
Group discount from 2 seats in one booking, applied automatically at checkout. The highest eligible discount applies.
November 2026
1 date, Frankfurt am Main, German
- Wed–Fri–CET
Germany
- City
- Frankfurt am Main
- Language
- German
- Trainer
- Johannes Hochrainer
- Seats
- 3 seats left
€2,690/ seat
plus VAT
February 2027
1 date, Frankfurt am Main, German
Wed–FriTo be announcedGermany
From 2 seats in one booking- City
- Frankfurt am Main
- Language
- German
- Trainer
- Johannes Hochrainer
- Seats
- Available
Early birdCurrent price €2,205/ seat
Regular price
€2,450Save €245plus VAT
April 2027
1 date, Live online, English
Tue–ThuTo be announcedOnline
From 2 seats in one booking- Format
- Live, instructor-led
- Language
- English
- Trainer
- Wolfgang Reimesch
- Seats
- Available
Early birdCurrent price €1,980/ seat
Regular price
€2,200Save €220plus VAT
May 2027
1 date, Munich, German
Wed–FriTo be announcedGermany
From 2 seats in one booking- City
- Munich
- Language
- German
- Trainer
- Johannes Hochrainer
- Seats
- Available
Early birdCurrent price €2,205/ seat
Regular price
€2,450Save €245plus VAT
July 2027
1 date, Live online, English
Wed–FriTo be announcedOnline
From 2 seats in one booking- Format
- Live, instructor-led
- Language
- English
- Trainer
- Johannes Hochrainer
- Seats
- Available
Early birdCurrent price €1,980/ seat
Regular price
€2,200Save €220plus VAT
September 2027
1 date, Live online, German
Tue–ThuTo be announcedOnline
From 2 seats in one booking- Format
- Live, instructor-led
- Language
- German
- Trainer
- Dr. Gernot Starke
- 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 have to get an existing system back under control.
- You justify a rebuild to the people who hold the budget.
- You take over code that others wrote under time pressure.
- You decide between stepwise improvement and a rewrite.
Prerequisites
Recommended- Development:
Hands-on experience designing and developing small to medium systems
- Maintenance:
Some experience maintaining and evolving a system
- Source code:
Practice in analysis, assessment, quality checks, refactoring and metrics on medium to large systems
What the course covers.
The topics follow the iSAQB IMPROVE curriculum 1.6.1. Your trainer works through them live with the group.
- Foundations of Improvement and Evolution of Software Architecture
- Analyse Current State
- Estimate and Assess Problems and Solution Approaches
- Long-Term Planning of Improvements
- Typical Approaches to Improvement
- Examples of Improvement
After the course you can
- Name and classify technical debt and structural problems
- Separate a problem cleanly from its solution approaches
- Choose an analysis method to fit budget, time and stakeholders
- Plan and run stakeholder interviews and a context analysis
- Analyse source code and structure statically, and document it
- Estimate the effort of problems and solution approaches in intervals
- Record evaluated problems and solution approaches so others can follow
- Apply refactorings and decoupling patterns where they pay off
How the training works.
- Before the date
Before the course
Before the Albion IMPROVE course you get the materials. Joining details or the address follow before the date.
- 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
- 10 credit points
- Methodical
- 20 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.
Evolution and Improvement of Software Architectures adds 10 technical and 20 methodical points toward CPSA-A. Communicative is still open.
- Technical
- 10Minimum of 10 met
- 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.
Modules that add communicative points
- SOFTSoft Skills for Architects0 technical, 0 methodical, and 30 communicative points24 Nov2026from €1,98024 Nov 2026
- AGILAAgile Software Architecture0 technical, 20 methodical, and 10 communicative points2 Mar2027from €1,9802 Mar 2027
- DDDDomain-Driven Design0 technical, 20 methodical, and 10 communicative points24 Nov2026from €1,98024 Nov 2026
- REQ4ARCRequirements for Software Architects0 technical, 20 methodical, and 10 communicative points1 Dec2026from €1,9801 Dec 2026
Questions before you book.
Credit points and certificate
The Albion IMPROVE 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 IMPROVE course carries 30 credit points: 20 for methodical and 10 for technical competence, with communicative competence at zero in the iSAQB curriculum 1.6.1.
The Albion IMPROVE 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 IMPROVE course. The iSAQB curriculum expects hands-on experience in development, maintenance and source code analysis instead; a passed Foundation exam is required only for the CPSA-A exam.
Yes, the Albion IMPROVE course weighs a rewrite against stepwise improvement. The iSAQB curriculum asks you to argue the risks and benefits of both, and warns that a rewrite looks simpler than it turns out to be.
The curriculum for the Albion IMPROVE course permits code and runtime analysis tools without requiring them. Learning goals include refactoring, decoupling and test automation.
The Albion IMPROVE course follows the same programme online and on site.
Booking and price
A booking for several seats on the Albion IMPROVE course receives a group discount. The date row and checkout show whether it applies and the minimum number of seats.
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6 dates, next on 4–6 Nov 2026, from €1,980 plus VAT.