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  • The Four Week Plan for TOGAF Foundation

    The Four Week Plan for TOGAF Foundation

    At times it might seem like an impossible task to study TOGAF. The spec is 650 pages long. How could you possibly memorize it all?

    Well the good news is that you don’t have to memorize it. Here’s a four-week plan for studying for the Part 1 test. You can “tailor” this to your needs, if you think you need more or less time for each step.

    1) Set a date within the next 4 weeks to book the test. Do what you need to do to lock that date as THE date that you will take it. Write it down in your calendar or wherever you keep appointments.

    2) Set reminders for yourself between now and then. So if you booked the test for 4 weeks from today, set 3 reminders for yourself in that same calendar (a week from today, two weeks from today, three weeks from today) to highlight where you should be at in your studies. These are often called milestones, and you can judge your study progress against where you expected yourself to be with course milestones.

    3) By a week from today, you should understand ADM at a high level. You should know what the phases are by memory (“what is Phase E called?”). You should know what activities happen in each phase. No need to memorize the exact steps or the artifacts yet. Just know the ADM this week.

    4) Two weeks from today, you should get deeper into it. Watch the lessons on from Lesson 44 to Lesson 124 on each of the phases and each of the steps. Get a sense for what order things are done in, and why. ASK QUESTIONS in the discussion board to get my and other students opinions on it. (“Why is a high level migration plan during Opportunities and Solutions?”)

    5) Three weeks from today, learn the other important parts of TOGAF. Now you find out about content metamodel, architecture repository and enterprise continuum, and other things. You can take a sample test this week if you wish.

    4) Week four is review. Take other sample tests, and ensure that your knowledge is evenly spread in all needed areas. Get lots of rest before the test, and be relaxed and organized on the day of the test.

    There. You can do this, and there’s a plan.

     

  • Tips for Passing the TOGAF 9.1 Part 2 Exam

    Tips for Passing the TOGAF 9.1 Part 2 Exam

    I put together a little list of study tips for you to give you a better idea of the strategy for studying for the exam. I hope you find it helpful.

    1) Eliminate the distractor first.

    When I was a kid, there was a TV program called Sesame Street. And it had a game on it called “Which of these things don’t belong?”

    The characters would then show three things (like, an apple, a banana, a pear, and a sock) and the goal was to figure out the one thing that didn’t belong in that group.

    In some ways, TOGAF Part 2 is a game of “Which of these things don’t belong?”

    Every set of answers on the Part 2 exam has 1 question worth zero points. It’s the obviously wrong answer. If you can figure out the obviously wrong answer on every question, you will almost certainly pass the overall test.

    2) Be familiar with the TOGAF 9.1 specification PDF.

    I did all my studying for the Part 1 exam based off the Open Group website. I found it easier to search in Google, and find the topic I was looking for in the spec that way. But when it comes to the Part 2 exam, you need to become best friends with the PDF.

    You need to know the sections of the document, the chapters. How it’s laid out. How to search inside a PDF. If you can be a master of quickly searching the PDF, you can “look up” the answer to every question on the test. You’ll know in general what to look for, and won’t waste time looking for it.

    3) Sample tests

    The Part 1 exam was about memorization to me, and so taking sample tests repeatedly wasn’t a recommended strategy. But the Part 2 exam is about reading, figuring out the essence of the question, ignoring irrelevant information, and finding the distractor.

    You absolutely MUST take sample tests before going in for the Part 2 exam. Being presented with that type of test without ever seeing it before would be a bad idea.

    This course contains a few sample questions, along with my explanations as to how I came up with the correct answer. (I will try to add more this month.) For 99 cents, buy the official Open Group sample tests as well. Well worth it.

    4) Set a goal. Pick the exam date now.

    If you give yourself 2 weeks to study for the exam, go ahead and book the exam with Prometric now. This will motivate you to study and give you a natural pace. You will know that you need to have covered the specification completely within the first week, and spend the last week reviewing, and taking sample tests. If you choose a date 3 weeks from now, your pace will be a bit slower. Having an end date is motivating.

    You can always change that date for free if it gets closer to the exam date and you feel you’re not ready.

    5) Just do it.

    For some reason, I’ve really gotten into that Shia LaBeouf motivational video. If you haven’t seen it, here’s the original. There have been hundreds of creative and funny edits to it. 

    Shia LaBeouf Motivational Video on Youtube

    “Don’t let your dreams be dreams. Yesterday you said tomorrow, so just do it.”

    I know that he’s mocking the motivational speaker industry, but it’s still somehow motivational to me. 🙂

     

  • What is TOGAF 9.1?

    What is TOGAF 9.1?

    Here’s the latest from the SoftwareArchitect.ca YouTube channel.  Would love to have you check out the channel or subscribe.

    Have you heard of The Open Group’s Architecture Framework, abbreviated as TOGAF? This is an architecture framework that has become an industry standard used by thousands of organizations worldwide to define their business requirements, and take that through the technical requirements and get it implemented.

    TOGAF is up to version 9.1.

    In this video, I go through what TOGAF is, what an architecture framework is, and what the benefits to implementing an architecture framework in your enterprise.

     

  • Tips for Passing the TOGAF 9.1 Part 1 Exam

    Tips for Passing the TOGAF 9.1 Part 1 Exam

    I put together a little list of study tips for you to give you a better idea of the strategy for studying for the exam. I hope you find it helpful.

    1) First go shallow, then go deep.

    When trying to tackle a huge subject like TOGAF, you need to understand the purpose of it, and what it’s trying to achieve, before digging into the details.

    For instance, with the ADM, it’s better to understand the phases and their objectives first (all of them), and then go back and then learn the individual steps inside each phase.

    2) Set a goal. Pick the exam date now.

    If you give yourself 4 weeks to study for the exam, go ahead and book the exam with Prometric now. This will motivate you to study and give you a natural pace. You will know that you need to have covered the specification completely within two weeks, and spend the last two weeks reviewing, and taking sample tests. If you choose a date 2 weeks from now, your pace will be faster. Having an end date is motivating.

    You can always change that date for free if it gets closer to the exam date and you feel you’re not ready.

    3) Don’t take any sample exams until 10 days before your exam date.

    The thing about sample tests is that, after the first time you take them, taking them again isn’t a true test any more. You’ll begin to remember the answers to these specific questions. So resist the temptation to take the sample tests too early or too often.
    Once you feel you are ready to take the sample test and have a good chance of passing it, then go ahead.

    4) Discover a better way to study.

    We’re all different. Some of us prefer to learn by reading, while others prefer audio. Some need to be in a quiet room with no distractions, while others can play the videos in the same room that other family members are watching TV.

    If you’re finding it hard to learn the TOGAF information, change something. Instead of sitting on the sofa, sit at a table. If studying at night is difficult, try doing it first thing in the morning.

    5) Just do it.

    For some reason, I’ve really gotten into that Shia LaBeouf motivational video. If you haven’t seen it, here’s the original. There have been hundreds of creative and funny edits to it.

    Shia LaBeouf Motivational Video on Youtube

    “Don’t let your dreams be dreams. Yesterday you said tomorrow, so just do it.”

    I know that he’s mocking the motivational speaker industry, but it’s still somehow motivational to me. 🙂