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TOGAF 9 Certified
Study Guide 3rd Edition

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3rd Edition

Prepared by Rachel Harrison of Oxford Brookes University

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TOGAF9 Certified Study Guide - 3rd Edition

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This document is a Study Guide for TOGAF 9 Certified. It is based on Version 2 of the TOGAF Certification for People Conformance Requirements and is aligned to TOGAF Version 9.1. This third edition contains minor updates to remove references to the TOGAF 8-9 Advanced Bridge Examination and also adds four bonus practice examination questions to Appendix B.

It gives an overview of every learning objective for the TOGAF 9 Certified Syllabus beyond the Foundation level, and is specifically designed to help individuals prepare for certification.

The audience for this Study Guide is:

Individuals who require a deeper understanding of TOGAF 9

Professionals who are working in an organization where TOGAF 9 has been adopted and who need to participate in architecture projects and initiatives

Architects who will be responsible for developing architecture artifacts

Architects who wish to introduce TOGAF 9 into an architecture practice

Architects who want to achieve a recognized qualification to demonstrate their detailed knowledge of TOGAF 9

This Study Guide assumes a prior knowledge equivalent to TOGAF 9 Foundation.

While reading this Study Guide, the reader should also refer to the TOGAF documentation and also available as a hardcopy book.

The Study Guide is structured as follows:

(Introduction) provides a brief introduction to TOGAF certification and the TOGAF 9 examinations that lead to TOGAF 9 Certified, as well as how to use this Study Guide.

and consists of a tour of the ADM phases:

describes the Preliminary Phase within the ADM. This chapter covers the preparation and initiation activities required to create an Architecture Capability.

describes Phase A: Architecture Vision. This chapter covers the initial phase of an Architecture Development Cycle. It includes information about defining the scope, identifying the stakeholders, creating the Architecture Vision, and obtaining approvals.

describes Phase B: Business Architecture. This chapter covers the development of a Business Architecture to support an agreed Architecture Vision.

provides an introduction to Phase C: Information Systems Architectures. The next two chapters describe the details of the two parts of Phase C.

describes the development of the Data Architecture within Phase C.

describes the development of the Application Architecture within Phase C.

describes Phase D: Technology Architecture. The Technology Architecture is used as the basis of the following implementation work.

describes Phase E: Opportunities and Solutions. This phase identifies major implementation projects and groups them into work packages that deliver the Target Architecture defined in the previous phases.

describes Phase F: Migration Planning. This phase develops a detailed Implementation and Migration Plan addressing how to move from the Baseline to the Target Architecture.

describes Phase G: Implementation Governance. This phase ensures that the implementation projects conform to the architecture.

describes Phase H: Architecture Change Management. This phase ensures that the architecture capability can respond to the needs of the enterprise as changes arise.

describes ADM Architecture Requirements Management, a process that applies throughout the ADM.

: Guidelines for Adapting the ADM consists of three chapters:

describes how to apply iteration to the ADM, and how to apply the ADM at different enterprise levels.

describes security considerations during the application of the ADM.

describes SOA as an architectural style.

: The Architecture Content Framework consists of a single chapter:

describes the Architecture Content Framework and the TOGAF Content Metamodel.

: The Enterprise Continuum consists of two chapters:

describes Architecture Partitioning.

describes the Architecture Repository, which is a model for a physical instance of the Enterprise Continuum.

: TOGAF Reference Models consists of two chapters:

describes the Technical Reference Model (TRM).

describes the Integrated Information Infrastructure Reference Model (III-RM).

: Architecture Capability consists of three chapters:

describes the relationship between Architecture Governance and the ADM. It also describes how to establish and operate an Architecture Board.

describes Architecture Maturity Models.

describes the Architecture Skills Framework.

provides a Practice Test for the TOGAF 9 Part 2 Examination.

provides provides four bonus practice questions for the TOGAF 9 Part 2 Examination.