Preparing for TOGAF® Certification Training

Aligning IT with business objectives

• TOGAF as a framework for enterprise architecture
• Explaining the role and purpose of The Open Group
• Outlining the structure of the TOGAF document
• Navigating the TOGAF Certification for People Program

Views and viewpoints

• Separating enterprise architecture into domains
• Categorizing architectural artifacts through an enterprise continuum

Building architectures

• Creating architectures with the Architectural Development Method (ADM)
• Establishing an enterprise architecture capability
• Combining TOGAF with other frameworks

ADM Overview

• Recognizing the basic structure of the ADM
• Adapting the ADM
• Scoping the architecture effort
• Detailing an architectural requirements management framework

Bootstrapping in the Preliminary Phase

• Establishing the requirements for architecture work
• Confirming architecture principles
• Defining the enterprise architecture team and organization

Envisioning the architecture work (Phase A)

• Determining target architecture value propositions
• Developing the Statement of Architecture Work

Creating Domain Architectures (Phases B-D)

• Describing target Business Architectures
• Covering the application and data domains through Information Systems Architecture
• Mapping application components to underlying technologies with Technology Architectures

Delivering architecture projects

• Deriving Transition Architectures that deliver continuous business value
• Developing Implementation and Migration Plans
• Prioritizing work packages and projects

Maintaining enterprise architecture

• Governing and managing Architecture Contracts
• Triggering new cycles of the ADM

Placing the ADM in Context

• Iterating the ADM
• Building hierarchies of ADM processes

Dealing with architecture styles

• Providing guidance for security architecture
• Governing Service-Oriented Architecture

Categorizing architectural artifacts

• Populating the architecture and solutions continua
• Storing artifacts in the Architecture Repository
• Exploiting the Enterprise Continuum for reuse

Partitioning architectures

• Analyzing the architecture landscape through partitioning
• Aggregating and integrating content

TOGAF Reference Models

• Modeling Foundation Architecture with the Technical Reference Model (TRM)
• Exploring the Integrated Information Infrastructure Reference Model (III-RM)

Developing an architecture competency

• Establishing a sustainable practice
• Setting up an Architecture Board

Ensuring conformance and compliance

• Detailing architecture compliance Reviews
• Practicing architecture governance