Day: July 28, 2011

TOGAF Certification – more

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I have been getting a lot of questions about how to get ready for TOGAF.  The 2 previous entries have some good advice about training classes and how to study.  I will add (and reiterate) that the single best thing you can do after taki…

Two points of view on (enterprise) architecture

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Was showing a colleague one of my favourite small books yesterday: Matthew Frederick’s 101 Things I Learned In Architecture School. Briefly flicking through the two-page spreads, one caught my eye. Seems so apposite to enterprise-architecture and the like that it’s worth reproducing here in its entirety:
Two points of view on architecture
ARCHITECTURE IS AN EXERCISE IN […]

TOGAF Certification – more

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TOGAF Books

I have been getting a lot of questions about how to get ready for TOGAF.  The 2 previous entries have some good advice about training classes and how to study.  I will add (and reiterate) that the single best thing you can do after taking the training class is to

1) get the book and read it over and over so that you go from familiarity to really knowing the material (I found the physical book better for studying than the electronic book).  The smaller study guide was not of as much use  other than the fact that it summarizes things well.

2) get the sample tests and quiz a “study buddy” back and forth.  My buddy and I blasted questions over instant messaging while we were on the phone talking over our answers

Hope that helps (more)