TOGAF 10 Part 1 & 2 Study Plan (6 Weeks)

Before You Start

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Week 1-4 Self-Paced Course

Week 1

Kick-off evening

• Print the Class Handouts and slide them into a binder.
• Skim the Course Outline so you know what’s coming.
• Create a fresh set of dividers in the binder: one for each module

Module 1 – Orientation & Core Concepts

• Chapter 1 – Introduction

Your five-minute elevator pitch for TOGAF: purpose, history, why businesses bother.

• Chapter 2 – The TOGAF Documentation Set

How the standard is organised (Part I guideline, Part II ADM, Part III techniques, etc.) and where to find annexes like the glossary.

• Chapter 3 – Core Concepts (Parts 1 & 2)

Definitions for Enterprise, Architecture View-Viewpoint, Building Block, Capability, Work Package, Plateau, Roadmap, and the golden eight ADM phases. Stamp these into your frontal cortex; they pop up in both exams.

Week 2

Module 2 The Complete ADM

• Chapter 1 – Module Intro

Sets the stage for why we use a phase-based method instead of ad-hoc solution hunting.

• Chapter 2 – Preliminary Phase

Tailoring your architecture framework, scoping the practice, defining principles, assessing readiness.

• Chapters 3a & 3b – Phase A, Architecture Vision

Stakeholder analysis, value propositions, Statement of Architecture Work, vision-level Target Architecture

• Chapters 4a & 4b – Phase B, Business Architecture

Baseline vs target business models, capability maps, business services, gap analysis, business roadmap fragments.

• Chapters 5–6a & 5–6b – Phase C, Information-Systems Architecture (Data)
  

Data entities, data lifecycle, data governance considerations, data gap analysis.

• Chapter 7 – Phase C, Information-Systems Architecture (Application)

Application portfolio, logical vs physical apps, application services, interface mapping.

• Chapters 8a & 8b – Phase D, Technology Architecture
  

Tech reference models, technology stack choices, infrastructure services, TRM and IIIRM references.

• Chapter 9 – Opportunities & Solutions (Phase E)

Consolidating gaps into solution options, building Work Packages, benefits/risks matrix.

• Chapter 10 – Migration Planning (Phase F)
  

Work-package sequencing, Transition Architectures, Implementation and Migration Plan, cost-benefit analysis.

• Chapter 11 – Implementation Governance (Phase G)

Architecture Contracts, compliance reviews, change requests triggered in solution delivery.

• Chapters 12 & 13 – Architecture Change Management & Requirements Management (Phase H + the perpetual Requirements repo)

How to handle emerging drivers, change-request log, architecture lifecycle governance, requirements traceability.

Week 3 (Module 3 and 4) 

Module 3 – ADM Techniques in Depth

• Chapters 1 & 2

Architecture Principles craft; Stakeholder Management techniques.

• Chapters 3 – 5

Business Scenarios, Capability-Based Planning, Risk Management (including the famed heat-map).

• Chapters 6 – 9

Gap Analysis, Migration Mapping, Interoperability Requirements, Cost Quantification.

• Chapter 10

Maturity assessments and using the Architecture Skills Framework to staff your EA team

Module 4 – Applying the ADM & Iteration Patterns

• Chapters 1 & 2 – Applying Iteration to the ADM

Three iteration styles (architecture capability iteration, architecture development iteration, transition planning iteration) and when each shines.

• Chapters 3 & 4

Level-of-detail cycles, partitioning the enterprise, and how to loop fast without losing governance rigour.

Week 4 (Module 5 and 6)  

Module 5 – Architecture Content & Enterprise Continuum

• Chapter 1 – Architecture Content Overview

Why artefacts, deliverables, and building blocks are different beasts.

• Chapter 2 – Content Framework & Metamodel

Entities, attributes, and relationships that define every piece of architecture description.

• Chapter 3 Parts 1 & 2 – Architectural Artefacts

Catalogues, matrices, and diagrams with real examples (if you struggle to tell a matrix from a catalogue, this clears it up).

• Chapter 4 Parts 1 & 2 – Architectural Deliverables

What actually gets signed off: Vision doc, Target Architecture, Roadmap, Requirements Impact Assessment, etc.

• Chapter 5 – Building Blocks

Reusable chunks of functionality – differentiation between ABBs and SBBs.

• Chapter 6 – Enterprise Continuum

From Foundation Architectures to Organisation-Specific solutions, and how to position a given artefact along that spectrum.

• Chapter 7 – Architecture Repository

Logical structure (Reference Library, Standards, Governance Log, Landscape, etc.) and tool considerations.

Module 6 – Establishing & Governing the Architecture Function

• Chapters 1 & 2 – Establishing an Architecture Practice

Vision, mandate, principles, roles, organisational placement.

• Chapter 3 – Architecture Governance
  

Processes, potential pitfalls, and escalation paths.

• Chapter 4 – Architecture Board

Membership, charter, meeting cadence, decision authority.

• Chapter 5 – Architecture Contracts

Who signs, what clauses matter, how they tie the solution team to conform to the architecture.

• Chapter 6 – Architecture Compliance

Compliance assessment process, checkpoint types, handling waivers, and capturing lessons learned.

How to work through it

1. Watch each video in sequence, pausing to annotate the corresponding hand-out slide.
2. Reinforce with the Reading Material right after a module—print or digital, whatever sticks best.

Week 5  and 6 Quizzes and Exams

Week 5

• Monday: Quiz 1 &2
• Tuesday: Quiz 3,4 and 5
• Wednesday: Quiz 6, 7 and 8
• Thursday: Quiz 9, 10, 11
• Friday: Quiz 12 and 13

Update TOGAF Cheat Sheet listing every concept you missed or answered incorrectly

Week 6  Full Practice Exams   

• Day 1

TOGAF EA Part 1 and 2 Exam 1and 2

• Day 2

TOGAF EA Part 1 and 2 Exam  3 and 4

• Day 3

TOGAF EA Part 1 and 2 Exam 5

• Day 4

TOGAF EA Part 2 Exam 1 and 2

• Day 5

TOGAF EA Part 2 Exam 3 and 4

• Day 6

TOGAF EA Part 2 Exam 5

Update TOGAF Cheat Sheet listing every concept you missed or answered incorrectly

• Day 7

Take out your comprehensive TOGAF Cheat Sheet and review before exam.