Standard 9.2 - Part 1 Foundation Enterprise Architect Course

Explore the seven core TOGAF 9 standard concepts, including the definition of enterprise, BDAT architecture domains, ADM, deliverables, artifacts, building blocks, enterprise continuum, architectural repository, and architecture capability.

Define enterprise as the top level of an organization, including a single organization or closely connected partners, and use enterprise architecture to scope what’s in or out.

Discover the four architecture domains—business, data, application, and technology (BDAT)—and how they align with business strategy, data privacy, and core processes for enterprise architecture.

Discover the architecture development method (ADM), the beating heart of the TOGAF standard, guiding enterprise architecture through eight phases from vision (phase A) to post-implementation with requirements management.

Explore artifacts, deliverables, and building blocks in TOGAF: how architecture content framework guides work products, with ABBs and SBBs enabling reuse through concrete examples like customer lookup.

Explore the enterprise continuum in TOGAF 9.2, from foundation to organization-specific architectures, and learn how TRM and industry standards shape ABBs on architecture and SBBS on solutions continuum.

Explore how the architecture repository centralizes all architectural outputs under TOGAF 9.2, organizing architecture metamodel, architecture landscape, standards information base, reference library, governance log, architecture requirements repository, and solutions landscape.

Architecture capability assesses enterprise architecture ability, sets a target in the preliminary phase with governance, and governs via a group, a repository, and an architecture contract guiding implementation.

Explore the architecture development method (ADM) with ten phases, eight in the ADM cycle, and learn how each phase defines objectives, inputs, steps, and outputs from assets and stakeholders.

Explore the TOGAF ADM cycle with eight phases labeled A through H in a ten-phase framework, including end-of-cycle pauses, a continuously running requirements management, and iteration and tailoring.

Define the enterprise architecture capability and governance in the preliminary phase, set architecture principles and scoping, tailor TOGAF, and produce outputs like the architecture work request and principles catalog.

Explore Phase A, the architecture vision phase of the ADM, detailing how to establish a high-level business value vision, stakeholder needs, risks, and the approved statement of architecture work.

Develop and finalize phase B business architecture in TOGAF ADM by defining baseline and target architectures, performing gap analysis, resolving impacts, and delivering a roadmap and artifacts.

Phase C defines target information systems architectures for data and application within BDAT, producing two outputs and guiding roadmap items from gaps between baseline and target.

Develop the target data architecture in Phase C, align with business requirements, perform gap analysis to yield roadmap items, and finalize version 1.0 with data artifacts.

Develop the target application architecture and candidate roadmap items by performing gap analysis on inputs from prior phases, resolving impacts, and conducting a formal stakeholder review to finalize architecture documents.

Develop the technology architecture by defining baseline and target architectures, performing gap analysis, incorporating inputs from business data, application, and product information, and delivering the architecture definition and roadmap.

Develop an architecture roadmap in phase e by consolidating BDATs, identifying transition architectures, and defining reusable solution building blocks to guide planning, migration, and governance.

Finalize the architecture roadmap and migration plan, align with the enterprise change approach, and prepare the handover to implementers with clear business value and cost.

Explore Phase G implementation governance, ensuring conformance to architecture through architecture contracts, change requests, and compliance reviews, while guiding deployment and validating post-implementation results.

Maintain architecture capability through governance and change management, validating value realization and updating baselines while handling change requests and ensuring ongoing compliance.

Discover how requirements management sits at the center of the ADM cycle, driving and sustaining change across phases, providing and controlling requirements and managing the architecture repository.

Explore the ADM guidelines and techniques, and apply TOGAF tools to navigate each ADM phase, with emphasis on gap analysis and migration planning.

Explore how the TOGAF ADM accommodates various architectural styles by adapting the content metamodel, documents, and artifacts. See how SOA fits within TOGAF with separate guidance from the Open Group.

Define architecture principles as enduring rules guiding ADM decisions, established in the preliminary phase and reaffirmed in the vision phase, exemplified by a data trustee for data quality.

Identify powerful stakeholders, list their concerns, and satisfy them to secure approval. Develop a communications plan to tailor detail, address conflicts, and align stakeholders across TOGAF.

Explore architecture patterns as the rules for when, why, and how to apply architecture building blocks, with examples like a call center pattern guiding requirements.

Define business scenarios with four components: process or application, environment, actors, and desired outcome. Use these in the architecture vision to form a clear business case that guides improvements.

Compare the baseline and target architectures in TOGAF's ADM cycle to identify gaps and document additions, changes, and removals with clear reasons.

Explore migration planning within the adm guidelines, referencing toGAF 9.2 chapter 24, and learn the five techniques and matrices used in phase e and f.

Define interoperability as the ability to share information and services. Explore business operability, information operability, and technical interoperability across ADM phases from vision to architecture delivery under TOGAF 9.2 standard.

Assess readiness for change with the BRTA in TOGAF 9.2, identify readiness factors, and plan mitigations to implement improvements in migration plan phases E and F.

Identify and manage risks in TOGAF 9.2 ADM by measuring initial and residual risk, and mitigating them through surveys, pilots, and client acceptance strategies for a self-service portal.

Explore capability-based planning, a business-driven, outcomes-focused technique led by the business, uniting design, development, manufacturer partners, and the retail and sales channel to deliver customer value.

Unpack architecture governance as a system of controls that manages changes, ensures compliance through architecture contracts, and guides the architecture board under TOGAF 9.2 across ADM phases.

Celebrate finishing the TOGAF 9.2 standard and passing the part one exam. Schedule your exam within two weeks and review the standard, the definitions chapter, and phase outputs.