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Your Options For Enterprise Architect TOGAF Training

By Deana Norton


TOGAF, or The Open Group Architecture Forum, is an architecture and methodology framework that's used by the world's leading businesses in order to help improve their efficiency. Luckily, there are now Enterprise Architect TOGAF Training options to learn more about it. Those that use this framework are guaranteed more credibility, effectiveness, and opportunities.

The Open Group Architecture Forum was first published in 1995 and was based on the US Department of Defense Technical Architecture Framework for Information Management (TAFIM). From there, there have been several successive versions released into the market. Most recently is TOGAF 9.1. The 9.1 version is the method and supporting resources used for developing an Enterprise Architecture. It can be used by any organization no matter where in the world they are, whether or not they are members of The Open Group. Of course, this is subject to licensing conditions.

What the software essentially does is to support Enterprise Architecture that is used for business modelling. It is a great resource that can only benefit from specific training and is thus offered worldwide. Users do not have to be Open Group members, but there are licensing requirements to which one must adhere.

The analyst using the program has several choices or roads to follow. Courses and programs are varied and together, they create a series to be followed. TOGAF 9 has a certification program for those interested or required by their employers. It also gives students more credibility that helps enhance job-seeking skills. More opportunities for a career will no doubt open up. You can master, for example, the two-part program following a self-study course, or even better, a TOGAF 9 training session.

The version 9.1 Level 1 and Level 2 course lasts for 4 days and is done in a classroom setting. It's very hands-on and covers the entire framework, even if you have no previous knowledge. In this sense, it's very suitable for beginners. Throughout the course, the students will be given real-life and practical situations to work around, thus helping them to learn the application procedures of the framework. After the course, there is an examination which will earn the student's the certification once passed.

There is also a Level 1 and Level 2 course that is a hybrid of a classroom and e-learning setting. With this course, the student is free to learn the course content of the first level (just the basics) with the freedom of time and place. When advancing to Level 2, it is done in a classroom environment in order to prepare them for sitting the Level 1 and Level 2 exam.

A hybrid course is another alternative which takes place partly on line and combines the best of levels one and two. The basics are, of course, adequately covered, and are studied as the student is available - on their own time. When he or she is ready for the next level, a classroom setting is required. The certification exam follows.

Alternatively, if the individual already has prior working knowledge of the basics and wants to expand this with more detailed courses on terminologies and strategies, the Level 2 classroom course is the perfect course. Again, there is an exam after the program for Level 2 certification. Whatever the individual's needs are, there are training courses that will help both the student and the company achieve its goals.




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