TOGAF 9

Today, I attempted TOGAF 9 - Combined and secured 85%..

Resources I used:

1. TOGAF Foundation 9 study guide (http://www.amazon.com/TOGAF-Version-Foundation-Study-Guide/dp/9087532318/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1351501240&sr=8-4&keywords=TOGAF+9+BOOKS) - Part 1

2. TOGAF Certified 9 Study Guide (http://www.amazon.com/TOGAF-Certified-Study-Guide-Edition/dp/9087536801/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1351501240&sr=8-5&keywords=TOGAF+9+BOOKS) - Part 2

3. TOGAF Pocket Guide (http://www.amazon.com/TOGAF-Version-9-1-Pocket-Guide/dp/908753678X/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1351501240&sr=8-7&keywords=TOGAF+9+BOOKS) - For Revision

PS: Pocket Guide is combination of 1 & 2 points

To pass part 1, the foundation 9 study is more than sufficient or the pocket guide is sufficient too. This exam for too easy. Lot easier than what I had expected.

The part2 was not so easy as I had though. The exam is definitely not straight forward and tests your understanding on TOGAF 9 concepts.

In addition to the above material, make sure you go through the Content Meta Model and Architecture Artifacts in details. You can get this material in Chapter 34 & 35 of the specification.

There are lot of mock exams available on the internet. The mock exam given at the back of the study guide, gives you good idea about the real exam. Other mocks are available at http://theopenarch.com/. The part2 mock  given in the above site, is lot easier that what you could get in your real exam.


Though I had prepared TOGAF using mixed resources, but the following are the areas that one should concentrate

1. TOGAF Artifacts like Solution Concept Diagram/Value Chain Diagram/Business Interaction matrix and so on. Chapter 35 of the spec gives all the details.

2. TOGAF Governance Process

3. TOGAF Review process

4. Content Framework

5. Skills Framework.

Though I felt, most the answers to the question was largely based on common sense. Those who of read the TOGAF material at least once, will know which answer is not TOGAFish.

Though you can use the spec in 2nd part of the exam, but I hardly did so. as there were no direct question.

Creating Content Repository connection thru J Developer

Creating Content Repository connection using jdeveloper.

 1. Make sure UCM is running.


2. Open J Jdeveloper, Click on Application Resources -> Connections -> New Connection -> Content Repository.

 

3. Give your content server details. By default the socket server port is 4444. It should be noted that the socket server port is different that the one which you see in admin console. 

4. Click Test Connection. This should show the content server connection as success. If not, one of the reason is that the socket port is not enabled.  I have tried this is jdeveloper PS 5. I get the below error.

5. To enable the socket, go to your servers em console. Go to WebCenter->Content-Content Server->Configuration

6. Make sure Intradoc server port has a value of 4444 or whatever port you want.

7. Save the settings and restart your content server.

8. Try "Test Connection" again from your jdeveloper, you should get a success

Happy Learning!!