Biner Academy TOGAF training courses DELIVERY GUIDE - INTRODUCTION

About this guide

These documents provide hands on guidance in delivering TOGAF training courses. This includes:

Structure & Supporting material Personas Preparation Execution Closure & Maintenance

About our offer

Biner is the largest training organisation in the Nordic countries for TOGAF, having educated over 500 Scandinavians in this popular framework. Our teachers are also consultants, which means that we have a lot of practical experience to share. This is evident in our courses, course material and in the support we offer our customers.

Our unique selling points are: Ability to offer immediate certification Teachers with practical experience A continuously improved course

Biner offers the following courses: TOGAF 9.1 E-learning TOGAF 9.1 Foundation TOGAF 9.1 Certified TOGAF 9.1 Practitioner TOGAF 9.1 Governance

Aside from being offered individually the courses are being offered in the following packages TOGAF Foundation & Certified TOGAF Express

(TOGAF Foundation e-learning & TOGAF Certified) TOGAF in Practice

(TOGAF Foundation e-learning & TOGAF Practitioner) TOGAF Complete

(TOGAF Foundation e-learning, TOGAF Certified & TOGAF Practitioner)

About our attendees

There is a significant diversity among the attendees of the Biner TOGAF courses especially when it comes to subject matter expertise and interest in the area.Some attendees just come for the certification other want to discuss the intricate details of enterprise architecture with fellow peers

The attendees can be roughly be grouped into the following categories: The careerist The aspiring architect The experienced architect The true enterprise architect

The careerist

The careerist are normally consultants and have picked up an increasing interest of TOGAF among their customers.

In an ambition to meet this demand and become more competitive they looking for TOGAF certification to boost their CV.

They like Study guides & Lazy dogs Practice exams

They dislikes Theoretical diversions

The aspiring architect

The aspiring architect have often moved into the role as architect or enterprise architect often from another technical IT role.

They are interested in the certification to give credibility to their new role but are often geniuinely interested in what TOGAF can offer.

They like Theory explained The parts of TOGAF directly usable Real life examples Learning from other participants

They dislikes The more theoretical parts of TOGAF

The experienced architect

The experienced architect normally have a long background in IT and worked several years as an architect but not necessarily in the enterprise space.

Often their participation is not initiated by themselves but part of a corporate initiative. They are often a bit cautions towards TOGAF, curios if there are any valuable learnings or this is just the framework flavor of the month

They like Real life examples Learning from other participants Sharing their experience

They dislikes The inconsistencies in the TOGAF

spec The more theoretical parts of TOGAF

The true enterprise architect

The true enterprise architect have been working in the domain with experience from several diffrent frameworks.

They have a genuine interest in enterprise architecture in general and what TOGAF brings in particular.

They like Sharing their experience Theoretical diversions The more theoretical parts of TOGAF

They dislikes Spending too much time on simple

concepts

Practicalexamples

Guidance

Certification preparation

Further reading

Positioning of course and course material

Interest

ExperienceExtensive

Low

Limited

High

The personas can be placed in a power grid to establish a communication plan for the courses

Categorization of course material

Core materialThis is the standard material delivered consistently at every TOGAF course in alignment with OpenGroup standards. It includes the study guide, slide print outs and the actual certification

Facilitation materialThis is the material, examples and techniqes used during the course to allow the individual participants to make the most of the concepts of the course. It includes facilitated discussions, practical examples and Q&As

Extension materialThis is the material that allows the participants to deepen their knowledge of the concepts presented at the course. It includes handouts or references to material available elsewhere.

Course material on TOGAF courses can be divided into three categories

Positioning of course and course material

Interest

ExperienceExtensive

Low

Limited

High

The core material is delivered consistently to all participants regardless of experience or interest

The material will be designed to meet the requirements of all groups

Positioning of course and course material

Interest

ExperienceExtensive

Low

Limited

High

The facilitation material and especially the extended material will be need to be different for each group

This model will be used throughout this presentation to categorize the material supporting the TOGAF courses

Further reading…

Delivery guide Training material Biner TOGAF 9 Training Course - Core Material Biner

TOGAF 9 Training Course - Facilitation Material Biner TOGAF 9 Training Course - Extended Material