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9 Tips for passing ArchiMate Practitioner exam
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How to pass ArchiMate® Certification
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Thanks to Allah; I have passed ArchiMate Certification on Nov-2021. In this blog post, I’m sharing my experience on how you can achieve this certification.
Target Audience (Personal opinion)
This certification is targeting Enterprise Architects and Domain Architects.
Version releases
The below table lists versions for ArchiMate, listed below as there are several resources on the Internet that are considered old and not matching the current version v3.1.
| Version | Release Date |
|---|---|
| ArchiMate v1.0 | Feb-2009 |
| ArchiMate v2.0 | Jan-2012 |
| ArchiMate v2.1 | Dec-2013 |
| ArchiMate v3.0 | Jun-2016 |
| ArchiMate v3.01 | Aug-2017 |
| ArchiMate v3.1 | Nov-2019 |
Exam information
| Foundation | Practitioner | |
|---|---|---|
| Exam code / name | OGA-031: ArchiMate® 3 Part 1 Exam (English) | OGA-032: ArchiMate® 3 Part 2 Exam (English) |
| Open Book | No | Yes |
| Duration | 1 hr (ESL: 1 hr, 30 mins) | 1 hr, 30 mins (ESL: 2 hrs) |
| Questions | 40 simple single choice questions. 1 (Correct), 0 (Incorrect) point per question | 8 Complex gradient scoring. 5 (Best answer), 3 (Second best), 1 (Third best), 0 (Incorrect) points per question |
| Time / Question | 1.5 mins (ESL: 2.25 mins) | 11.25 mins (ESL: 15 mins) |
| Passing score | 24/40 (60%) | 28/40 (70%) |
| Individual Cost | 360 USD | 360 USD |
| Combined Cost | 550 USD | |
| Validity | Indefinite | |
| Exam location | Home (OnVUE Online Proctoring from Pearson VUE) or Testing center. | |
| Retake policy | After 1 month | |
Note about ESL
When you are booking the exam from one of the ESL countries, you will get approval for extra 30 mins.
Study material
| Reference | Cost | Mandatory / Optional | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| ArchiMate® 3 Certification Self-Study Pack, 3rd Edition (B175) | $49.95 | Mandatory (Selected) | Updated to 3.1 specs. Summer, Black Friday, and Christmas sales you can get 50%. I found it contains more examples than the public specs site. |
| ArchiMate Modeling Language – Youtube playlist | 0 | Optional | Provide good introduction before you start learning if you are new to the language. Not all videos are required. Voice quality for some videos is not as expected 😌 |
| Archi Five Minute Guides – Youtube channel | 0 | Optional | Demo for using ArchiMate in Archi. |
| ArchiMate Cookbook (Patterns & Examples) | 0 | Optional |
The book is usually updated, download from the link. Introduces
patterns and examples of what you can do with ArchiMate. Many thanks 🙏 to the author for making such a book free, it is simply a treasure to any Enterprise Architect. |
| Mastering ArchiMate Edition 3.1 | $31.87 | Optional | I received two recommendations for this book. |
| Enterprise Architecture at Work: Modelling, Communication and Analysis (The Enterprise Engineering Series) 4th Edition | $54.22 | Optional | Referred as one of the best in presenting ArchiMate. Not exam-focused. |
Practice makes perfect
- Archi – ArchiMate Modelling (Free Download: Many thanks for the contributors).
- ArchiMapp - Free design tool for iPad.
- ArchiMate® Tool Certification Register
Study tips
- The foundation exam is easy to intermediate but requires memorization (I found it hard to memorize all the meta-models and decided not to do it).
- The practitioner exam is tough (I will try to share my tips for this in another post).
- Build a study plan (MS Project, MS Excel).
Exam Payment
- Purchase “ArchiMate 3 Part 1 and Part 2 Bundle Exam |Voucher (Retail)”
- It is mentioned that you will receive vouchers within 3 days, in my case it is 1 day but I didn’t know as I was expecting an email, but it was sent. Just you need to check the website.
- Go to The Open Group Shop -> My account
- Click “My Order Attachments” from left menu, download two CSV files containing voucher codes (Expiry date after 1 year).
Register for home online exam
- Go to website.
- From left menu, click “Take an examination”.
- Click “Login”, and use the Open Group credential.
- Click “View exams”
- Select “OGA-031: Archimate 3 Part 1 Exam (English)” / “OGA-032: Archimate 3 Part 2 Exam (English)”
- Click “OnVUE”
- Click “Next”, “Next”, “Agree”
- Select Exam date and time
- Make sure of your information, and click “Proceed to Checkout”
- Click “Add Voucher or Promo code”, enter Voucher coder, click “Apply”, you will find the estimated total due is 0
- Click “Next”
- Click “Submit Order”
Taking exam from home
For a detailed checklist for OnVUE exam preparation, please check this blog post Online Proctored Exams (OnVUE) Checklist
Getting exam results
After the exam was completed and within 15 mins, I received an email with the subject "Score Report Available Notification". You will need to log in to Pearson with credentials of The Open Group, and you will find the link "View score report" and you will see your score and detailed report.
If you didn't receive an email from "The Open Group" having an email with a link to agree on the Trademark License Agreement. You will need to send an email stating your issue to certifications@opengroup.org and it will be looked at only if 6 working days (US, UK timing) has passed. When you agree on the trademark license agreement, you will have your certificate ready as a soft copy and be able to download it.
In the same reply email, you will find that the open badge may take up to 10 business days to get issued in Credly platform. I received mine after around 1 day of accepting the agreement.
How to pass Digital Practitioner Certification: DPBoK™ Foundation in less than 1 month?
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Thanks to Allah; I have passed Digital Practitioner Certification: DPBoK™ Foundation on 2-Apr-2021. In this blog post, I’m sharing my experience on how you can achieve this certification in less than 1 month.
Target Audience (Personal opinion)
The exam is covering 12 competencies recommended for digital business based on company size.
| Company | Number of employees | Capital |
|---|---|---|
| Founder | 1-3 | < $1m |
| Team | 8 - 12 | > $1m |
| Team of teams | 40 - 70 | > $10m |
| Enduring Enterprise | 350 - 500 | > $50m |
The exam is covering all company sizes, I think candidates considering the certification should have worked in enterprise to be able to understand the challenges at every company size. A fresh graduate or entry-level computing and digital business professionals might not face such challenges and my recommendation to them will be reading Digital Practitioner Body of Knowledge™ Standard related to their company size and not target the certification.
Exam information
- Current code: OGD-001 DPBoK™ Part 1
- Current release date: October 2019
- Open book: No
- The number of questions: 40 (Multiple choice, one correct answer).
- Exam duration: 60 mins
- Passing score: 26 / 40 (65%) Each correct answer scores a single point, no negative scoring.
- Time / question: 1.5 mins
- Cost: 360$ (414$ including VAT)
- Retake: After 1 month
- Exam location: Home (OnVUE Online Proctoring from Pearson VUE) or Testing center.
- Validity duration / Expiry: Indefinite, no recertification or renewal requirements.
Note about ESL
When you are booking the exam from one of the ESL countries, you will get approval for 90 mins. But I found the actual exam time is 1 hour only. I opened a case with OnVue and the answer was that 90 mins is covering all duration including tutorials, agreements, ...etc. And this is actually mentioned in the email when I purchased the exam, as copied below:
Your appointment's time extension applies to all information presented on the computer, including any agreements and tutorials, in addition to your actual testing time. The total appointment length noted in this confirmation includes each of these components and is not equal to the actual testing time available to you.
Study material
Purchase The Digital Practitioner Certification Self-Study Pack ($39.95).
- Reasonable price: Sometimes discounts reach 50% (Summer, Black Friday, and Christmas sales you can get 50%).
- The number of pages: 231.
- The number of chapters: 14 chapters.
- It includes a pocket guide (I didn’t use it as it was 151 pages, so I thought of reading the study guide again better).
- It includes a reference cards summary (I didn't use it as it is considered briefer than the required information about the exam, and a smaller set of figures you need to memorize).
- It includes one exam that is good but the actual exam is harder.
- PROS: Every chapter ends with questions, answers provided.
- PROS: One document has it all, focused target.
Study tips
- Exam difficulty: Above intermediate.
- Build a study plan (MS Project, MS Excel).
- The study guide must be read at least twice.
- Understand & memorize all figures in the study guide, you will have lots of questions about them.
Register for home online exam
Follow the below steps:
- Login to The Open Group Certification website.
- From left menu, click “Take an examination”.
- Click “Pearson VUE launch page”.
- Review personal information that is from the open group profile page that will be used to create or login to Pearson VUE, before clicking “Proceed to Pearson VUE”.
- In the dashboard, click “View Exams”.
- Select “OGD-001” “DPBoK part 1 Exam”.
- Select “Online from my home or office”, click “Next”.
- In agree to online exam policies, please read carefully, and mark checkboxes, click “Next”.
- Click “Next”
- Select a suitable date. Your local time zone will appear, select the best way to view the timing 12/24hr.
- Value with estimated tax is $414
- Click “Proceed to Checkout”.
- Read and agree to policies, click “Accept”. (These important policies will be sent to you by email after completion).
- Add card details, click “Next”, then “Submit order”.
- ESL will be added after complete exam registration as long as you register from one of the ESL countries. Exam length 90 minutes!!!
- Check-in time will be 30 mins earlier.
- You will receive an email with details of the invoice, and policies / useful information.
- For customer service online chat, use this link.
Taking exam from home
For a detailed checklist for OnVUE exam preparation, please check this blogpost Online Proctored Exams (OnVUE) Checklist
Getting exam results
After the exam completed and within 15 mins, I received an email with the subject "Score Report Available Notification". You will need to login to Pearson with credentials of The Open Group, and you will find the link "View score report" and you will see your score and detailed report.
If you didn't receive an email from "The Open Group" having an email with a link to agree on the Trademark License Agreement. You will need to send an email stating your issue to certifications@opengroup.org and it will be looked at only if 6 working days (US, UK timing) has passed. When you agree on the trademark license agreement, you will have your certificate ready as a soft copy and be able to download it.
In the same reply email, you will find that the open badge may take up to 10 business days to get issued in Credly platform. I received mine after around 1 day of accepting the agreement.
References
- Official exam site
- DPBoK™ Certification: How to Get Started with Individual Certification
- DPBoK Twitter account It was showing when there are discounts on self-study packages, they are very responsive.
- DPBOK™ PROGRAM CONFIGURATION – X194
- DPBOK Foundation Data Sheet
- The TOGAF Role Based Badges
- Very good Arabic session in DPBoK covering first 2 contexts
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