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How to pass ArchiMate 3.1 Practitioner exam

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Ashraf Fouad
Ashraf Fouad

This presentation includes advice and tips for how to pass the ArchiMate practitioner exam (ArchiMate Certification part 2).

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ArchiMate 3.1 Practitioner Certification Passing Tips 1
Trademarks • ArchiMate®, and The Open Group® logo are trademarks of The Open Group. • All other brand, company, and product names are used for identification purposes only and may be trademarks that are the sole property of their respective owners. 2
Agenda 3 Exam Info General Advices 9 Tips 1 2 3
Exam Info • Quoted from ArchiMate® 3 Practitioner fact sheet: • Examination Name: ArchiMate 3 Part 2 • Examination Type: Complex multiple-choice scenario-based examination, 8 questions/90 minutes • Supervised: YES • Open Book: YES • Scoring is done based on the following: • 5: Best answer • 3: Second best • 1: Third best • 0: Incorrect / Distractor 4
Similar to “Spot the differences” game 5 Source from Disney clips (Link)
General Advices • Skim (Read fast) the scenario, most probably you will need to focus on part of it not all the scenario. So, you might need to re-read this portion only later. • You have 11.25 mins (ESL: 15 mins) please pay close attention to time. • If you are taking the exam from home  you can’t use white paper to write your thoughts. You must have a way to document your thoughts for every question in a notepad (Digitally: ). Example: • Q1: • A: Weak association relation between work package and deliverable. • B: … • C: … • D: Wrong as diagram is missing motivation layer • If the scenario is hard, just select any answer from what you have marked as possible answer, and mark for review, then go to next question. 6
Tip 1 : Question not answered • Missing layer / components that the question was clearly asking to include / describe (i.e. Missing deliverables). 7
Tip 2 : Missing component from scenario • Missing component(s) that the was described in scenario and found in other diagrams. 8
Tip 3 : Missing junction • Junction (Or/And) doesn’t exists in the diagram while it was mentioned in the scenario. 9
Tip 4 : Wrong component usage • Wrong component usage ==> Check the meaning in scenario. • Pay close attention to “Business Object” vs “Contract”. • Pay close attention to “Actor” vs “Role”. • Pay close attention to “Application component” vs “System Software”. • Pay close attention to “Requirement” vs “Constraint”. 10
Tip 5 : Diamond direction in relation • Pay close attention to diamond in composition / aggregation relation, is it specified in the right direction? 11
Tip 6: Relation not supported by meta-model • Wrong relation usage. Having doubts? It is open book exam: Check in Meta-model / examples if relationship is allowed or not. 12
Tip 7: Undirected association is weak relation • Association without directions are weak; normally this won't denote a best answer as long as there is another model containing more specific relationships. 13
Tip 8: Composition is strong relation • Pay close attention to composition / aggregation relation in all diagrams. Composition is strong relation. Does the scenario really require/imply composition? Look for words like “main”, “key”, “consists”, … etc to apply composition or it is implicitly understood. 14
Tip 9: Undirected access relation • Pay close attention to unspecified arrows in access relation, it is weak, is there other diagram have more specified relation? 15
References & Credits • Credits for free ArchiMate tool Archi. • Some diagrams included in this presentation based on purchased license from Infograpia. • This presentation is intended for non-commercial use, credits goes to: • Disney Clips for spot the difference game. 16
Thanks 17

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How to pass ArchiMate 3.1 Practitioner exam

  • 2. Trademarks • ArchiMate®, and The Open Group® logo are trademarks of The Open Group. • All other brand, company, and product names are used for identification purposes only and may be trademarks that are the sole property of their respective owners. 2
  • 4. Exam Info • Quoted from ArchiMate® 3 Practitioner fact sheet: • Examination Name: ArchiMate 3 Part 2 • Examination Type: Complex multiple-choice scenario-based examination, 8 questions/90 minutes • Supervised: YES • Open Book: YES • Scoring is done based on the following: • 5: Best answer • 3: Second best • 1: Third best • 0: Incorrect / Distractor 4
  • 5. Similar to “Spot the differences” game 5 Source from Disney clips (Link)
  • 6. General Advices • Skim (Read fast) the scenario, most probably you will need to focus on part of it not all the scenario. So, you might need to re-read this portion only later. • You have 11.25 mins (ESL: 15 mins) please pay close attention to time. • If you are taking the exam from home  you can’t use white paper to write your thoughts. You must have a way to document your thoughts for every question in a notepad (Digitally: ). Example: • Q1: • A: Weak association relation between work package and deliverable. • B: … • C: … • D: Wrong as diagram is missing motivation layer • If the scenario is hard, just select any answer from what you have marked as possible answer, and mark for review, then go to next question. 6
  • 7. Tip 1 : Question not answered • Missing layer / components that the question was clearly asking to include / describe (i.e. Missing deliverables). 7
  • 8. Tip 2 : Missing component from scenario • Missing component(s) that the was described in scenario and found in other diagrams. 8
  • 9. Tip 3 : Missing junction • Junction (Or/And) doesn’t exists in the diagram while it was mentioned in the scenario. 9
  • 10. Tip 4 : Wrong component usage • Wrong component usage ==> Check the meaning in scenario. • Pay close attention to “Business Object” vs “Contract”. • Pay close attention to “Actor” vs “Role”. • Pay close attention to “Application component” vs “System Software”. • Pay close attention to “Requirement” vs “Constraint”. 10
  • 11. Tip 5 : Diamond direction in relation • Pay close attention to diamond in composition / aggregation relation, is it specified in the right direction? 11
  • 12. Tip 6: Relation not supported by meta-model • Wrong relation usage. Having doubts? It is open book exam: Check in Meta-model / examples if relationship is allowed or not. 12
  • 13. Tip 7: Undirected association is weak relation • Association without directions are weak; normally this won't denote a best answer as long as there is another model containing more specific relationships. 13
  • 14. Tip 8: Composition is strong relation • Pay close attention to composition / aggregation relation in all diagrams. Composition is strong relation. Does the scenario really require/imply composition? Look for words like “main”, “key”, “consists”, … etc to apply composition or it is implicitly understood. 14
  • 15. Tip 9: Undirected access relation • Pay close attention to unspecified arrows in access relation, it is weak, is there other diagram have more specified relation? 15
  • 16. References & Credits • Credits for free ArchiMate tool Archi. • Some diagrams included in this presentation based on purchased license from Infograpia. • This presentation is intended for non-commercial use, credits goes to: • Disney Clips for spot the difference game. 16