Selecting EA Principals

Selecting a training provider is a big task. There are several organizations offering Enterprise Architecture training and multiple learning options to choose from. We were thrilled to receive feedback from one of our talented students, Emily Zhang who recently selected EA Principals as her TOGAF training provider and attended our TOGAF 9.2 Level 1 and Level 2 Classroom Training course facilitated by Dr Steve Else. 

Emily was kind enough to share with us some of the reasons she selected EA Principals as her training provider. 

“Choosing EA Principals was the best decision I made for my TOGAF certification! EA Principals’ TOGAF training materials greatly simplified matter and enabled me to pass the tests within weeks. I got 85 for level 1 and 80 for level 2. I benefited from a training program tailored to my needs. I appreciate EA Principals’ assisting me to reach my special goal.

I made a decision to take 4-day unpaid leave to take the live class. It was very much worth it! The class was full. The energy level was high. There were major benefits of taking the live class compared to self-study, as described below:
  
1) Flexible training program
EA Principals is more flexible than any other training providers I considered. It provides separate test vouchers for level 1 & 2, which is important. Reason for this is that it may be difficult to do well in a level 2 test if combined with level 1, because it is a different kind of test from level 1 and the mental switch is significant. They would also provide free retake test voucher(s) if you failed on the first try.
 
2) On target training materials
The EA Principals’ briefing slides were only 215 pages long for level 1 and 218 pages for level 2. More study materials, and more practice tests including a quiz website where Dr. Else generated tests to allow the students to see their rankings in each test. Their practice tests provided sufficient coverage of all the subject areas in sufficient depth. It was an effective training program that allowed me to pass the tests within a minimum amount of time!
 
3) Clear messages
TOGAF contains quite some “big” words with no concrete meanings. Steve Else’s uses things that we could relate to, to explain the seemingly abstract concepts and made it easy to distinguish between them. He is a talented teacher as well as an expert in the subject area.
 
4) Case studies
The class was not only useful for preparing for the tests, but also for solving real-world enterprise architecture issues. The group discussions of the case study covered fundamental areas where TOGAF could be applied to.

5) Valuable Interactions & Discussions
During the training course Dr. Else answered all my questions. With self-study, you had no one to ask questions. Sharing among the students during the course was also beneficial, the students shared how they would prepare for the tests and practical strategies. 

6) Bonus Materials
We also discussed the ArchiMate tool, this modeling tool was used to illustrate some concepts in standard notations.

7) Outstanding training manager
Last but not least, Fawn is brilliant! She always does what she has promised. She was patient and went above and beyond. 
 
I highly recommend the live class for the above-mentioned benefits! 
 
Emily Zhang, Enterprise Architect”

It is fantastic to see that Emily, like all our other students, has enjoyed the many unique benefits of selecting EA Principals as their training provider. We would like to congratulation Emily Zhang on her outstanding exam results and wish her all the best with her future career.  

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