The TOGAF 9 certification program is a knowledge-based certification program. It has two levels, leading to certification for TOGAF 9 Foundation and TOGAF 9 Certified, respectively. The purpose of certification to TOGAF 9 Certified is to provide validation that, in addition to the knowledge and comprehension of TOGAF 9 Foundation level, the Candidate is able to analyze and apply this knowledge. The learning objectives at this level therefore focus on application and analysis in addition to knowledge and comprehension. This Study Guide supports students in preparation for the TOGAF 9 Part 2 Examination, leading to TOGAF 9 Certified.
All my comments for Foundation Study Guide apply here as well:
"Abysmal.
Dry, zero examples, stiff, non-descriptive, extreme mumbling. Part of that may be due to TOGAF itself, but I've seen study guides for PMP, PMI-ACP, PRINCE2, ITIL - all of them were at least 5 times better & more achievable that this pile of crap. Avoid at all cost."
If you have gone through the Part-1 foundation guide and the specification itself, Frankly speaking you do not need this book. It is good for revising the concepts though. Practice question and Bonus questions are something that readers will get most benefit from, primarily because answers also explains why an option is the best option and why other is the second best.
Designed as a study guide for Part 2 of the TOGAF 9 exam, the TOGAF 9 Certified Study Guide helps fill in the TOGAF skeleton that was laid out in the TOGAF Foundation Study Guide. It does a great job of explaining how to use the TOGAF ADM, how to manage ADM iteration, what changes need to be made for Security, Service Oriented Architectures (SOA), how to create the content framework and goes through explanations of The Open Group Technical Reference Model (TRM) and the Integrated Information Infrastructure Reference Model (III-RM). A great detailed discussion of how to use the TOGAF framework that is a very valuable reference (without having to slog through the TOGAF documents themselves) for those that are engaged in the practice of Enterprise Architecture or who are seeking TOGAF 9 certification. One word of warning...you really either need to read the Foundation Study Guide or be familiar with TOGAF terminology in order to gain much from this book.