OGEA-102 Study Plan: 4- and 8-Week Schedules for Enterprise Architecture Practitioner

3 weeks of reading, about 7–9 hours a week with the book, then a review week.

Week 1chapters 1–5 · about 9 hours Done

Read these chapters:
- 1. The Practitioner's Job: Guiding Effective Change
- 2. Governance, Compliance and the Architect's Role
- 3. Agile, Architecture States and the Digital Enterprise
- 4. Security and Risk Across the Enterprise
- 5. Stakeholder Management and Architecture Views
After each chapter, cover its key takeaways and explain each one out loud. Re-read any you can’t.
Free study notes for this week: The four architecture states: current, target, transition and candidate, Security as a concern that cuts across every domain, Stakeholder management: the four steps and the power/interest grid.
Look up any unfamiliar term in the OGEA-102 glossary.

Exam skill areas this week: Unit 1: The Context for Enterprise ArchitectureUnit 2: Stakeholder ManagementUnit 3: Phase A, the Starting PointUnit 4: Architecture DevelopmentUnit 5: Implementing the ArchitectureUnit 8: Supporting the ADM Work

Week 2chapters 6–10 · about 9 hours Done

Read these chapters:
- 6. Trade-offs and the Steps Common to Every Phase
- 7. Phase A in Practice
- 8. Phase B and the Business Architecture Toolkit
- 9. Phases C and D in Practice
- 10. Phase E: Building the Implementation and Migration Strategy
After each chapter, cover its key takeaways and explain each one out loud. Re-read any you can’t.
Free study notes for this week: Presenting architecture alternatives and weighing trade-offs, Greenfield, revolutionary or evolutionary: choosing an implementation approach.
Look up any unfamiliar term in the OGEA-102 glossary.

Exam skill areas this week: Unit 2: Stakeholder ManagementUnit 3: Phase A, the Starting PointUnit 4: Architecture DevelopmentUnit 5: Implementing the ArchitectureUnit 8: Supporting the ADM Work

Week 3chapters 11–14 · about 7 hours Done

Read these chapters:
- 11. Phase F: Migration Planning, Value and Viability
- 12. Phase G: Implementation Governance and Architecture Contracts
- 13. Phase H and Requirements Management
- 14. The Repository, Levels, Building Blocks and the Metamodel
After each chapter, cover its key takeaways and explain each one out loud. Re-read any you can’t.
Free study notes for this week: Architecture Contracts: why they matter, where they occur and the three types, Sizing a change: simple update, change management or a new cycle, Classes of standard and the standards lifecycle.
Look up any unfamiliar term in the OGEA-102 glossary.

Exam skill areas this week: Unit 5: Implementing the ArchitectureUnit 6: Architecture Change ManagementUnit 7: Requirements ManagementUnit 8: Supporting the ADM Work

Week 4review Done

Go back through every chapter’s key takeaways. Anything you can’t explain without looking, re-read that section.
Re-read the common-trap callouts: they mark the answers that look right but aren’t.
Check the exam coverage map against The Open Group’s own outline, in case it has changed since the book was checked.
Read the official OGEA-102 exam page once more and tick off every objective.

7 weeks of reading, about 3–4 hours a week with the book, then a review week.

Week 1chapters 1–2 · about 3 hours Done

Read these chapters:
- 1. The Practitioner's Job: Guiding Effective Change
- 2. Governance, Compliance and the Architect's Role
After each chapter, cover its key takeaways and explain each one out loud. Re-read any you can’t.
Look up any unfamiliar term in the OGEA-102 glossary.

Exam skill areas this week: Unit 1: The Context for Enterprise ArchitectureUnit 8: Supporting the ADM Work

Week 2chapters 3–4 · about 4 hours Done

Read these chapters:
- 3. Agile, Architecture States and the Digital Enterprise
- 4. Security and Risk Across the Enterprise
After each chapter, cover its key takeaways and explain each one out loud. Re-read any you can’t.
Free study notes for this week: The four architecture states: current, target, transition and candidate, Security as a concern that cuts across every domain.
Look up any unfamiliar term in the OGEA-102 glossary.

Exam skill areas this week: Unit 1: The Context for Enterprise ArchitectureUnit 3: Phase A, the Starting PointUnit 4: Architecture DevelopmentUnit 5: Implementing the ArchitectureUnit 8: Supporting the ADM Work

Week 3chapters 5–6 · about 3 hours Done

Read these chapters:
- 5. Stakeholder Management and Architecture Views
- 6. Trade-offs and the Steps Common to Every Phase
After each chapter, cover its key takeaways and explain each one out loud. Re-read any you can’t.
Free study notes for this week: Stakeholder management: the four steps and the power/interest grid, Presenting architecture alternatives and weighing trade-offs.
Look up any unfamiliar term in the OGEA-102 glossary.

Exam skill areas this week: Unit 2: Stakeholder ManagementUnit 4: Architecture DevelopmentUnit 8: Supporting the ADM Work

Week 4chapters 7–8 · about 4 hours Done

Read these chapters:
- 7. Phase A in Practice
- 8. Phase B and the Business Architecture Toolkit
After each chapter, cover its key takeaways and explain each one out loud. Re-read any you can’t.
Look up any unfamiliar term in the OGEA-102 glossary.

Exam skill areas this week: Unit 3: Phase A, the Starting PointUnit 4: Architecture DevelopmentUnit 8: Supporting the ADM Work

Week 5chapters 9–10 · about 3 hours Done

Read these chapters:
- 9. Phases C and D in Practice
- 10. Phase E: Building the Implementation and Migration Strategy
After each chapter, cover its key takeaways and explain each one out loud. Re-read any you can’t.
Free study notes for this week: Greenfield, revolutionary or evolutionary: choosing an implementation approach.
Look up any unfamiliar term in the OGEA-102 glossary.

Exam skill areas this week: Unit 4: Architecture DevelopmentUnit 5: Implementing the ArchitectureUnit 8: Supporting the ADM Work

Week 6chapters 11–12 · about 4 hours Done

Read these chapters:
- 11. Phase F: Migration Planning, Value and Viability
- 12. Phase G: Implementation Governance and Architecture Contracts
After each chapter, cover its key takeaways and explain each one out loud. Re-read any you can’t.
Free study notes for this week: Architecture Contracts: why they matter, where they occur and the three types.
Look up any unfamiliar term in the OGEA-102 glossary.

Exam skill areas this week: Unit 5: Implementing the ArchitectureUnit 8: Supporting the ADM Work

Week 7chapters 13–14 · about 4 hours Done

Read these chapters:
- 13. Phase H and Requirements Management
- 14. The Repository, Levels, Building Blocks and the Metamodel
After each chapter, cover its key takeaways and explain each one out loud. Re-read any you can’t.
Free study notes for this week: Sizing a change: simple update, change management or a new cycle, Classes of standard and the standards lifecycle.
Look up any unfamiliar term in the OGEA-102 glossary.

Exam skill areas this week: Unit 6: Architecture Change ManagementUnit 7: Requirements ManagementUnit 8: Supporting the ADM Work

Week 8review Done

Go back through every chapter’s key takeaways. Anything you can’t explain without looking, re-read that section.
Re-read the common-trap callouts: they mark the answers that look right but aren’t.
Check the exam coverage map against The Open Group’s own outline, in case it has changed since the book was checked.
Read the official OGEA-102 exam page once more and tick off every objective.

The hours are a rough guide to reading time with the book. Add hands-on practice as you go: some practice applying the ADM to a real architecture problem makes every chapter stick.

OGEA-102 study plan