Preparing for the TOGAF 9 Certified Exam
Now that I’ve completed both TOGAF 9 tests, I am putting up a couple of quick posts on how I prepared for these Enterprise Architecture exams.
2025-05-05
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Preparing for the TOGAF 9 Foundation Exam
Now that I've completed both TOGAF 9 tests, I am putting up a couple of quick posts on how I prepared for these Enterprise Architecture exams.
2025-05-02
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Improving Our Conversations
If we aren't having the same conversation, we aren't going to be heard. That's what Charles Duhigg, author of The Power of Habit, covered in the following TED talk:
2025-04-18 (first published: 2025-03-31)
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Who are you? Building an identity map.
I admit that until I read the article, Who are you as a Leader?, I had never heard of an identity map. It's a pretty simply thing: mapping all...
2025-04-11 (first published: 2025-04-01)
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Focus on Core Skills
Core skills depends on the position, but the point is that ensuring you have a strong foundational base for your chosen area is better than reaching for emerging skills.
2025-03-28
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Enterprise Digital Exhaust
Digital exhaust, or data exhaust, is the information you generate as you interact digitally. We've typically thought of this in terms of tracking cookies and the like, but it...
2025-03-07 (first published: 2025-02-25)
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Have a Plan for Your Personal Downtime
Most of us know that spending a lot of time on social media and surfing the web isn't good for us, but we still do it. Why? Because it...
2025-01-17 (first published: 2025-01-07)
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BK’s Bookshelf: Never Split the Difference
I picked up Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It by Chris Voss, a former FBI negotiator. Given what I do, I realized that...
2025-01-10 (first published: 2025-01-01)
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Plan Time for Self-Development
As you begin the new year, if you don't already have time set aside each week for self-development, plan it. Don't just "make time," but actually set up the...
2025-01-02
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Non-Functional Requirements
I have found that non-functional requirements (NFRs) can be hard to define for a given solution. I’ve seen teams struggle with NFRs. However, to ensure I’m speaking the same...
2025-01-01 (first published: 2024-05-08)
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Monday Monitor Tips: Configuring Access to the MCP Server
By Steve Jones
I have been experimenting with MCP servers in a few ways, including the Redgate...
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I deployed a schema change to 30 servers using multi-server query and deploy-at-low-priority. Small...
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Fabric deployment pipelines look like they solve CI/CD for Fabric content, especially for people...
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