Validates the ability to apply the TOGAF Standard and its Architecture Development Method to enterprise architecture scenarios.
TOGAF Enterprise Architecture Practitioner shows you can apply the TOGAF Standard, 10th Edition, to architecture scenarios. It is the full TOGAF credential for enterprise architects, with open-book, scenario-based questions in Part 2 of the exam.
People moving from infrastructure, SRE or solutions architecture into EA say the certification is close to a baseline expectation. The actual route runs through senior solutions-architecture or business-analyst experience.
TOGAF alone will not move you into an EA role. The realistic path runs through solutions architecture, technical architecture or senior business-analyst work first, since EA needs a longer strategic horizon.
Certified architects say they rarely use the framework's specific artifacts or steps in the role, treating it as shared vocabulary and a toolbox, and warn against equating the certificate with the job.
With TOGAF Foundation you only need the Part 2 exam to earn Practitioner.
TOGAF Enterprise Architecture Practitioner does not expire.
Part 1 only, if you need the TOGAF vocabulary without the scenario exam.
For proving hands-on cloud architecture skills rather than a framework.
Better fit if your work is IT service management rather than architecture.
No. The combined exam covers Part 1 and Part 2 in one sitting with no prerequisite. If you already hold Foundation, take Part 2 alone.
The combined exam is $610 booked with Pearson VUE. If you already hold Foundation, Part 2 alone is $405. Open Group shop vouchers cost $30 more.
Part 2 has 8 scenario questions worth up to 5 points each. You need 24 of 40 points (60%). In the combined exam you must also pass Part 1 with 24 of 40.
Yes. The TOGAF Standard is built into the exam through a Reference button. You cannot bring your own copy.
No. TOGAF 9 and later certifications do not need renewal.
Last updated October 2026