The Digital Practitioner Foundation Study Guide

This is the Digital Practitioner Foundation Study Guide for the DPBoK Part 1
Examination. It gives an overview of every learning objective included in the Digital
Practitioner Foundation syllabus, and provides in-depth coverage on preparing and
taking the DPBoK Part 1 Examination. It is specifically designed to help individuals
prepare for certification.

This Study Guide is excellent material for:
• Senior digital business professionals who need an increased awareness of digital
practices
• Mid-career IT professionals who need to stay relevant and validate their digital
Subject Matter Expert (SME) status in specific domain areas
• Entry-level computing and digital business professionals
• College-level students and computing and digital business majors

It covers the following topics:
• An introduction to DPBoK Foundation certification, including the DPBoK Part 1
Examination
• Key terminology, key concepts, and the structure of the Body of Knowledge
• Basic concepts employed by the Digital Practitioner
• The capabilities of digital infrastructure and initial concerns for its effective, efficient,
and secure operation
• The objectives and activities of application development
• Why product management is formalized as a company or team grows, and the
differences between product and project management
• The key concerns and practices of work management as a team increases in size
• The basic concepts and practices of operations management in a digital/IT context
• How to coordinate as the organization grows into multiple teams and multiple
products
• IT investment and portfolio management
• Organizational structure, human resources, and cultural factors
• Governance, risk, security, and compliance
• Information and data management on a large scale
• Practices and methods for managing complexity using Enterprise Architecture