RESUME TOGAF 9.

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What is the TOGAF Standard?

The TOGAF standard is an architecture framework. It provides the methods and tools for assisting
in the acceptance, production, use, and maintenance of an Enterprise Architecture. It is based on an
iterative process model supported by best practices and a re-usable set of existing architecture assets.
In addition to the ISO/IEC/IEEE 42010: 2011 definition of "architecture", the TOGAF standard
defines a second meaning depending upon the context: "The structure of components, their inter-
relationships, and the principles and guidelines governing their design and evolution over time."

The TOGAF standard is designed to support:

 The Business Architecture defines the business strategy, governance, organization, and key
business processes
 The Data Architecture describes the structure of an organization’s logical and physical data assets
and data management resources
 The Application Architecture provides a blueprint for the individual applications to be deployed,
their interactions, and their relationships to the core business processes of the organization
 The Technology Architecture describes the logical software and hardware capabilities that are
required to support the deployment of business, data, and application services; this includes IT
infrastructure, middleware, networks, communications, processing, standards, etc.

Architecture Development Method (ADM)

The TOGAF Architecture Development Method (ADM) provides a tested and repeatable process for
developing architectures. The ADM includes establishing an architecture framework, developing
architecture content, transitioning, and governing the realization of architectures.

Phases within the ADM are as follows:

 The Preliminary Phase describes the preparation and initiation activities required to create an
Architecture Capability including customization of the TOGAF framework and definition of
Architecture Principles
 Phase A: Architecture Vision describes the initial phase of an architecture development cycle It
includes information about defining the scope of the architecture development initiative,
identifying the stakeholders, creating the Architecture Vision, and obtaining approval to proceed
with the architecture development.

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 Phase B: Business Architecture describes the development of a Business Architecture to support
the agreed Architecture Vision.
 Phase C: Information Systems Architectures describes the development of Information Systems
Architectures to support the agreed Architecture Vision.
 Phase D: Technology Architecture describes the development of the Technology Architecture to
support the agreed Architecture Vision.

 Phase E: Opportunities & Solutions conducts initial implementation planning and the
identification of delivery vehicles for the architecture defined in the previous phases.
 Phase F: Migration Planning addresses how to move from the Baseline to the Target Architectures
by finalizing a detailed Implementation and Migration Plan.
 Phase G: Implementation Governance provides an architectural oversight of the implementation
 Phase H: Architecture Change Management establishes procedures for managing change to the
new architecture.
 Requirements Management examines the process of managing architecture requirements
throughout the ADM.

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Guideline for Adapting the ADM Process
The Architecture Development Method (ADM) process can be adapted to deal with a number of different
usage scenarios, including different process styles (e.g., the use of iteration) and also specific specialist
architectures (such as security). Guidelines included within this part are as follows:
 Applying Iteration to the ADM discusses the concept of iteration and shows potential strategies
for applying iterative concepts to the ADM.
 Applying the ADM across the Architecture Landscape discusses the different types of architecture
engagement that may occur at different levels of the enterprise — this section then also discusses
how the ADM process can be focused to support different types of engagement.

Techniques for Architecture Development

 Architecture Principles – principles for the use and deployment of IT resources across the
enterprise – describes how to develop the set of general rules and guidelines for the architecture
being developed.
 Stakeholder Management describes stakeholder management, an important discipline that
successful architecture practitioners can use to win support for their projects.
 Architecture Patterns provides guidance on using architectural patterns.
 Gap Analysis describes the technique known as gap analysis; it is widely used in the TOGAF ADM
to validate an architecture that is being developed.
 Migration Planning Techniques describes a number of techniques to support migration planning
in Phases E and F
 Interoperability Requirements describes a technique for determining interoperability
requirements
 Business Transformation Readiness Assessment describes a technique for identifying business
transformation issues
 Risk Management describes a technique for managing risk during an architecture/business
transformation project
 Capability-Based Planning describes the technique of capability-based planning

The Architecture Content Framework

 A deliverable is a work product that is contractually specified and in turn formally reviewed,
agreed, and signed off by the stakeholders
 An artifact is an architectural work product that describes an aspect of the architecture

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  A building block represents a (potentially re-usable) component of enterprise capability that can
be combined with other building blocks to deliver architectures and solutions

The Enterprise Continuum

The Enterprise Continuum provides methods for classifying architecture and solution artifacts,
both internal and external to the Architecture Repository, as they evolve from generic Foundation
Architectures to Organization-Specific Architectures.
The Enterprise Continuum enables the architect to articulate the broad perspective of what, why,
and how the Enterprise Architecture has been designed with the factors and drivers considered. The
Enterprise Continuum is an important aid to communication and understanding, both within individual
enterprises, and between customer enterprises and vendor organizations. Without an understanding of
"where in the continuum you are", people discussing architecture can often talk at cross-purposes
because they are referencing different points in the continuum at the same time, without realizing it.
The Enterprise Continuum enables the organization of re-usable architecture artifacts and
solution assets to maximize the Enterprise Architecture investment opportunities.

The Enterprise Continuum is partitioned into three distinct continua as follows:

 The Enterprise Continuum (see Section 35.4) is the outermost continuum and classifies assets
related to the context of the overall Enterprise Architecture.
The Enterprise Continuum classes of assets may influence architectures, but are not directly used
during the ADM architecture development. The Enterprise Continuum classifies contextual assets
used to develop architectures, such as policies, standards, strategic initiatives, organizational
structures, and enterprise-level capabilities. The Enterprise Continuum can also classify solutions
(as opposed to descriptions or specifications of solutions). Finally, the Enterprise Continuum
contains two specializations, namely the Architecture and Solutions Continua.

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 The Architecture Continuum offers a consistent way to define and understand the generic rules,
representations, and relationships in an architecture, including traceability and derivation
relationships (e.g., to show that an Organization Specific Architecture is based on an industry or
generic standard).
The Architecture Continuum represents a structuring of Architecture Building Blocks (ABBs) which
are re-usable architecture assets. ABBs evolve through their development lifecycle from abstract
and generic entities to fully expressed Organization-Specific Architecture assets. The Architecture
Continuum assets will be used to guide and select the elements in the Solutions Continuum (see
below). The Architecture Continuum shows the relationships among foundational frameworks (such
as the TOGAF framework), common system architectures (such as the III-RM), industry
architectures, and Enterprise Architectures. The Architecture Continuum is a useful tool to discover
commonality and eliminate unnecessary redundancy.
 The Solutions Continuum provides a consistent way to describe and understand the implementation
of the assets defined in the Architecture Continuum.
The Solutions Continuum defines what is available in the organizational environment as re-usable
Solution Building Blocks (SBBs). The solutions are the results of agreements between customers and
business partners that implement the rules and relationships defined in the architecture space. The

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 Solutions Continuum addresses the commonalities and differences among the products, systems,
and services of implemented systems.

Architecture Capability Framework

In order to successfully operate an architecture function within an enterprise, it is necessary to
put in place appropriate organization structures, processes, roles, responsibilities, and skills to realize the
Architecture Capability.
Architecture Capability Framework provides a set of reference materials for how to establish such
an architecture function. Readers should note that although this part contains a number of guidelines to
support key activities, in its current form, the Architecture Capability Framework is not intended to be a
comprehensive template for operating an Enterprise Architecture Capability.

Architecture Capability

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Using the TOGAF Standard with Other Frameworks
Because the TOGAF standard is a generic framework and intended to be used in a wide variety of
environments, it provides a flexible and extensible content framework that underpins a set of generic
architecture deliverables.
As a result, the TOGAF framework may be used either in its own right, with the generic
deliverables that it describes; or else these deliverables may be replaced or extended by a more specific
set, defined in any other framework that the architect considers relevant.
In all cases, it is expected that the architect will adapt and build on the TOGAF framework in order
to define a tailored method that is integrated into the processes and organization structures of the
enterprise. This architecture tailoring may include adopting elements from other architecture
frameworks, or integrating TOGAF methods with other standard frameworks or best practices, such as
ITIL®, CMMI®, COBIT®, PRINCE2®, PMBOK®, and MSP®.

References:
The Open Group. 2018. The TOGAF Standard, Version 9.2.
https://pubs.opengroup.org/architecture/togaf9-doc/arch/