TOGAF Version 9
TOGAF 9 Features Significant Enhancements to key
capabilities of the architecture framework. It includes new materials that show
in detail how the Architecture Development Method (ADM) can be applied to
specific situations, such as Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and security
architecture.
TOGAF 9 is an industry consensus framework and
method for Enterprise Architecture that is available for use internally by any
organization around the world. It is a tool for assisting in the production,
use and maintenance of architectures. It is based on a process model supported
by best procedures and a re-usable set of existing architectural resources.
TOGAF 9 focuses on developing business
capability and management frameworks to encourage business exercises,
configurations and abilities to enable inter-operability between businesses at
all levels in the organization.
As a comprehensive, open method for Enterprise
Architecture, TOGAF 9 complements, and can be used in conjunction with, other
frameworks that are more focused on specific aspects of architecture or for
vertical sectors such as Government, Defense, and Finance.
The seven main parts of TOGAF 9 include:
Introduction: This part provides a high-level introduction
to the key concepts of enterprise architecture and in particular the TOGAF
approach. It contains the definitions of terms used throughout TOGAF and
release notes detailing the changes between this version and the previous
version of TOGAF.
Architecture Development
Method: This part is the core
of TOGAF. It describes the TOGAF Architecture Development Method (ADM) - a
step-by-step approach to developing enterprise architecture.
ADM Guidelines and
Techniques: This part contains a
collection of guidelines and techniques available for use in applying TOGAF and
the TOGAF ADM.
Architecture Content
Framework: This part describes
the TOGAF content framework, including a structured metamodel for architectural
artifacts, the use of re-usable architecture building blocks, and an overview
of typical architecture deliverables.
Enterprise Continuum
& Tools: This part discusses
appropriate classifications and tools to categorize and store the outputs of
architecture activity within an enterprise.
TOGAF Reference Models: This part provides a selection of
architectural reference models, which includes the TOGAF Foundation
Architecture, and the Integrated Information Infrastructure Reference Model
(III-RM).
Architecture Capability
Framework: This part discusses
the organisation, processes, skills, roles, and responsibilities required to
establish and operate an architecture function within an enterprise.
