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TOGAF (The Open Group Architecture Framework)

TOGAF is a comprehensive enterprise architecture framework providing a structured approach for developing, maintaining, and using enterprise architectures to support business goals and IT alignment.

Context for Technology Leaders

For CIOs and Enterprise Architects, TOGAF offers a standardized methodology to design and govern IT landscapes, ensuring technology investments directly support strategic business objectives. It provides a common language and process, crucial for managing complex digital transformations and fostering cross-functional collaboration across the enterprise.

Key Principles

  • 1Architecture Development Method (ADM): A cyclical process guiding the development and management of enterprise architecture, ensuring iterative refinement and continuous improvement.
  • 2Enterprise Continuum: A conceptual model that organizes architectural assets, providing a structured view of architecture descriptions and solutions across the organization.
  • 3Architecture Repository: A logical framework for architectural assets, including standards, principles, and models, facilitating reuse and consistency in architectural endeavors.
  • 4Capability-Based Planning: Focuses on defining and delivering the capabilities an organization needs to achieve its strategic objectives, linking architecture directly to business outcomes.

Related Terms

Enterprise ArchitectureZachman FrameworkIT GovernanceBusiness Capability ModelingSolution Architecture