TOGAF® Enterprise Architecture Foundation case studies
TOGAF® Enterprise Architecture Foundation · Put your knowledge to work in context.
TOGAF® Enterprise Architecture Foundation - also delivered as the TOGAF® Enterprise Architecture Part 1 Exam - is the entry-level, knowledge-based credential in The Open Group's TOGAF certification portfolio, which also lists TOGAF 9 Foundation, TOGAF 9 Certified and the TOGAF Enterprise Architecture Practitioner credential. It is based on the TOGAF Standard, 10th Edition, described by The Open Group as a proven Enterprise Architecture methodology and framework used by leading organizations to improve business efficiency, with TOGAF certification achieved by nearly 150,000 individuals worldwide. The TOGAF® Enterprise Architecture Foundation case studies are 5 cases and about 4,351 words.
1TOGAF Is Not Just the ADM
A 2,500-person logistics company has just appointed a Head of Architecture. The CIO has funded a 'TOGAF programme' that, in practice, means running Phases B, C and D for the order-to-cash domain.
856 words, about 4 min2The Procurement Window
An insurer is replacing its policy administration platform. The architecture team has produced a requirements catalog, a business service model, a data entity model, an application communication diagram and a candidate roadmap containing seven work packages.
871 words, about 4 min3Three Customers, One Entity
A retail group has absorbed two competitors and now runs three brands. Fourteen systems hold customer master data, and three different logical entities are all called 'Customer' - one inherited from each brand's legacy model.
858 words, about 4 min4The Board and the Payments Programme
A retail bank's Architecture Board meets monthly with nine members and a quorum of five. A payments programme must go live in six weeks.
858 words, about 4 min5Building an Architecture Practice from Level 1
An electricity utility with 6,000 staff has an architecture team of four. An internal review finds that 70% of the team's time goes on ad-hoc diagram requests from project managers; there is no skills matrix and no agreed role descriptions; each architect uses a different modelling tool; there are no architecture principles beyond a two-line IT strategy; and the CIO wants a twelve-month plan to 'reach maturity level 3'.
908 words, about 5 min