TOGAF Enterprise Architecture study guide
TOGAF Enterprise Architecture · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
TOGAF Enterprise Architecture is The Open Group's certification track for architects and architecture leads working with the TOGAF Standard, which The Open Group describes as "a proven Enterprise Architecture methodology and framework used by the world's leading organizations to improve business efficiency." The published certification portfolio lists a TOGAF Enterprise Architecture Foundation credential, an applied TOGAF Enterprise Architecture Practitioner credential, and exams referred to as Part 1 and Part 2 that are based on the TOGAF Standard, 10th Edition; the earlier TOGAF 9 Foundation and TOGAF 9 Certified credentials also remain listed, and TOGAF certification has been achieved by nearly 150,000 individuals worldwide. This independent practice page is organised around six study areas: enterprise architecture and TOGAF fundamentals, the Architecture Development Method, ADM guidelines and techniques, the Architecture Content Framework and its deliverables, architecture capability and governance, and applying TOGAF in Agile and digital settings. The TOGAF Enterprise Architecture study guide has 6 sections and about 2,106 words.
01Overview of Enterprise Architecture and the TOGAF Standard
Enterprise architecture (EA) is the fundamental organisation of an enterprise - its people, processes, information and technology - together with the principles and roadmap that govern how it changes. TOGAF's purpose is to provide a method and a framework for developing, maintaining and using EA.
352 words, about 2 min02The Architecture Development Method (ADM)
The ADM is the core of TOGAF: an iterative process of ten phases with Requirements Management at the centre , touching every phase. The Preliminary Phase establishes the Architecture Capability - principles, governance, tools, tailoring.
362 words, about 2 min03ADM Guidelines and Techniques
ADM Guidelines and Techniques is a toolbox used within phases - the ADM does not work without it. Candidates must be able to name each technique and place it.
359 words, about 2 min04Architecture Content Framework and Deliverables
TOGAF's content framework tells you what to produce. Artifacts are fine-grained work products in three kinds: catalogs (lists of things - e.g.
316 words, about 2 min05Enterprise Architecture Capability and Governance
An Enterprise Architecture Capability is the combination of roles, skills, organisation, processes and tools that enables an enterprise to practise architecture. It is established in the Preliminary Phase and matured over time; the Architecture Maturity Model describes the progression from ad hoc/none through defined and managed to measured and continuously improving.
348 words, about 2 min06Applying the TOGAF Standard in Practice: Agile and Digital Contexts
The ADM is not a waterfall. TOGAF explicitly allows the method to be iterated and to be applied at different architecture levels - strategic (the whole enterprise), segment (a part of it) and capability (a capability increment) - and partitioned by level, segment or time to keep work tractable.
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