This is the official Pocket Guide for the TOGAF® Standard, Version 9.2, from The Open Group. It is published in hard copy and electronic formats by Van Haren Publishing. The TOGAF Standard, a standard of The Open Group, is a proven Enterprise Architecture methodology and framework used by the world’s leading organizations to improve business efficiency. It is the most prominent and reliable Enterprise Architecture standard, ensuring consistent standards, methods, and communication among Enterprise Architecture professionals. Those professionals who are fluent in the TOGAF approach enjoy greater industry credibility, job effectiveness, and career opportunities. The TOGAF approach helps practitioners avoid being locked into proprietary methods, utilize resources more efficiently and effectively, and realize a greater return on investment.
This is the official Pocket Guide for the TOGAF® Standard, 10th Edition from The Open Group. Building on over 25 years of development and constant input from The Open Group Architecture Forum’s global community of Enterprise Architecture thought leaders, the TOGAF Standard, 10th Edition expands the material available to architecture practitioners to make adoption of best practices easier. With greatly expanded guidance and “how-to” material, it enables organizations to operate in an efficient and effective way across a broad range of use-cases, including Agile enterprises and Digital Transformation. The TOGAF Standard is the most prominent and reliable Enterprise Architecture standard, ensuring consistent standards, methods, and communication among Enterprise Architecture professionals. Those professionals who are fluent in the TOGAF approach enjoy greater industry credibility, job effectiveness, and career opportunities. The TOGAF approach helps practitioners avoid being locked into proprietary methods, utilize resources more efficiently and effectively, and realize a greater return on investment. This official Pocket Guide provides an overview of the contents and purpose of the TOGAF Standard in a condensed form. As such it does not cover every aspect of the standard in detail, but provides highlights and key reference information. Topics covered include: A high-level introduction to the TOGAF Standard, introducing the modular TOGAF documentation set, the TOGAF Library, and the TOGAF framework Guidance on how to read the standard An introduction to the general how-to information provided in the TOGAF Standard, including guidance for practitioners, and how to use the standard in the Digital Enterprise An overview of guidance to support the establishment of an Enterprise Architecture team An overview of the guidance provided in the TOGAF Standard for specific topic domains, including Security Architecture, Business Architecture, Data/Information Architecture, Agile Methods, and Reference Models and Methods An introduction to the TOGAF Fundamental Content documents provided in the TOGAF Standard, which describe the concepts considered to be universally applicable to the TOGAF framework, including: Key techniques of the ADM cycle Guidelines for adapting the TOGAF ADM for different usage scenarios The Architecture Content Framework Enterprise Architecture Capability and Guidance The TOGAF Architecture Development Method (ADM), including summary phases for each of the ADM phases An overview of ADM deliverables
The TOGAF standard is a framework - a detailed method and a set of supporting tools - for developing an Enterprise Architecture, developed by members of The Open Group Architecture Forum. The TOGAF Standard, Version 9.2 is an update providing additional guidance, correcting errors, introducing structural changes to support the TOGAF Library (an extensive collection of reference material), and removing obsolete content. It may be used freely by any organization wishing to develop an Enterprise Architecture for use within that organization (subject to the Conditions of Use). This Book is divided into six parts: • Part I - 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 the standard. • Part II - Architecture Development Method This is the core of the TOGAF framework. It describes the TOGAF Architecture Development Method (ADM) – a step-by-step approach to developing an Enterprise Architecture. • Part III - ADM Guidelines & Techniques This part contains a collection of guidelines and techniques available for use in applying the TOGAF framework and the TOGAF ADM. Additional guidelines and techniques are also in the TOGAF Library (available online from The Open Group). • Part IV - 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. • Part V - Enterprise Continuum & Tools This part discusses appropriate taxonomies and tools to categorize and store the outputs of architecture activity within an enterprise. • Part VI Architecture Capability Framework This part discusses the organization, processes, skills, roles, and responsibilities required to establish and operate an architecture practice within an enterprise.
ArchiMate®, an Open Group Standard, is an open and independent modeling language for Enterprise Architecture that is supported by different tool vendors and consulting firms. The ArchiMate language enables Enterprise Architects to describe, analyze, and visualize the relationships among architecture domains in an unambiguous way. This Pocket Guide is based on the ArchiMate® 3.1 Specification. It gives a concise introduction to the ArchiMate language. What’s more, it’s authoritative with material derived from the official ArchiMate documentation. Topics covered include: • A high-level introduction to the ArchiMate Specification and its relationship to Enterprise Architecture • The high-level structure of the ArchiMate language, including an introduction to layering, and the ArchiMate Framework • The Generic Metamodel for the language • The relationships that the ArchiMate language includes to model the links between elements • The Motivation Elements, which includes concepts such as goal, principle, and requirement • The Strategy Elements, which includes concepts such as resource, capability, and course of action • The Business Layer, which includes the modeling concepts relevant in the business domain • The Application Layer, which includes modeling concepts relevant for software applications • The Technology Layer, which includes modeling concepts relevant for system software applications and infrastructure • The Physical Elements, which include concepts relevant for the modeling of physical concepts like machines and physical installations • The relationships between different layers of the language • The Implementation and Migration Elements, which include concepts to support modeling Enterprise Architecture-enabled transformation • A summary of the changes from ArchiMate 2.1 to ArchiMate 3.1 • A Glossary of terms
Note: This book is available in several languages: Brazilian Portuguese, English, Spanish, French. This is the official Open Group Pocket Guide for TOGAF Version 9.1 and is published in hard copy and electronic format by Van Haren Publishing on behalf of The Open Group. TOGAF®, an Open Group Standard, is a proven enterprise architecture methodology and framework used by the world s leading organizations to improve business efficiency. It is the most prominent and reliable enterprise architecture standard, ensuring consistent standards, methods, and communication among enterprise architecture professionals. Enterprise architecture professionals fluent in TOGAF standards enjoy greater industry credibility, job effectiveness, and career opportunities. TOGAF helps practitioners avoid being locked into proprietary methods, utilize resources more efficiently and effectively, and realize a greater return on investment.
About This Book This book, "Managing Digital: Concepts and Practices", is intended to guide a practitioner through the journey of building a digital-first viewpoint and the skills needed to thrive in the digital-first world. As such, this book is a bit of an experiment for The Open Group; it isn’t structured as a traditional standard or guide. Instead, it is structured to show the key issues and skills needed at each stage of the digital journey, starting with the basics of a small digital project, eventually building to the concerns of a large enterprise. So, feel free to digest this book in stages — the section Introduction for the student is a good guide. The book is intended for both academic and industry training purposes. This book seeks to provide guidance for both new entrants into the digital workforce and experienced practitioners seeking to update their understanding on how all the various themes and components of IT management fit together in the new world. About The Open Group Press The Open Group Press is an imprint of The Open Group for advancing knowledge of information technology by publishing works from individual authors within The Open Group membership that are relevant to advancing The Open Group mission of Boundaryless Information Flow™. The key focus of The Open Group Press is to publish high-quality monographs, as well as introductory technology books intended for the general public, and act as a complement to The Open Group Standards, Guides, and White Papers. The views and opinions expressed in this book are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the consensus position of The Open Group members or staff.
Enterprise architecture defines a firm's needs for standardized tasks, job roles, systems, infrastructure, and data in core business processes. This book explains enterprise architecture's vital role in enabling - or constraining - the execution of business strategy. It provides frameworks, case examples, and more.
This is the book you need to prepare for TOGAF 8 Certification. It gives an overview of every learning objective for the TOGAF 8 Certified Course Syllabus and in-depth coverage on preparing and taking the examination. It includes 'Key Learning Points' and challenging 'Test Yourself' questions for each part of the syllabus, together with a 'Test Yourself' examination paper that you can use to test your readiness to take the official TOGAF 8 Certified Examination. This Study Guide provides the solid base of information you need to become TOGAF 8 Certified. What's more, it's authoritative, with materials derived from The Open Group TOGAF 8.1 documentation including the recent changes included in TOGAF 8.1.1. The audience for this Study Guide is: ?????? IT architects considering or planning to use TOGAF 8.1 Enterprise Edition in their IT architecture projects ?????? Senior managers who need an understanding of TOGAF 8.1 Enterprise Edition Special Features Each chapter has "Test Yourself" questions that will help you to test your understanding of the chapter and prepare for the TOGAF 8 Certified Examination. The purpose of these is to reinforce key learning points in the chapter. These are multiple-choice format questions where you must identify one correct answer. Each chapter also has a "Recommended Reading" section that indicates the relevant sections in the TOGAF 8 document that should be read to obtain a full understanding of the subject material. Finally, at the end of this Study Guide is a "Test Yourself" examination paper that you can use to test your readiness to take the official TOGAF 8 Certified Examination.
Organizations today exist in an environment of unprecedented change. They do so against a backdrop of a global, competitive marketplace, the fast-paced enablement of technology, amplified regulation and accelerating organizational complexity. Many organizations are addressing change in a sub-optimal way and they are operating without a clear view of where their operational risks lie. It is these dynamics that are leading organizations to recognise and embrace Business Architecture. Despite this environment, Business Architecture can be a difficult ’sell’ - it is often perceived to be abstract and lacking in tangible delivery. To succeed, Business Architecture must be pragmatic and, to be sustainable, it must focus on achieving long-term value and, at the same time, recognise the shorter-term tactical needs of the organisation. With these challenges in mind, this book provides a practical guide on how to employ Business Architecture and how to build a balanced proposition that delivers value to a broad range of stakeholders. As the book states, Business Architecture should not be practised in isolation, nor should it be thought of as a one-off process; it needs to be woven into the fabric of the organization. And so the authors illustrate the opportunities for weaving the Business Architecture Practice into this fabric through the various stakeholders and life cycles that exist, both formally and informally, within an organization. Whilst recognizing best practice, this book explores a new, inspirational level of Business Architecture whilst acknowledging that the best way to realize the vision is one step at a time.
