TOGAF 9 Foundation

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.
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Introduction

• The role of TOGAF
• TOGAF and Architecture governance
• Using TOGAF with other Frameworks
• Overview
• The enterprise continuum

The ADM

• Relationship to other parts of TOGAF
• The ADM and the enterprise continuum
• The Architecture development cycle
• Process Management
• Enterprise Scope/Focus
• Architecture Domains
• Time Horizon

Preliminary Phase

• Framework and Principles
• Architecture Vision
• Business Architecture
• Information Systems Architectures
• Data Architecture
• Technology Architecture
• Opportunities and Solutions

Architecture Change Management

• Approach
• The Drivers for Change
• The Change Management Process
• Guidelines for Maintenance versus Architecture Redesign

ADM Architecture Requirements Management

• Resources
• Business Scenarios
• Volere Requirements Specification Template
• Requirements Tools

ADM Input and Output Descriptions

• Major Input Descriptions
• Request for Architecture Work
• Re-Usable Architecture Building Blocks
• Major Input/output descriptions
• Statement of Architecture Work
• Impact Analysis
• Architecture contract

The Enterprise Continuum

• Enterprise Continuum and Architecture Re-Use
• Enterprise Continuum and the TOGAF ADM
• Constituents of the Enterprise Continuum

The Enterprise Continuum in Detail

• Foundation Architecture
• Common Systems Architectures
• Industry Architectures
• The Solutions Continuum
• Systems Solutions
• Enterprise continuum & Your organization

Technical Reference Model

• Role of TRM in the Foundation Architecture
• TRM Components
• Portability and Interoperability
• TRM Entities and Interfaces
• Extending the TRM
• Interfaces between Services
• Future Developments

Standards Information Base

• Role of the SIB
• What is the SIB?
• How is it used in Architecture Development?
• Accessing the SIB
• The Open Group Standards

Infrastructure Reference Model

• Basic Concepts
• Background
• Components of the Model
• Relationship to Other parts of TOGAF
• Key Business and Technical Drivers

Architecture Board

• Responsibilities
• Setting Up the Architecture Board
• Size of the Board
• Board Structure
• Operation of the Architecture Board

Architecture Compliance

• Project Impact Assessments
• Architecture Compliance Reviews
• Purpose
• Governance and Personnel Scenarios
• Architecture Compliance Review Process
• Hardware and Operating System Checklist

Architecture Contracts

• Statement of Architecture Work
• Development Partners
• Business Users
• Relationship to Architecture Governance

Architecture Governance

• The Characteristics of Governance
• Technology Governance
• IT and SOA Governance
• IT Governance Framework - COBIT
• Architecture Governance: Over view
• Architecture Governance Characteristics

Architecture Maturity Models

• Elements of the ACMM
• Example: IT Architecture Process Maturity Levels
• Capability Maturity Models Integration (CMMI)
• The SCAMPI Method

Architecture Patterns

• Content of a Pattern
• Architecture Patterns and Design Patterns
• Patterns and the Architecture Continuum
• Patterns and Views
• Architecture Patterns in Use
• Patterns for e-Business

Architecture Principles

• Characteristics of Architecture Principles
• Components of Architecture Principles
• Developing Architecture Principles
• Qualities of Principles
• Applying Architecture Principles
• Example Set of Architecture Principles

Architecture Skills Framework

• Goals/Rationale
• Specific Benefits
• Categories of Skills
• Proficiency Levels
• Generic Skills
• Business Skills & Methods

Developing Architecture Views

• The Role of Architecture Views
• A Note on Terminology
• Developing Views in the ADM
• General Guidelines
• View Creation Process
• Core Taxonomy of Architecture Views

Building Blocks

• Architecture Building Blocks
• Specification Content
• Solution Building Blocks
• Specification Content
• Building Blocks and the ADM
• Reuse of building blocks in other projects

Business Scenarios

• Creating the Business Scenario
• Contents of a Business Scenario
• Contributions to the Business Scenario
• Guidelines on Developing Business Scenarios
• Questions to Ask for each area
• Business scenario models

Other Architectures and Frameworks

• CISR Architecture Framework
• CORBA
• Enterprise Architecture Planning (EAP)
• ISO/IEC
• NCR Enterprise Architecture Framework
• SPIRIT Platform Blueprint Issue
• Zachman Framework

Tools for Architecture Development

• Evaluation Criteria and Guidelines
• Tool Criteria
• Functionality
• Full Lifecycle Support
• Interoperability Factors
• Financial Considerations

ADM and the Zachman Framework

• Mapping TOGAF to the Zachman Framework
• Architecture Vision
• Business Architecture
• Data Architecture
• Applications Architecture
• Technology Architecture

Conclusions

• New implementation paradigms
• TOGAF and Agile
• Review of common business goals
• The risks associated with the TOGAF approach
• Evaluating tradeoff strategies
• Successfully combining SOA and TOGAF