TOGAF 9.2 - STUDY [ The Open Group Architecture Framework ] - Chap 01 - Introduction

100 Feet View of TOGAF

 What is Enterprise?

Collection of Organization that has common set of Goals.

Enterprise has

• People - organized by company, business division or project team.
• Platform - building, infrastructure, equipments and  technology.
• Purpose - to run a business - which good be a NGO or private establishment

And Enterprise can be a company, a business division in an company or a project being executed in a company.

Enterprise Architecture bridges the gap between Business Strategy and IT Infrastructure and needs.

Enterprise Technology Architecture is not Enterprise Architecture, it is only one of the part of Enterprise Architecture. Enterprise Architecture is not only all about Technology, technology is just the part of Enterprise Architecture. Actually, Enterprise Architecture is driven by four pieces on the left side

Enterprise Architecture has to do less with Technology and more with methodology. Flow of Enterprise Architecture is in direction of Strategy -> Planning -> Execution and Enterprise Architecture is all about planning and design and there is Feedback loop in reverse direction - in all way up, the design implemented has to be communicated to the rest of the Organization and for that Feedback loop is used. By Feedback loop, Organization will understand, how the business will benefit from the new implemented Enterprise Architecture.

Change is inevitable : One of the primary goal of Enterprise Architecture is to facilitate change. Enterprise Architecture help organization to deal with change / transformation at organization level for example, merger and acquisitions, which makes new business to try to fit in existing technology or sometimes existing business tries to adapt to new technology capabilities. So, enterprise architecture helps you to deal with the change in business and IT Space.

TOGAF has now become the mainstream Architecture Framework. The open group is a technology neutral  industry association is having over 450 member organizations. TOGAF is the most popular and widely implemented framework across the world and is utilized by business operating in a broad range of sector including healthcare, academia, aerospace, media and so on. 

How does TOGAF Work ? 

 

TOGAF is collection of Building Blocks, Methods and Deliverables. ADM consumes building blocks from Continuum and creates Architecture models to be used by organization for satisfying business needs.