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DoDAF and Other Frameworks
Published in Howard Eisner, Systems Architecting, 2019
TOGAF 9.1 is a 700-page document that provides essential information about the TOGAF standard. This standard has three main parts: (1) the Enterprise Continuum, (2) the TOGAF Resource Base, and (3) the TOGAF Architecture Development Method (ADM). The latter is composed of key information about:Architecture VisionBusiness ArchitectureInformation Systems ArchitectureTechnologyOpportunities and SolutionsMigration PlanningImplementation GovernanceArchitecture Change Management. The TOGAF provides guidance regarding how to structure and develop an enterprise architecture. It is elaborate and comprehensive. Its Forum keeps the activities of TOGAF moving forward and staying current.
Enterprise Architecture
Published in Vivek Kale, Enterprise Process Management Systems, 2018
TOGAF provides an approach for designing, planning, implementing, and governing an enterprise IT architecture. The latest version is TOGAF 9.1, which was published on December 1, 2011. The term “framework” is somewhat of a misnomer when it comes to TOGAF. TOGAF itself is not actually an architectural framework but rather a set of phases and associated processes in the form of an architecture development method (ADM) that will enable an EA to be created for an organization. TOGAF is effectively a management-based approach and, hence, focuses largely on management and planning, rather than the actual development of the architecture and its views. TOGAF does not define any particular views (although it does hint strongly at some) but instead focuses on how to manage the development and delivery of the architecture.
Safety enterprise architecture approach for a railway safety management system
Published in Stein Haugen, Anne Barros, Coen van Gulijk, Trond Kongsvik, Jan Erik Vinnem, Safety and Reliability – Safe Societies in a Changing World, 2018
The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) is very comprehensive with regards to actual process involved (Magoulas 2012, Rouhani et al. 2013). TOGAF’s view of an enterprise architecture consists of business, application, data and technical architectures. The most important parts of TOGAF is the Architecture Development Method (ADM) for process development, the enterprise continuum for various architecture views and the knowledge base repository for resources, implementation guidelines, templates and background information.
Managing digital transformation of smart cities through enterprise architecture – a review and research agenda
Published in Enterprise Information Systems, 2021
DoDAF provides guidance and rules for consistency descriptions in achieving final products. Thus, ensuring that a common term is utilised for comparing, and integrating different systems, as well as systems of systems to achieve interoperability and interaction of systems. Ministry of Defence Architecture Framework (MODAF) is an extension of DoDAF that includes two more views, acquisition view and strategic view. The strategic view aims to support the capability management operations. Another EA framework is The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) Architecture Development Method (ADM) which is flexible and can be used in combination with other EA framework (The Open Group 2003). The TOGAF ADM is developed to support customisation for usage. The TOGAF ADM can be used as a guide in designing enterprise architecture. The TOGAF ADM allows an individual enterprise such as a city to choose or modify any part of the process as needed. The ADM employs a generic approach for architecture development and designed to address most organisational and system requirements. TOGAF can be adopted to provide detailed reference on enterprise architecture which includes business, data, application and technology layers.
Smart city data architecture for energy prosumption in municipalities: concepts, requirements, and future directions
Published in International Journal of Green Energy, 2020
The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) is a standardized approach for enterprise architecture and is maintained by The Open Group. A conglomerate of hundreds of enterprises covering both the nonprofit and profit sectors (TOGAF 2011). TOGAF was originally developed as a Technical Architecture Framework mainly for Information Management (TAFIM) as proposed by the United States Department of Defense. Accordingly, in 1995 the initial version of TOGAF was established as a progression of TAFIM. Ever since TOGAF has become a universal accepted framework, which is available freely (Cameron and McMillan 2013). Nowadays, enterprises such as HP, IBM, and SAP have employed TOGAF and improved it with their own architectural experience and knowledge. TOGAF can be adopted to provide detailed reference on enterprise architecture, which includes business, data, application, and technology layers (Greefhorst and Proper 2011). In addition, TOGAF standard has a distinct recommended standards, compliant products, and common vocabulary that assist the processing of EA implementation and is currently the most adopted EA framework in organizations (Cameron and McMillan 2013).
Integration of Business Process Architectures within Enterprise Architecture Approaches: A Literature Review
Published in Engineering Management Journal, 2019
Fernanda Gonzalez-Lopez, Guillermo Bustos
TOGAF (The Open Group, 2011) is a detailed method and a set of supporting tools for developing an EA comprised of a methodology, frameworks, best practices, and reference models. TOGAF was influenced by the U.S. Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF) (DoD U. S., 2009). The main components of TOGAF include an Architecture Capability Framework, an Architecture Development Method, an Architecture Content Framework, and the Enterprise Continuum (Lankhorst, 2009). The Architecture Capability Framework (The Open Group, 2011) addresses the organization, processes, skills, roles, and responsibilities required to establish and operate an EA function within an enterprise. The Architecture Development Method (ADM), considered the core of TOGAF, consists of a stepwise cyclic approach for developing the overall EA. The Architecture Content Framework considers an overall EA composed by the Business Architecture, Data Architecture, Application Architecture, and Technology Architecture. Finally, the Enterprise Continuum comprises various reference models, such as the Technical Reference Model, the Standards Information Base, and the Building Blocks Information Base. TOGAF understands business processes as a constituent part of the Business Architecture, as shown in the dark gray portion of Exhibit 8.