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What we do
The Forum brings together customers,
vendors, consultants, governments and academia to work on:
TOGAF (The Open Group Architecture Framework) :
A comprehensive architecture framework and methodology
which enables the design, evaluation and implementation
of the right architecture for an enterprise.  more
Download our TOGAF case study materials here (requires Member access)
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TOGAF Certification : An assurance
program providing four classes of certification: Certified,
Tool Support, Training and Professional Services. It is
used by architecture service providers, tool vendors and
individual enterprise architects more
IT customer organizations who wish to base their Enterprise Architecture work
on the open, industry standard TOGAF 8 "Enterprise Edition" can now procure
tools, training, and professional services on the basis of certified conformance
with the TOGAF 8 standards.
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of current TOGAF Commercial Licensees
IT Architecture Practice : Supporting the establishment
of a skills and experience-based IT Architect Certification
program,
that provides a foundation for trust between suppliers and customers;
and collaborating with other leading standards bodies to make IT architecture
a professional discipline .
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Architecture Tools : Promoting the
availability of effective tools for enterprise architecture.
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Current
Projects
TOGAF 2008 Edition
The next revision of TOGAF is in progress and being actively developed and reviewed by members of the forum. It is scheduled to complete during 2008. Detailed information is available to Architecture Forum members
Collaborations with other Consortia
- OMG:
The Object Management Group™ (OMG™) and
The Open Group Architecture Forum have detailed in a joint
white paper
the synergies between The Open Group's TOGAF ADM and OMG's
Model Driven Architecture® (MDA®),
highlighting the benefits of using both methods to develop an architecture
using the TOGAF ADM and then implement that architecture
using MDA.
- The Integration Consortium has now joined the
collaboration to extend the benefits of this work to the
domain of Enterprise Applications Integration.
- DSDM Consortium:
The DSDM Consortium and The Open Group Architecture Forum
have jointly developed and published a paper showing that
using a combination of the Dynamic Systems Development
Method (DSDM) Framework and The Open Group Architecture
Framework (TOGAF) will help discover what architecture
is currently in place, what architecture is needed that
supports technology diversity and flexibility, and aid
the projects defined for implementing the chosen architecture.
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Members
The Forum has worldwide and cross industry representation,
with over 100 organizations participating in its activities.
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Key Accomplishments
TOGAF 8 (Enterprise Edition)
TOGAF
8 applies the Architecture Development Method (ADM) to
all the domains of an enterprise architecture – Business,
Data, Application Architecture and Technical Architecture.
Latest version is Version 8.1.1.
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Standards Information Base (SIB)
A database that can dynamically generate lists, structured
according to the TOGAF taxonomy of services, of all the
standards for use in open systems architecture. A highly
effective procurement tool.
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Business Executive's Guide to IT Architecture
A
brochure which explains why IT architecture is crucial to
the success of your business, and describes The Open Group
Architecture Framework (TOGAF) and how it can help to deliver
an effective IT architecture.
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Publications
The Forum has produced a wide variety of publications,
many of which are available online, as well as in hard copy
form.
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In the News
The Architecture Forum and TOGAF feature prominently in news about The Open Group.
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