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About the TOGAF White Papers

The TOGAF White Papers comprise a body of knowledge about TOGAF contributed both by members and non-members of The Open Group Architecture Forum, for the benefit of TOGAF users world-wide.

They do not form part of the TOGAF documentation set, and in particular they are not approved by The Open Group formal adoption processes and do not represent the formal consensus of The Open Group Architecture Forum.

For that reason they are made available from this informational web site, separate from the main TOGAF documentation. They are not linked-to from the TOGAF documentation, and they are not included in the TOGAF downloads available elsewhere from this web site.

However, White Papers do go through a review process to determine their relevance, usefulness, and suitability for publication as a TOGAF White Paper. (See Approval Mechanism below for details.)

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Submitting White Papers

If you are interested in submitting a TOGAF White Paper for inclusion on this site, please contact the the Architecture Forum documentation team. You can download a template from here.

Format

White Papers are made available in HTML and/or PDF format. Other proprietary formats (e.g., MS-Word) are accepted in addition to, but not in place of, one of the above.

Approval

Papers submitted for publication are reviewed by the active membership of The Open Group Architecture Forum and The Open Group corporate staff. Reasons for non-approval include:

  • Irrelevance to TOGAF
  • Unacceptable conditions / encumbrances (restrictions on the use and reproduction of the material in the paper)
  • Unacceptable format (HTML or PDF required)
  • Legally unacceptable content (potentially defamatory statements, etc.)
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Use of White Papers

Unless otherwise noted within the White Paper, TOGAF White Papers may be used and reproduced freely, provided the copyright of the originator, and their source as a TOGAF White Paper, are acknowledged.

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Register of Papers

Title, Author(s) and Abstract
Format(s) and Links to Paper
Date Registered

TOGAF® BIAN

A white paper by the Banking Industry Architecture Network and The Open Group


This White Paper aims at supporting Enterprise Architects within the banking industry, reaping the synergies of two complementary industry frameworks: TOGAF and BIAN. The concepts and core elements of both frameworks are described in order to reach a common understanding.

PDF Feb-2012

An Introduction to TOGAF® 9.1

A white paper by Andrew Josey


This White Paper provides an introduction to TOGAF 9.1. Topics addressed include:

  • An Introduction to TOGAF, an Open Group Standard
  • TOGAF, its structure and content
  • The kinds of architecture that TOGAF addresses
  • What's new in TOGAF 9.1
  • TOGAF 9.1 and Certification
PDF Dec-2011

TOGAF® and SABSA Integration

A white paper by The Open Group TOGAF - SABSA Integration Working Group


This White Paper documents an approach to enhance the TOGAF enterprise architecture methodology with the SABSA security architecture approach and thus create one holistic architecture methodology. This White Paper is intended to guide enterprise and security architects in fully integrating security and risk management into enterprise-level architectures, to stimulate review comments and inform the global architecture community of proposed new content from the SABSA perspective for a future edition of the TOGAF standard.

PDF Oct-2011

Exploring Synergies between TOGAF and Frameworx

By The Open Group / TM Forum Liaison Team.


This White Paper contains a technical report mapping TOGAF® to the Frameworx: Business Process Framework (eTOM), Information Framework (SID), and Application Framework (TAM). The purpose of this mapping is to assess differences in their contents, complementary areas, and the areas for application, with the TOGAF Enterprise Continuum in mind.

PDF May-2011

Motivation, Principles, and Requirements in TOGAF®

By Wilco Engelsman, Henk Jonkers, and Dick Quartel


This White Paper discusses a methodology and modeling support for requirements management that is well-aligned with both TOGAF and the ArchiMate enterprise architecture modeling language.

PDF Feb-2011

Emerging Information Technology (EIT) Strategic Analysis Framework

By Xijia (Frank) Chen


This White Paper introduces the Emerging Information Technology (EIT) Strategic Analysis Framework. The framework contains three components: EIT Five-Force Industry Analysis Framework, EIT Open System Company Analysis Framework, and EIT Win-Present-Create-Future Strategic Agenda Framework. A business case discussion is included to show how a company's CIO/CXO/EA can use the framework effectively.

PDF Jan-2011

ArchiMate Extension for Modeling the TOGAF Implementation and Migration Phases

By Henk Jonkers, Harmen van den Berg, Maria-Eugenia Iacob, and Dick Quartel


In this White Paper, we propose an extension of ArchiMate that is aimed at the implementation and migration phases (Phases E, F, and G) of the ADM. This includes concepts such as implementation programs and projects, plateaus (e.g., to model Baseline, Target, and Transition Architectures as defined in TOGAF), and gaps. Also, we specify how these concepts may be related to the ArchiMate core and motivation extension concepts.

PDF Dec-2010

TOGAF 9 and DoDAF 2.0

By Terry Blevins, Dr. Fatma Dandashi, and Mary Tolbert of MITRE Corporation


This White Paper analyzes and documents the relationships between TOGAF 9 and DoDAF 2.0 and identifies complementary areas.

PDF Jul-2010

World-Class Enterprise Architecture

By The Open Group Adoption Strategies Working Group


This White Paper provides assistance in overcoming common pitfalls in the adoption of enterprise architecture, and will help to ensure that the enterprise architects are focused on activities that provide recognized value to the organization.

PDF Apr-2010

World-Class EA: Framework Guidance & TOGAF 9 Example

By The Open Group Adoption Strategies Working Group


This is the second part of a White Paper on adoption of world-class enterprise architecture. This document complements the TOGAF 9 specification by providing an approach to successfully develop an enterprise architecture capability.

PDF Apr-2010

Governance in IT and Architecture Recommendations for TOGAF™

By Harry H.M. Hendrickx, CTO CME Industry Unit, Hewlett-Packard, Expanding Concepts of IT Governance Working Group


The purpose of this White Paper is to propose a set of changes to TOGAF 9 to include additional best practices, based on the latest industry experiences and insights as applied in governance of the IT domain.

PDF Feb-2010

TOGAF™ 9 and ArchiMate® 1.0

By Henk Jonkers, Erik Proper, and Mike Turner


This White Paper discusses the TOGAF 9 and ArchiMate 1.0 specifications, illustrating how these two open standards of The Open Group can be used together

PDF Nov-2009

TOGAF™ and ArchiMate®: A Future Together

By Henk Jonkers, Erik Proper, and Mike Turner


This White Paper discusses the TOGAF and ArchiMate specifications, providing a model of integration that would support long-term convergence and interoperation.

PDF Nov-2009

Making the Business Case in TOGAF™ 9

By E.G. Nadhan, EDS Distinguished SE & Open Group Master Certified IT Architect


This White Paper proposes a set of changes to TOGAF™ 9 to ensure that the business case, value proposition, and key performance indicators of the Target Architecture defined during the Architecture Vision phase (Phase A) are consistently reviewed and refined across the various phases of the Architecture Development Method (ADM).

PDF Oct-2009

Non-Functional Requirements (NFR) Framework

By Rajesh Radhakrishnan, Sr. Managing Consultant/Sr. IT Architect, IBM Global Technology Services.


This white paper focuses on Non-Functional Requirements (NFR) for IT and IT-enabled business services and proposes the creation of enterprise architecture artifacts specifically addressing NFR. It describes an NFR lifecycle and framework.

PDF Sep-2009

Why does Enterprise Architecture Matter?

By Simon Townson, SAP


This White Paper addresses the topic of why enterprise architecture matters to business today, including an introduction to business operations and enterprise architecture, the need for enterprise architecture, and the business benefits of enterprise architecture.

PDF Sep-2008

The Role of Cisco SONA in EA Frameworks & Strategies

By Ian Foo, Cisco Systems, Inc.


SONA is a conceptual framework that illustrates how, when built upon a resilient network foundation, network-based services such as security, mobility, and application delivery can be leveraged by applications to enable innovative business solutions. This White Paper presents an overview of Cisco SONA and the role it plays in enterprise IT architectures such as that defined by TOGAF.

PDF 28-Apr-2008

Enterprise Architecture and IT Service Management

By Rajesh Radhakrishnan, Sr. Managing Consultant/Sr. IT Architect, IBM Global Technology Services.


This white paper addresses some of the commonalities and inter-relationships between Enterprise Architecture (EA) and IT Service Management (ITSM).

PDF 28-Apr-2008

TOGAF™ ADM/MDA® Synergy Project , Final Report

By Chris Armstrong, President, Armstrong Process Group, Inc., Judith Cerenzia, TEAMS Program Manager, Penn State University, Ed Harrington, Executive VP & COO, Model Driven Solutions, Pete Rivett, Chief Technology Officer, Adaptive, Inc., Fred Waskiewicz, Director of Standards, Object Management Group


This White Paper is the final report on the TOGAF ADM/MDA Synergy Project to the members of its three participating organizations (OMG, Integration Consortium, and The Open Group), conveying the progress made by the Synergy Project participants and presenting the final Synergy Project results and deliverables.

This White Paper documents the Torpedo Enterprise Advanced Modeling and Simulation (TEAMS) initiative in the TOGAF ADM/MDA Synergy Project, which demonstrates the viability of using OMG specifications to describe Open Group standards. The Synergy Project first developed a formal process model, which laid the foundation for mapping ADM work products to elements of OMG specifications. TEAMS verified this mapping by formalizing an enterprise architecture, documenting business processes and requirements, and achieving a business-driven technology solution. The result demonstrates how the synergy of the TOGAF ADM/MDA technologies added value and enabled TEAMS to achieve their end product.

PDF 11-Dec-2007

Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) White Paper

By The Open Group SOA Working Group


This White Paper sets out the understanding that has been reached by the SOA Working Group of SOA and its relation to enterprise architecture, and in particular to TOGAF, in order to communicate that understanding to the rest of The Open Group and to the IT industry at large, and to provide a basis for the further development of the work program of the SOA Working Group.

PDF 18-JUL-2007

TOGAF™ and COBIT® -- Mapping of TOGAF 8.1 with COBIT 4.0

By The IT Governance Institute® (ITGI®)


This document provides a detailed mapping of TOGAF 8.1 with COBIT 4.0 and also contains the classification of the standards discussed in this publication, as presented in the overview document COBIT Mapping: Overview of International IT Guidance, 2nd Edition. This mapping helps enterprise architects and auditors using the COBIT framework to consider the requirements and value-add of The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) 8.1, and vice versa.

This White Paper is available as two parts in separate documents.

Part I contains the actual TOGAF 8.1/COBIT 4.0 mapping. The research supporting the mapping is available in Part II (Doc. No. W072A) and consists of the following appendices:

  • Appendix 1: Plan and Organize
  • Appendix 2: Acquire and Implement
  • Appendix 3: Deliver and Support
  • Appendix 4: Monitor and Evaluate
  • Appendix 5: Harmonization of Terms and Concepts

Part I -- PDF, Part II -- PDF 18-JUL-2007

TOGAF™ ADM/MDA® Synergy Project , Integration Proof-of-Concept Results

By Chris Armstrong, President, Armstrong Process Group, Inc., Judith Cerenzia, TEAMS Program Manager, Penn State University, Ed Harrington, Executive VP & COO, Model Driven Solutions, Pete Rivett, Chief Technology Officer, Adaptive, Inc., Fred Waskiewicz, Director of Standards, Object Management Group


This White Paper discusses the role of Torpedo Enterprise Advanced Modeling and Simulation (TEAMS) in the TOGAF ADM/MDA Synergy Project, which is demonstrating the viability of using OMG specifications to describe Open Group standards. The Synergy Project first developed a formal process model, which laid the foundation for mapping ADM work products to elements of OMG specifications. TEAMS verified this mapping by formalizing an enterprise architecture, documenting business processes and requirements, and achieving a business-driven technology solution. The result demonstrates how the synergy of the TOGAF ADM/MDA technologies added value and enabled TEAMS to achieve their end product.

PDF 16-JUL-2007

TOGAF™ and ITIL®

By Serge Thorn, Merck Serono International SA


This White Paper considers how the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) and The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) can be used together, with a detailed comparison and mapping between the two.

PDF 15-JUN-2007

TOGAF and the US Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF)

Developed by Terry Blevins (MITRE Corporation), Dr. Fatma Dandashi (MITRE Corporation), Judith Jones (Architecting-the-Enterprise Ltd.), and Rolf Siegers (Raytheon Company)


This document presents the results of an industry working group's analysis of the relationships between The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) and the US Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF). Complementary areas between the two are also identified.

PDF 19-JAN-2007

Guide to Security Architecture in TOGAF ADM

David Jackson, IBM
Michael Barrett, Johnson & Johnson


The goal of this White Paper is to explain what security considerations need to be addressed in the TOGAF ADM for the guidance of enterprise architects and system designers. 

Its primary purpose is as input to the Architecture Forum, for integrating security considerations into their development of the next version of TOGAF (designated TOGAF9). We also anticipate it will be of value to system architects and designers who include information security considerations in their designs.

PDF 19-DEC-2005

TOGAF / MDA Mapping

Pete Rivett, CTO, Adaptive Inc.
John Spencer, Director, The Open Group Architecture Forum
Fred Waskiewicz, OMG Director of Standards

This White Paper is one of a series of documents produced by a unique collaboration between three leading consortia in the IT industry: The Integration Consortium; OMG; and The Open Group.

Building on an earlier White Paper published jointly by OMG and The Open Group, this White Paper provides a mapping between two sets of industry standards - the TOGAF Architecture Development Method (ADM) for Enterprise Architecture, developed by The Open Group's Architecture Forum; and OMG's Model Driven Architecture® (MDA) family of modeling standards. The Integration Consortium intends to use this mapping as the basis of its own Global Integration Framework (GIF), and has performed the crucial role of user of the TOGAF/MDA mapping in this collaborative effort.

PDF 16-SEP-2005

A Real Options Perspective to Enterprise Architecture as an Investment Activity

Pallab Saha, Institute of Systems Science, National University of Singapore

The ever-increasing expenditure on information technology (IT) is accompanied by an increasing demand to measure the business value of the investment. This has prompted enterprises to take an architectural view of their information systems (IS) and supporting technologies. However, many crucial enterprise architecture frameworks and guidelines are characterized by lack of adequate theoretical or conceptual foundations. Important but inadequately formulated concepts include architectural assessments, governance and architecture maturity models. These, though central to the enterprise architecture development process, remain in their current formulations largely wisdom driven rather than engineering based approaches. Absence of adequate scientific or mathematical foundations for enterprise design and engineering significantly impede enterprise architecture initiatives. The current body of knowledge is limited to reference architectures where the implementation challenges are left to the enterprises themselves.

This paper views enterprise architecture development as largely a process of decision making under uncertainty and incomplete knowledge. Taking value maximization as the primary objective of the enterprise architecture decision-making process, the paper attempts to develop guidelines for value enhancement. The paper assumes that portion of the value of enterprise architecture initiative is in the form of embedded options (real options), which provide architects with valuable flexibility to change plans, as uncertainties are resolved over time. Plausibility of using such an approach to develop a better account of critical enterprise architecture practice is focused on three areas:
  • The timing of critical architectural decisions;
  • Architecture development for adaptability and change; and
  • Phased approach to enterprise architecture maturity enhancement.
HTML, PDF, MS-Word 17-NOV-2004

Analyzing The Open Group Architecture Framework from the GERAM Perspective
Pallab Saha, Institute of Systems Science, National University of Singapore

This paper analyzes The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) Enterprise Edition and its mapping onto the Generalized Enterprise Reference Architecture and Methodology (GERAM) framework / ISO IS 15704:2000 requirements. The analysis compares and contrasts these frameworks on multiple aspects that include: life cycle phases, temporality and succession, modeling frameworks, modeling languages, methodologies, entity types and reference models. The paper then discusses the role of TOGAF in the context of GERAM compliant enterprise architecture development including suggestions for issues and areas to be addressed.

Keywords: Enterprise Engineering; Enterprise Modeling; Technical Reference Model

HTML, PDF, MS-Word 08-OCT-2004

TOGAF ADM and MDA
®
Terence J Blevins, The Open Group
John Spencer, The Open Group
Fred Waskiewicz, OMG


In this white paper The Object Management Group™ (OMG™) and The Open Group detail 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.

PDF 09-JUL-2004

DSDM (Dynamic Systems Development Method) and TOGAF
(The Open Group Architecture Framework)

A joint publication of the DSDM Consortium and The Open Group Architecture Forum

This paper aims to show that using a combination of the Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM) Framework and The Open Group Architecture Framework 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.

PDF 11-DEC-2003
   

 

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TOGAF website (for the pdf version and online html of TOGAF 8.1.1).
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