TOGAF® 9 Method Plugin for EPF Composer

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The content of this publication is historical, based on a previous version of the TOGAF® Standard.

The EPF Plugin is for the TOGAF 9 Standard only, and not the TOGAF 9.1 Standard.

Availability

The EPF version of the TOGAF 9 Standard is supplied in both a published and a source format. The published version is a static HTML website that can be installed on any computer by extracting the zip file. The source format is supplied as an EPF method plugin, which can be loaded in the EPF tool and then edited.

The content within the EPF tool is taken directly from the TOGAF 9 Standard. However, EPF uses structured content, rather than the unstructured content found in the standard HTML and PDF versions of the TOGAF Standard. The major advantages of a structured content approach are as follows:

  • The EPF tool has specific constructs for tasks and steps, allowing them to be formally defined with related content, such as inputs, outputs, roles, and responsibilities – EPF automatically generates consistent cross-referencing; for example, between a deliverable and the phase that creates that deliverable
  • The EPF tool has a supporting editor, allowing a user of the TOGAF Standard to make changes to the standard TOGAF framework content, tailoring it to their specific organizational context – EPF supports group editing, versioning, etc. using an underlying content management system
  • The EPF tool has a plugin architecture that allows new content packages to be created and linked to the TOGAF Standard; this, for example, would allow an organization to develop a set of document templates within a standalone plugin and then add a link to the relevant template within each of the standard TOGAF deliverables

See also http://www.opengroup.org/architecture/togaf/epf_intro.html.

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Published 20 Sept 2004
Type Miscellaneous
Subject TOGAF
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