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TOGAF Tutorial: An Overview of TOGAF™

Objective of Meeting

This tutorial, which was open to all participants at the Enterprise Architecture Practitioners Conference at Seattle, was given by Stuart Macgregor, CEO, Real IRM Solutions (Pty) Ltd., The Open Group representative in South Africa.

This tutorial gave a general introduction to The Open Group, and described what the Architecture Forum has achieved to date with the development of TOGAF up to and including TOGAF 9 "Enterprise Edition". It provided an overview of the TOGAF Architecture Development Method (ADM), and focused on some of the key elements that are new in TOGAF Version 9. It also gave an overview of the TOGAF Certification program.

Summary

The Open Group has been active within the architecture domain for the last 15 years, developing and making freely available The Open Group Architecture Framework – TOGAF. TOGAF is a comprehensive, industry standard framework and methodology for the design, evaluation, and implementation of enterprise architectures.

With the increasing realization within the industry of the importance of enterprise architecture in the development of information systems, TOGAF today is accepted and used around the world as the industry standard framework and method for enterprise architecture.

TOGAF has been and continues to be evolved within The Open Group Architecture Forum. Its development has been guided by and based on the knowledge and experience of Open Group members who are practicing architects working for a wide range of enterprises throughout the world.

This special pre-conference tutorial described the background to the evolution of TOGAF, and its progression up to and including the latest version, TOGAF Version 9.

Developed, reviewed, and approved by a collaborative of 300 members from some of the world’s leading IT customers and vendors, TOGAF 9 is an evolution of TOGAF 8.1.1 that preserves the core TOGAF Architecture Development Method, and thereby preserves existing investments in TOGAF – investments in the knowledge and skills of people, and in tools. 

Outputs

Participants received an excellent overview of the TOGAF framework and its ADM, the key features that are new in TOGAF Version 9, and the importance of The Open Group Architecture Forum in providing the development forum for TOGAF.

Next Steps

The tutorial was very well received, and will be repeated at future Enterprise Architecture Practitioners Conferences. Additional tutorials, focusing on specific aspects of TOGAF 9, will also be included at future conferences.

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