TOGAF

TOGAF

The TOGAF ADM (Architecture Development Method) is a well-rounded approach, which delivers scalable, flexible, and adaptive frameworks that can help with enterprise architecture development and management. It is divided into several phases with specific goals, actions, and results that should be achieved in the right sequence. It underlines the fact that the synchronization of IT systems with business strategies is crucial to make sure that the company's technology investments will help its growth. Also, ADM offers TOGAF architectural Principles, standards, best practices, and tools for assisting architects in the process of managing architectural development. The methodology has 10 consecutive phases that encourage compartmentalization throughout the architecture development. Architects are allowed to deal effectively with issues like technology, migration, and architecture. Thus, companies can have improved interoperability, decreased complexities, and more agility, and the business-IT alignment is achieved. The subsequent processes or stages, which together are the ADM of the framework, are called TOGAF phases. These phases have provided architects with a systematic way to build and control the enterprise architecture. The entire architectural process is governed by the specific objectives, actions, and deliverables assigned to each stage.

Preliminary: 

This phase sets the foundation for the architecture development process. Here, the primary focus is determining and establishing the organization’s architectural capabilities. The description of the phases of the ADM in the TOGAF Standard focuses on recommendations for defining and deploying an Enterprise Architecture. It is recommended that the ADM be adapted to meet the needs of the enterprise and to support different architectural styles. In particular, after commencing an architecture development cycle, the ADM does not mandate that the phases be performed in any specific order and does not mandate a “waterfall” method.