TOGAF is the
most popular Enterprise Architecture framework to design, plan, implement and
govern the Enterprise Information Architecture. It's a high-level approach to
help define business goals and align them with Architecture objectives.
TOGAF,
developed by the open group, is a global standard for Enterprise Architecture.
It was initiated in 1990s and since then have gone through multiple versions
with latest being TOGAF 10 released in April 2022.
TOGAF helps reduce cost, time, risks, redundancies
in the development of the Enterprise infrastructure. The four typical domains
identified in TOGAF for Enterprise Architecture are Business, Data, Application
and Technology.
The
Application Development Methodology (ADM) is at the core of the TOGAF that
provides reliable, proven method for developing IT architecture that meets the
business needs of an organization.
Different
Phases of ADM are -
•
Preliminary
Phase
•
Architecture
Vision
•
Business
Architecture
•
Information
Systems Architectures
•
Data
Architecture
•
Applications
Architecture
•
Technology
Architecture
•
Opportunities
and Solutions
•
Migration
Planning
•
Implementation
Governance
•
Architecture
Change Management
•
Architecture
Requirements Management
