Applying the TOGAF Methodology to Enterprise Architecture
Thiru Thangarathinam
Enterprise Architect
Intel Corporation
This session will focus primarily on the use of TOGAF for implementing Enterprise architecture. There is a lot of focus on the EA Frameworks like Zachman, E2AF and so on when it comes to implementing the data architecture and subsequently, enterprise architecture. Although all these frameworks provide an excellent classification approach, they do not provide actionable steps that you could use to build out your enterprise architecture. TOGAF, as a methodology, exactly fills this gap by providing a process to populate your enterprise architecture framework. As part of the enterprise architecture build-out, TOGAF also recommends what is known as a Enterprise Continuum (equivalent to a metadata repository) as a key component of your implementation strategy. In this session, I would like to talk about the key concepts of TOGAF as they apply to Enterprise Architecture, Data architecture, and specifically to a metadata architecture implementation.
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Thiru Thangarathinam said
at 9:19 pm on May 1, 2006
Key Takeaways:
1. TOGAF is an EA Methodology that provides the "How" of enterprise architecture.
2. TOGAF works seamlessly with EA Frameworks such as Zachman Framework, etc that mainly cover the "What" of enterprise architecture.
3. EA Governance is a key process that controls what gets stored in the enterprise continuum (architecture repository)
4. EA scope needs to be clearly defined for each iteration of the ADM process
5. ADM is customizable, but need to exercise constraint before customizing it
6. TOGAF provides an excellent governance framework (conceptual and organizational perspectives) that you could use as a starting point as you are defining governance processes
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