In this workshop the members of the Architecture Forum progressed
work on TOGAF Version 9, and in addition they received reports on a
number of ongoing projects.
TOGAF9 Product Marketing
Graham Bird, The Open Group VP Marketing, gave an update on the
marketing of TOGAF8 and on plans for the effective product marketing of
TOGAF9.
The Open Group key market messages are now: Architecture,
Boundarylessness, and Certification - ABC.
Many organizations around the world are using TOGAF8, but it was
essential to collate effective case studies of TOGAF8. Architecture
Forum members can help by representing their organizations at other
conferences and featuring The Open Group and TOGAF.
More volunteers were invited for the marketing working group that has
been set up to help in the marketing of TOGAF9.
ADM TOGAF9
This part of the workshop was structured around the following themes
identified for TOGAF Version 9:
- Architecture Development
- Architecture-based Transformation
- Architecture Deployment
- Architecture Value Realization
- Architecture Management
There were presentations and/or project reports from:
- Architecting-The-Enterprise
- CGI
- Metaplexity Associates
- Real IRM
- The Open Group
In addition to the TOGAF9 ADM, there were substantial discussions on
TOGAF9 Product Marketing and the future of the Standards Information
Base.
Plans for the further development of TOGAF9 were agreed, with a view
to having a beta draft available for review at the next meeting in San
Francisco.
Architecture Building Blocks
Bill Estrem of Metaplexity Associates presented the work that he and
Ian McCall of IBM are jointly leading on extending the Standards
Information Base to a Building Blocks Information Base, as a repository
of information on architecture building blocks, reference models, and
architecture patterns.
Certification
James de Raeve, The Open Group VP of Certification, gave an update on
plans for the development of The Open Group certification programs in
the Architecture field, including the setting up of a certification
program for the IT Architecture profession within the IT industry, and
plans for extensions to the existing TOGAF certification program.
DODAF/TOGAF Harmonization
Update
The DODAF/TOGAF Synergy project team, under the leadership of Rolf
Siegers of Raytheon, has been working to align the TOGAF Architecture
Development Method with the products of the DODAF framework, with
leading experts from both fields seeking to establish synergy between
the two frameworks.
Judith Jones of Architecting-The-Enterprise gave an update on the
work of this project team, including plans to develop a detailed mapping
between the two frameworks as a White Paper later this year.
MDA/TOGAF Harmonization Update
This work involves collaboration between three separate consortia -
The Open Group, OMG, and the Integration Consortium. David Jackson of
IBM is leading the Architecture Forum's involvement in this work, with
Ed Harrison of Data Access Technologies (a member of both The Open Group
Architecture Forum and OMG) acting as the chair of the joint group.
On Friday 29th April John Spencer, Director of the Architecture
Forum, gave an update on this joint initiative.
The Integration Consortium holds its Summit meeting at Banff in May
2005, where the leveraging of this work by the Integration Consortium
will be discussed. The groups also plan to come together at The Open
Group Architecture Practitioners Conference in New York in July.
