The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) is a comprehensive,
industry standard framework and methodology for the design, evaluation,
and implementation of enterprise architectures.
This Tutorial, which was open to all participants at the Enterprise Architecture Practitioners Conference, was given by
Bill Estrem of
Metaplexity Associates. It gave a
general introduction to The Open Group, described what the
Architecture Forum has achieved so far with the development of TOGAF, and showed how the
Forum is responding to the new challenges with the ongoing development of TOGAF "Enterprise
Edition".
Within the architecture domain, The
Open Group has been active for over a decade, developing and making freely available an
architecture framework and methodology - TOGAF. Developed by The Open
Group Architecture
Forum, TOGAF is today accepted and used around the world as an 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 members of The Open Group 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 as a framework for developing architectures
to meet the business needs of an
organization, and its progression to TOGAF 8
"Enterprise Edition", with the increasing realization within the
industry of the importance of Enterprise Architecture in the development
of information systems.
The tutorial described what the Architecture Forum has achieved so far
in the development of TOGAF, and gave an overview of how the Forum is
responding to new challenges with the ongoing development of TOGAF.
The tutorial was very well received, and will be repeated at future
Enterprise Architecture
Practitioners Conferences. Additional tutorials, focusing on more specific aspects of
TOGAF, will also be included at future conferences.
