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TOGAF 9.1: Quick Start Guide FOR
TOGAF 9.1: Quick Start Guide FOR
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QUICK START GUIDE
FOR IT ENTERPRISE
ARCHITECTS
TOGAF 9.1
TABLE OF CONTENTS
7. Conclusion ......................................................................................... 09
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What is
ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE?
In 2007, the MIT Center for Information Systems and
Research (MIT CISR) defined Enterprise Architecture
as distinct aspects of a business that are under The Enterprise Architecture
review: Enterprise Architecture is the organizing Body of Knowledge defines
logic for business processes and IT infrastructure Enterprise Architecture as "a
reflecting the integration and standardization practice which analyzes areas of
requirements of the companys operating model. The common activity within or
operating model is the desired state of business between organizations, where
process integration and business process information and other resources
standardization for delivering goods and services to are exchanged to guide future
customers. states from an integrated
It is a blueprint that defines how an organization will viewpoint of strategy, business,
be structured and organized. The aim of Enterprise and technology"
Architecture is to determine how an organization can
effectively achieve its present and future goals.
What is TOGAF?
TOGAF -or The Open Group Architecture Framework- is the most widely-used and popular
set of best practices and guidelines for implementation of Enterprise Architecture in an
organization. It provides approaches to planning, designing, governing, and implementing
Enterprise Information Technology Architecture.
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TOGAF relies heavily on the use of standardization and modularization and existing
technologies and products.
TOGAF 9.1 is an update to the TOGAF, version 9, and contains a set of corrections to address
the issues that were raised since the introduction of the TOGAF 9 in 2009. TOGAF 9.1
supersedes TOGAF 9. The chief focus of this change is the quality improvements to ensure the
consistent use of terminology. TOGAF 9.1 was launched on December 11th, 2011.
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To know more about the benefits of TOGAF, please read through Simplilearns Benefits of
TOGAF article.
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An Application Strategy is one that consists of a set of guidelines
APPLICATION
stating how to deal with the IT application in an organization and how
STRATEGY
to support the business strategies using the IT applications.
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Integration strategy is used when an organization has a major
INTEGRATION
chunk of applications that need to be integrated with each
STRATEGY
other to be able to perform business processes.
3 INFRASTRUCTURE
STRATEGY
Infrastructure Strategy is a crucial element in an organizations
strategy to gain the optimal value from the IT investments.
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A service strategy is one which determines how an
SERVICE
organizations customers will get which services at which
STRATEGY
service level.
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A sourcing strategy involves an organization deciding what to
SOURCING
outsource and what to produce in-house and whether it wants
STRATEGY
to work together with a single provider or multiple providers.
The Business is the "creation of synergies in the back office and service functions
Maxims wherever brand identity is not compromised".
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TOGAF and
IT PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
What is IT Portfolio Management?
To understand the concept of Portfolio Management, let us
first begin with what a portfolio is. A Portfolio is essentially a
collection of investments that is held by any organization, or
institution, or a private individual.
There are three types of IT Portfolio Management - two of which are relevant to Enterprise
Architects (Application and Infrastructure Portfolio Management), and one of which is present
in the office of the CIO, thus making it important for Enterprise Architects to at least have a
fair level of competence and high degree of proficiency in Project Portfolio Management.
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TOGAF and finding the right Meta Model for your needs
In Enterprise IT Architecture Management, there will come a point when it is necessary to
possess a database for the IT Portfolio and the IT assets to perform management on the sets
of real world items that have been modeled in the Enterprise Architecture Database.
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Meta-models sized between 50 Meta entities, which is somewhat limited , up to well over 500
Meta entities, which would be a bit too complex if not covered by a well-integrated user
interface of an EAM tool, can be used.
In many cases, one will not try to answer all the possible questions in the EAM at a time. It is
more likely that management has its interests focused on certain points like cost management
for the infrastructure.
In such cases, it is necessary to begin with a small solution that is driven by a question that
needs to be answered, without having to deal with the full complexity of a 500+ item
meta-model.
The TOGAF architecture capability framework offers a Metamodel that is split into smaller
areas of interest. If one is interested in a certain area, that person needs only to read that
respective area and draw up a list of pre-defined TOGAF Meta objects.
CONCLUSION
This eBook has demonstrated that TOGAF is a useful collection of various methods and tools
that an Enterprise Architect may need for his work. Nevertheless, it is also seen that more than
being an integrated piece of work, it is also a collection of useful items, planned in advance on
a drawing board.
There is now a tendency to mention the TOGAF certification whenever the need of an
Enterprise Architect is brought up. TOGAF also stands tall when it comes to project
architectures of all scales and a few tasks of the Strategic Enterprise IT Architecture
Management.
Simplilearn offers a TOGAF 9.1 certification training course accredited by the Open Group, with
32 hours of instructor-led training, downloadable eBooks, chapter-end quizzes, and reference
cards to make study sessions easier.
GOOD LUCK
For more information on our TOGAF 9.1 offerings, please visit our course page here