THE OPEN GROUP ARCHITECTURE FRAMEWORK – TOGAF 8.1 “ENTERPRISE EDITION”

TOGAF, The Open Group Architecture Framework, is an industry standard architecture framework that may be used freely by any organization wishing to develop an information systems architecture for use within that organization.

TOGAF has been developed and continuously evolved since the mid-90’s by representatives of some of the world’s leading IT customer and vendor organizations, working in The Open Group’s Architecture Forum. Details of the Forum, and its plans for evolving TOGAF in the current year, are given on the Architecture Forum web site.

TOGAF Version 8 Enterprise Edition (“TOGAF 8″ for short) is a detailed method and set of supporting resources for developing an Enterprise Architecture. Developed and endorsed by the membership of The Open Group’s Architecture Forum, TOGAF 8 represents an industry consensus framework and method for Enterprise Architecture that is available for use internally by any organization around the world – members and non-members of The Open Group alike – subject to license conditions – see Downloading TOGAF 8.1

As a comprehensive, open method for Enterprise Architecture, TOGAF 8 complements, and can be used in conjunction with, other frameworks that are more focused on specific aspects of architecture or for vertical sectors such as Government, Defense, and Finance.

The Open Group Introduces Certification for Its Architecture Framework

San Francisco, CA – February 5, 2003 – The Open Group today introduced a certification program for The Open Group Architecture Framework Technical Edition (TOGAF 7). The new certification program enables the industry’s architecture service providers and tools vendors to demonstrate how their products and services support the IT Architect using TOGAF Version 7. TOGAF 7, a detailed method and a set of supporting tools, is described in a document published by The Open Group on its public web server, and may be used freely by any organization wishing to develop an information systems architecture for use within that organization.

“IT architecture has a growing recognition as a discipline to ensure that the design and implementation of enterprise-wide IT properly addresses and supports the needs of the business,” said Allen Brown, President and CEO of The Open Group. “The Open Group’s members regard effective IT architecture as a key enabler of Boundaryless Information Flow™ — the secure, reliable and timely flow of information within and between enterprises.”

“Through the TOGAF 7 and other certification programs from The Open Group,” Brown added, “vendors provide customers with assurance that products and services conform to open standards. The potential benefits of such assurance are market growth and broader customer acceptance of products implementing open standards.”

In making the announcement during The Open Group’s week-long conference in San Francisco, John Spencer, Director of The Open Group’s Architecture Forum, stated: “TOGAF has continuously evolved since the mid-90’s, thanks to the diligent contributions of representatives of some of the world’s leading IT customer and vendor organizations. The introduction of a certification program for TOGAF enables large organizations, both private and public sector, to adopt this open method for IT architecture, and so avoid lock-in to proprietary approaches. It is an important step in introducing rigor into the procurement of tools and services for IT architecture.”

You can read more on the article at :

http://www.opengroup.org/press/5feb03-a.htm

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 http://www.enterprisearchitects.eu/togaf.html