This White Paper considers how the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) and The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) can be used together, with a detailed comparison and mapping between the two. The approach taken is based on flagging all paragraphs in TOGAF 8.1.1 which may refer to one of the ITIL processes described in the ITIL v2 library. As an annex, all chapters and parag ...

This document provides an introduction to TOGAF 9. Topics addressed include:

1. An Introduction to TOGAF
2. TOGAF, its structure and content
3. The kinds of architecture that TOGAF addresses
4. What’s new in TOGAF 9

This white paper describes the development of TOGAF (The Open Group Architecture Framework) and ITIL® as a background to discussions about the potential overlap in the processes they both describe. It does not describe the models themselves. In the further information section of this white paper, there are references for readers who would like further details about these frameworks.

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Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is an architectural style that has recently come to prominence. The Open Group has a long history of providing support for enterprise architects, notably through development and maintenance of The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF™).

The Open Group is naturally concerned to understand the relation of SOA to other styles of enterprise architec ...

Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) brings many business benefits to organizations, especially the ability to respond rapidly to business process change for competitive advantage.

Within one oil company’s Exploration and Production (E&P) segment there is a department called Digital and Communications Technology (DCT). An E&P DCT SOA program operates as a Centre of Excellence (CoE) to ...

The purpose of this White Paper is to propose a set of changes to TOGAF 9 to include additional best practices, based on the latest industry experiences and insights as applied in governance of the IT domain. The target audience is business managers, IT managers, and enterprise architects.

An overview of governance and the characteristics of its context are provided. The challenges fo ...

This White Paper details the changes required to TOGAF™ 9 in order to ensure that the business case, value proposition, and key performance indicators of the Target Architecture defined during the Architecture Vision phase (Phase A) are consistently reviewed and refined across the various phases of the Architecture Development Method (ADM).

This document will be of interest to Enterpr ...

This White Paper focuses on Non-Functional Requirements (NFR) for IT and IT-enabled business services and proposes the creation of enterprise architecture artifacts specifically addressing NFR. It describes an NFR lifecycle and framework.

One of the major goals of enterprise architecture planning, development, and implementation is the alignment between business goals and objectives a ...

This White Paper discusses the TOGAF and ArchiMate specifications, providing a model of integration that would support long-term convergence and interoperation.

Hoe gaat Sogeti nu verder met DYA®? Dat is een vraag die wij als architecten van Sogeti vaak te horen krijgen, mede naar aanleiding van de opkomst van TOGAF™ maar ook het ontstaan van aanvullingen op DYA zoals DYA-Infrastructuur. In een eerdere versie van dit White Paper hebben we daarom DYA en TOGAF 8 naast elkaar gelegd en vergeleken. De conclusie toen was dat DYA en TOGAF prima naast elkaar geb ...