TOGAF Enterprise Architecture Foundation and Practitioner: key terms

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• ArchiMateThe Open Group's modeling language for describing enterprise architectures across business, application and technology layers.Intermediate
• Architecture BoardCross-organizational executive body responsible for overseeing architecture strategy, compliance and dispensations.Intermediate
• Architecture Building Block (ABB)Building block describing required capability and shaping specifications for solution building blocks.Intermediate
• Architecture CapabilityAbility of an organization to perform enterprise architecture, including people, processes, tools and governance.Advanced
• Architecture Compliance LevelTOGAF scale describing how an implementation relates to the architecture: Irrelevant, Consistent, Compliant, Conformant, Fully Conformant or Non-conformant.Advanced
• Architecture Content FrameworkTOGAF structure classifying architecture work products as deliverables, artifacts and building blocks.Intermediate
• Architecture ContinuumPart of the Enterprise Continuum classifying architecture assets (ABBs) from Foundation to Organization-Specific architectures.Intermediate
• Architecture ContractJoint agreement between development partners and sponsors on deliverables, quality and fitness-for-purpose of an architecture.Intermediate
• Architecture Definition DocumentDeliverable containing the core architectural artifacts for baseline and target architectures across domains.Intermediate
• Architecture Development Method (ADM)TOGAF's iterative method for developing and managing enterprise architecture through Preliminary, phases A to H and central Requirements Management.Foundational
• Architecture GovernancePractice by which enterprise architectures are managed and controlled at an enterprise-wide level.Intermediate
• Architecture LandscapeArchitectural representation of assets in use or planned at points in time, at Strategic, Segment and Capability levels.Intermediate
• Architecture PartitioningDividing the enterprise architecture into manageable segments by subject, time and maturity.Advanced
• Architecture PrinciplesGeneral rules and guidelines that inform how an organization uses and deploys IT resources and assets.Foundational
• Architecture RepositoryStore of architectural work products and reference materials for an enterprise.Foundational
• Architecture Requirements SpecificationDeliverable providing quantitative statements, such as success measures and constraints, that solutions must meet.Intermediate
• Architecture RoadmapDeliverable listing work packages and transition architectures on a timeline from baseline to target.Intermediate
• Architecture ViewRepresentation of a system from the perspective of related concerns, governed by a viewpoint.Intermediate
• Architecture ViewpointSpecification of conventions for constructing and using a view to address particular stakeholder concerns.Intermediate
• Artifact (TOGAF)Architectural work product describing an aspect of the architecture, classified as a catalog, matrix or diagram.Foundational
• Baseline ArchitectureDescription of the existing architecture at a point in time, used as the starting point for change.Foundational
• Building BlockPotentially reusable component of business, IT or architectural capability combinable with other building blocks.Foundational
• Business ArchitectureRepresentation of holistic, multidimensional business views of capabilities, value streams, organization, information and their relationships.Foundational
• Business CapabilityParticular ability that a business may possess or exchange to achieve a specific purpose, independent of who or how.Foundational
• Business ScenarioTOGAF technique for discovering and documenting business requirements by describing a problem, environment, actors and desired outcomes.Intermediate
• Business Transformation Readiness AssessmentTOGAF technique evaluating an organization's readiness factors, such as vision, sponsorship and capacity, to undergo change.Advanced
• Compliance ReviewReview of a project's adherence to the architecture, conducted at defined checkpoints.Advanced
• ConcernInterest of a stakeholder in an architecture that is important to them, such as performance, security or cost.Intermediate
• DeliverableContractually specified work product formally reviewed, agreed and signed off by stakeholders.Foundational
• Enterprise Architecture (EA)Discipline that describes and governs an organization's business, data, application and technology structures to achieve strategy.Foundational
• Enterprise ContinuumTOGAF view of the Architecture Repository classifying assets from generic (foundation) to specific (organization-specific).Intermediate
• Enterprise MetamodelTOGAF model defining the entities and relationships used to structure architecture content consistently.Advanced
• Gap Analysis (TOGAF)TOGAF technique comparing baseline and target architectures to identify missing, new and retained building blocks.Foundational
• Implementation and Migration PlanDeliverable providing the schedule and resources for implementing the target architecture via projects.Intermediate
• Implementation Factor Assessment and Deduction MatrixPhase E technique documenting factors (risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies) that affect migration and implementation.Advanced
• Phase A: Architecture VisionADM phase that sets scope, identifies stakeholders, creates the architecture vision and obtains approval to proceed.Foundational
• Phase B: Business ArchitectureADM phase that develops baseline and target business architectures and identifies gaps.Foundational
• Phase C: Information Systems ArchitecturesADM phase that develops data and application architectures, in either order or together.Foundational
• Phase D: Technology ArchitectureADM phase that develops the target technology architecture to support application and data components.Foundational
• Phase E: Opportunities and SolutionsADM phase that consolidates gaps, identifies work packages and defines transition architectures and the initial roadmap.Intermediate
• Phase F: Migration PlanningADM phase that finalizes the Architecture Roadmap and detailed Implementation and Migration Plan by prioritizing work packages on cost, benefit and risk.Intermediate
• Phase G: Implementation GovernanceADM phase providing architectural oversight of implementation through architecture contracts and compliance reviews.Intermediate
• Phase H: Architecture Change ManagementADM phase that monitors technology and business changes and decides whether to start a new ADM cycle.Intermediate
• Preliminary PhaseADM phase that prepares the organization for architecture work by defining the architecture capability, framework tailoring and principles.Foundational
• Request for Architecture WorkDocument sent from the sponsor to the architecture organization to trigger an ADM cycle.Intermediate
• Requirements ManagementCentral, continuous ADM process that identifies, stores and feeds architecture requirements into and out of all phases.Foundational
• Risk Management (TOGAF)TOGAF technique classifying and mitigating architecture risks, distinguishing initial (before mitigation) and residual (after mitigation) risk.Advanced
• Solution Building Block (SBB)Building block representing components used to implement the required capability, potentially products or vendor-specific.Intermediate
• Solutions ContinuumPart of the Enterprise Continuum classifying solution assets from Foundation Solutions to Organization-Specific Solutions.Intermediate
• Stakeholder ManagementTOGAF technique for identifying stakeholders, their concerns and power/interest, and engaging them appropriately.Foundational
• Statement of Architecture WorkDeliverable defining scope, approach, schedule and resources for an architecture project, signed off at the end of Phase A.Intermediate
• Target ArchitectureDescription of a future state of the architecture being developed for an organization.Foundational
• Transition ArchitectureFormal description of an intermediate state of the architecture showing the enterprise at incremental stages toward the target.Intermediate