TOGAF ADM – Phase A – Architecture Vision

By | January 23, 2015
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Objectives

  • Develop a high-level vision of the capabilities and business value to be delivered as a result of the proposed enterprise architecture
  • Obtain approval for a Statement of Architecture Work that defines a program of works to develop and deploy the architecture outlined in the Architecture Vision

Steps

  • Establish the architecture project
  • Identify stakeholders, concerns, and business requirements
  • Confirm and elaborate business goals, business drivers, and constraints
  • Evaluate business capabilities
  • Assess readiness for business transformation
  • Define scope
  • Confirm and elaborate architecture principles, including business principles
  • Develop Architecture Vision
  • Define the Target Architecture value propositions and KPIs
  • Identify business transformation risks and mitigation activities
  • Develop Statement of Architecture Work; secure approval

Inputs

  • Request for Architecture Work
  • Business principles, business goals, and business drivers
  • Organizational Model for Enterprise Architecture
  • Tailored Architecture Framework, including tailored architecture method, architecture content, architecture principles, configured and deployed tools
  • Populated Architecture Repository; that is, existing architecture documentation (framework description, architecture descriptions, existing baseline descriptions, etc.)

Outputs

  • Approved Statement of Architecture Work Refined statements of business principles, business goals, and business drivers
  • Architecture principles
  • Capability Assessment
  • Tailored Architecture Framework
  • Architecture Vision, including:
    • Refined key high-level stakeholder requirements
  • Draft Architecture Definition Document, including (when in scope):
    • Baseline Business Architecture (high-level)
    • Baseline Data Architecture (high-level)
    • Baseline Application Architecture (high-level)
    • Baseline Technology Architecture (high-level)
    • Target Business Architecture (high-level)
    • Target Data Architecture (high-level)
    • Target Application Architecture (high-level)
    • Target Technology Architecture (high-level)
  • Communications Plan
  • Additional content populating the Architecture Repository