The TOGAF® Standard, 10th Edition - A Pocket Guide – 2025 Update E-Book

Andrew Josey

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#html-body [data-pb-style=TTHRKC9]{justify-content:flex-start;display:flex;flex-direction:column;background-position:left top;background-size:cover;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-attachment:scroll}This is the official Pocket Guide for the TOGAF® Standard, 10th Edition from The Open Group. Building on over 25 years of development and constant input from The Open Group Architecture Forum’s global community of Enterprise Architecture thought leaders, the TOGAF Standard, 10th Edition expands the material available to architecture practitioners to make adoption of best practices easier. With greatly expanded guidance and “how-to” material, it enables organizations to operate in an efficient and effective way across a broad range of use-cases, including Agile enterprises and Digital Transformation. The TOGAF Standard is the most prominent and reliable Enterprise Architecture standard, ensuring consistent standards, methods, and communication among Enterprise Architecture professionals. Those professionals who are fluent in the TOGAF approach enjoy greater industry credibility, job effectiveness, and career opportunities. The TOGAF approach helps practitioners avoid being locked into proprietary methods, utilize resources more efficiently and effectively, and realize a greater return on investment. This official Pocket Guide provides an overview of the contents and purpose of the TOGAF Standard in a condensed form. As such it does not cover every aspect of the standard in detail, but provides highlights and key reference information. This document includes changes introduced in the TOGAF Standard, 10th Edition Technical Corrigendum 1. Topics covered include: A high-level introduction to the TOGAF Standard, introducing the modular TOGAF documentation set, the TOGAF Library, and the TOGAF framework Guidance on how to read the standard An introduction to the general how-to information provided in the TOGAF Standard, including guidance for practitioners, and how to use the standard in the Digital Enterprise An overview of guidance to support the establishment of an Enterprise Architecture team An overview of the guidance provided in the TOGAF Standard for specific topic domains, including Security Architecture, Business Architecture, Data/Information Architecture, Agile Methods, and Reference Models and Methods An introduction to the TOGAF Fundamental Content documents provided in the TOGAF Standard, including: Key techniques of the ADM cycle Guidelines for adapting the TOGAF ADM for different usage scenarios The Architecture Content Framework Enterprise Architecture Capability and Guidance The TOGAF Architecture Development Method (ADM) An overview of ADM deliverables

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Table of Contents

Preface

The Open Group

This Document

Conventions Used in this Document

About the Authors

Trademarks

Acknowledgements

1. Introduction

1.1. Introduction to the TOGAF Standard

1.2. Structure of the TOGAF Documentation

1.3. An Overview of the TOGAF Standard

1.3.1. The TOGAF Fundamental Content

1.3.2. The TOGAF Series Guides

1.3.3. Documentation Set Summary

1.4. The TOGAF Library

1.5. An Overview of the TOGAF Framework

1.6. How to Read the Standard

1.6.1. Audience-Specific Guidance

2. General How-To Information

2.1. Documentation

2.2. What is Enterprise Architecture?

2.3. Why Develop an Enterprise Architecture?

2.4. Purposes of Enterprise Architecture

2.5. Developing an Enterprise Architecture

2.6. Phase A: The Starting Point

2.7. Essential ADM Outputs

2.8. Strategies for the Digital Enterprise

2.9. Supporting the Digital Enterprise

2.9.1. Context I: Individual/Founder

2.9.2. Context II: Team

2.9.3. Context III: Team of Teams

2.9.4. Context IV: Enduring Enterprise

2.9.5. Applying TOGAF Principles per Context

2.9.6. Applying Enterprise Architecture Services in a Digital Enterprise

2.10. Factors Impacting Digital Technology Adoption

2.11. Roadmap for Digital Technology Adoption

3. Establishing an Enterprise Architecture Team

3.1. Documentation

3.2. Enterprise Architecture Capability

3.2.1. Superior Architecture

3.3. Organization Models

4. Domain-Specific Guidance

4.1. Security Architecture

4.1.1. Documentation

4.1.2. Integrating Risk and Security

4.1.3. Definition of Risk

4.1.4. Security as a Cross-Cutting Concern

4.1.5. Enterprise Risk Management

4.1.6. Information Security Management

4.2. Business Architecture

4.2.1. Documentation

4.2.2. Business Models

4.2.3. What is a Business Capability?

4.2.4. Defining a Business Capability

4.2.5. What is a Business Capability Model?

4.2.6. Mapping Capabilities to Other Business Perspectives

4.2.7. What is Business Capability Planning?

4.2.8. What is a Value Stream?

4.2.9. The Benefits of Value Streams

4.2.10. Defining a Value Stream

4.2.11. Decomposing a Value Stream

4.2.12. Mapping Value Streams to Capabilities

4.2.13. Information Mapping

4.2.14. Organization Mapping

4.2.15. Business Scenarios

4.3. Data/Information Architecture

4.3.1. Documentation

4.3.2. Customer Master Data Management (C-MDM)

4.3.3. Metadata Management

4.3.4. Business Intelligence & Analytics

4.4. Sustainability

4.4.1. Documentation

4.4.2. Environmentally Sustainable Information Systems

4.5. Agile Methods

4.5.1. Documentation

4.5.2. What is Meant by Agility and Why is it Important?

4.5.3. Different Levels of Detail Enable Agility

4.5.4. An Approach to Structuring Agile Enterprise Architecture

4.5.5. Mapping to Agile Concepts

4.5.6. Agile Product Management

4.5.7. How to Sprint with the TOGAF ADM

4.6. TOGAF Standard Reference Models and Method

4.6.1. Documentation

4.6.2. Digital Business Reference Model (DBRM)

4.6.3. Government Reference Model

4.6.4. Architecture Maturity Models

4.6.5. Architecture Project Management

4.6.6. Architecture Roles and Skills

4.6.7. Selecting Building Blocks

4.6.8. Microservices Architecture (MSA)

5. TOGAF Fundamental Content

5.1. Introduction and Core Concepts

5.2. The Architecture Development Method (ADM)

5.3. ADM Techniques

5.3.1. Stakeholder Management

5.3.2. Gap Analysis

5.3.3. Risk Management

5.3.4. Architecture Alternatives and Trade-Offs

5.4. Applying the ADM

5.4.1. Architecture Styles

5.4.2. Iteration and the ADM

5.4.3. Applying the ADM Across the Architecture Landscape

5.4.4. Architecture Partitioning

5.5. Architecture Content

5.5.1. Content Framework Overview

5.5.2. Architectural Work Products

5.5.3. The Enterprise Continuum

5.5.4. Architecture Repository

5.6. Enterprise Architecture Capability and Governance

5.6.1. Architecture Capability

5.6.2. Architecture Governance

5.6.3. Architecture Board

6. The TOGAF Architecture Development Method

6.1. What is the ADM?

6.1.1. What are the Phases of the ADM?

6.2. The ADM in Detail

6.2.1. Preliminary Phase

6.2.2. Phase A: Architecture Vision

6.2.3. Phase B: Business Architecture

6.2.4. Phase C: Information Systems Architectures

6.2.5. Phase D: Technology Architecture

6.2.6. Phase E: Opportunities and Solutions

6.2.7. Phase F: Migration Planning

6.2.8. Phase G: Implementation Governance

6.2.9. Phase H: Architecture Change Management

6.2.10. Requirements Management

7. ADM Deliverables

7.1. Tailored Architecture Framework

7.2. Organizational Model for Enterprise Architecture

7.3. Architecture Principles

7.3.1. Defining Architecture Principles

7.4. Business Principles, Goals, and Drivers

7.5. Request for Architecture Work

7.6. Statement of Architecture Work

7.7. Architecture Vision

7.8. Communications Plan

7.9. Capability Assessment

7.10. Architecture Definition Document

7.10.1. Business Architecture

7.10.2. Information Systems Architectures

7.10.3. Technology Architecture

7.11. Architecture Requirements Specification

7.11.1. Business Architecture Requirements

7.11.2. Information Systems Architecture Requirements

7.11.3. Technology Architecture Requirements

7.11.4. Interoperability Requirements

7.12. Architecture Roadmap

7.13. Architecture Building Blocks

7.14. Solution Building Blocks

7.15. Implementation and Migration Plan

7.16. Transition Architecture

7.17. Implementation Governance Model

7.18. Architecture Contracts

7.19. Change Request

7.20. Compliance Assessment

7.21. Requirements Impact Assessment

A: Glossary and Acronyms

B: Migration Planning Artifacts

B.1. Implementation Factor Catalog

B.2. Consolidated Gaps, Solutions, and Dependencies Matrix

B.3. Architecture Definition Increments Table

B.4. Transition Architecture State Evolution Table

B.5. Business Value and Risk Matrix

Index

Preface

The Open Group

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This Document

This is the Pocket Guide to the TOGAF® Standard. It is intended to provide an overview of the contents and purpose of the TOGAF Standard in a condensed form. As such it does not cover every aspect of the standard in detail, but provides highlights and key reference information. It is organized as follows:

•Chapter 1 provides a high-level introduction to the TOGAF Standard, introducing the modular TOGAF documentation set, the TOGAF Library, the TOGAF framework, and guidance on how to read the standard

•Chapter 2 describes the general how-to information provided in the TOGAF Standard, including guidance for practitioners, and how to use the standard in the Digital Enterprise

•Chapter 3 describes the guidance provided in the TOGAF Standard to support the establishment of an Enterprise Architecture team

•Chapter 4 describes the guidance provided in the TOGAF Standard for specific topic domains, including Security Architecture, Business Architecture, Data/Information Architecture, Agile Methods, and Reference Models and Method

•Chapter 5 describes the TOGAF Fundamental Content documents included in the TOGAF Standard, which provide the concepts considered to be universally applicable to the TOGAF framework, including:

◦ Key techniques of the ADM cycle

◦ Guidelines for adapting the TOGAF ADM for different usage scenarios

◦ The Architecture Content Framework

◦ Enterprise Architecture Capability and Guidance

•Chapter 6 describes the TOGAF Architecture Development Method (ADM), including summary tables for each of the ADM phases

•Chapter 7 describes a typical baseline of ADM deliverables

• Appendix A contains the glossary and acronyms used in this document

• Appendix B contains descriptions of migration planning artifacts

The audience for this document is:

• Enterprise Architects, Business Architects, IT Architects, Data Architects, Systems Architects, Solutions Architects, and senior managers seeking an introduction to the TOGAF Standard

This document is suitable both for readers approaching the TOGAF Standard for the first time, as well as those familiar with the standard.

This document incorporates changes introduced in the TOGAF Standard, 10th Edition Technical Corrigendum 1 (dated May 2025).

Conventions Used in this Document

The following conventions are used throughout this document in order to help identify important information and avoid confusion over the intended meaning:

• Ellipsis (…)

Indicates a continuation; such as an incomplete list of example items, or a continuation from preceding text.

•Bold

Used to highlight specific terms.

•Italics

Used for emphasis. May also refer to other external documents.

About the Authors

This document builds on materials from the TOGAF Standard published by The Open Group. The authors listed here have prepared this document. See the Acknowledgements section for more information.

Andrew Josey, The Open Group

Andrew Josey, a Fellow of The Open Group, is VP Standards and Certification, overseeing all certification and testing programs of The Open Group. He also manages the standards process for The Open Group, and is Editor-in-Chief for The Open Group Publications. Since joining the company in 1996, Andrew has been closely involved with the standards development, certification, and testing activities of The Open Group. He has led many standards development projects including specification and certification development for the ArchiMate®, TOGAF®, POSIX™, Digital Practitioner, Open Agile Architecture™ Practitioner, TOGAF Business Architecture, and UNIX® programs. He has led the automation of The Open Group standards and document development using an automated build toolchain based on the GitLab® platform. He is the lead author of this document.

He is a member of the IEEE, USENIX, and the Association of Enterprise Architects® (AEA). He holds an MSc in Computer Science from University College London.

Dave Hornford, Conexiam

Dave Hornford is Conexiam’s Managing Partner and leads Conexiam’s EA Capability practice. Dave co-authored the TOGAF® Series Guide: The TOGAF® Leader’s Guide to Establishing and Evolving an EA Capability. Dave serves on the Board of Trustees of The SABSA® Institute. He is the former Chair of The Open Group Architecture Forum and was a key contributor to the document structure of the TOGAF Standard, 10th Edition. Based in Canada, he works in a variety of industries, including financial services, oil and gas, technology, and capital-intensive industry. Typically, he helps clients develop and execute a roadmap to transform.

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Acknowledgements

The Open Group gratefully acknowledges the contribution of the following people in the development of this document:

• The authors of the White Paper An Introduction to the TOGAF® Standard for material included in this document:

◦ Dave Hornford, Conexiam

◦ Nathan Hornford, Conexiam

◦ Mike Lambert, Fellow of The Open Group

◦ Ken Street, Conexiam

The Open Group gratefully acknowledges the following reviewers who participated in the review of this and earlier editions of this document:

• Shammi Bhandaru

• Andrew Davies

• Steve Else

• Christopher Frost

• Paul Homan

• Shivaramakrishnan Iyer

• Jens Kjærby

• Rolf Knoll

• Vincenzo Marchese

• Adrian Müller

• Rita Neelam

• Peter Ridgway

• Vidyasagar Uddagiri

• Robert Weisman

• Paul Williams

1. Introduction

This chapter provides an introduction to the TOGAF® Standard, an open, industry consensus framework for Enterprise Architecture.

Topics addressed in this chapter include:

• An introduction to the TOGAF Standard

• The structure and content of the TOGAF documentation

• An overview of the TOGAF Standard

• The TOGAF Library

• An overview of the TOGAF framework

• How to read the standard

1.1. Introduction to the TOGAF Standard

The TOGAF Standard is a framework for Enterprise Architecture. Put simply, it is a standard approach for developing, approving, using, and maintaining Enterprise Architectures. It applies to all Enterprise Architecture practices. It is based on an iterative process model supported by best practices and a re-usable set of existing architectural assets.

The TOGAF Standard is developed and maintained by members of The Open Group, working within the Architecture Forum. The original development of the TOGAF Standard, Version 1 in 1995 was based on the US Department of Defense Technical Architecture Framework for Information Management (TAFIM). Starting from this sound foundation, The Open Group Architecture Forum has developed successive versions of the TOGAF Standard at regular intervals and published each one on The Open Group public website. Successive versions have represented the current state of stable, scalable, best practice.

This version builds on previous versions of the TOGAF Standard, expanding and updating the material available to architecture practitioners to assist them in building a sustainable Enterprise Architecture.

1.2. Structure of the TOGAF Documentation

The TOGAF documentation set is structured to address the transition from common universal concepts to the unique configuration within an organization. It includes the formal TOGAF Standard and a broader body of knowledge in the TOGAF Library, as shown in Figure 1.

The TOGAF Standard represents today’s stable, scalable, best practices, with concepts and guidance that apply across industries, scale, and pace of change. This is expected from a standard — proven practices, stable concepts, and being actionable. The TOGAF Standard provides a body of proven practices addressing its broad uses. The TOGAF Fundamental Content includes the universal concepts of Enterprise Architecture. The TOGAF Series Guides take these concepts and make them actionable. Together, the TOGAF Fundamental Content and the TOGAF Series Guides are the TOGAF Standard.

Figure 1. The TOGAF Documentation Set

The intent of dividing the TOGAF Standard into these separate documents is to allow for different areas of specialization to be considered in detail and potentially addressed in isolation. Although all the constituent documents work together as a whole, it is also feasible to select particular documents for adoption while excluding others.

The TOGAF documentation set structure is modular. There is a clear hierarchy from the universal concepts in the TOGAF Fundamental Content, to the stable best practices in the TOGAF Series Guides, to emerging ideas in the TOGAF Library. The structure of the TOGAF documentation set makes the adoption of your optimal method easier.

1.3. An Overview of the TOGAF Standard

Figure 2. The TOGAF Standard

The TOGAF Standard applies to all Enterprise Architecture practices. It does not matter whether your architecture will support strategy, portfolio, project, or solution delivery, or whether it is about embarking on a Digital Transformation or legacy simplification. The TOGAF Fundamental Content and TOGAF Series Guides provide enduring, stable, universal concepts, and proven best practices.

1.3.1. The TOGAF Fundamental Content

The TOGAF Fundamental Content consists of six documents as shown in Table 1. Central to the TOGAF Fundamental Content is the TOGAF Architecture Development Method (ADM), which provides a tested and repeatable process for developing architectures.

Table 1. TOGAF Fundamental Content Documents

Document

Summary

The TOGAF Standard: Introduction and Core Concepts (see Section 5.1)

This document introduces the TOGAF Standard. It provides an executive overview of Enterprise Architecture and the TOGAF Standard; it describes the structure of the TOGAF documentation set, the core concepts of the framework, together with terminology and definitions that apply to the Fundamental Content.

The TOGAF Standard: Architecture Development Method (see Chapter 6)

This document describes the TOGAF ADM, which is an iterative approach to developing an Enterprise Architecture.

The TOGAF Standard: ADM Techniques (see Section 5.3)

This document contains a collection of techniques available for applying the TOGAF approach and the TOGAF ADM.

The TOGAF Standard: Applying the ADM (see Section 5.4)

This document contains guidelines for adapting the TOGAF ADM to address the specific style of architecture required in a practical context.

The TOGAF Standard: Architecture Content (see Section 5.5)

This document describes the TOGAF Content Framework, a structured metamodel for architectural artifacts, and an overview of typical architecture deliverables.

The TOGAF Standard: Enterprise Architecture Capability and Governance (see Section 5.6)

This document describes the organization, processes, skills, roles, and responsibilities required to establish and operate an architecture function within an enterprise and describes an Enterprise Architecture governance framework.

The role of the TOGAF Fundamental Content is to provide essential concepts and established best practices that are stable and enduring. The concepts in the TOGAF Fundamental Content are considered to be universally applicable to the TOGAF framework.

1.3.2. The TOGAF Series Guides