Key takeaways
- Remember the six Fundamental Content components.
- Modularity supports tailoring to enterprise needs.
- A guide explores a subject without becoming an additional ADM phase.
A foundation of six documents
Fundamental Content is organized into six documents: Introduction and Core Concepts; Architecture Development Method; ADM Techniques; Applying the ADM; Architecture Content; Enterprise Architecture Capability and Governance. Together they form a coherent foundation. Their separation makes a particular subject easier to consult without treating a long sequence of chapters as a linear process.
The ADM connects architecture work to enterprise needs. The content and capability documents describe what is produced and how the practice operates. Techniques help address recurring questions; they are selected according to context and stakeholder concerns.
Tailoring with focused guidance
TOGAF Series Guides explore contexts or practices in greater depth, including Business Scenarios, agility, and establishing an EA capability. The TOGAF Library provides additional resources and references. These complement the foundation; consulting them does not mean that every recommendation is required in every project.
- Start from the need and the decision to support.
- Select relevant documents and guides.
- Integrate the practice with frameworks and processes already in use.
TERMS TO KNOW
The terms, in context.
- Fundamental Content
- Central foundation of the TOGAF Standard, 10th Edition.
- TOGAF Series Guide
- Complementary guidance exploring a practice or application context.