TOGAF Definitions

A description of the structure and interaction of the applications that provide key business capabilities and manage the data assets

Application Architecture

The fundamental concepts or properties of a system in its environment embodied in its elements, relationships and in the principles of its design and evolution

Architecture

The structure of components, their inter-relationships and the principles and guidelines governing their design and evolution over time

Architecture

An architectural component that specifies the required Solution Building Blocks (SBBs) at a more logical (or supplier-independent) level

Architecture Building Blocks (ABBs)

A categorization mechanism, with increasing detail and specailisation, for the components and artifacts stored in the Architecture Landscape or Reference Library (part of the Arch. Repository)

Architecture Continuum

This Continuum begins with foundational definitions like reference models, core strategies and basic building blocks. From there it spans to Industry Architectures and all the way to an Org.-Specific Architecture

Architecture Continuum

The core of the TOGAF framework. A multi-phase, iterative approach to develop and use an Enterprise Architecture to shape and govern business transformation

Architecture Development Method (ADM)

The architectural area being considered. The TOGAF framework follows the tradition of dividing EA into 4 primary architecture domains: business, data, application, and technology

Architecture Domain

A conceptual structure used to plan, develop, implement, govern, and sustain an architecture

Architecture Framework

The practice of monitoring and directing architecture-related work. The goal is to deliver desired outcomes and adhere to relevant principles, standards, and roadmaps

Architecture Governance

The architectural representation of assets in use, or planned, by the enterprise at particular points in time

Architecture Landscape

Levels provide a framework for dividing the Architecture Landscape into levels of granularity

Architecture Level

A representation of a subject of interest. This provides a smaller scale, simplified and/or abstract representation of the subject matter

Architecture Model

A subset of architecture resulting from dividing that architecture to facilitate its development and management

Architecture Partition

A qualitative statement of intent that should be met by the architecture

Architecture Principle

A representation of a system from the perspective of a related set of concerns

Architecture View

A specification of the conventions for a particular kind of architecture view. Can also be seen as the definition or schema for that kind of architecture view

It establishes the conventions for constructing, interpreting, and using an architecture view to address a specific concern about a system-of-interest

Architecture Viewpoint

A succinct description of the Target Architecture that describes its business value and the changes to the enterprise that will result from its successful deployment.

It serves as an aspirational vision and a boundary for detailed architecture development

Architecture Vision

An architectural work product that describes an aspect of the architecture

Artifact

A specification that has been formally reviewed and agreed upon, that thereafter serves as a basis for further development or change and that can be changed only through formal change control procedures or a type of procedure such as configuration management

Baseline

A potentially re-usable component that can be combined with others of these to deliver architectures and solutions

Building Block

A representtaion of holistic, multi-dimensional business views of: capabilities, e2e value delivery, info and org. structure; and the relationships among these business views and strategies, products, policies, processes, initiatives and stakeholders

Business Architecture

Relates business elements to business goals and elements of other domains

Business Architecture

A particular ability that a business may possess or exchange to achieve a specific purpose

Business Capability

A model describing the rationale for how an enterprise created, delivers, and captures value

Business Model