Building deliverables for Phase E: Opportunities and Solutions

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In Phase E of the TOGAF Architecture Development Method (ADM) you establish the Opportunities and Solutions of the organization.

For a full description on how to build the architecture at this phase, see the TOGAF documentation at:

https://pubs.opengroup.org/togaf-standard/adm/chap09.html

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Deliverables for Phase E: Opportunities and Solutions

Catalogs

No catalogs are defined to be created during Phase E.

Matrices

No matrices are defined to be created during Phase E.

Core diagrams

•Project Context diagram – created using the Explorer diagram. Shows the scope of a work package to be implemented as a part of a broader transformation roadmap. You can show how a work package is tied to the organizations, functions, services, processes, applications, data, and technology that will be added, removed, or impacted by the project.

•Benefits diagram – created using the Explorer diagram. Shows opportunities identified in an architecture definition, classified according to their relative size, benefit, and complexity.

Extension diagrams

No extension diagrams are defined to be created during Phase E.

Inputs

Some of the inputs to this phase are:

•Request for Architecture Work.

•Statement of Architecture Work.

•Business Architecture.

•Building data architectures for TOGAF Phase C.

•Deliverables for Phase C: Application Architecture.

•Technical Architecture.

•Architecture Building Block.

•Products and Services profiles.