Project Context Diagram

A Project Context Diagram shows Projects and their interrelationships to other aspects of the architecture. In the TOGAF metamodel:

A Program:

•Supports Development of Investments.

•Consists of Projects and Work Packages.

A Project:

•Is Part of a Program.

•Can be fulfilled by one or more Work Packages.

•Has an owning Line of Business (Organization Unit definition).

•Has strategic Drivers.

•Has one or more Sources (Roles).

•Has Critical Success Factors.

•Fields Product Versions.

•Has Roadmap Dates.

•You can specify Roadmap Events with Dates in the Project’s Roadmap tab, and visualize the dates as milestones on a Project Roadmap diagram.

•Alternatively, you can specify Project Time Periods (Start and End dates, and Milestone dates) and visualize the dates on a Roadmap Marker diagram.

A Work Package:

•Is Part of a Program or a Project.

•Delivers new Capabilities.

Diagrams

There are several diagram types to visualize Projects, Programs, and Work Packages:

•Roadmap Diagram – a timeline, Gantt-Chart view of a Project and its milestones.

•Roadmap Marker Diagram – a timeline of a Project and its active time periods and milestones.

•Explorer Diagram – allows you to build a Project Context diagram.

Creating a Project Context Diagram

Create a Project Context Diagram by performing the following steps:

1 Create a new diagram of type Explorer of type Network, and TOGAF Viewpoint of “Generic” or “Project Context Diagram”.

2 From the Explorer tree, drag a Program definition that you are investigating onto the diagram.

3 Right-click the Program symbol, and select Show Immediate Relatives.

4 Continue selecting related definitions and selecting Show Immediate Relatives to fan out the diagram.