TOGAF Architecture Development Method deliverables
The Architecture Development Method (ADM) specifies that you create certain deliverables. You can review the TOGAF feature support for these deliverables in the following information.
Architecture principles
The TOGAF modeling feature provides a principle definition type (see Principle).
Request for architecture work
The TOGAF modeling feature provides the Request for Architecture Work definition type, which contains these properties:
▪Organization sponsors
▪Organization's mission statement
▪Business goals (and changes)
▪Strategic plans of the business
▪Time limits
▪Changes in the business environment
▪Organizational constraints
▪Budget information, financial constraints
▪External constraints, business constraints
▪Current business system description
▪Current architecture/IT system description
▪Description of developing organization
▪Description of resources developing organization has available
Statement of architecture work
The TOGAF modeling feature provides the Statement of Architecture Work definition, which contains these properties:
▪Statement of work title
▪Project request and background
▪Project description and scope
▪Architecture vision
▪Change of scope procedures
▪Responsibilities and deliverables
▪Acceptance criteria and procedures
▪Project plan and schedule
▪Support of the enterprise continuum
Product information
The TOGAF modeling feature provides the Product Information definition type, which contains these properties:
▪Functional descriptions of products that are candidates for the implementation.
▪Architectural descriptions of elements that are candidates for the implementation.
New technology reports
The TOGAF modeling feature provides the New technology reportdefinition type. This contains a brief description and a property that enables a hyperlink to a more comprehensive description of the technology.
Impact analysis
The TOGAF modeling feature provides the Impact Analysis definition type, which contains the following properties:
▪project list, which is a list of instances of the Project definition type
▪time oriented migration plan, which is a textual property
▪implementation recommendations: a list of performance measures, Risk, Issue, and SBB definition types).
The architecture contract
You can create an Architecture contract definition type, which contains these properties:
▪Introduction
▪Background
▪The nature of the agreement
▪Scope
▪Strategic requirements
▪Conformance requirements
▪Architecture adopters
▪Time window
ADM deliverables: System Architect diagrams
The TOGAF modeling feature provides these diagrams to satisfy ADM deliverables: