Introduction to TOGAF

Define an enterprise and enterprise architecture in the context of the TOGAF Standard.

Explain how enterprise architecture supports strategic change and organizational decision-making.

Distinguish the Business, Data, Application, and Technology Architecture domains using simple examples.

Explain the purpose of the TOGAF Standard and what it does not prescribe.

Distinguish the TOGAF Fundamental Content from the TOGAF Series Guides.

Distinguish an architecture view from an architecture viewpoint.

Classify TOGAF content examples—including the Architecture Definition Document and Architecture Requirements Specification—as deliverables, artifacts, or building blocks.

Explain how the TOGAF Content Metamodel structures architecture content.

Classify architecture artifacts as catalogs, matrices, or diagrams.

Identify the purpose of each major component of the Architecture Repository.

Explain how the Enterprise Continuum helps classify and communicate reusable architecture assets.

Identify the sequence and overall purpose of the phases in the Architecture Development Method cycle.

Explain the purpose and principal activities of the Preliminary Phase.

Explain the purpose and principal activities of Phase A: Architecture Vision.

Explain how continuous Requirements Management identifies, stores, prioritizes, traces, and controls changes to requirements across the ADM phases.

Distinguish iteration between ADM cycles, between phases, and within a phase.

Explain how the ADM can operate at different levels of the enterprise.

Explain the purpose of partitioning an enterprise architecture.