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TOGAF Poster Series #44

TOGAF and ArchiMate
by Roger Evernden

TOGAF and Archimate are both open standards for Enterprise Architecture that are managed by The Open Group. TOGAF
is probably the worlds leading EA method, while Archimate provides guidelines for modelling enterprise architectures. This
poster explains how TOGAF and Archimate can be used together.
TOGAF
Part II
ADM

Preliminary

Views and
Viewpoints

Process

Language

A.
Architecture
Vision
H.
Architecture
Change
Management

G.
Implementation
Implementation
Governance
Governance

B.
Business
Architecture

Requirements
Management

C.
Information
Systems
Architectures

Repository / (Reference) Models

Environment
Business

F.
Migration
Planning

Application

D.
Technology
Architecture

Technology

E.
Opportunities
and Solutions

Product
Domain
Information
Domain

Process
Domain

Data
Domain

Organization
Domain

Application Domain

Technical Infrastrcuture Domain

Passive
Structure

Behavior

Active
Structure

TOGAF Part II provides a process or way-of-working (the ADM) for creating

architectures; it is accompanied by guidelines, techniques, and best
practices (Part III)

TOGAF Part V describes the concept of a virtual architecture repository,

containing predefined architectural artifacts and (reference) models
(TOGAF provides two reference models in Part VI)

TOGAF follows the ISO/IEC 42010 standard which defines the constructs
concerns, views, and viewpoints

The TOGAF Architecture Content Framework identifies the main types of

architecture building blocks. ArchiMate offers precisely defined concepts
and graphical notation to represent many of these building blocks
(primarily those in Phases B, C, and D of the TOGAF ADM)

TOGAF Part IV describes the content of EA, in terms of a Content

Framework and Metamodel
ArchiMate is a language for describing architectures; it defines concepts
and relationships, and also provides a notation

TOGAF

ArchiMate

Ability to stress the importance of stakeholder concerns for each EA

development phase: creation, change, and governance

A modelling standard

But TOGAF doesnt describe how an architect should address these

concerns
TOGAF offers an open interface for the declaration of such a
concern

Follows the definitions and relationships for concern, viewpoint, and

view in the ISO/IEC 42010 standard for architecture description
Can define stakeholder concerns in viewpoints
With corresponding views to show aspects of the architecture that
conform to defined viewpoints

The specification of a concern is open to any suitable modelling

language capable of capturing such concerns, which is compliant with
the ISO/IEC 42010 standard

NOTE
The mapping between TOGAF and ArchiMate is not complete or perfect! However, it is a good start, and it is likely to be improved
in future releases
Any architectural model should be clear and consistent, and use well-defined graphical notation and colour schemes
ArchiMate is not going to suit all stakeholders: you may need to show the same model using a different diagramming approach

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