The essence of TOGAF can be described in
one word. It is growth. A growth has to be consistent with the business needs
of an organisation which needs to grow continuously. An enterpreauner has to
keep pace with the market. Keeping pace with the ever changing market trends is
equivalent to saying that an organisation is growing. The process of growth is
not possible without the help of management professionals who have done TOGAF Training. They are called enterprise architects. The Knowledge Academy is one
of the many institutions offering TOGAF Course and can boast of best possible
faculty and training facilities.
The Open Group Architecture Framework was
initiated in 1996 and its later versions 8 and 8.1.1 were published in 2003 and
2006. The latest version of TOGAF 9 was introduced recently in 2011. The aim of
TOGAF is to improve business efficiency and efficacy. TOGAF is recognised as
the most prominent and reliable enterprise architecture standards. The TOGAF
Course facilitates common language and communication for all enterprise
architects. This helps improve the organisation’s operational capability. The
individual benefits by way of enhanced career options and job effectiveness.
The enterprise architect prepares the
organisation for a successful architectural project by first studying the
vision document. It is the basis on which the growth requirements are planned.
The scope and expectations for a TOGAF project are defined. The peripheral
architecture of business, information systems and technology are then done. The
baseline depending upon what actually exists on ground and the target benchmarks
based on vision document are drawn to identify the gaps in the above three
spheres. TOGAF Training is very explicit about these three architectures. The
Knowledge Academy has the requisite expertise to cover the above subjects.
The gap between the baseline and the bench
mark matrices make it possible for an enterprise architect to prepare the
requirements document. The requirements must address the business needs of the
organisation and also must correspond to the planned growth. This means that if
technology has to be purchased then it must be such that the growth is
affected. The procurement of technology
implies its implementation that must be done in a planned way. Migration architecture
is done to plan the introduction of the new technology and calculate its cost
effectiveness, business benefits etc. TOGAF Course undertaken by a professional
faculty at The Knowledge Academy lays lot of stress on transitional
architecture.
The Change architecture must ensure that
the all the changes done with the introduction of new technologies must be in
correspondence with the business needs of the organisation. It is for this
reason that TOGAF projects are generally very successful in affecting growth.
Enterprise architect works closely with change managers to ensure that no
unnecessary panic is created amongst the employees who have tendency to resist
change. The Change architecture is covered in detail in TOGAF Certification.
Also, the enterprise architect works very closely with the ITIL expert to
ensure that all IT frameworks and policies are in sync with the business needs
of the organisation.
