History
TOGAF is developed by The Open Group Architecture Forum and has been continuously evolving since the mid-1990s. In 1995, the first version of TOGAF Version was presented, which was:
"...based on the Technical Architecture Framework for Information Management (TAFIM). The US Department of Defense gave The Open Group explicit permission and encouragement to create TOGAF by building on the TAFIM, which itself was the result of many years of development effort and many millions of dollars of US Government investment."
TOGAF 7 ("Technical Edition") was published in December 2001. TOGAF 8 ("Enterprise Edition") was first published in December 2002 and republished in updated form as TOGAF 8.1 in December 2003, which was updated in November 2006 as TOGAF 8.1.1. According to The Open Group, as of February 2011, over 15,000 individuals are TOGAF Certified. As of September 2012 the official register has over 20,000 certified individuals.
The latest version is TOGAF 9.1, launched on 1 December 2011. An evolutionary development from TOGAF 8, TOGAF 9 includes many new features including:
- Increased rigor, including a formal Content Metamodel that links the artifacts of TOGAF together
- Elimination of unnecessary differences
- Many more examples and templates
Additional guidelines and techniques include:
- A formal business-driven approach to architecture
- Business capability-based planning
- Guidance on how to use TOGAF to develop Security Architectures and SOAs
The Open Group provides TOGAF free of charge to organizations for their own internal noncommercial purposes.
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