TOGAF® EA – Foundation and Practitioner

This unit equips participants with the essential knowledge and understanding needed to navigate the foundational elements of Enterprise Architecture (EA) and the TOGAF® Standard. Participants will gain:

• Understanding of Enterprise Architecture: Learn what EA is and how it serves as a strategic tool to align business goals with actionable frameworks for managing and driving change within an organisation.
• Comprehension of “Enterprise” in TOGAF®: Discover how TOGAF defines an enterprise, encompassing internal structures, external partners, and customers sharing common objectives.
• Insight into Architecture Domains: Explore TOGAF’s four core architecture domains — Business, Data, Application, and Technology — and understand their role in improving operational efficiency and agility.
• Introduction to TOGAF Tools and Frameworks: Familiarise yourself with key concepts such as the TOGAF Content Framework, the Enterprise Metamodel, and the Architecture Repository for storing and managing assets.
• Practical EA Techniques: Develop skills in applying architecture abstraction, using the Enterprise Continuum, and segmenting complex organisational structures into manageable layers: contextual, conceptual, logical, and physical.
• Systematic Problem-Solving Skills: Learn structured approaches for risk management and gap analysis, enabling you to identify and address architectural challenges methodically.

By completing this unit, participants will have a solid foundation in EA concepts, the strategic importance of TOGAF, and the tools and techniques needed to support organisational transformation effectively. 

Participants in this unit will develop a firm grasp of the core terminology used within the TOGAF® Standard, providing a critical foundation for mastering Enterprise Architecture concepts. Key learning outcomes include:

• Mastery of TOGAF Terminology: Understand essential terms such as “architecture,” “actor,” “application platform,” and “architecture building block (ABB),” ensuring precise and effective communication within Enterprise Architecture initiatives.
• Concepts for Managing Complexity: Learn critical definitions related to architectural structuring, including “abstraction” and “architecture partitioning,” which are vital for breaking down and organising complex architectures.
• Application of Terms in Real-World Contexts: Gain the ability to apply TOGAF’s structured methodologies using these terms, enhancing skills in performing gap analyses, defining architecture components, and developing comprehensive frameworks.
• Support for Strategic Goals: Understand how accurate terminology facilitates strategic planning, operational efficiency, governance, and change management within an organisation.

By the end of this unit, participants will have the vocabulary and conceptual clarity needed to navigate TOGAF effectively, enabling them to build, communicate, and manage architectures that align with organisational objectives. This foundational knowledge is essential for excelling in subsequent units and applying TOGAF principles in practical settings.

This unit provides participants with an essential understanding of the TOGAF® Architecture Development Method (ADM), a foundational framework for managing the lifecycle of Enterprise Architecture development. Key learning outcomes include:

• Comprehensive ADM Overview: Gain insight into all phases of the ADM, from the Preliminary Phase that sets the groundwork, to Architecture Change Management for ongoing adaptability, ensuring alignment with business goals.
• Iterative and Flexible Approach: Learn the iterative nature of the ADM, which allows for continuous refinement, enabling responsiveness to evolving business needs without compromising architectural integrity.
• Governance and Quality Assurance: Understand the role of governance in maintaining consistency, quality, and alignment with organisational objectives across all phases.
• Project Scoping and Decision-Making: Develop skills to effectively scope architecture projects, evaluate trade-offs, and consider alternative approaches, ensuring the ADM can be tailored to your organisation’s specific requirements.
• Integration with Agile Methodologies: Discover how the ADM supports Agile practices, promoting dynamic responses to change while upholding a structured approach to Enterprise Architecture.
• Practical Application: Build a strong foundation for using the ADM to develop, implement, and sustain architectures that balance stability with innovation.

By completing this unit, participants will have the tools and confidence to apply the ADM in real-world scenarios, enabling them to lead architecture initiatives that deliver strategic value and support organisational transformation.

This unit equips participants with practical techniques to effectively apply the TOGAF® Architecture Development Method (ADM) within their organisations. Key learning outcomes include:

• Mastering Core ADM Techniques:
  • Architecture Principles: Learn how to define principles that guide decision-making, promote organisational alignment, and ensure robust governance.
  • Business Scenarios: Explore methods for identifying and analysing business needs and challenges to shape architectural solutions.
  • Gap Analysis: Understand how to identify and address gaps between current and desired architectural states.
  • Business Transformation Readiness: Assess an organisation’s readiness for transformation to mitigate risks and enhance success.
• Ensuring Seamless Integration:
  • Interoperability: Develop strategies to ensure different systems work together harmoniously, enhancing organisational efficiency and collaboration.
  • Architecture Risk Management: Identify and mitigate risks that could impact architecture development and implementation.
• Building Stable and Adaptable Architectures:
  • Learn to craft Architecture Principles that are understandable, consistent, and adaptable to guide long-term projects.
  • Gain insight into how these techniques support ADM phases, creating architectures that align with strategic goals while remaining resilient and adaptable to change.

By completing this unit, participants will be prepared to apply these techniques within real-world scenarios, fostering architectures that deliver strategic value, adaptability, and risk resilience across their organisations.

This unit provides participants with the skills and insights needed to apply the TOGAF® Architecture Development Method (ADM) effectively across a variety of organisational contexts. Key learning outcomes include:

• Tailoring the ADM to Organisational Needs:
  • Learn to adapt the ADM to align with strategic, operational, and technological objectives specific to your organisation.
  • Explore how to customise the ADM for unique challenges in enterprise environments, from strategy alignment to solution delivery.
• Mastering Iteration and Partitioning:
  • Understand how iteration enables concurrent operations across multiple architectural projects, promoting agility and efficiency.
  • Use partitioning techniques to manage large, complex architectures, ensuring each segment aligns with broader organisational goals and integrates seamlessly.
• Exploring Architecture Levels:
  • Grasp the distinctions between Strategic Architecture, guiding executive-level planning, and Capability Architecture, which focuses on delivering specific capability increments.
• Driving Enterprise Agility and Transformation:
  • Discover how TOGAF supports digital transformation and agility in dynamic business environments.
  • Learn to create architecture roadmaps that guide enterprise transformation while maintaining structural integrity.
• Practical Framing of Architecture Projects:
  • Develop the ability to frame architecture initiatives with clear objectives, from enabling long-term strategy to managing multi-project portfolios and optimising solution delivery.

By completing this unit, participants will be equipped to apply TOGAF as a versatile tool, enabling innovation, ensuring alignment across organisational levels, and driving transformation effectively in today’s rapidly evolving enterprise landscapes.

This unit equips participants with a thorough understanding of the structured practices and frameworks essential for managing and controlling Enterprise Architecture development. Key learning outcomes include:

• Understanding Architecture Governance:
  • Learn how governance establishes control over the development, implementation, and evolution of architecture components, ensuring alignment with organisational goals and regulatory standards.
  • Recognise the benefits of governance, including enhanced discipline, transparency, and stakeholder trust.
• Exploring Governance Domains:
  • Study the key domains of governance — Corporate, Technology, IT, and Architecture Governance — and understand their layered operation at global, regional, and local levels.
• Role of the Architecture Board:
  • Understand the responsibilities of the Architecture Board in overseeing initiatives, enforcing compliance, and ensuring accountability among stakeholders.
• Mastering Governance Tools:
  • Learn about Architecture Contracts that formalise responsibilities and obligations.
  • Gain insights into Architecture Compliance, ensuring adherence to internal standards and external regulations.
• Risk Management and Decision Frameworks:
  • Discover how governance structures minimise risks and provide a clear framework for informed decision-making across projects.

By mastering these principles, participants will be equipped to implement governance frameworks that promote accountability, ensure compliance, and support the successful delivery of architecture projects. This knowledge fosters the ability to create a transparent and well-regulated architectural environment within any organisation.

This unit provides participants with a deep understanding of the key outputs produced during the TOGAF® Architecture Development Method (ADM) phases, focusing on the deliverables that underpin successful architecture projects. Key learning outcomes include:

• Understanding Deliverables:
  • Explore critical architecture deliverables such as the Architecture Vision, Roadmap, Requirements, and the detailed Architecture Definition Document.
  • Learn how these deliverables serve as milestones to support governance, compliance, and alignment with business goals.
• Stakeholder Engagement:
  • Master techniques for identifying stakeholders, addressing their concerns, and documenting these through architecture views and viewpoints.
• Introduction to Architecture Building Blocks (ABBs):
  • Understand ABBs as reusable, standardised packages of functionality that form the structural backbone of architectures.
  • Learn how ABBs define essential components like business services, data entities, or applications to meet organisational needs efficiently.
• Structured and Transparent Processes:
  • Recognise the role of deliverables in formalising and documenting architectural work, ensuring a structured and transparent process.
• Strategic Alignment and Flexibility:
  • Gain the skills to create architectures that are not only actionable and strategically aligned but also adaptable to evolving organisational needs.

By completing this unit, participants will be equipped to contribute effectively to well-documented, flexible, and strategically focused architectures, ensuring both immediate success and long-term sustainability for their organisations.

This unit equips participants with a comprehensive understanding of the strategic importance of Enterprise Architecture (EA) in enabling effective organisational change. Key learning outcomes include:

• Strategic Role of EA:
  • Learn how EA provides a structured framework for planning, governing, and implementing transformative initiatives.
  • Understand how EA defines a clear future state, evaluates the current state, and identifies critical changes needed to achieve organisational goals.
• EA as a Governance Framework:
  • Discover how EA helps manage risks, optimise resources, and exploit opportunities while ensuring alignment with strategic priorities.
  • Explore how EA models and components act as roadmaps to constrain and guide change in accordance with organisational objectives.
• Role of the Enterprise Architect:
  • Understand the responsibilities of Enterprise Architects in supporting leadership, governing the Target Architecture, and overseeing changes within its scope.
  • Learn about Architecture Governance and Architecture Compliance, and how these functions reinforce alignment and consistency across the enterprise.
• Managing Complexity in Change:
  • Gain insights into handling diverse factors influencing change, including regulatory requirements, collaborative partnerships, and shared services.
  • Develop strategies to ensure that change initiatives are sustainable, well-governed, and responsive to evolving organisational demands.

By completing this unit, participants will be prepared to lead architecture-driven change, ensuring that it is strategically aligned, effectively governed, and tailored to the unique challenges of their organisation.

This unit focuses on equipping participants with the skills necessary to effectively manage stakeholders within the context of Enterprise Architecture (EA). Key learning outcomes include:

• Understanding Stakeholder Dynamics:
  • Identify stakeholders and map their concerns, expectations, and priorities to align architecture initiatives with business needs.
  • Learn how to tailor Architecture Views to address individual stakeholder concerns, enhancing understanding and engagement.
• Communicating Complex Concepts:
  • Develop the ability to present architectural information in ways that resonate with diverse stakeholders, ensuring clarity and support throughout the architecture lifecycle.
• Best Practices in Stakeholder Engagement:
  • Master techniques for engaging stakeholders, managing their requirements, and fostering collaboration to support architecture initiatives.
• Balancing Diverse Viewpoints:
  • Learn trade-off techniques to resolve conflicting requirements and enable informed decision-making during architecture development.
  • Understand how to strategically balance competing demands to maintain architectural alignment with organisational priorities while ensuring flexibility.
• Enhancing Architecture Relevance:
  • Gain skills to foster stakeholder buy-in and collaboration, ensuring the architecture’s impact and relevance within the organisation.

By the end of this unit, participants will be well-prepared to manage stakeholders effectively, fostering engagement and ensuring that architecture initiatives are collaborative, strategically aligned, and impactful.

This unit equips participants with the foundational knowledge and skills needed to effectively execute Phase A, the Architecture Vision phase of the TOGAF® Architecture Development Method (ADM). Key learning outcomes include:

• Strategic Importance of Phase A:
  • Understand the role of Phase A in establishing the strategic scope and direction of an architecture project, setting the stage for all subsequent ADM phases.
• Developing an Architecture Vision:
  • Learn how to gather and analyse information to create a clear, actionable Architecture Vision aligned with organisational goals and stakeholder expectations.
  • Explore methods for ensuring security-specific requirements are addressed early in the architecture process.
• Mastering Key Deliverables:
  • Gain insight into critical Phase A outputs, such as the Statement of Architecture Work and the Architecture Vision document, which provide a structured foundation for the architecture initiative.
• Building Stakeholder Alignment:
  • Develop the skills to articulate an Architecture Vision that captures organisational priorities and secures stakeholder buy-in for the architecture project.
• Laying the Groundwork for Success:
  • Understand how Phase A integrates into the broader architecture development lifecycle, ensuring a cohesive and strategically aligned approach to delivering actionable architectural solutions.

By completing this unit, participants will be prepared to define and communicate an Architecture Vision that ensures alignment with business goals, fosters stakeholder engagement, and positions the architecture initiative for long-term success.

This unit provides participants with a thorough understanding of the methodologies and key steps required for successful architecture development across the core TOGAF® ADM Phases B, C, and D. Key learning outcomes include:

• Comprehensive Coverage of ADM Phases:
  • Understand the objectives and processes of Phase B (Business Architecture), Phase C (Information Systems Architecture: Data and Applications), and Phase D (Technology Architecture).
  • Learn to define business requirements, map data and application needs, and develop a robust technology framework aligned with organisational goals.
• Producing Strategic Outputs:
  • Gain insights into creating critical deliverables, such as the Architecture Definition Document, that ensure alignment with strategic objectives and drive actionable outcomes.
• Risk and Security Integration:
  • Learn how to assess and mitigate risks, embedding tailored security measures throughout the architecture development process.
  • Understand how to balance security with the need for architectural flexibility and adaptability.
• Holistic Architecture Development:
  • Explore how each phase contributes to a cohesive Enterprise Architecture, ensuring all components work together to support business strategies effectively.
• Practical Tools for Complex Architectures:
  • Develop the skills to manage the complexities of architectural landscapes, from identifying dependencies to ensuring outputs are sustainable and implementable.

By mastering the methodologies and outputs of Phases B, C, and D, participants will be equipped to deliver comprehensive, secure, and strategically aligned Enterprise Architectures that facilitate meaningful organisational change and innovation.

This unit equips participants with the skills and strategies required to transition from architectural planning to successful implementation, focusing on TOGAF® ADM Phases E, F, and G. Key learning outcomes include:

• Developing an Implementation and Migration Strategy:
  • Master the process of identifying, grouping, and prioritising Work Packages based on business value in Phase E.
  • Learn to design Transition Architectures that enable phased deployment, minimising organisational disruption and ensuring smooth change management.
• Coordinating Migration Projects:
  • Gain the skills to prioritise projects, confirm the Architecture Roadmap, and align resources for effective implementation in Phase F.
• Establishing Implementation Governance:
  • Understand the mechanisms of Implementation Governance in Phase G, including techniques for monitoring and guiding the realisation of architecture.
  • Learn to use Architecture Contracts to ensure implementers adhere to the planned architecture and align with organisational expectations.
• Managing Security and Risk:
  • Explore security and risk management protocols as part of implementation oversight, safeguarding the architecture’s integrity during deployment.
• Delivering Value-Driven Change:
  • Gain practical tools to ensure architecture implementation delivers measurable value and aligns with strategic organisational priorities.

By completing this unit, participants will be equipped to transition architecture plans into actionable projects, maintain governance throughout implementation, and deliver strategic, well-managed change that supports long-term organisational success.

This unit equips participants with a comprehensive understanding of managing and governing changes within an established architecture, ensuring adjustments align with organisational goals while preserving architectural integrity. Key learning outcomes include:

• Understanding Change Triggers:
  • Identify the inputs that initiate Architecture Change Management, including evolving business needs, technological advancements, and regulatory updates.
  • Learn to assess Change Requests to evaluate their relevance, impact, and alignment with the current architecture.
• Change Assessment and Decision-Making:
  • Gain skills to determine when and how to initiate the Architecture Change Management process effectively.
  • Understand how to assess changes to ensure they contribute positively to organisational objectives.
• Stakeholder Engagement and Communication:
  • Master strategies for engaging and managing stakeholders throughout the change process.
  • Learn techniques for aligning stakeholder expectations, ensuring communication is clear, and maintaining organisational buy-in for change initiatives.
• Managing Change Activities:
  • Explore structured approaches to stakeholder alignment, communication, and decision-making to minimise disruption and maintain consistency across architecture projects.
• Producing Change Outputs:
  • Learn to develop essential outputs, such as updated architecture documentation and change compliance reports, that provide a structured and transparent path for implementing changes.

By mastering the principles and practices of Architecture Change Management, participants will be equipped to manage architectural modifications with confidence, ensuring all changes are well-governed, strategically aligned, and minimally disruptive to the organisation.

This unit equips participants with the knowledge and tools to manage requirements effectively, ensuring continuous alignment between the architecture and evolving business needs. Key learning outcomes include:

• Understanding the Origin of Requirements:
  • Learn how requirements arise from various sources, including stakeholder needs, strategic goals, regulatory obligations, and operational constraints.
  • Develop the ability to assess and prioritise these inputs to establish a solid foundation for architectural decision-making.
• Dynamic Requirements Management:
  • Explore the iterative relationship between Requirements Management and all phases of the TOGAF® ADM, ensuring requirements are continually reviewed, updated, and refined.
  • Understand how Requirements Management integrates inputs across ADM phases to form a unified and actionable set of requirements.
• Producing Key Outputs:
  • Gain insights into creating critical outputs such as prioritised requirements lists and compliance documentation, supporting transparency and guiding informed adjustments.
• Enabling Governance and Adaptability:
  • Learn how requirements management supports architecture governance, ensuring alignment with business objectives and enabling agile responses to change.
  • Foster the development of adaptive and resilient architectures that deliver sustained value over time.

By mastering Requirements Management, participants will be prepared to handle the dynamic demands of architecture development, ensuring that their architectures remain aligned, transparent, and responsive to organisational goals.

This unit provides participants with the tools, techniques, and resources to effectively support the application of the TOGAF® Architecture Development Method (ADM). Key learning outcomes include:

• Utilising the TOGAF Library:
  • Explore resources such as guidelines, templates, and techniques from The Open Group’s TOGAF Library to address specific business challenges and enhance ADM application.
• Practical Techniques for ADM Success:
  • Learn to apply Business Scenarios to model complex challenges and Compliance Assessments to ensure alignment with organisational standards.
  • Master Migration Planning techniques, including reviewing and consolidating Gap Analysis outcomes to create actionable architecture strategies.
• Managing Architecture Content:
  • Develop skills to organise and manage architectural assets through structured repositories, leveraging the TOGAF Architecture Repository to ensure documentation is consistent and accessible.
  • Understand how to manage content across various Architecture Levels, from strategic enterprise-wide views to specific capability-level contexts.
• Enhancing ADM Structure and Consistency:
  • Gain insights into using the Implementation Factor Catalog, Content Framework, and Enterprise Metamodel to provide structure, consistency, and adaptability within the ADM process.
  • Learn how iterative practices ensure flexibility and responsiveness to organisational needs.

By completing this unit, participants will be well-prepared to leverage the full suite of TOGAF tools, techniques, and resources, enabling them to implement a high-functioning and adaptable Enterprise Architecture practice that supports organisational goals.