Features & Benefits

Complete representation of TOGAF 8.1.1

Proven, standards-based approach

Widespread adoption

Customize TOGAF to organization needs

Integrate TOGAF with other lifecycles and processes

Provide stable platform for migrating to future versions of TOGAF

Establish an effective and sustainable enterprise architecture program

Certified by The Open Group

Overview

ATPL Framework

“The ATPL provides organizations with a reliable and stable platform for maintaining and evolving their investments in their enterprise architecture practices. Enterprise architecture practitioners need to focus on actually practicing architecture and delivering real business value, not figuring out how to do it.”
- Chris Armstrong, President, Armstrong Process Group

ATPL Plus

ATPL Plus 2007 (ATPL+ 2007) is a set of extensions to the base TOGAF 8.1.1 plugins described by the ATPL. With ATPL+ 2007, end users will gain the following features and capabilities:

Consistent specification of the ADM as a set of fine-grained tasks (assignable to individuals in a work breakdown structure) with clearly specified input and output work products

Tasks grouped into reusable process patterns

Consistent specification of work products (deliverables and artifacts) and relationships amongst them

Clear specification of EA roles, which tasks they participate in, and which work products they work with

Configuration of ADM method content (tasks, work products, roles) into an agile, iterative lifecycle

Easier and more consistent approach to tailoring TOGAF for an organization

ATPL+ also provides a stable, consistent platform for integrating the ADM lifecycle into other processes such as the IBM Rational Unified Process (RUP), the Telelogic Harmony processes and others (DSDM, OpenUP), as well as adding guidance for using EA tools such as Telelogic System Architect and Sparx Enterprise Architect.

Customizing the ATPL

Licensees of the APG TOGAF 2007 Process Library can customize it to create their own versions of TOGAF. Using the EPF Composer tool (an open-source, freely available tool), organizations can extend ATPL method content and method configurations to represent their tailoring of TOGAF and enterprise architecture. For example, with the ATPL and EPF Composer, an organization can:

Change names of TOGAF phases, activities, and deliverables

Add organization-specific content (phases, activities, deliverables, guidelines, examples)

Integrate TOGAF with other lifecycles such as RUP, ITIL, and PMI

Add domain-specific content related to financial services, telecommunications, healthcare, manufacturing, systems engineering, government, and defense, for example

Add technology-specific content such as service oriented architecture (SOA), system platforms (IBM, HP, Microsoft, Sun, etc) and package platforms (SAP, Oracle, etc)

Add tool-specific content for products from companies such as Telelogic, MEGA, IBM Rational, Sparx, Metis, and Troux

Provide collaborative Wiki-based environment for discussing and evolving use of processes on real projects

Enable translation and localization of method content into different languages

Please contact APG Sales for more details on how to license the ATPL for internal use, including volume discounts and site licenses

Organization Support Services

Armstrong Process Group (APG) offers a set of services to organizations that wish to adopt TOGAF and the ATPL as a part of their enterprise architecture practice. APG’s experience helping organizations adopt new processes and practices, combined with contributions to standards such as TOGAF, SPEM, and EPF, allows APG to provide a proven set of best practices for successful process adoption.

Strategic Alignment and Planning
This activity consists of meeting with executive management and sponsors to understand business drivers, expected objectives, necessary requirements, and relevant constraints for the enterprise architecture practice. APG can work with organizations to establish a vision and build a plan for implementing and deploying the new practice.

Establish Method Team
It is critical to define the organization requirements for the team of people who will support the process adoption and process definition activities. APG can help accelerate the method team during its startup by applying proven best practices for process adoption. APG can also help establish an effective tool environment for requirements management, process modeling, process authoring, change request management, and configuration management.

Practice Definition and Integration
APG has found that approaching practice and process adoption like any other project (with plans, budget, resources, requirements, etc), is key to an organization demonstrating its commitment and long-term viability and sustainability of the new EA practice. APG can work with the organization’s method team and sponsors to provide detailed planning, schedules, and estimates, based on clearly specified requirements. APG can help the method team determine how to best extend the ATPL, change existing TOGAF elements, add organization specific elements and integrate the tailored EA practice with other critical processes. APG can also help acquire, install, and configure any EA tools that are needed to support the defined practice.

Practice Deployment
As the practice begins to become more clearly defined, APG can provide support to help deploy the new practice to the organization, including professional development and certification programs (see APG’s offerings for the IT Architect Certification Program or ITAC), curriculum design and delivery.

APG offers a wide variety of training offerings for architects (see the APG Architect and Designer Learning Path), including topics such as:

Please contact APG Sales for more details on process adoption service offerings and curriculum licensing.

ATPL Highlights

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