Target Technology Architecture Introduction

Target Technology Architecture - Introduction

Introduction Overview

Introduction

This is the detailed description of the process to develop the Target Technology Architecture.

Overview

The steps involved in development of the Target Technology Architecture are illustrated in Figure 2 below.

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Figure 2: Technology Architecture Development

The boxes and ovals in Figure 2 are color-coded as follows:

green boxes represent inputs to the Technology Architecture development process from earlier phases in the architecture development cycle. This implies that some previous implementation exists for which an architecture may or may not have been defined previously.
orange boxes represent inputs to the process from TOGAF.
white boxes represent inputs and outputs internal to the Technology Architecture development process.
blue boxes represent outputs to later phases in the architecture development cycle.
gray ovals represent phases within the Technology Architecture development process.

It is possible that an organization creating or adapting a Technology Architecture already mandates the use of a list of approved suppliers / products for that organization. Such a list would be an input to the definition of the organization specific architecture framework, as shown in Figure 2. The architectures can then be used as procurement tools to govern future growth and the development of the organization's IT infrastructure.

The steps outlined in Figure 2 are expanded in the following subsections.

Step 1: Create baseline description in TOGAF format