Stage 6 of 8
Opportunities, Solutions, Migration, and Delivery
This stage connects target architecture to delivery planning. It covers work packages, transition architectures, roadmaps, iteration patterns, partitioning, and readiness assessment.
Read this stage in sequence on the first pass. The point is to sharpen judgement through one concrete artefact and one practical decision, not to accumulate isolated notes.
What this stage covers
Use the modules in order. The groupings below organise the sequence without changing it.
Move from target state to work packages
Begin with opportunities, solutions, work packages, and transition architectures rather than jumping straight to a dated roadmap.
- Module 1Opportunities and solutions35 min. Explain the purpose of Phase E
- 30 min. Define transition architectures properly
Sequence the change properly
Use migration planning, iteration, landscape thinking, and partitioning to make the roadmap realistic.
- 25 min. Use Phase F to shape a roadmap
- 30 min. Explain TOGAF iteration patterns
- 30 min. Explain landscape levels and partitioning choices
Fit architecture to delivery cadence
Close the stage with agility, readiness assessment, and the London sequencing case.
- 30 min. Explain how agile delivery works with TOGAF
- 30 min. Use readiness assessment to shape change plans
- 30 min. Apply Phases E and F to the London case
Why this stage matters
Many architecture programmes fail at the handoff from target picture to change sequence. TOGAF becomes practical only when architecture outputs survive contact with delivery programmes.
London threads in this stage
- Sequencing data, system, and process change around operational risk
- Using transition states to reduce delivery shock
- Evidence gates that make roadmap choices reviewable
Artefacts you should be able to defend
- Transition architecture set
- Roadmap and dependency chain
- Readiness and evidence-gate pack
Primary stage artefact
Transition architecture set
Treat this as the main artefact the stage should sharpen. If you can explain who it is for, what decision it affects, and what evidence it depends on, the stage is doing real work.
My view
A roadmap without explicit transition logic is usually just optimism with dates attached.
Stage workspace
The workspace contains eleven practice tools that reinforce the skills covered in each stage. Use them alongside the reading flow or revisit them during revision.