The TOGAF ADM is an iterative cycle of eight phases The method turns as a ring, but it is iterative, not a single pass: you iterate within a phase, loop back between phases, and repeat the whole cycle, re-entering at the phase that fits rather than restarting at A. Requirements Management is two-way with every phase.
The TOGAF ADM is an iterative cycle of eight phases
The TOGAF architecture development method as a ring of eight phase panels around a central Requirements Management hub. A Preliminary Phase panel enters at Phase A, Vision, then clockwise arcs run through B Business, C Information systems, D Technology, E Opportunities and Solutions, F Migration planning, G Implementation governance and H Architecture Change Management, closing back to A. The method is iterative, not a single pass, and two-way spokes join the hub to every phase.
A Vision The Architecture Vision and remit B Business The business architecture C Information systems Data and application architecture D Technology The technology architecture E Opportunities and Solutions Solution options and work packages F Migration planning The implementation and migration plan G Implementation governance Delivery held to the architecture H Architecture Change Management Keeping the live architecture current
Requirements
Management
Feeds and checks
every phase
enters at
Preliminary Phase Principles and the architecture capability
TOGAF applies the ADM iteratively through four overlapping cycles, not as a single pass:
Context (Preliminary and A) · Definition (B to D) · Transition Planning (E and F) · Governance (G and H)
