Having been in many organisations where methodologies are not talked about at parties I was keen to make sure this one was adaptable. TOGAF is iterative and oh joy the recommended first iteration sees the tuning of the methodology to suit the organisation (the methodology is called the ADM :Architectural Development Method).
The Open Group book is as you might expect very well structured (I suppose it would be bad form if it wasn’t) and a worthy read. One of the most valuable diagrams (sorry artifacts) highlighted the need for an organisation to consider Architecture (TOGAF), Operations Management (ITIL), Development (UML?) and in the middle a Project Methodology that overlaps them all (something like PRINCE2). Its here:
Having digested the method what really made me feel it had been worthwhile was the ability to look back on past problems I would tackle differently and look forward to future organisational problems that can be tackled by the structure the ADM brings. The TOGAF content is available on line at: http://www.opengroup.org/architecture/togaf9-doc/arch/index.html
Other TOGAF Links: