The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) and the U.S. Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF)
January 2007
Rolf Siegers, Raytheon Company
Dr. Fatma Dandashi, The MITRE Corporation
Terry Blevins, The MITRE Corporation
Judith Jones, Architecting-the-Enterprise
ABSTRACT
Numerous architecture framework standards have been developed and matured over
the past decade. But the focus of these frameworks is sometimes wildly diverse. Many engineers
believe there is an "either or" decision to be made regarding the frameworks, but this is not
always the case. Some of these standards address completely different elements of the
architecting process, thus there may be a natural synergy that can be identified and leveraged
between architecture frameworks. The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) has a
primary focus on architecting methodology—the "how to" aspect of architecture, without
prescribing architecture description constructs. The U.S. Department of Defense Architecture
Framework (DoDAF) has a primary focus on architecture description via a set of views, without
specifying methodology. An industry working group was formed to analyze and document the
relationships between these two frameworks and identify complementary areas between the two.
This core group of representatives from Raytheon, Mitre, and Architecting-the-Enterprise was
also supported by members of The Open Group Architecture Forum during this effort. The
baseline versions of the documents used were TOGAF Version 8.1 and DoDAF Version 1.0.
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