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How can you use ArchiMate together with TOGAF ADM?

Can TOGAF Architecture Method (ADM) be seamlessly integrated with ArchiMate. Are there any tools out there in the market that supports this kind of integration and modeling authoring process?

Solution

  • Yes, absolutely possible! And in fact, there are some examples around and people in the industry are already practising it this way!

    Information from the Open Group

    TOGAF ADM can be well integrated with ArchiMate and, in fact, that was one of the reason why ArchiMate designed for. Open Group has an article about the feasibility of TOGAF ADM and ArchiMate integration

    Example from Software Vendor

    Such kind of implementation from the Software Vendor – Visual Paradigm also illustrated this by integrating the two open standards TOGAF ADM and ArchiMate 3 into one unified software platform.

    Here is an article for how to: Use ArchiMate tool with TOGAF ADM seamlessly by using the Guide-Through Process. The screenshots captured from the software are illustrated as follows: enter image description here (Source: TOGAF Guide-Through Process illustration)