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and describing an architecture.
·An architectural framework is a classification system forarchitectural descriptions.
In other words, instead of helping you describe a particular Service-Oriented
Architecture (SOA) system, TOGAF can help you decide whether SOA is right for
the project at all.
TOGAF is very much a top-down methodology.
·As with all top-downmethods, it starts with the big picture and breaks it down into
progressively smaller pieces.
·But TOGAF isintended to be a generic method, one that works with any
architecture.
What happens when you are using a morebottom-up style, such as SOA, which
starts with specific functions and builds them into a larger system?
Many enterprise architecture frameworks break down the practice of developing artifacts into four
practice areas. This allows the enterprise to be described from four important viewpoints. By
taking this approach, enterprise architects can assure their business stakeholders that they have
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