The growing demand for TOGAF™ version 9 and its certification program is indicative of the accelerating global adoption of the standard.
Worldwide, individual certifications for TOGAF 9, The Open Group’s standard method for enterprise architecture, have surpassed 2,000 since the latest version was released in 2009. To date, more than 83,000 copies of the TOGAF 9 framework have been downloaded from The Open Group’s website and more than 23,000 hard copies of the TOGAF 9 book have been sold.
“The uptake of TOGAF 9 is a response to market demand for certified practitioners with an ability to build architectures that are based on industry standards,” says Louw Labuschagne, Training Manager at Real IRM, leading enterprise architecture specialists and exclusive representative to the Open Group in South Africa.
“The global demand for TOGAF certifications shows the growing acceptance of and trust in internationally-accepted standards. Notably, around 15 percent of all TOGAF certified individuals are from Africa, an equivalent number to that of Europe,” says Louw
Enterprises worldwide adopt TOGAF because it allows business and IT leaders within organizations to speak the same language about technology infrastructures. This makes for faster and safer implementation processes, consistent levels of delivery, improved decision-making and less investment in training overall.
TOGAF 9 features several enhancements that are also driving its widespread adoption. These include: an enhanced Architecture Development Method (ADM) for applying to specific situations such as service-oriented architecture (SOA) or security architecture; an Architecture Content Framework containing detailed content meta-models for formalizing definitions of enterprise architecture and establishing links between business and IT objects; and a revised modular structure for simplified consideration of specific aspects of an architecture’s core capabilities.
“The TOGAF 9 and its certification programme are sought after by architecture professionals and their employers since the standard enables organizations to use an open method for enterprise architecture and to avoid vendor lock-in to proprietary methods”, says Louw.
For more information on TOGAF 9, please visit: http://opengroup.co.za/tog/togaf
