Architecture Partitioning
Overview
The TOGAF standard provides a framework for partitioning an architecture into different components.
Approach
A divided subset of an Architecture facilitates its development and management. A specific form of abstraction.
- Defined boundaries, governance and ownership
- This may lead to serveral architecture partions
- One owning team
- Architecture are partitioned such that there is a single team owning the Architecture
- Multiple Architecture Partitions
- A single team may own multiple partitions, but a single Architecture cannot be owned by multiple teams.
- The team will execute the ADM to define, govern and realise the Architecture.
- Adopt a partitioning model that reflects the Enterprise Operating Model.
Benefits
The theory is that partitioning will simplify the development and management of Architectures - Note if this is not the case the review the approach and alignment to the Enterprise Operating Model.
- Conflict Management - Clear partitions along Organisational boundaries may avoid conflicts and disputes.
- Re-Use - Effective Architecture should encourage modularisation and re-use of components that can be incorporated into other Architectures.
- Parallelisation - Enables specific groups of Architects to own and develop elements of Architectures in at the same time (in parallel)
- Manage Complexity - Divides an Architecture into subsets to reduce complexity, ensure effective governance and simplify the development & management.