One noted weakness of togaf is also a strength with

One noted weakness of TOGAF is also a strength with the more than 250 member
organizations that contribute to TOGAF there are many inconsistencies in the framework.
Another weakness is that although TOGAF is free to read is not easy-to-read. Lastly, TOGAF is
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not as well grounded, perspective or concrete as some would like. The Zachman framework is
much more concrete.
TOGAF Case Studies
The largest civilian computer operation in Europe, is utilized by the UK Department of
Social Security (DSS). The DSS’s responsibilities include the development, maintenance and
delivery of the UK Social Security program (The Open Group, n.d.). The DSS utilized TOGAF
to establish a new architectural framework and to assist in managing the outsourcing of service
delivery. Some of the DSS’s issues included: having product based departmental IT systems
rather than customer centered, having separate systems for each DSS agency, and separate
systems for each benefit within the Benefits agency. The new architectural framework was
developed to reign in the multiple IT developments from different sources and set a context for
any development. TOGAF was chosen because it provided a common set of vendor-independent
terminologies, for its acceptance within the IT industry and its vendor neutrality having been
developed with input from many leading IT companies and cognizant of the other major
frameworks (The Open Group, n.d.).
The 71
st
largest retailing company worldwide, Dairy Farm Group (DFG) used TOGAF as
the basis of a new enterprise wide IT architecture in order to restructure from a federation to a
unified group of companies. Essential in the restructure with developing a company with a single
corporate purpose and single IT infrastructure. In less than a year with TOGAF as the basis of
DFG’s technical architecture a world-class architecture was developed (The Open Group, n.d.).
Westpac, a major Australian Bank used TOGAF in collaboration with IBM to manage the
technology components of a major outsourcing relationship (The Open Group, n.d.). TOGAF
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enabled Westpac to implement architectural and standards setting processes, more rapidly. Using
the framework save time, which was wasted discussing the best way to do something when
TOGAF already laid out the best way. TOGAF being a framework of common practices
recognized and respected by the industry was essential. TOGAF provided Westpac with common