Introduction to the TOGAF 9 Method Plugin for EPF Composer
This page provides an overview of the TOGAF 9 Method Plugin for the Eclipse Process Framework Composer tool.

Please note that at the present time the EPF Plugin is available to Open Group members for TOGAF 9 only, and not TOGAF 9.1

Welcome

Welcome to the Eclipse Process Framework (EPF) version of TOGAF 9.  Eclipse Process Framework is a powerful tool for authoring and publishing methods.  It is a free, open-source tool based on the industry standard Software Process Engineering Metamodel (SPEM).  The EPF version of TOGAF 9 is supplied in both a published and a source format.  The published version is a static html website that can be installed on any computer by extracting the zip file.  The source format is supplied as an EPF method plugin, which can be loaded in the EPF tool and then edited.

The content within the EPF tool is taken directly from the TOGAF9 specification.  However, EPF uses structured content, rather than the un-structured content found in the standard html and PDF versions of TOGAF.  The major advantages of a structured content approach are as follows:

  • The EPF tool has specific constructs for tasks and steps, allowing them to be formally defined with related content, such as inputs, outputs, roles and responsibilities.  EPF automatically generates consistent cross-referencing, for example, between a deliverable and the phase that creates that deliverable.
  • The EPF tool has a supporting editor, allowing a user of TOGAF to make changes to the standard TOGAF framework content, tailoring it to their specific organizational context.  EPF supports group editing, versioning, etc, using an underlying content management system.
  • The EPF tool has a plug-in architecture that allows new content packages to be created and linked to TOGAF.  This, for example, would allow an organization to develop a set of document templates within a standalone plugin and then add a link to the relevant template within each of the standard TOGAF deliverables

Acknowledgements

The EPF version of TOGAF 9 was created by Mike Turner of Capgemini.  Many thanks to Chris Armstrong of Amstrong Process Group for additional review on the use of the SPEM metamodel to support TOGAF.  Additional thanks to Andrew Josey of the Open Group for content review and support with Open Group processes and procedures.

Using Eclipse Process Framework

The TOGAF9 for EPF software is supplied as an Eclipse Process Framework Method Plugin.  To get started, you will need to complete the following steps:

1: Download the Method Plugin and extract to a directory. The download is available here The EPF download is subject to this license.

2: Download and install EPC Composer from http://www.eclipse.org/epf/downloads/downloads.php (TOGAF9 for EPF was created in version 1.2.0.3, but the Method Plugin is likely to work in any newer version of EPF).

3: Open EPF and create a new Method Library


4: Import the TOGAF9 Method Plugin



The Open Group gratefully acknowledge Capgemini for the creation of the Eclipse Process Framework Method Plugin for TOGAF9.

Downloads of the TOGAF documentation, are available under license from the TOGAF information web site. The license is free to any organization wishing to use TOGAF entirely for internal purposes (for example, to develop an information system architecture for use within that organization). A book is also available (in hardcopy and pdf) from The Open Group Bookstore as document G091.

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