TOGAF 9TOGAF provides a tool for uniting different methodologies in business planning, IT architecture and project management under one common frame.The recent Open Group meeting in San Diego hasupdated the TOGAF architecture framework and released its next major version - TOGAF 9. A lot ofthe work on TOGAF 9 was around not just what architecture should have, but how to make it work.TOGAF V9 Enterprise Edition is a detailed method and set of supporting resources for developing an EA. It represents an industry consensus framework and method for EA that is available for use internally by any organization around the world - members and non-members of The Open Group alike.  The framework can be used as a tool for understanding how all of the business, technical, and project pieces within an enterprise work together and affect one another. TOGAF 9 dives into more details on how organizations can implement the framework within their own business process providing better alignment in IT to business needs. The (new) Architecture Development Method shows how this framework can beapplied to specific situations, such as service oriented architecture (SOA) and security architecture.  In addition, the new Architecture content framework includes a detailed content meta model that formalizes the definition of an EA and also establishes clear links between business and IT objects. Please visit our website enterprisearchitects.com for more information and to register.