Integrated Architecture Framework
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Integrated Architecture Framework (IAF) is an enterprise architecture framework that covers business
, information
, information system
and technology infrastructure.
This framework
has been developed by Capgemini
since the 1990s, from the experience of practicing architects on projects for clients across the group. The first version was released in 1996 and was based on the Zachman Framework
and Spewaks
ideas about Enterprise Architecture Planning
.
The Integrated Architecture Framework is:
Integrated Architecture Framework has evolved based on the real-world experience, and continues to provide strong focus on the need to understand the business needs and drivers, and for all aspects of the architecture and all architectural decisions to be traceable back to these business priorities.
Business
A business is an organization engaged in the trade of goods, services, or both to consumers. Businesses are predominant in capitalist economies, where most of them are privately owned and administered to earn profit to increase the wealth of their owners. Businesses may also be not-for-profit...
, information
Information
Information in its most restricted technical sense is a message or collection of messages that consists of an ordered sequence of symbols, or it is the meaning that can be interpreted from such a message or collection of messages. Information can be recorded or transmitted. It can be recorded as...
, information system
Information system
An information system - or application landscape - is any combination of information technology and people's activities that support operations, management, and decision making. In a very broad sense, the term information system is frequently used to refer to the interaction between people,...
and technology infrastructure.
This framework
Software framework
In computer programming, a software framework is an abstraction in which software providing generic functionality can be selectively changed by user code, thus providing application specific software...
has been developed by Capgemini
Capgemini
Capgemini is a French global IT services company, one of the world's largest management consulting, outsourcing and professional services companies with a staff of 114,274 operating in 40 countries. It is headquartered in Paris and was founded in 1967 by Serge Kampf, the current chairman, in...
since the 1990s, from the experience of practicing architects on projects for clients across the group. The first version was released in 1996 and was based on the Zachman Framework
Zachman framework
The Zachman Framework is an Enterprise Architecture framework for enterprise architecture, which provides a formal and highly structured way of viewing and defining an enterprise...
and Spewaks
Steven Spewak
Steven H. Spewak was an American management consultant, author, and lecturer on enterprise architectures, who influenced the direction of enterprise architecture thinking, especially in government.- Biography :...
ideas about Enterprise Architecture Planning
Enterprise Architecture Planning
Enterprise Architecture Planning in Enterprise Architecture is the planning process of defining architectures for the use of information in support of the business and the plan for implementing those architectures.- Overview :...
.
The Integrated Architecture Framework is:
- A comprehensive framework to deliver market-leading solutions
- Adaptable to the specific needs of an organization
- Scalable from individual projects to enterprise-wide transformation
- A recognized architecture method in The Open GroupThe Open GroupThe Open Group is a vendor and technology-neutral industry consortium, currently with over three hundred member organizations. It was formed in 1996 when X/Open merged with the Open Software Foundation...
’s IT Architecture Certification program (ITAC).)
Integrated Architecture Framework has evolved based on the real-world experience, and continues to provide strong focus on the need to understand the business needs and drivers, and for all aspects of the architecture and all architectural decisions to be traceable back to these business priorities.