Early 1990

TOGAF was initiated in the early 1990s as methodology for the development of technical architecture, and has been developed by The Open Group into an extensive enterprise architecture framework.

1995 – TOGAF Version 1

In 1995, the first version of TOGAF (TOGAF 1.0) was presented. This version was mainly based on the Technical Architecture Framework for Information Management (TAFIM), developed started in the late 1980s by the US Department of Defense

1996 –  TOGAF Version 2

Proof of application

1997 – TOGAF Version 3

Relevance to practical architectures (building blocks)

1998 – TOGAF Version 4 

Enterprise Continuum (TOGAF in context)

1999 – TOGAF Version 5

Business Scenarios (architecture requirements)

2000 – TOGAF Version 6

Architecture Views (IEEE Std 1471)

Late 2001 – TOGAF Version 7

In December 2001 TOGAF 7, the “Technical Edition”, was published.

2002 – 2006 TOGAF Version 8

TOGAF 8 (“Enterprise Edition”) was first published in December 2002 and republished in updated form as

2005 – 2006 – TOGAF 8.1.1

Around 2005 TOGAF became a registered trademark of The Open Group.  In November 2006 the Open Group released TOGAF 8.1.1.

2009 – TOGAF Version 9

Evolutionary restructure; Architecture Content Framework

2011 – TOGAF Version 9.1

Technical Corrigendum 1 applied

Certified TOGAF Professionals

According to The Open Group, as of February 2011, over 15,000 individuals are TOGAF Certified. As of September 2012 the official register has over 20,000 certified individuals.

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