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The Wheel: DBJ ADM

DBJ ADM is the TOGAF ADM cut down to what an organization without a dedicated architecture team can actually sustain.

Nine TOGAF steps become five. Each one produces a written artifact. The Business Architecture Board reviews artifacts, not conversations.

DBJ StepProduces
1 — PrinciplesWhat the organization will not trade away
2 — VisionWhat is being attempted, and why
3 — ArchitectureThe structure, from concept down to physical
4 — DecisionThe choice, recorded
5 — GovernanceThe check that it was followed
NOTE
The wheel authorizes delivery. It never delivers.

It turns only at CMM Level 3 or above. Below that, there is nothing to steer.

Full reference: DBJ ADM