FAQS “A great asset/tool to understand architecture, methodologies and many other things” Can I use AM on its own? How does AM address the Open Group’s requirements for a method? Can I use AM with TOGAF™ and ITIL and other methods? Can I use AM with the Zachman Framework? Does AM training help me get any certificate?
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Q) Can I use AM on its own?	Yes. It has the processes and deliverables you expect to find in an architecture method.
Q) How does AM (the Avancier Method) address the Open Group’s requirements for a method? The table to the right of this question lists the characteristics the Open Group say a method should have, alongside links to pages describing the characteristics of AM.	Questions the Open Group ask of an architecture method	AM is accompanied and supported by
	Is it relevant? Is it meaningfully applicable to the domain of IT Architecture?	A value proposition and principles
	Is it effective? Is it successful in practice? When used correctly, does the method routinely have the effects it claims to provide? Does it satisfy the needs of the method’s constituencies?	End user/customer testimonials
	Does it have a current active community of users?	A user community
	Is it well-formed? Does it have explicitly defined inputs, participants, roles, process steps, outputs, results, and deliverables?	Open process documentation and collateral Formal reviewers click here for Additional Information.
	Is it well-documented and subject to consistent interpretation? Does it comprise at least a specification of the method’s deliverables or results, and the process by which they are created? Is it expressed with some rigor and detail?	Open process documentation and collateral Formal reviewers click here for Additional Information.
	Is it supported by self-paced or instructor-led training to a published, common curriculum?	Public training courses. The System/Solution Architecture” course was attended by over 100 students in 2007.
	Is it supported by collateral? Are there materials for use by practitioners, for example, templates, tools, examples, and best practice recommendations?	Open process documentation and collateral Formal reviewers click here for Additional Information.
	Is it managed? Is there a defined process for feedback from practitioners and the maintenance and revision of the above materials (community, documentation, training, collateral)?	A process for feedback and continuous improvement
Q) Can I use AM with TOGAF™ and ITIL and other methods?	Yes. You can use AM to extend and improve almost any IT or software methodology - like ITIL or RUP - that you already use. You can use AM to supplement TOGAF. AM activities are mapped to TOGAF phases. AM elaborates on views mentioned only by name in TOGAF. You can use AM with CAM and SAM, two other approaches to enterprise architecture that have grown out of practical experience. · CAM (Crompton Architecture Meta-Model): developed by Allister Crompton to capture the essence of his experience in EA assignments. · SAM (Strategic Architecture Model): Bob Jarvis developed SAM as a distillation of many years of architectural modelling experience.
Q) Can I use AM with the Zachman Framework?	Yes but we do not recommend this. The BAF (the AM deliverable framework) resembles the Zachman Framework superficially. However, we believe AM is easier to apply and more useful to solution architects in particular.
Q) Can I use AM for Enterprise Architecture?	Read the guides under the heading of “Architects and Architecture” and decide for yourself.
Q) Does AM training help me get a Certificate?	Yes. See Certificates for Architects.
Q) What are the conditions of use?	Click here to read the conditions of use.
Q) How do I register as a user	Click here to register as a user.

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