The TOGAF ADM uses Gap Analysis during Phases B, C, and D (Business, Information Systems, and Technology Architectures) to identify building block gaps—the differences between the Baseline Architecture and the Target Architecture. However, simply identifying gaps does not complete the process.
The association of gaps with work packages happens later in the cycle:
Phase E: Opportunities and Solutions is where the identified gaps are analyzed and translated into work packages, projects, or initiatives that will deliver the required changes.
In Phase E, architects also determine whether Transition Architectures are needed, and they generate the initial Architecture Roadmap.
This is the phase where gaps become actionable, linked with specific work packages that can be executed to close them.
Phase F (Migration Planning) takes this further by finalizing the roadmap and building the detailed Implementation and Migration Plan, but the initial association of gaps with work packages occurs in Phase E.
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