Complete the following sentence. In the ADM documents which are under development and have not undergone any formal review and approval process are_______________.

Within the TOGAF Architecture Development Method (ADM), documents and artifacts that are under development and have not yet been subjected to a formal review and approval cycle are referred to as "draft". This status indicates that the content is preliminary, subject to change, and not yet formally accepted by stakeholders. The transition from a "draft" to an "approved" state is a key function of the Architecture Governance process, which typically involves formal reviews, feedback incorporation, and stakeholder sign-off.

B. Invalid: A document is not "invalid" simply because it is unapproved; "invalid" implies it has been reviewed and found to be incorrect or rejected, which is a different status.
C. In between phases: This describes the timing of when a document might be finalized, not the formal status of the document itself. A document can be in a draft state during a phase.
D. Known as ‘’Version 0.1’’: This is a common versioning convention for draft documents, but it is not the name of their status. The status is "draft"; the version number is a label.

1. The TOGAF® Standard

10th Edition

Part II: Architecture Development Method (ADM)

Chapter 5 (Phase A: Architecture Vision)

Section 5.5 Outputs. The outputs of Phase A explicitly include the "Draft Architecture Definition Document

including a draft Business Architecture

Target Architecture

and Architecture Roadmap...". This directly confirms that deliverables at this stage are termed "draft".

2. The TOGAF® Standard

10th Edition

Part III: ADM Guidelines & Techniques

Chapter 21 (Architecture Governance)

Section 21.4.2 Architecture Review Process. This section details the process by which architecture documents are formally reviewed and approved. This process inherently operates on documents that are in a pre-approved

or "draft"

state.

3. The TOGAF® Standard

10th Edition

Part VI: Architecture Content Framework

Chapter 36 (Architecture Repository)

Section 36.2.7 Architecture Metamodel. This section discusses the need to manage the lifecycle state of architecture artifacts. It notes that an artifact's state could be "proposed

in review

or approved". The term "draft" is the standard industry and TOGAF term for the initial "proposed" or work-in-progress state before formal review begins.