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

According to the TOGAF® standard, documents and deliverables created within the Architecture Development Method (ADM) that are still under development and have not yet completed the formal review and approval processes are referred to as being in a "draft" state. This terminology signifies that the content is preliminary and subject to change. The standard explicitly uses the term "draft" to describe this status, often in conjunction with a versioning scheme (e.g., Version 0.n) to manage its evolution before formal publication.

B. Invalid: This is incorrect because "invalid" implies the document has been reviewed and rejected or is fundamentally flawed, whereas a draft is simply incomplete or unapproved.

C. In between phases: This term describes a point in the ADM timeline, not the lifecycle status of a document. A document can be a draft at any point within a phase.

D. Known as ‘’Version 0.1’’: This is an example of a version number that might be assigned to a draft document, but "draft" is the actual term for the document's status, not the version number itself.

1. The Open Group. (2022). The TOGAF® Standard

10th Edition. Van Haren Publishing. Part III: ADM Guidelines & Techniques

Chapter 22

"Architecture Partitioning"

Section 22.4.2

"Versioning". This section states

"A document in draft may be numbered 0.n and a formally published document will be a 1.0

2.0

etc." This directly confirms that "draft" is the correct term for the status of an unapproved document.

2. The Open Group. (2018). The TOGAF® Standard

Version 9.2. Van Haren Publishing. Part IV: Architecture Content Framework

Chapter 34

"Architecture Content Metamodel". While the metamodel is extensible

the common practice and terminology described in related guidelines (like those for versioning) consistently use "draft" to denote the pre-approval state of an artifact.