The primary purpose of the Gap Analysis technique, as defined within the TOGAF® Standard, is to compare the Baseline Architecture (the current state) with the Target Architecture (the future state). This comparison is used to validate the architecture by identifying any elements that have been overlooked or are missing. The analysis highlights building blocks that need to be newly developed, those that should be carried over, and those that will be eliminated, thereby identifying missing, redundant, or overlapping functions and capabilities required to meet the business objectives.

A. Quality parameters, or non-functional requirements, are inputs used to define the Target Architecture, not an output of the gap analysis itself.

C. While the analysis may reveal issues related to non-functional requirements, its core purpose is not their validation but identifying the delta between states.

D. Identifying specific commercial solutions occurs in the Opportunities and Solutions phase (Phase E), which follows the gap analysis performed in Phases B, C, and D.

E. Required service levels are part of the Target Architecture definition and serve as a benchmark for the gap analysis, not something determined by it.

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

10th Edition. Van Haren Publishing.

Section 21.1

Introduction to Gap Analysis: "A key step in validating an architecture is to consider what may have been forgotten. The architecture is checked against the business requirements to ensure all the requirements have been met. A gap is a statement of difference between two states. In the context of the TOGAF ADM

gap analysis is the technique of identifying the gaps between the Baseline and Target Architectures."

Section 21.2

Gap Analysis Matrix: This section details how the matrix is used to identify building blocks that are "New"

"Eliminated"

or "Included" (both existing and to be modified)

which directly relates to identifying missing or overlapping functions.

2. Pennsylvania State University. (n.d.). EA 871: Enterprise Architecture Foundations I

Lesson 8: Phase B: Business Architecture. Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology.

In the courseware discussing TOGAF Phase B

it is stated: "The purpose of the gap analysis is to highlight services and/or functions that are to be carried over

services and/or functions that are to be eliminated

and services and/or functions that are new." This supports the identification of missing (new) or overlapping (to be eliminated) functions.