The Framework
The TEAF loop, component by component
Intent, Capability, Knowledge, Decision, Automation, Execution, Observation, Learning: what each step concretely delivers.
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Temporal Enterprise Architecture Framework
Governance at the pace of execution
TEAF is a continuous orchestration layer for enterprise architecture in the AI era: an eight-component loop that connects every architecture decision to its real execution, at the same pace AI accelerates it. TEAF doesn't replace TOGAF, ITIL or COBIT — it keeps them running continuously.
Manifesto
Most transformations fail
Not for lack of technology, but for lack of systemic vision, governance and a fitting operating model.
“Enterprise architecture stops being a document and becomes a living system.”
Mathieu URBITSCH, creator of TEAF
TEAF wasn't born in a research lab: it was born in steering committees, architecture reviews and diagnostics of industrial organizations trying to understand why their technical debt kept growing despite sustained investment. Its thesis fits in one sentence: an organization stays governable as long as its governance speed matches its execution speed. It's a working hypothesis argued from field experience, not a theorem already proven — Book I details its foundations.
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Intent
The strategic intent
02
Capability
The capability engaged
03
Knowledge
The available knowledge
04
Decision
The architecture choice
One year of field experience
Proven in the field, scientific validation under way
TEAF has been implemented in real organizations — IT, human resources, industry, logistics, business consulting, real estate. Names aren't disclosed: some organizations asked for anonymity, others prefer to wait until TEAF is more established before being publicly associated with it.
Proven, in the field
- The feasibility of a TEAF loop on a limited scope (TEAF Light's 1-1-1 principle)
- The relevance of the initial diagnostic — governance/execution desynchronization — across varied sectors
- The usefulness of shared vocabulary to get COMEX, architects and technical teams speaking the same language
Not yet proven
- A generalizable, measured result with a public, reproducible measurement method
- Scalability beyond a limited scope
- Independent, academic or third-party validation of the method
TEAF at a glance
A complete model, not a slogan
8
loop components
Intent → Capability → Knowledge → Decision → Automation → Execution → Observation → Learning
10
founding principles
From explicit intent to coexistence with existing frameworks
7
maturity levels
From documentary chaos to the digital nervous system
1-1-1
TEAF Light principle
One process, one loop, one measurable objective — to start in a few weeks
Free diagnostic
Where does your organization stand?
Six minutes to position your information system on the seven-level TEAF maturity pyramid, identify your two priorities and get an indicative roadmap.
Knowledge Center
Analysis & perspectives
Governance
The Living ADR: an architecture decision that doesn't age
Why a classic ADR silently goes stale, and how the Living ADR makes that staleness visible.
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TEAF Light and the 1-1-1 principle
One process, one loop, one measurable objective: the minimal viable architecture to start in a few weeks.
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TEAF Light, the open-source reference implementation, lets you start on a limited scope in a few weeks — and can also serve as a POC before committing to the full collection.