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Applying the TCGAF within a program or project follows three steps:

Step 1: Describe the overall enterprise platform core model with detailed descriptions for each component. This includes:

• Defining each component
• Describing the platform independent functionality that must be provided by each component (the role the component plays within the overall enterprise platform) 
• Describing the issues that need to be considered when implementing or realizing each component’s functionality

Step 2: Describe the relevant criteria needed to properly evaluate each Proxy Component. This includes (on a component level):

• Describing the performance characteristics required by each Proxy Component
  • Describing typical platform functional and non-functional requirements
  • Defining measurements and metric methodologies used

• Describing issues that are relevant for different platforms and domains:
  • Platforms:
    • Portal Platforms
    • e-Business / e-Government Platforms
  • Domains:
    • Identify appropriate UML Profiles
    • Identify appropriate Patterns

• Describing issues that are relevant for Enterprise System Integration Scenarios:
  • Enterprise Resource Planning
  • Knowledge and Content Management 
  • Supply Chain Management (SCM) 
  • Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
  • Web Services
  • Message Oriented Middleware (MOM)
  • Spatial Architecture

Step 3: Comparing various commercial products, Open Source products, and potential bespoke solution approaches and how they are mapped from the PIM to a Platform Specific Model (PSM) for each selected product/solution approach. Examples of common vendor product suite solutions include:

• IBM WebSphere
• Oracle 
• Microsoft .Net 
• Open Source

The DNEAF provides a baseline framework of functional components with industry standard definitions. The DNEAF also provides both a high-level and a detailed drill-down view that provides better granularity for comparing different possible solution approaches.