TOGAF includes a concept called enterprise continuum. This concept explains how certain generic solutions can be customized and used as per specific requirements of an organization. Enterprise continuum provides a view of the architecture repository that provides ways and techniques for classifying architecture and other related artifacts as they transform from generic architecture to specific architectures that are suitable for specific needs of the organization. Enterprise continuum has two complementary concepts associated with it, they are:

• Architecture continuum
• Solutions continuum

The architecture of enterprise continuum is depicted in the following diagram: