TRAK

TRAK is a general enterprise architecture framework aimed at systems engineers based on MODAF 1.2. TRAK was originally commissioned by London Underground Limited. Development started in 2009 and was based on the then current views of architectural description within London Underground which were based on ISO/IEC 42010 and tied to the systems engineering lifecyle defined in ISO/IEC 15288 . Although the original intent was to develop a rail-specific architecture framework in adapting MODAF to suit local needs any defence or domain-specific content was removed and the result was a domain-free metamodel and viewpoints that were only based on representing complex systems. TRAK was released under open source licenses in February 2010. It has been formally adopted by the UK Department for Transport who chair the TRAK Steering Group that manages the overall direction, strategy and formal releases of TRAK. The TRAK development team received a Working Group award. (photo on the INCOSE Transportation Working Group page ). TRAK was a finalist for the 2011 IET Innovation Awards.