ITM706 Week 3

TOGAF ADM

- A process for developing architectures - Iterative between phases and within phases - Includes: establishing an architecture framework, developing architecture content, transitioning, and the realization of the architecture

TOGAF Main Components

- Architecture Capability Framework - Architecture Development Method - Architecture Content Framework - Enterprise Continuum and Tools - TOGAF Reference Models - Business Visions and Drivers - Business Capabilities - ADM Guidelines and Techniques

TOGAF Architectural Domains

- Business Architecture - Application Architecture - Data Architecture - Technology Architecture

Business Model

- Describes the rationale of how a new venture creates, delivers, and captures value. - Describes innovative ways of doing business to replace old outdated ones

Balanced Score Card

- Kaplan and Norton (1992) - A management system that helps an enterprise to clarify and implement its vision and strategy - Views the organization from different perspectives - Provides measures concerning customer satisfaction, internal processes, and the ability to innovate in addition to financial measures

ADM Phases

- Preliminary Phase - Architecture Vision (A) - Business Architecture (B) - Information Systems Architecture (C) - Technology Architecture (D) - Opportunities and Solutions (E) - Migration Planning (F) - Implementation Governance (G) - Architecture Change Management (H) - Requirements Management

Architecture Methods and Frameworks

- The IEEE 1471-2000/ISO/IEC 42010 Standard - TOGAF Framework

Business Model Canvas

- a shared language for describing, visualizing, assessing, and changing business models - A template to create high-level descriptions of new or existing business models

Business Model Canvas Components

1. Key partners 2. Key Activities 3. Key resources 4. Value proposition 5. Customer Relationships 6. Channel 7. Customer Segments 8. Cost structure 9. Revenue Stream

What are the biggest problems that enterprises are facing (According to Zachman)? 1) Complexity and budget 2) Complexity and security 3) Complexity and change 4) Agility and remote work

3) Complexity and Change

Which one is NOT an EA characteristic? 1) EA captures the essentials of the business, IT and its evolution. 2) EA manages the complexity of the enterprise and its processes and systems. 3) A good EA will provide maximal flexibility and adaptation. 4) Each unit in an organization should develop its own EA. 5) A good EA should easily be extended and evolved

4) Each unit in an organization should develop its own EA

Business Architecture

A blueprint of the enterprise that provides a common understanding of the organization and is used to align strategic objectives and tactical demands

Strategic Plan

A plan for how an enterprise adapts in a changing and often competitive environment

BSC - Learning and Growth

Addresses the corporate and individual ability to change and improve, which is critical to any knowledge-intensive organization

Architecture Content Framework

Considers an overall enterprise architecture as composed of four closely interrelated architectures: Business Architecture, Data Architecture, Application Architecture, and Technology (IT) Architecture

Requirements Management

Ensuring that all phases of the project are based on business requirements

Implementation Governance

Governing the implementation projects to conforms to the architecture

BSC - Customer Perspective

How the enterprise should appear to its customers, with measures like customer satisfaction

Opportunities and Solutions

Identifying major implementation projects and initial planning

BSC - Financial Perspective

Is focused on the business value created by the enterprise, entailing measures such as shareholder value

BSC - Internal Business Perspective

Looks at the effectiveness and efficiency of a company's internal operations, paying attention to the primary, mission-oriented processes

What are the three layers of BSC?

Mission, objectives, measures

What do you first create when using Sparx EA?

Model

A send activity will ___________________________________.

Send the outgoing message upon activity completion

Architecture Capability Framework

This addresses the organization, processes, skills, roles, and responsibilities required to establish and operate an architecture within an enterprise.

TOGAF (The Open Group Architecture Framework)

a methodology and set of resources for developing an enterprise architecture

Architecture Vision

defining the scope, constraints, and expectation of the project, identifying the stakeholders, creating the Architecture Vision, and obtaining approval to proceed with the architecture development

Architecture Change Management

establishing procedures for managing change to the architecture

Enterprise Continuum

illustrates how architectures are developed across a continuum ranging from foundational architectures, through common systems architectures and industry-specific architectures, to an enterprise's own individual architecture.

Start Timer Event

indicates that an instance of the process is created at certain dates/times

Migration Planning

planning to move from the Baseline to the Target Architectures by finalizing a detailed Implementation and Migration Plan

Business Architecture (B)

the development of the baseline (as-is) and target (to-be) Business Architecture based on Architecture Vision -Develop and analyze the gaps.

Information Systems Architecture (C)

the development of the baseline (as-is) and target (to-be) Information Systems Architectures based on Architecture Vision- Develop and analyze the gaps

Technology Architecture

the development of the baseline (as-is) and target (to-be) Technology Architecture based on Architecture Vision-Develop and analyze the gaps

Intermediate Timer Event

triggered at certain dates/times, or after a time interval has elapsed since the moment the event is "enabled"

A receive activity __________________________________.

won't start until the incoming message has been received