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 - Describes innovative ways of doing business to replace old outdated ones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