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3.5 EAM Standards, Frameworks and Tools Flashcards

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What is the Zachman Framework for Enterprise Architecture?

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IT is similar to a building construction and has increasing level or detail as you go down

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Does the Zachman Framework have different models depending on the stakeholder?

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Yes.

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How many levels and perspectives did the initial Zachman modle of 1987 have?

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5 Levels and 3 perspectives

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What was added to the initial Zachman Framework?

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  • 3 new perspectives (6 in tital)
  • a meta-model for the owner’s, designer’s and builder’s level
  • defines 7 rules for the concretion of the framework
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What are the 5 levels of the Zachman Framework?

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  • Scope description (ballpark view)
  • Model of the business (owner’s view)
  • Model of the information system (designer’s view)
  • technology model (builder’s view)
  • detailed description (out-of-context view)
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What are the 6 perspectives of the Zachman Framework?

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  • Data description
  • Process description
  • Network description
  • Persons
  • Time
  • Motivation
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What does TOGAF stand for?

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The Open Group Architecture Framework

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What is the TOGAF Scope?

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TOGAF emphasizes business goals as architecture drivers, and provides a repository of best practices e.g.:
- TOGAF Architecture Development Method (ADM)

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What are the TOGAF long-term goals?

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  • an industry standard, generic enterprise architecture methods
  • usable on its own or in conjuncture with product relevant frameworks
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Which type of framework is TOGAF?

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Business Transformation Framework.

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How is capability incrementation done in TOGAF?

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By the projects in the Project Portfolio and through the people, process and material dimension.

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What is the structure of TOGAF organized along?

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The structure and content of an Enterprise Architecture Capability

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What is the TOGAF Architecture Development Method (ADM)

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  • an iterative method, over the whole process
  • each iteration = new decision:
  • enterprise coverage
  • level of detail
  • time horizon etc.
  • decision based on: competence/ value accruing to the enterprise
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What are the stages in the TOGAF (ADM)?

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Preliminary
A. Architecture vision
B. Business vision
C. Information Systems Architecture
D. Technology Architecture
E. Opportunities and Solutions
F. Migration Planning
G. Implementation Governance
H. Architecture Change Management

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What is the preliminary phase in ADM about?

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  • this phase prepares the organization for undertaking successful EA projects (undersatnding the business environment, high level management commitment, agreement on scope etc.)
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What is the Architecture Vision about in ADM?

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  • Initiates on eiteration of the architecture process (sets scoes, contraints, expectations; required at the start of every architecture cycle)
  • creates the architecture vision
  • validates business context
  • creates statement of architecture work
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What is the Business Architecture Stage in ADM about?

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  • describe current business architecture
  • develop target business architecture
  • perform gap analysis
  • define roadmap for transforming the business architecture
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How does the TOGAF Architecture Content Framework look like?

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On top you have the Architecture Principles, Vision and Requirements (Why questions)

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What are the pros of TOGAF?

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  • pervasive in practice (there is a common understanding of terms)
  • trainings are available
  • certificates are available
  • compliant tools are available
  • internationally accepted
  • open development
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What are the cons of TOGAF?

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  • Inconsistencies between parts
  • adaptation necessary
  • learning TOGAF is not the same as mastering it
  • there is a lack of concrete guidelines for the introduction of TOGAF
  • there is a lean EAM countermovement to TOGAF
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What is the motivation behind ArchiMate?

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  • precise documentation of the enterprise architecture level
  • communication about architecture with others
  • analysis of architecture before their implementation
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What are ArchiMate’s layers and aspects?

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Layers: Technology, Application, Business

Aspects: Information, Behaviour, Structure

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What is ArchiMate’s generic structure?

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Passive structure: objects
Behavior: Behavior elements, service
Active structure: Structure element, interface

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What are recently introduced concepts in AchiMate?

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  • Business Goals
  • Business Capabilities
  • Achitecture Plateaus
  • Change Programs
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What are the pros of using domain-specific modeling languages (AchiMate)?
- predefined meta-model - specific notation - aligned with other frameworks - easier start of modeling due to exisiting concepts - comprehensive documentation - publicly available
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What are the cons of using domain-specific modeling languages (AchiMate)?
- maybe not prevalent in a specific region - training necessary for every modeler - limited extensibility - terminology mapping required
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Why is the IT function poorly managed in many organizations?
- IT function not build on an holistic design, but organized ad hoc - badly integrated IT management tools - IT function is not organised according to a continuous value chain - badly integrated with other business functions
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What does the IT4IT standard provide?
A business model for the IT function.
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What are four elements of the IT4IT standard?
- basic principle of the IT4IT standard: The IT function is run just like a normal business function. IT needs its own information system and tools to support its processes. - IT function is organized along a value chain. - the IT4IT standard is vendor-neutral, technology agonistic, and industry agnostic - core elements of the IT4IT standard are the IT4IT value chain and the IT4IT reference architecture.
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The IT value chain describes the IT service lifecycle captured in four IT value streams. What are the 4 value streams?
- Strategy to Portfolio - Requirement to Deploy - Request to fulfill - detect to correct
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What is strategy to portfolio about?
Drive IT portfolio to business innovation
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What is requirement to deploy?
Build what the business needs, when it needs it
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What is request to fulfill?
Catalog, fulfill & manage service usage
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What is detect to correct?
Anticipate & resolve production issues
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Into what does the IT4IT reference model break down the value stream?
Into a service model, the functional components and data objects
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What are the pros of the IT4IT?
- organizes the IT function with a customer focus - enables IT execution in a better, faster, cheaper way with less risk - complements other frameworks/standards - trainings available - certificates available - open development
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Cons of IT4IT? | -
- learnings is not mastering it - lack of concrete guidelines for introducing IT4IT - New approaches (few case studies, integrated into few tools)
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What are the two main challenges for EAM tools?
- to be the glue between different management functions - to be connected to different information sources
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What are the main appraoches EAM-tools have?
- Flexibility vs. guidance - Preconfigured vs. customization - integration vs. single-point-of-truth - framework-driven
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Are the EAM appraoches disjoint?
No: - combinations of different approaches are possible - tools follow partially several approaches with variable degree of coverage --> mostly no exact matching between tools and approaches possible
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