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Definition of “Continuum” |
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Noun: a continuous extent of something, no part of which is different from any other. |
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The Benefits of a Consistent Language |
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Any architecture is context-specific |
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Technical Reference Model |
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Architecture Development Method |
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The Open Group Architecture Framework |
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The Enterprise Continuum consists of what three aprts? |
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1. The Enterprise Continuum 2. The Architecture Continuum 3. The Solutions Continuum |
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Architecture Building Blocks |
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What are the parts of the Architecture Continuum? |
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1. Foundation Architecture 2. Common Systems Architecture 3, Industry Architecture 4. Organization Specific Architecture |
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What is the Solutions Continuum? |
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The Solutions Continuum represents the implementations of the architectures at the corresponding levels of the Architecture Continuum. |
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What is FOundation Architecture? |
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A Foundation Architecture consists of generic components, inter-relationships, principles, and guidelines that provide a foundation on which more specific architectures can be built. |
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What are Common Systems Architecture? |
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Common Systems Architectures guide the selection and integration of specific services from the Foundation Architecture to create an architecture useful for building common solutions across a wide number of relevant domains. Examples of Common Systems Architectures include Security Architecture, Management Architecture, Network Architecture, etc. |
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What are Industry Arhcitectures? |
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Industry Architectures guide the integration of common systems components with industryspecific components, and guide the creation of industry solutions for specific customer problems within a particular industry. |
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What are Specific-Organization Architectures? |
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Organization-Specific Architectures describe and guide the final deployment of user-written or third-party components that constitute effective solutions for particular enterprises. |
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What are the part of the Solutions Continuum? |
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1. Foundation Solutions 2. Common Systems Solutions 3. Industry Solutions 4. Organization-Specific Solutions |
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What are Foundation Solutions? |
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Foundation Solutions are highly generic concepts, tools, products, services, and solution components that are the fundamental providers of capabilities. |
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What are Common Systems Solutions? |
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A Common Systems Solution is an implementation of a Common Systems Architecture and is comprised of a set of products and services, which may be certified or branded. It represents the highest common denominator for one or more solutions in the industry segments that the Common Systems Solution supports. |
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What are Industry Solutions? |
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An Industry Solution is an implementation of an Industry Architecture, which provides re-usable packages of common components and services specific to an industry. |
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What are Organization-Specific Solutions? |
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An Organization-Specific Solution is an implementation of the Organization-Specific Architecture that provides the required business functions. Because solutions are designed for specific business operations, they contain the highest amount of unique content in order to accommodate the varying people and processes of specific organizations. |
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What is the Architecture Repository? |
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The Architecture Repository is a model for a physical instance of the Enterprise Continuum. |
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What are the six classes of Architecture Informaiton? |
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1. The Architecture Metamodel 2. The Architecture Capability 3. The Architecture Landscape 4. The Standards Information Base 5. The Reference Library 6. The Governance Log |
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What are the ten phases of ADM? |
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Preliminary A. Architecture Vision B. Business Architecture C. Information System Architecture D. Technology Architecture E. Oppotunities and Solutions F. Migration Planning G. Implementation Governance H. Architecture Change Management Requirements Manegement |
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What is the Preliminary Phase of the ADM? |
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The Preliminary Phase is about defining “where, what, why, who, and how we do architecture” in the enterprise concerned. |
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What is Phase A of the ADM? |
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Phase A: Architecture Vision Phase A is about project establishment and initiates an iteration of the Architecture Development Cycle, setting the scope, constraints, and expectations for the iteration. |
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What is Phase B of the ADM? |
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Phase B: Business Architecture Phase B is about development of a Business Architecture to support an agreed Architecture Vision. |
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What is Phase C of the ADM? |
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Phase C: Information Systems Architectures Phase C is about documenting the Information Systems Architectures for an architecture project, including the development of Data and Application Architectures. This describes the major types of information and the application systems that process the information, and their relationships to each other and the environment. |
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What is Phase D of the ADM? |
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Phase D: Technology Architecture Phase D is about documenting the Technology Architecture for an architecture project, in the form of the fundamental organization of the IT systems. |
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What is Phase E of the ADM? |
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Phase E: Opportunities and Solutions Phase E is the first phase which is directly concerned with implementation. It describes the process of identifying major implementation projects and grouping them into work packages that deliver the Target Architecture identified in previous phases. |
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What is Phase F of the ADM? |
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Phase F: Migration Planning Phase F addresses detailed migration planning |
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What is Phase G of the ADM? |
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Phase G: Implementation Governance Phase G defines how the architecture constrains the implementation projects, monitors it while building it, and produces a signed Architecture Contract. |
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What is Phase H of the ADM? |
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Phase H: Architecture Change Management Phase H ensures that changes to the architecture are managed in a controlled manner. |
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What Phases of the ADM follow similar processes? |
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What are the three ways to change existing infrastructure? |
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1. Strategic, top-down directed change to enhance or create new capability (capital) 2. Bottom-up changes to correct or enhance capability (operations and maintenance) for infrastructure under operations management 3. Experiences with the previously delivered project increments in the care of operations management, but still being delivered by ongoing projects |
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What is the Requirements Management Phase of the ADM? |
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The process of managing architecture requirements applies to all phases of the ADM cycle. The Requirements Management process is a dynamic process, which addresses the identification of requirements for the enterprise, stores them, and then feeds them in and out of the relevant ADM phases. |
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What Phase of the ADM happens before any other? |
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What Phase of the ADM is at the canter of the ADM? |
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The Requirements Management Phase |
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What are Architecture Principles? |
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A set of principles that relate to architecture work. They reflect consensus across the enterprise, and embody the spirit of the enterprise architecture. Architecture principles govern the architecture process, affecting the development, maintenance, and use of the enterprise architecture. |
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What are the five criteria that define a good set of principles? |
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Understandability Robustness Completeness Consistency Stability |
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What anacronym is used to describe a good business scenario? |
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SMART • Specific, by defining what needs to be done • Measurable, through clear metrics for success • Actionable, by clearly segmenting the problem and providing the basis for a solution • Realistic, in that the problem can be solved within the bounds of physical reality, time, and cost constraints • Time-bound, in that there is a clear statement of when the opportunity expires |
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What is GAP Analysis to the ADM? |
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The basic premise is to highlight a shortfall between the Baseline Architecture and the Target Architecture |
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What is Architecture Governance? |
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Architecture Governance is the practice by which enterprise architectures and other architectures are managed and controlled at an enterprise-wide level. |
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Governance is about ensuring that business is conducted properly. It is less about overt control and strict adherence to rules, and more about effective usage of resources to ensure sustainability of an organization's strategic objectives. |
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What are the qualities of a good Principle? |
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Understandable Robust Complete Consistent Stable |
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