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What is the approach towards Business Architecture?

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  1. Develop Baseline description
    • Understand existing architecture
    • Document assumptions
  2. Business modelling
    • Activity Models, BPMN, Use case Models, Class Models
  3. Use Architecture repository
    • Industry Business models
    • Business domain models
    • BB’s
    • Standards
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What is the approach towards Change Management?

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H: Architecture Change Management

  • Ensure Architecture Capability meets today’s needs
  • Top-Down strategic approach to enhance/create new capability
  • Bottom-up to enhance current capability
  • Ensure Architecture Lifecycle (ADM) is maintained
  • Ensure Governance Framework is executed
  • Monitor changes that need to be fed to previous projects
  • RFC handled by Architecture Board
  • Use Change Management Process
  • Decide Maintenance / design
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  • Determine Architecture Capability
  • Review Org Context
  • Identify and scope enterprise
  • Identify Frameworks, methods and process that intersect
  • Establish Capability Maturity Target
  • Establish Architecture Capability
  • Define Org model
  • Define and establish detailed process and resource
  • Define Arch principles
  • Select and Implement tools
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What are the Preliminary Phase Objectives?

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Requirements Management objectives

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  • Ensure Requirements Management in all relevant phases- Management requirements identified in an ADM phase- Make requirements available for each ADM phase
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DM Phase G approach

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  • Implementation programme
  • Business priorities, Org Standards, PMO Approach, Operational Considerations
  • Architecture contract
  • Name, Description, Objectives
  • Scope, Deliverables, Constraints
  • Measure of effectiveness
  • Acceptance critieria
  • Risks and Issues
  • Ensure compliance
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ADM Phase G Objectives

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  • Ensure conformance of implementation with architecture- Perform architecture governance functions
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  • Business strategy -
  • Business Governance -
  • Business Organization -
  • Key business processes
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Business Architecture domain covers

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  • Software and hardware capabilities
  • Support for business, data, application services
  • Includes – IT infrastructure – middleware – networks – communications – processing – standards
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Technology Architecture domain covers

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Technology Architecture domain covers

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  • Software and hardware capabilities
  • Support for business, data, application services
  • Includes – IT infrastructure – middleware – networks – communications – processing – standards
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When is scope decided?

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Agreement on the scope is reached in the Preliminary phase

and it is defined in phase A

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  • Core of TOGAF
  • A method of deriving an organization’s EA
  • Develops content, transitioning, and governance
  • An iterative cycle responding to business needs
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List some characteristics of the ADM

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Architecture contract phase?

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Phase G

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  • P: Preliminary phase- R: Requirements management- A: Architecture vision- B: Business architecture- C: Information system architectures- D: Technology architecture- E: Opportunities and solutions- F: Migration planning- G: Implementation
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List the 10 ADM phases (P, R, A-H)

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Phase G

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Architecture contract phase?

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  1. Create Architecture vision
    • First cut - high level BDAT - 0.1
    • Key parts of Business context: Goals, Strategy and Environment
  2. Create Business scenarios
    • Capability
    • Business value
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What is the approach to Phase A?

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List some characteristics of the ADM

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  • Core of TOGAF
  • A method of deriving an organization’s EA
  • Develops content, transitioning, and governance
  • An iterative cycle responding to business needs
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  • Blueprint for deployed application systems
  • Interactions of systems
  • Relationships to core business processes
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Application Architecture domain covers

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  • Business - Data - Application - Technology
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List the 4 architecture domains

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  • Based on gaps identified
  • Based on review of requirements, constraints, readiness
  • Create work packages - logical group of changes
  • Identify Transition Architectures
  • Create Draft Architecture roadmap
  • Create Draft Implementation and Migration Plan
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ADM Phase E approach

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Data Management - MDM, Standards, Dissemination(Dispersed), CRUD Policy, Transformation, Software Requirements

Data Migration - Affected items, Transformation, Data definition

Data Governance - Structure, Standards, MIS, Roles, Skills

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What is the approach towards Data Architecture?

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ADM Phase F objectives

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  • Finalize the Architecture Roadmap
  • Finalize Implementation and Migration Plan
  • Ensure Impl plan complies with enterprise’s approach to change management
  • Ensure cost and business value of work packages, transition architecture are clearly understood
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Name and describe ADM Phase G

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G: Implementation Governance

  • Architectural oversight of implementation
  • Prepare, issue, govern Architecture Contracts
  • Govern implementation and deployment
  • Ensure conformance with target architecture
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  • Ensure Requirements Management in all relevant phases- Management requirements identified in an ADM phase- Make requirements available for each ADM phase
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Requirements Management objectives

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ADM Phase E Objectives

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  • Generate initial Architecture Roadmap
  • Based on gap analysis
  • Based on candidate roadmap components from phases B,C,D
  • Determine if incremental approach is required
  • – If so, define transition architectures
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What is the Approach for Preliminary Phase

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  1. Define the Enterprise - Scope, Stakeholders, Extent
  2. Identify Key drivers in Org context: Business models, Process, Skills, Culture, Capabilities
  3. Define Requirement for Architecture Work: Business need, Cultural aspiration, Org intent, Strategic intent, Financial forecast
  4. Define Architecture Principles
  5. Define the Framework to be used: Business capability, PMO, Operations and Solution development
  6. Define relationships between management frameworks
  7. Evaluate architecture maturity
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  • Finalize the Architecture Roadmap
  • Finalize Implementation and Migration Plan
  • Ensure Impl plan complies with enterprise’s approach to change management
  • Ensure cost and business value of work packages, transition architecture are clearly understood
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ADM Phase F objectives

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  • Architecture oversight for implementation- Define architecture constraints- Create, govern and manage Architecture Contract- Monitor implementation for conformance
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ADM Phase G key activities

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B: Business architecture

  • Select reference models, viewpoints and tools
  • Set Baseline Arch
  • Set Target Arch
  • Identify Gaps
  • Define candidate roadmap components
  • Resolve impacts
  • Conduct formal stakeholder review
  • Finalise
  • Create ADD
A

Typical Steps - B,C and D

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ADN Phase F approach

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  • Finalize the Architecture Roadmap- Finalize Implementation and Migration Plan- Integrate plan with enterprise change activity- Assess dependencies, cost, benefits of choices
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  • Requirements management process drives ADM- RM Deals with changes in requirements- RM does not manage requirements, the ADM does- Add, dispose, prioritize is done in the ADM, not RM- Use a Requirements Repository of your choice (COTS)- Use Bus
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Requirements management approach

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  • Generate initial Architecture Roadmap
  • Based on gap analysis
  • Based on candidate roadmap components from phases B,C,D
  • Determine if incremental approach is required
  • – If so, define transition architectures
A

ADM Phase E Objectives

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H: Architecture Change Management

  • Ensure Architecture Capability meets today’s needs
  • Top-Down strategic approach to enhance/create new capability
  • Bottom-up to enhance current capability
  • Ensure Architecture Lifecycle (ADM) is maintained
  • Ensure Governance Framework is executed
  • Monitor changes that need to be fed to previous projects
  • RFC handled by Architecture Board
  • Use Change Management Process
  • Decide Maintenance / design
A

What is the approach towards Change Management?

27
Q

Agreement on the scope is reached in the Preliminary phase

and it is defined in phase A

A

When is scope decided?

28
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Change can be about (3 kinds)

A
  • Simplification: handle via change management
  • Incremental: Change mgmt or partial re-architect
  • Re-architect: Repeat the ADM cycle
30
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What are the objectives of Phase B, C and D

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  1. Develop Target Business, Data and Application Architecture
    • Achieve previous phase goals
    • Addressing Request for architecture work
    • Addressing stakeholder concerns
  2. Identify Candidate Architecture roadmap components
    • Based upon gaps
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  • Implementation programme
  • Business priorities, Org Standards, PMO Approach, Operational Considerations
  • Architecture contract
  • Name, Description, Objectives
  • Scope, Deliverables, Constraints
  • Measure of effectiveness
  • Acceptance critieria
  • Risks and Issues
  • Ensure compliance
A

DM Phase G approach

31
Q
  1. Define the Enterprise - Scope, Stakeholders, Extent
  2. Identify Key drivers in Org context: Business models, Process, Skills, Culture, Capabilities
  3. Define Requirement for Architecture Work: Business need, Cultural aspiration, Org intent, Strategic intent, Financial forecast
  4. Define Architecture Principles
  5. Define the Framework to be used: Business capability, PMO, Operations and Solution development
  6. Define relationships between management frameworks
  7. Evaluate architecture maturity
A

What is the Approach for Preliminary Phase

32
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Three categories of ADM work products

A
  • Deliverables- Artifacts- Building blocks
33
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ADM Phase G key activities

A
  • Architecture oversight for implementation- Define architecture constraints- Create, govern and manage Architecture Contract- Monitor implementation for conformance
34
Q

Application Architecture domain covers

A
  • Blueprint for deployed application systems
  • Interactions of systems
  • Relationships to core business processes
35
Q
  1. Develop Target Business, Data and Application Architecture
    • Achieve previous phase goals
    • Addressing Request for architecture work
    • Addressing stakeholder concerns
  2. Identify Candidate Architecture roadmap components
    • Based upon gaps
A

What are the objectives of Phase B, C and D

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List the 10 ADM phases (P, R, A-H)

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  • P: Preliminary phase- R: Requirements management- A: Architecture vision- B: Business architecture- C: Information system architectures- D: Technology architecture- E: Opportunities and solutions- F: Migration planning- G: Implementation
39
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Guidelines for re-architecting vs simplification

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  • If involves more than 2 stakeholders: re-architect
  • If one stakeholder: change management
  • Allowed under a dispensation: change management
41
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Phase - E Steps

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E: Opportunities and solutions

  • Assess Change to Architecture using Deduction Matrix
  • Review EA Maturity
  • Analyze gaps using Consolidated Matrix and Capability Assessment
  • Prepare Implementation and Migration Strategy
  • Identify and Group Work packages by using deductions, gaps and Strategy
  • Identify Transition Architectures if work packages are big - Architecture Definiton Increments Table
  • Prepare Architecture Roadmap
42
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  • Make- Buy- Reuse- Outsource- COTS - Commercial off the shelf- Open source
A

List choices for how to implement technology

42
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  • Deliverables- Artifacts- Building blocks
A

Three categories of ADM work products

43
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ADM Phase E approach

A
  • Based on gaps identified
  • Based on review of requirements, constraints, readiness
  • Create work packages - logical group of changes
  • Identify Transition Architectures
  • Create Draft Architecture roadmap
  • Create Draft Implementation and Migration Plan
44
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E: Opportunities and solutions

  • Assess Change to Architecture using Deduction Matrix
  • Review EA Maturity
  • Analyze gaps using Consolidated Matrix and Capability Assessment
  • Prepare Implementation and Migration Strategy
  • Identify and Group Work packages by using deductions, gaps and Strategy
  • Identify Transition Architectures if work packages are big - Architecture Definiton Increments Table
  • Prepare Architecture Roadmap
A

Phase - E Steps

45
Q

Business Architecture domain covers

A
  • Business strategy -
  • Business Governance -
  • Business Organization -
  • Key business processes
45
Q
  • Communicate Business value (Value/Outcome)
  • Ensure architecture lifecycle is maintained
  • Operate the Architecture Governance Framework
  • Ensure Architecture Capability meets requirements
A

ADM Phase H Objectives

47
Q

What is the approach to Phase A?

A
  1. Create Architecture vision
    • First cut - high level BDAT - 0.1
    • Key parts of Business context: Goals, Strategy and Environment
  2. Create Business scenarios
    • Capability
    • Business value
48
Q
  • If involves more than 2 stakeholders: re-architect
  • If one stakeholder: change management
  • Allowed under a dispensation: change management
A

Guidelines for re-architecting vs simplification

49
Q

ADM Phase H Objectives

A
  • Communicate Business value (Value/Outcome)
  • Ensure architecture lifecycle is maintained
  • Operate the Architecture Governance Framework
  • Ensure Architecture Capability meets requirements
50
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  • Major logical grouping of capabilities- That manage and process business data
A

Define Application Architecture

51
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What is the approach towards Data Architecture?

A

Data Management - MDM, Standards, Dissemination(Dispersed), CRUD Policy, Transformation, Software Requirements

Data Migration - Affected items, Transformation, Data definition

Data Governance - Structure, Standards, MIS, Roles, Skills

52
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List choices for how to implement technology

A
  • Make- Buy- Reuse- Outsource- COTS - Commercial off the shelf- Open source
54
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Phase E - Once decided, then Phase F will update Implementation plan and finalize it

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Make / Buy decision?

55
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Make / Buy decision?

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Phase E - Once decided, then Phase F will update Implementation plan and finalize it

56
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What are the objectives of Architecture Vision?

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  1. Develop high level Architecture Vision of
    • Capabilities to be delivered
    • Business Value to be delivered
  2. Obtain approval for statement of Architecture Work
57
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  1. Develop high level Architecture Vision of
    • Capabilities to be delivered
    • Business Value to be delivered
  2. Obtain approval for statement of Architecture Work
A

What are the objectives of Architecture Vision?

58
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What are the Preliminary Phase Objectives?

A
  • Determine Architecture Capability
  • Review Org Context
  • Identify and scope enterprise
  • Identify Frameworks, methods and process that intersect
  • Establish Capability Maturity Target
  • Establish Architecture Capability
  • Define Org model
  • Define and establish detailed process and resource
  • Define Arch principles
  • Select and Implement tools
60
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List the 4 architecture domains

A
  • Business - Data - Application - Technology
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F: Migration planning

  • Detailed Implementation and migration plans
    a. Dependencies
    b. Costs and Benefits
    c. Risks
    d. Business Value assignment
  • Finalize Roadmap
  • Finalize Implementation Plan
A

What is the approach towards Migration Planning?

62
Q
  1. Develop Baseline description
    • Understand existing architecture
    • Document assumptions
  2. Business modelling
    • Activity Models, BPMN, Use case Models, Class Models
  3. Use Architecture repository
    • Industry Business models
    • Business domain models
    • BB’s
    • Standards
A

What is the approach towards Business Architecture?

63
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What is the approach towards Migration Planning?

A

F: Migration planning

  • Detailed Implementation and migration plans
    a. Dependencies
    b. Costs and Benefits
    c. Risks
    d. Business Value assignment
  • Finalize Roadmap
  • Finalize Implementation Plan
65
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  • Simplification: handle via change management
  • Incremental: Change mgmt or partial re-architect
  • Re-architect: Repeat the ADM cycle
A

Change can be about (3 kinds)

66
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G: Implementation Governance

  • Architectural oversight of implementation
  • Prepare, issue, govern Architecture Contracts
  • Govern implementation and deployment
  • Ensure conformance with target architecture
A

Name and describe ADM Phase G

67
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Define Application Architecture

A
  • Major logical grouping of capabilities- That manage and process business data
68
Q
  • Ensure conformance of implementation with architecture- Perform architecture governance functions
A

ADM Phase G Objectives

69
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Typical Steps - B,C and D

A

B: Business architecture

  • Select reference models, viewpoints and tools
  • Set Baseline Arch
  • Set Target Arch
  • Identify Gaps
  • Define candidate roadmap components
  • Resolve impacts
  • Conduct formal stakeholder review
  • Finalise
  • Create ADD
71
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Name and describe ADM Requirements Management

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R: Requirements Management- Every stage is based on requirements- Every stage validates requirements- Requirements are fed in/out of each phase- Phases address, dispose, and prioritize reqmts

72
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Requirements management approach

A
  • Requirements management process drives ADM
  • RM Deals with changes in requirements
  • RM does not manage requirements, the ADM does
  • Add, dispose, prioritize is done in the ADM, not RM
  • Use a Requirements Repository of your choice (COTS)- Use Bus
73
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R: Requirements Management- Every stage is based on requirements- Every stage validates requirements- Requirements are fed in/out of each phase- Phases address, dispose, and prioritize reqmts

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Name and describe ADM Requirements Management

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