Architecture Content Framework Flashcards
describes the TOGAF content framework
3 categories of Work products for Architecture Content Framework
- Deliverables
- Artifacts
- Building Blocks
Deliverable
A deliverable is a work product that is contractually specified and in turn formally
reviewed, agreed, and signed off by the stakeholders.
Can contain multiple artifacts
Artifacts
An artifact is an architectural work product that describes an aspect of the architecture.
Classified as catalogs (lists of things), matrices (showing relationships between things), and diagrams (pictures of things).
Building Blocks
A building block represents a (potentially re-usable) component of enterprise capability that can be combined with other building blocks to deliver architectures and solutions.
Eg: ABBs & SBBs
Metamodel
A model that describes how and with what the architecture will be described in a structured
way.
It is a precise definition of the constructs and rules needed for creating models.
Metamodel has 2 type
- Core
- Extension
Architecture Content Framework
It provides a detailed model of architectural work products.
It provides a comprehensive checklist of architectural work products.
What is the Arch. content framework for ADM phase - Arch. Vision
Architecture principles, Vision and Requirements.
Captures strategic context as vision
What is the Arch. content framework for ADM phase - Business Architecture
Arch. models of business, enterprise structure and capabilities
What is the Arch. content framework for ADM phase - IS Architeture
Arc. models of IT systems - application & data
What is the Arch. content framework for ADM phase - Technology Architecture
Procured technology assets, used to implement the solution
What is the Arch. content framework for ADM phase - Architecture Realization
Realization = Opportunities & solution + Migration planning + implementation governance
Transitions between architectural states, used to steer and govern implementation.
Content Framework & ADM
Content framework provides a structure for defining the niput and output of each ADM phase.
ADM describes what needs to be done to create and architecture, and content framework describes what it should look like in the end.
Core and Extension Content
Core - Minimum set of architectural content to support tracebility ocross artifacts.
Extension - Allows for more specific or more in-depth modeling
Core Metamodel Entity
Actor
a person, organization, or system that is outside the consideration of the
architecture model, but interacts with it
Core Metamodel Entity
Application Component
an encapsulation of application functionality that is aligned to
implementation structure
Core Metamodel Entity
Business Capability
a particular ability that a business may possess or exchange to
achieve a specific purpose
Core Metamodel Entity
Business Service
supports business capabilities through an explicitly defined interface
and is explicitly governed by an organization
Core Metamodel Entity
Course of Action
direction and focus provided by strategic goals and objectives, often to
deliver the value proposition characterized in the business model