Architecture Content Framework Flashcards

describes the TOGAF content framework

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3 categories of Work products for Architecture Content Framework

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  1. Deliverables
  2. Artifacts
  3. Building Blocks
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Deliverable

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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

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Artifacts

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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).

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Building Blocks

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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

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Metamodel

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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.

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Metamodel has 2 type

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  1. Core
  2. Extension
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Architecture Content Framework

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It provides a detailed model of architectural work products.
It provides a comprehensive checklist of architectural work products.

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What is the Arch. content framework for ADM phase - Arch. Vision

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Architecture principles, Vision and Requirements.

Captures strategic context as vision

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What is the Arch. content framework for ADM phase - Business Architecture

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Arch. models of business, enterprise structure and capabilities

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What is the Arch. content framework for ADM phase - IS Architeture

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Arc. models of IT systems - application & data

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What is the Arch. content framework for ADM phase - Technology Architecture

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Procured technology assets, used to implement the solution

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What is the Arch. content framework for ADM phase - Architecture Realization

Realization = Opportunities & solution + Migration planning + implementation governance

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Transitions between architectural states, used to steer and govern implementation.

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Content Framework & ADM

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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.

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Core and Extension Content

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Core - Minimum set of architectural content to support tracebility ocross artifacts.
Extension - Allows for more specific or more in-depth modeling

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Core Metamodel Entity

Actor

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a person, organization, or system that is outside the consideration of the
architecture model, but interacts with it

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Core Metamodel Entity

Application Component

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an encapsulation of application functionality that is aligned to
implementation structure

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Core Metamodel Entity

Business Capability

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a particular ability that a business may possess or exchange to
achieve a specific purpose

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Core Metamodel Entity

Business Service

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supports business capabilities through an explicitly defined interface
and is explicitly governed by an organization

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Core Metamodel Entity

Course of Action

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direction and focus provided by strategic goals and objectives, often to
deliver the value proposition characterized in the business model

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Core Metamodel Entity

Data Entity

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an encapsulation of data that is recognized by a business domain expert as a
discrete concept

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Core Metamodel Entity

Function

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delivers business capabilities closely aligned to an organization, but not
explicitly governed by the organization

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Core Metamodel Entity

Information System Service

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the automated elements of a business service

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Core Metamodel Entity

Organization Unit

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a self-contained unit of resources with goals, objectives, and measures

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Core Metamodel Entity

Role

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an actor assumes a role to perform a task

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Core Metamodel Entity

Technology Component

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an encapsulation of technology infrastructure that represents a
class of technology product or specific technology product

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Core Metamodel Entity

Technology Service

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a technical capability required to provide enabling infrastructure that
supports the delivery of applications

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Core Metamodel Entity

Value Stream

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a representation of an end-to-end collection of value-adding activities that create an overall result for a customer, stakeholder, or end-user

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Relationship concept: Core Metamodel Entity

Process

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A process is a flow of interactions between functions and services and cannot be physically deployed

normally be used to describe flow

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Relationship concept: Core Metamodel Entity

Function

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The term “function” is used to describe a unit of business capability at all levels of granularity, encapsulating terms such as value chain, process area, capability, business function, etc.

describes units of business capability at all levels of granularity

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Relationship concept: Core Metamodel Entity

Business services

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Support organizational objectives - A business service operates as a boundary for one or more functions. The granularity of business services is dependent on the focus and emphasis of the business (as reflected by its drivers, goals, and objectives).
Deployed onto application components - Business services may be realized by business activity that does not relate to IT, or may be realized through IT.

explicity governed by the org.

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Relationship concept: Core Metamodel Entity

Application components

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An application component is implemented by a suite of technology components.

Are deployed onto technology components

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Governance extension

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Required when changes impact operational governance or when service level requirements differ fropm service to service.

Enterprise Manageability diag to be created

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Services Extension

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Required when business services do not align to technical & architectural needs

Business Use-case Diag, Organization Decomposition Diag

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Process Modeling Extension

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Required when process control step need to be identified and stored, when architecture has crtitcal or elaborate process flows.

Process Flow Diag
Event Diag

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Data Extension

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Where the architecture features significant complexity and risk around location, encapsulation, management/access of data.

Data Security Diag
Data Migration Diag
Data Lifecycle Diag

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Infrastructure Consolidation Extension

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When technology products/application are duplicate/overlapping, or geographically dispersed, when application/features are migrated to consolidated platform/application.

Process/Application Realization diagram, Software Engineering diagram, Application Migration diagram, Software Distribution diagram, Processing diagram, Networked Computing/Hardware diagram, Network and Communications diagram

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Motivation Extension

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When org has conflicting drivers/objectives, when service levels are unclear/unknown.

Goal/Objective/Service Diag

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System

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It is a combination of interacting elements organized to achieve one or more stated purposes.

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Stakeholders

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Individuals, teams, organizations, or classes thereof, having an interest in a
system.

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Concerns

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Interests in a system relevant to one or more of its stakeholders. Concerns may pertain to any aspect of the system’s functioning, development, or operation, including considerations such as performance, reliability, security, distribution, and evolvability and may determine the acceptability of the system.

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Architecture view

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It is representation of a system from the perspective of a related set of
concerns.

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Architecture viewpoint

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Defines the perspective from which an architectural view is taken.

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ADM phase vs View/Viewpoint

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Used in phase A to D for developing all architecture domains.

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Architecture view

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A representation of an overall architecture with meaning to one or more stakeholders in the system.

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Catalogs

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Lists of building blocks of a specific type, or of related types, that are used for
governance or reference purposes

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Matrices

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Show relationships between two or more model entities.

Represents list-based relationships

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Diagrams

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Representing building blocks in a rich and visual way, especially suited to stakeholder communication.

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Good Building Block

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  1. Considers implementation and usage and evolves to exploit technology and standards.
  2. Is reusable and replaceable
  3. Can be assembled from or subassembly of other building blocks