chapter 11 Flashcards
What is the purpose of a business architecture framework?
It provides structure and compartments for organizing architectural products and outputs, ensuring order in business design.
A comprehensive matrix framework for describing an enterprise, using columns for questions (What, How, Where, Who, When, Why) and rows for perspectives (Scope, Business Model, System Model, Technology Model, Detailed Representations).
Zachman Framework
What are the key categories of the POLDAT Framework?
Process
Organization
Location
Data
Applications
Technology
A simplified way to view an enterprise, focusing on distinct components of the business.
Component Business Model
A model describing business processes in terms of actors, activities, and participants involved.
Use Case Model
The systematic process of managing, storing, and using organizational knowledge to transform intellectual property into a permanent asset.
Knowledge Management
What are the six questions answered in the Zachman Framework?
What (Data and entities)
How (Processes)
Where (Locations)
Who (People)
When (Time)
Why (Motivation)
Name the five rows in the Zachman Framework.
Scope
Business Model
System Model
Technology Model
Detailed Representations
What does POLDAT stand for?
Process
Organization
Location
Data
Applications
Technology
What is the focus of Business Scenarios?
Depicting expected outcomes during planned and unplanned events.
To describe static information and relationships between information at different levels of granularity.
Class Models
Models that describe business activities and the information exchanged between these activities.
Business Process Models
To represent systems functions or business processes in terms of involved actors and organizational roles.
Use Case Model’s purpose
What is the end goal of Knowledge Management?
To transform intellectual property into a valuable, permanent organizational asset.
Who developed the Zachman Framework?
John Zachman.
What does the “What” column in the Zachman Framework represent?
Data and entities.
What does the “How” column in the Zachman Framework represent?
Processes or functions.
What does the “Where” column in the Zachman Framework represent?
Location and network.
What does the “Who” column in the Zachman Framework represent?
People.
What does the “When” column in the Zachman Framework represent?
Time.
What does the “Why” column in the Zachman Framework represent?
Motivation.
What are the outputs of the POLDAT Framework?
Documents, tables, matrices, graphs, and models organized into six categories: Process, Organization, Location, Data, Applications, Technology.
What are Business Scenarios used for?
To illustrate what should happen during planned or unplanned events.
What is the main purpose of Business Process Models?
To describe the process and information flow between business activities.
Define Class Models.
Class Models
A simplified framework for viewing enterprise components.
IBM Component Business Model
A process to systematically manage, store, and use organizational knowledge as a permanent asset.
Knowledge Management
