Chapter 3: Core Concepts Flashcards
What is the TOGAF Standard?
The TOGAF Standard is an architecture framework that provides methods and tools for the acceptance, production, use, and maintenance of an Enterprise Architecture. It is based on an iterative process model supported by best practices and reusable architecture assets.
How does the TOGAF Standard define “architecture”?
The TOGAF Standard defines architecture as “The structure of components, their inter-relationships, and the principles and guidelines governing their design and evolution over time,” embracing but not strictly adhering to ISO/IEC/IEEE 42010: 2011.
What are the four architecture domains covered by the TOGAF Standard?
The four architecture domains are Business Architecture, Data Architecture, Application Architecture, and Technology Architecture.
What is the Architecture Development Method (ADM) in the TOGAF Standard?
The ADM is a tested and repeatable process for developing architectures, including establishing an architecture framework, developing architecture content, transitioning, and governing the realization of architectures within an iterative cycle.
What phases are included in the TOGAF ADM?
Phases include: Preliminary Phase, Phase A (Architecture Vision), Phase B (Business Architecture), Phase C (Information Systems Architectures), Phase D (Technology Architecture), Phase E (Opportunities & Solutions), Phase F (Migration Planning), Phase G (Implementation Governance), Phase H (Architecture Change Management), and Requirements Management.
What are the Enterprise Architecture service categories in the TOGAF Standard?
Service categories include Enterprise Support Services, Design Support Services, Development Support Services, Requirements Elicitation and Understanding Services, Architecture Planning Services, and Enterprise Architecture Practice Development Support Services.
What is the Architecture Content Framework in the TOGAF Standard?
It provides a structural model for architectural content, allowing work products to be consistently defined, structured, and presented, using categories like deliverables, artifacts, and building blocks.
Define the term “Interoperability” in the context of the TOGAF Standard.
Interoperability is the ability to share information and services within an enterprise and with external entities, addressing operational, information, technical, presentation, information, application, and technical integration/interoperability.
What is the Enterprise Continuum according to the TOGAF Standard?
The Enterprise Continuum categorizes assets in the Enterprise Repositories, classifying them from generic Foundation Architectures to Organization-Specific Architectures, including the Architecture Continuum and Solutions Continuum.
What are the major components of an Architecture Repository in the TOGAF Standard?
Components include the Architecture Metamodel, Architecture Capability, Architecture Landscape, Standards Library, Reference Library, Governance Repository, Architecture Requirements Repository, and Solutions Landscape.
What is the purpose of the TOGAF Content Framework?
The TOGAF Content Framework provides a detailed model of architectural work products, drives consistency in outputs, offers a comprehensive checklist, reduces the risk of gaps in deliverables, and mandates standard architecture concepts and terms.
What are the four abstraction levels in architecture as defined by the TOGAF Standard?
The abstraction levels are Contextual (why), Conceptual (what), Logical (how), and Physical (with what).
How are architecture principles defined in the TOGAF Standard?
Architecture principles are general rules and guidelines that inform and support the way an organization fulfills its mission, categorized into Enterprise Principles and Architecture Principles.
