Definitions Part 1

Question 1

Application

Answer 1

Application
A deployed and operational IT system that supports business functions and services; for example, a payroll.

Question 2

Application Architecture

Answer 2

Application Architecture
A description of the structure and interaction of the applications as groups of capabilities that provide key business functions and manage the data assets.

Question 3

Architecture

Answer 3

Architecture
1.A formal description of a system, or a detailed plan of the system at component level, to guide its implementation (source: ISO/IEC 42010: 2007).

2.The structure of components, their inter-relationships, and the principles and guidelines governing their design and evolution over time.

Question 4

Architecture Building Block (ABB)

Answer 4

Architecture Building Block (ABB)
A constituent of the architecture model that describes a single aspect of the overall model.

Question 5

Architecture Development Method (ADM)

Answer 5

Architecture Development Method (ADM)
The core of TOGAF. A step-by-step approach to develop and use an enterprise architecture.

Question 6

Architecture Domain

Answer 6

Architecture Domain
The architectural area being considered. There are four architecture domains within TOGAF: business, data, application, and technology.

Question 7

Architecture Framework

Answer 7

Architecture Framework

A conceptual structure used to develop, implement, and sustain an architecture.

Question 8

Architecture Principles

Answer 8

Architecture Principles

A qualitative statement of intent that should be met by the architecture. Has at least a supporting rationale and a measure of importance.

Question 9

Architecture Vision

Answer 9

Architecture Vision

A succinct description of the Target Architecture that describes its business value and the changes to the enterprise that will result from its successful deployment. It serves as an aspirational vision and a boundary for detailed architecture development.

Question 10

Baseline

Answer 10

Baseline
A specification that has been formally reviewed and agreed upon, that thereafter serves as the basis for further development or change and that can be changed only through formal change control procedures or a type of procedure such as configuration management.

Question 11

View

Answer 11

View
The representation of a related set of concerns.

A view is what is seen from a viewpoint. An architecture view may be represented by a model to demonstrate to stakeholders their areas of interest in the architecture. A view does not have to be visual or graphical in nature

Question 12

Viewpoint

Answer 12

Viewpoint
A definition of the perspective from which a view is taken.

It is a specification of the conventions for constructing and using a view (often by means of an appropriate schema or template). A view is what you see; a viewpoint is where you are looking from — the vantage point or perspective that determines what you see.