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Module 1: The Business Architecture Domain Flashcards

The rationale for business architecture: definition and objectives for business architecture. The role in business architecture

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What are the ‘Why’ / Motivational aspects of the organisation’s business architecture?

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Principles
Success Factors
Vision
Business Model
Strategy
Business Environment
Vocab

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What are the ‘What’ of the business architecture?

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Policy/Procedures
Value Streams
Partners
Capability
Culture
Channels
Products/Service
Organisation
Location
‘Functions’
Competitors
Customers
Customer Needs
Values
Rules
Infromation

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What are the ‘hows’ in the business architecture model?

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Delivery
Data
Process
People

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What are the enterprise architecture and are they separated from the business architecture?

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Yes
Database
Technology
Application

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Are there several layers of abstraction within business architecture?

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Yes

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You should not maintain a high-level view. True or False?

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False

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Do all organisations have a business architecture?

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True

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Do all organisations define their business architecture?

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No

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What is the Business Architecture Guild’s definition of Business Architecture (2015)?

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A blueprint of the enterprise that provides a common understanding of the organisation and is used to align strategic objectives and tactical demands

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What is the Business Architecture Guild’s definition of Business Architecture (2019)?

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Business Architecture represents holistic, multidimensional business views of: capabilities, end-to-end delivery, infromation and organisational structure; and the relationships among these views and strategies, products, policies, initiatives and stakeholders.

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Is the business architecture the abstracted view of the structure of an organisation?

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Yes

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What is included in the business architecture’s structure and behaviour of the organisation?

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Business ecosystem
Business model
Business Function
Business Processes
People

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What is business ecosystem?

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the constructs that come together to present a value proposition to the market

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What is the business model?

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how the organisation creates, delivers and builds value

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What are the business functions?

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Provide the desired business outcomes

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What are business processes?

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the activities that come together to deliver the value proposition

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What are the objectives of business architecture?

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Promote organisational health
Help fulfil unrealised opportunities
Aid organisation performance in a competitive marketplace
Promote business responsiveness
Understand the impact of change

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Who are the people in the business architecture organisation?

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The actors who are involved in the processes

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What does business architecture primarily focuses on?

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What the business does
Why the business does it
How it does it
How it’s organised
How it delivers its value proposition

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Can structure controlled relatively easily?

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Yes

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Core principles of business architecture as per the Business Architecture Book of Knowledge includes:

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it is about the business
the scope of business architecture in the scope of the business
it is not prescriptive
it is developed iteratively
it is reusable
it’s not about the deliverables, it is more about the mindset

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What is ‘promote organisational health’ in regards to the objective of business architecture as laid out in the BCS Business Analysis 3rd edition

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To ensure the longevity and well being of the organisation

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What is ‘help fulfil unrealised opportunities’ in regards to the objective of business architecture as laid out in the BCS Business Analysis 3rd edition

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react appropriately to external environmental factors, supporting change initiatives where the organisation stands to benefit

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What is ‘aid organisational performance in a competitive marketplace’ in regards to the objective of business architecture as laid out in the BCS Business Analysis 3rd edition

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monitoring business performance maximising the reuse of resources and ensure best practice

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What is 'promote business responsiveness' in regards to the objective of business architecture as laid out in the BCS Business Analysis 3rd edition
flexible and agile practices in delivering change
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What is 'understand the impact of change' in regards to the objective of business architecture as laid out in the BCS Business Analysis 3rd edition
Scope out the holistic effect of change on the organisation
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Explain the relationship between Strategy and Architecture
1. The proposed strategy can be mapped to the business architecture to understand both the scale of change and its feasibility 2. Architecture refines strategy
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Explain the relationship between Architecture and Implementation
1.Business change is designed and implemented once the strategy has been mapped against the business architecture 2. Implementation results in changes to the architecture.
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What does the business architecture help the organisation to do?
Understand the impact of change Promote business responsiveness Maintain performance in a competitive marketplace
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What happened if a business has not defined its business architecture?
It goes from strategy straight to implementation. Outcomes depended directly on both the strategy and the implementation
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What are common implementation issues?
Poorly Managed Lack of resources Lack of experienced staff Under-funded Solving wrong problem
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What are the components on the Enterprise Architecture
Business architecture Data Architecture Application architecture Infrastructure architecture Security
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What is the order of the enterprise architecture?
Business -> Data and Application (Talk to each other) -> Both into Infrastructure Security sits outside
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The infrastructure (technical) architecture interacts with the business architecture. True of False?
False
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What is the extended architecture when reference by TOGAF?
The point at which the organisation interacts with the external world, such as third parties, partners and customers
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What is the rationale for business architecture?
Proved basis for decision making throughout the organisation and informs how the organisation sets about fulfilling its mission.
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How does business architecture give direct value to an organisation?
Hels ensure any changes are aligned to the strategy no overlaps with other change initiatives helps business to prioritise its investments
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List the 9 principles to help uphold integrity from the TOGAF?
Primacy Principles Maximise benefit to the enterprise Infromation Management is everybody's business Business continuity Common use applications Service orientation Compliance with law IT Responsibility Protection of intellectual property
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Define Principle 1 of the TOGAF high level architectural principles
Primacy of Principles All principles apply to all organisations that exist within the enterprise to achieve a consistent and measurable quality of management infromation to decision makers
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Define Principle 2 of the TOGAF high level architectural principles
Maximise benefit to the enterprise Decisions are made to maximise benefit to all parts of the organisation
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Define Principle 3 of the TOGAF high level architectural principles
Information Management is everybody's business All parts of the organisation participate in the decisions needed to accomplish business objectives
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Define Principle 4 of the TOGAF high level architectural principles
Business Continuity Operations must be maintained despite system outages
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Define Principle 5 of the TOGAF high level architectural principles
Common use applications Applications should be developed that can be used throughout the organisation rather than isolated systems or duplicates for particular business units
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Define Principle 6 of the TOGAF high level architectural principles
Service Orientation Design services should embody real world activities
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Define Principle 7 of the TOGAF high level architectural principles
Compliance with Law Information management processes must comply with law, regulation and business policy
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Define Principle 8 of the TOGAF high level architectural principles
IT Responsibility Owning and implementing IT processes to meet business users needs for functionality, service levels and costs
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Define Principle 9 of the TOGAF high level architectural principles
Protection of intellectual property The organisation's intellectual property must be protected, particularly because a large part of the organisation's IP is hosted in the IT domain.
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What is the role of the business architect?
Consider Business needs --> Identify target sate --> Architect business changes --> Meet organisational objectives
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What is the business architect responsible for?
Understanding business req. objectives and translate into actionable cleat solutions Design and develop business architectures that support the organisation's goals and objectives Identify and manage business risks and opportunities Communicate and collab with key stakeholders to ensure solutions are aligned Provide guidance to business analysts and other members of the business architecture team
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What does SFIA stand for
Skills Framework in the Infromation Age
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What are the other roles in business architecture?
Senior Management Team Programme Manager - Deliver business outcomes Business Analyst Business Change Manager - Transition Management Solution Architect - Technical Vision Subject Matter Expert External Supplier
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Is the scope of the business architecture the scope of the business?
Yes

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