Real Klausur Flashcards
1
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Whats the purpose of TOGAF?
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Emphazises business goals as architecture drivers, and provides a repository of best practices
2
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How does the TOGAF Process Look like?
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Preliminary ->
A: Architecture Vision B: Business Architecture C: Information System Architecture D: Technology Architecture E: Opportunities and Solutions F: Migration Planning G: Implementation Governance H: Architecture Change Management
CORE: Requirement Management
3
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Zachmanns Framework
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- Made in 1987
- 5 Levels and 3(+3) Perspectives
- Levels: (Scope Desc, Model of the bis, Model of the IS, Tech. Model, Detailed Description)
- Perspectives: (Data, Process, Network, +Persons,Time,Motivation)
4
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IT4IT
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- IT Functions as a normal business function
- Consists of Value Chain and Refrence Architecture
- Def: IT Services, Value Chain, Value Stream, Service Model, Func Component, Data Obj.)
5
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How does the Central IT Organization Look like?
What are the Characteristics/Pros/Cons
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Central IT: IT as a cross-section to all bu \+ Standards \+ EoS - Inflexibile often - Not business oriented
6
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How does the Decentral IT Organization Look like?
Char/P/N
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Decentral: Each bu has its own IT
+ Individual Responsibility
+ Controllability
- Application Jungle
7
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How does the Federal IT Organization look like? CPN?
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Federal: Decentral, but w/ an organizationally anchored governance for harmonization
+ Best of both worlds
- Difficult to balance, high demand in management capa
8
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What are Challenges for EAM in an agile environment
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- Managing Technical Debts
- Dealing w acceptance inssues by agile team
- Balancing upfront and emergent Architecture
- Balancing st and lt planning
- Dealing w/ lacking understanding of EA
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How would you solve Challenges in an Agile Environment?
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- Establish an Alignment between business and IT
- Consulting agile Teams regarding tool stacks
- Supporting in designing team structures
- Demonstrating the value of architecture
10
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Why would one use a capability map?
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- Communicate Business Goals
- Assess the current capabilities
- Identify EA demands
11
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Where would you get the data for a capability map?
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- Business Architecture
- Information Architecture
- Application Architecture
- Infrastructure Architecture
- Project
12
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Name the School of Thoughts
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- Enterprise IT Architecting
- Enterprise Integrating
- Enterprise Ecological Adaption
13
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SOT: Motto
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- Enterprise IT Architecting EA is a glue between IT and biz - Enterprise Integrating EA is a link between strat. and exec. - Enterprise Ecological Adaption EA is the means for organizational innovation and sustainability
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SOT: Objectives and Concerns
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- Enterprise IT Architecting
Support IT Planning, Reduce costs, Enable Business - Enterprise Integrating
Support organizational coherence - Enterprise Ecological Adaption
Encourage system-in-environment coevolution
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SOT: Principles and Assumptions
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- Enterprise IT Architecting
Apply a reductionist (mechanistic) stance. Dont question biz strat - Enterprise Integrating
Apply a holistic (systematic) stance. Dont question biz. strat. - Enterprise Ecological Adaption
Environment can be changed. Jointly design all org. dimensions
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SOT: Skills
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- Enterprise IT Architecting
Have technical competence and engineering knowledge - Enterprise Integrating
Facilitate small-group colab. Apply Systems Thinking - Enterprise Ecological Adaption
Foster dialogue apply system and system-in-environment-thinking
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SOT: Challenges
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- Enterprise IT Architecting
Convince the org. to accept the designed plans - Enterprise Integrating
Understand org. system dynamics collaborate across the org - Enterprise Ecological Adaption
Foster sense-making Collab across Org
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SOT: Insights
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- Enterprise IT Architecting
Foster the creation of hq models and planning scenarios - Enterprise Integrating
Enables significant orga. efficiency by eliminating unnecessary contracdictions and paradoxes - Enterprise Ecological Adaption
Foster organizational innovation and sustainability
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SOT: Limitations
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- Enterprise IT Architecting
Can produce inadequate or unfeasible solutions - Enterprise Integrating
Suspectible to perfect designs that support unsustainable strategies - Enterprise Ecological Adaption
requieres many org preconditions
20
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Which SOT Would you recommend? Why?
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EEA provides benefits of all groups and insures that the business Model respects to the market condition in a logical manner
21
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What is an EAM Pattern?
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A general reuseable solution to a common problem in a given context, identifies driving forces, knows usage and consequences
22
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Name an EAM Antipattern
How to tackle
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“Dont be a PP Architect”
- Architects create highlevel architectural models
- > Provide technical artefact, such as small MVPs Code snippets
23
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What Strategies for Vertical Disintegration exist?
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- Spin-off (Internal IT provider as independent enterprise with P&L response)
- Outsource (Medium or long term relocation of a significant part of valuecreation to an external provider, often including employee and asset transfer)
- Offshoring (Relocation of labour-intensive services into countries w/ lower factor costs)
24
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Make or Buy
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- Business Importance
- Own Proficiency
Managed Partnering = 1H, 2L
Outsource = 1L, 1L
Make by yourself = 2H, 2L
Grow and offer = 1L, 2H
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What are the Key Topics of IT Governance
- Establishment of Objectives
- Decision-making
- Compliance
- Culture
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IT is traditionally undermanaged
Management: IT-Strat werden nicht gelebet
Projects: Ad-hoc Firefighting
Systems: Historisch gewachsen
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IT Governance Inherent Goal
Nachschauen
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Separating demand from supply
Critical process (effectiveness)
- Know-how intensive
- Success through customer focus
- Specific process knowledge
Critical processes (efficiency)
- Resource intensive
- Success through industrialization
- EoS
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What are the Phases of Projects Portfolio Management
1. Idea generation
2. Project proposal evaluation
3. Scenario development
4. Portfolio approval
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TOGAF +/-
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+ Pervasive in practice
+ Trainings available
+ Open development
- Learning TOGAF ≠ Mastering TOGAF
- Lean EAM countermovement
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Archimate +/-
+ Predefined meta-model
+ Specific notation
- Limited extensibility
- Terminology mapping required
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IT4IT +/-
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+ Open Development
+ Certificates available
+ Trainings available
- Learning IT4IT ≠ Mastering IT4IT
- Lack of concrete guidelines for introducing IT4IT
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EAM as a tool for complexity Management. Challenges when managing application Landscapes
- IT lies in dense fog
- Lack of interest on the part of business and management
- Agility of IT does not keep pace w/ increasing business dynamics
34
Business capabilitites focus on ...?
The how and not the what
35
What is an Advantage of EA Model
o Increases Strategic alignment business & IT
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What is an Disadvantage of EA Model
o Communicate the Added-value
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What Phases in EA Architecture exist?
o Current
o Planned
o Target
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What is meant with current phase in EAA?
As is state of EA, actual Architecture
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What is meant with the planned phase in EAA?
Devived form planned and budgeted project for transforming EA until a certain point in time
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What is meant with the Target phase in EAA?
(to-be), ideal-state pursued according to strategic and architectural principles of the organization
41
Whats "Dont boil the Ocean"
Antipattern:
o Data collection efforts expensive and take time
=> Start w/ small Model, enlarge when needed incremental
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Whats "Dont build an ivory tower"
Antipattern:
o EA Initiatives as project and centralized
o Not talking to Stakeholder
=> Establish Shared Language, demonstrate quick wins
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What is a business Capabilitiy?
A functional building block of the business architecture that supports the business model and the business strategy. It defines the orgas capa to succesffully perform a unique business activitiy
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What differs a business capability form a process?
Describes what an enterprise does and business process how its done
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Whats a busniess capability map?
A visual represnatiation of the main functions in the enterprise which are necessary to support the companys business model and which redects the companys strategic direction
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What is an Usecase for BCM?
o Application Lifecycle: Pay special attention to capabilitites w/ many applications
o Cost vs. User Count Ration. Identify inefficient capabilities by analzying each applications cost
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What are the Benefits of EAM?
o Organizational alignment (common goalsconsensus)
o Information availability (access, standardized faster & better decisions)
o Resource portfolio optimization (no redundancy reduced cost & skill variation)
o Resource complementarity (integration, interoperabilityperformance, re-use)
