Section 2 - ADM Guidelines and tools

Question 1

What are the ADM guidelines and techniques?

Answer 1

1. Using the TOGAM ADM in the context of a specific Architectural style
2. Architect Principles
3. Stakeholder Management
4. Architecture Patterns
5. Business Scenarios
6. Gap Analysis
7. Migration Planning Techniques
8. Interoperability Requirements
9. Business Transformation Readiness Assessment
10. Risk Management
11. Capability Based Planning

Question 3

What are Architecture Principles?

Answer 3

An enduring set of general rules and guidelines about architecture

Not intended to change very often

Defined during the preliminary phase

Servers as a statement by which you can make decisions

Question 4

What are the Five elements of a Good Principle?

Answer 4

1. Understandability
2. Robustness
3. Completeness
4. Consistency
5. Stability

Question 5

What is the TOGAF definition of a stakeholder?

Answer 5

An individual, team, or organisation, or class thereof, having an interest in a system.

Know who are the most powerful stakeholders.

Identify problems and conflicts early in order to avoid them.

Question 6

What is the concept of an architecture pattern?

Answer 6

An idea that has been useful in one practical context and will probably be useful in others.

Question 7

How do Architecture patterns help you?

Answer 7

Tells you when to uses the, why you are using them, how to use them, and their limitations.

(Best Practices)

Question 8

What are the 4 parts of a business scenario?

Answer 8

1. A business process, application, or set of applications.
2. The business and technology environment
3. The people and software (“Actors”) involved
4. What it is the desired outcome.

Anyone should be able to understand a business problem and solution by reading the business scenario. (A neatly laid out business case)

Question 10

What Key steps is GAP analysis used in the ADM?

Answer 10

In the BDAT phases and migration planning ( Phases B to E)

Question 11

What is Gap Analysis?

Answer 11

Comparing the Baseline architecture with the Target architecture.

Gaps are anything added, changed or intentionally omitted.

Will also identify things accidentally omitted.

Explain why things have been added or removed.

Question 12

What are the Five Tools used in Phase F - Migration Planning?

Answer 12

1. Implementation Factor Assessment & Deduction Matrix
2. Consolidation Gaps, Solutions & Dependencies Matrix
3. Architecture definitions increments Table
4. Transition Architecture state evolution Table
5. Business Value Assessment Technique

Question 13

What is the TOGAF definition of Interoperability?

Answer 13

The ability to share information and services. (3 types)

How business teams work together

How data shared.

How technical services connected to one another.

Question 14

How is the Business Readiness Transformation Assessment (BRTA) tool defined?

Answer 14

Evaluating and quantifying an organisation’s readiness to undergo change

Question 15

What are the Five recommended activities for Business Readiness Transformation Assessment (BRTA)?

Answer 15

1. Determine the readiness factors that will impact the organisation.
2. Present the readiness factors using maturity models
3. Assess the readiness factors, including determination of readiness factor ratings
4. Assess the risks for each readiness factor and identify improvement actions to mitigate the risk
5. Work these actions into phase E and F implementation and migration plan

Question 16

Name some examples of Readiness factors

Answer 16

• Vision
• Desire, willingness, resolve
• Need
• Business case
• Funding
• Leadership, sponsor, Champion
• Governance
• Accountability
• IT Capacity to Execute
• Enterprise Capacity to Execute

Question 17

What are the different types of trade offs?

Answer 17

Flexibility
Time & Cost
Length of time to achieve benefits
Adherence to architecture guidelines
Solution delivery method (develop, but)
Impact on business capabilities
Risk - How likely the solution will work

Question 18

What is the TOGAF definition of Initial Level of risk?

Answer 18

Initial Level of risk is the risk that exists if you do nothing to mitigate them

Question 19

What is the TOGAF definition of Residual Level of risk?

Answer 19

Residual Level of risk is the risk that remains after you have mitigated them.

Question 20

What is the TOGAF definition of Capacity Planning?

Answer 20

A business planning technique that focuses on business outcomes.

Capabilities are business driven and ideally business led.

Designed to compact the fact that organisations are split along functions.

Many business functions work together to deliver one capability.

Question 21

What are the three aims of architecture governance?

Answer 21

1. A system of controls over architecture
2. A system to ensure compliance with architecture
3. Accountability to the business for that

Question 22

What types of Governance are there?

Answer 22

• Corporate
• IT
• Archtecture

Question 23

What are the 6 principles of good governance?

Answer 23

• Discipline
• Transparency
• Independence
• Accountability
• Responsibility
• Fairness

Question 24

Who is the on the Architecture board?

Answer 24

Representatives of all the key stakeholders in the architecture

Question 25

What is the TOGAF definition of an architecture contract?

Answer 25

Joint agreements between development partners and sponsors on the deliverables, quality, and fitness-for-purpose of an architecture.

Question 27

What are the types of Architecture Compliance?

Answer 27

• Irrelevant - No Features match the architecture
• Consistent - Parts fully implemented a per specification , parts of implementation not in specification
• Compliant - Some parts have been implemented 100% correctly, but some whole parts have not been completed
• Conformant - implemented 100% correctly plus additional features
• Fully Conformant - Perfect, architecture
• Non-Conformant - Features in Architecture have been implemented but not as specified