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Which of the following is not a task?
Insurance policy does not cover the damage
Which of the following is not an event?
Notify settlement decision to customer
Which of the following statements refer to a critical (core) process of a company?
Order-to-cash
A water utility company provides drinking water to residents and businesses in a city of one million inhabitants, as well wastewater treatment services to the city council. Which processes are likely to be core processes of this company.
Bill-to-cash
Issue-to-resolution
Infrastructure inspection
In a process-oriented organization, who is directly accountable for poor performance of a process?
The process owner
Any collection of organizations that has a common set of goals and/or
a single bottom line
Enterprise
collection of inter-related events, activities, and decision points that involve a number of actors and objects, which collectively lead to an outcome that is of value to at least one customer
Business process
one single unit of work
Activity
things that happen atomically
Event
points in time when a decision is made
Decision point
human actors, organizations, software systems acting on behalf of human actors or organizations
Actors
equipment, materials, products, paper documents
Physical objects
electronic documents and electronic records
Immaterial objects
A business problem is posed, processes relevant to the problem being addressed and their relationships are identified.
Process identification
The current state of each of the relevant processes is documented, typically in the form of one or several as-is process models.
Process discovery
Issues associated to the as-is process are identified, documented and whenever possible quantified using performance measures.
Process analysis
The goal of this phase is to identify changes to the process that would help to address the issues identified in the previous phase and allow the organization to meet its performance objectives.
Process redesign
The changes required to move from the as-is process to the to-be process are prepared and performed.
Process implementation
Once the redesigned process is running, relevant data are collected and analyzed to determine how well is the process performing with respect to its performance measures and performance objectives.
Process monitoring
captures decision points and points where alternative flows are merged
XOR
provides a mechanism to create and synchronize “parallel” flows.
AND
provides a mechanism to create and synchronize n out of m parallel flows.
OR
An individual, team, or organization with interests in, or concerns relative to, a system.
Stakeholder
A coherent whole of principles, methods, and models that are used in the design and realization of an enterprise’s organizational structure, business processes, information systems, and infrastructure.
Enterprise Architecture
Requires an integrated set of methods and techniques for the
specification, analysis, and communication of enterprise architectures
that fulfils the needs of the different types of stakeholders involved.
Enterprise Architecture framework
Each ________ addresses one or more Concerns of the Stakeholder
View
Defines how to construct and use a view
Viewpoint
Is architecture a process or a product?
Both
Better alignment between business and IT results in
Lower cost
Higher quality
Better time-to-market
Greater customer satisfaction
The pyramid is constructed of which?
Mission: why does the enterprise exist?
Vision: image of the future and the values
Strategy: the route the enterprise will take in achieving its mission and vision.
Goals: the direction and the milestones
EA: translates goals into changes to the daily operations of the company
Culture: is formed by its people and leadership
Operations: are governed by the pyramid
offers a holistic perspective of the current and future operations, and on the actions that should be taken to achieve the company’s goals.
The role of EA
If a task has two output arcs (also called flows), it is the same as if the task was followed by an:
AND-split
If a task has two input arcs, it is the same as if the task was preceded by an:
XOR-join
Which type of gateway moves each token it receives in one of its input arcs to its output arc?
XOR-join
Captures a resource class.
Pool
Captures a resource sub-class
Lane
represents a flow of information or materials between
two process parties
Message Flow
True or False (Answer T or F): A sequence flow can cross the boundaries of a pool
F
True or False (Answer T or F): Both sequence flow and message flow can cross the boundaries of Lanes
T
True or False(Answer T or F):A message flow can connect two elements within the same pool
F
A BPMN diagram that features two or more pools is called a
collaboration diagram
Elements of a black box pool
it hides how these organizations actually participate in the order fulfillment process.
Is represented as with a collapsed pool, which is an empty rectangle bearing the name of the pool in the middle. 52
The pool for the customer
white box pool
it shows how the seller participates in the order fulfillment process in terms of activities, events, gateways, and data objects.
The pool for the seller
Let us consider the order-to-cash process of a company called CoolIT that sells air conditioning systems. Which of the following is likely to be modelled as a pool?
The customer
A subcontractor of CoolIT
Which of the following statement(s) do NOT hold?
A message flow can connect a task in a pool to another task in the same pool
What are the biggest problems that enterprises are facing?(According to Zachman)
Complexity and change
Which one is NOT an EA characteristic:
Each unit in an organization should develop its own EA.
Select the components of a balanced scorecard
Kaplan and Norton
A management system that helps an enterprise to clarify and implement its vision and strategy.
Views the organization from different perspectives.
Provides measures concerning customer satisfaction, internal processes, and the ability to innovate in addition to financial measures.
the rationale of how an organization creates, delivers, and captures value.
Business Model
Elements of a Business Model Canvas
Value proposition: the products and services an organization offers
Key activities: the activities required to deliver value
Key resources: the resources needed for the business model
Customer segments: the typical customer groups the organization targets
Customer relationships: the kind of links with customers
Channels: the ways to get in touch with customers
Key partners: others with which the organization cooperates
Cost structure: the costs of various activities
Revenue streams: the ways the organization makes money
A blueprint of the enterprise that provides a common understanding of the organization and is used to align strategic objectives and tactical demands.
Business Architecture
Phases of Architecture Development Model
Preliminary Phase: The preparation for the architecture project
Architecture Vision (A): defining the scope, constraints, and expectation of the project, identifying the stakeholders, creating the Architecture Vision, and obtaining approval to proceed with the architecture development
Business Architecture (B): the development of the baseline (as-is) and target (to-be) Business Architecture based on Architecture Vision - Develop and analyze the gaps.
Information Systems Architecture (C): the development of the baseline (as-is) and target (to-be) Information Systems Architectures based on Architecture Vision- Develop and analyze the gaps.
Technology Architecture (D): the development of the baseline (as-is) and target (to-be) Technology Architecture based on Architecture Vision- Develop and analyze the gaps.
Opportunities & Solutions (E): Identifying major implementation projects and initial planning
Migration Planning (F): planning to move from the Baseline to the Target Architectures by finalizing a detailed Implementation and Migration Plan
Implementation Governance (G): Governing the implementation projects to conforms to the architecture
Architecture Change Management (H): establishing procedures for managing change to the architecture
Requirements Management: Ensuring that all phases of the project are based on business requirements.
When does the OR-join Gateway proceed? ( Single Choice)
When all active incoming branches have completed.
What you first create when using Sparx EA? ( Single Choice)
A model
_________ is defined as any collection of organizations that has a common set of goals
Enterprise
EA offers a holistic perspective of the ------------------, and on the actions that should be taken to achieve the company’s goals.
current and future operation
an abstract and unambiguous conception of something (in
the real world) that focuses on specific aspects or elements and abstracts from other elements, based on the purpose for which the_________ is created.
Model
Domains of TOGAF
Business
data
application
technology
expresses the architecture of the system of interest from the perspective of one or more stakeholders to address specific concerns,
using the conventions established by its viewpoint
View
a specification of the conventions for constructing,
interpreting, using and analyzing one type of architecture view
Viewpoint
______ is defined as a unit of functionality that some entity (e.g., a system, organization, or department) makes available to its environment, and which has some value for certain entities in the environment
Service
The _______ layer offers products and services to external customers, which are realized in the organization by _______ processes
Business, Business
The _____________ layer supports the business layer with application services which are realized by (software) application components.
Application
The ________ layer offers infrastructural services (e.g., processing, storage, and communication services) needed to run applications, realized by computer and communication devices and system
software.
Technology
Select the components of a business layer
behaviour element: business services, business processes and business functions
Active structure elements: business actors and roles
Passive structure elements: business objects
information objects, physical objects
Passive structural elements
the business actors, application components and devices that display actual behaviour
Active structural elements
behaviour elements
Business services, functions, and processes
Application services, functions, and processes
Technology services, functions, and processes
Which structure element can represents an entity that is capable of performing behavior and represents a point of access where one or more services are provided to the environment.
Active structre element
Which element represents a unit of activity that can be
performed by one or more active structure elements and represents an explicitly defined exposed behaviour
Behaviour element
Which element represent an element on which behaviour is performed and are often information or data objects, but they can also represent physical objects
Passive structure element
True or False (Answer as T or F): An event represents a state change
T
True or False (Answer as T or F): A process represents a sequence of behaviours that achieves a specific result
T
True or False(Answer as T or F): A function represents a collection of behaviour based on specific criteria, such as required resources, competencies, or location
T
True or False(Answer as T or F): A collaboration represents an aggregate of two or more internal active structure elements, working together to perform some collective behaviour
T
True or False(Answer as T or F): An interaction represents a unit of collective behaviour that must be performed by two or more internal active structure elements, either assigned directly or aggregated in a collaboration
T
True or False(Answer as T or F):A motivation element represents the context of or reason behind the architecture of an enterprise.
T
Can a composite element aggregate or compose other composite elements? Yes or No (Answer as Y or N)
Y
Represent information systems and applications
Data Store
True or False (Answer as T or F): When a composite is deleted, its part are deleted as well
T
True or False (Answer as T or F): An aggregation relationship implies an existence dependency between the aggregating and aggregated concepts
F
The _____ relationship represents the allocation of responsibility, performance of behaviour, storage, or execution
Assignment
The __________ relationship represents that an entity plays a critical role in the creation, achievement, sustenance, or operation of a more abstract entity
Realization
The ______ relationship represents that an element provides its functionality to another element
Serving
The ____ relationship represents the ability of behaviour and active structure elements to observe or act upon passive structure elements
Access
The ____ relationship represents an unspecified relationship, or one that is not represented by another ArchiMate relationship
Association
The ____ relationship represents a temporal or casual relationship between elements
Triggering
The _____ relationship represents transfer from one element to another
Flow
The _____ relationship represents that an element is a particular kind of element
Specialization
The _____ relationship represents that an element affects the implementation or achievement of some motivation element
Influence
A _____ is used to connect relationships of the same thing
Junction
an external or internal condition that motivates an
organization to define its goals and implement the changes necessary to achieve them
Driver
the result of an analysis of the state of affairs of the
enterprise with respect to some driver.
Assessment
a high-level statement of intent, direction or desired end state for an organization and its stakeholders
Goal
a statement of need that must be met by the
architecture.
Requirement
Principle
a qualitative statement of intent that should be met by the architecture.
an end result that has been achieved.
Outcome
a factor that prevents or obstructs the realization of goals.
Constraint
Components of a Resource
An asset owned or controlled by an individual or organization.
Structure elements that are assigned to capabilities.
Are realized by the active and passive structure elements from the other layers of the architecture.
The responsibility for performing specific behaviour, to which an actor can be assigned, or the part an actor plays in a particular action or event.
Business Role