01 - Introduction to Enterprise Architecture (Graphical Notations) Flashcards

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A business entity that is capable of performing behavior.

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Business Actor

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The responsibility for performing specific behavior, to which an actor can be assigned, or the part an actor plays in a particular action or event.

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Business Role

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An aggregate of two or more business internal active structure elements that work together to perform collective behavior.

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Business Collaboration

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A sequence of business behaviors that achieves a specific outcome such as a defined set of products or business services.

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Business Process

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A collection of business behavior based on a chosen set of criteria (typically required business resources and/or competencies), closely aligned to an organization, but not necessarily explicitly governed by the organization.

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Business Function

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A unit of collective business behavior performed by (a collaboration of) two or more business roles.

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Business Interaction

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A business behavior element that denotes an organizational state change.

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Business Event

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It may originate from and be resolved inside or outside the organization.

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Business Event

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An explicitly defined exposed business behavior.

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Business Service

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A point of access where a business service is made available to the environment.

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Business Interface

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A concept used within a particular business domain.

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Business Object

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A coherent collection of services and/or passive structure elements, accompanied by a contract/set of agreements, which is offered as a whole to (internal or external) customers.

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Product

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A formal or informal specification of an agreement between a provider and a consumer that specifies the rights and obligations associated with a product and establishes functional and non-functional parameters for interaction.

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Contract

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A perceptible form of the information carried by a business object.

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Representation

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Enumerated the thirteen (13) notations under ArchiMate Business Layer.

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  1. Business Actor
  2. Business Role
  3. Business Collaboration
  4. Business Process
  5. Business Function
  6. Business Interaction
  7. Business Event
  8. Business Service
  9. Business Interface
  10. Business Object
  11. Product
  12. Contract
  13. Representation
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An aggregate of two or more application components that work together to perform collection application behavior.

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Application Collaboration

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An encapsulation of application functionality aligned to implementation structure, which is modular and replaceable.

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Application Component

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It encapsulates its behavior and data, exposes services, and makes them available through interfaces.

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Application Component

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An explicitly defined exposed application behavior.

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Application Service

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Automated behavior that can be performed by an application component.

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Application Function

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A unit of collective application behavior performed by (a collaboration of) two or more application components.

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Application Interaction

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A point of access where application services are made available to a user, another application component, or a node.

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Application Interface

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A sequence of application behaviors that achieve a specific outcome.

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Application Process

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An application behavior element that denotes a state change.

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Application Event

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Data structured for automated processing.
Data Object
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Enumerated the nine (9) notations under the ArchiMate Application Layer.
1. Application Collaboration 2. Application Component 3. Application Service 4. Application Function 5. Application Interaction 6. Application Interface 7. Application Process 8. Application Event 9. Data Object
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A computational or physical resource that hosts, manipulates, or interacts with other computational or physical resources.
Node
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A physical IT resource upon which system software and artifacts may be stored or deployed for execution.
Device
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Software that provides or contributes to an environment for storing, executing, and using software or data deployed within it.
System Software
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A point of access where technology services offered by a node can be accessed.
Technology Interface
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A collection of technology behavior that can be performed by a node.
Technology Function
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An explicitly defined exposed technology behavior.
Technology Service
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An aggregate of two or more nodes that work together to perform collective technology behavior.
Technology Collaboration
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A unit of collective technology behavior performed by (a collaboration of) two or more nodes.
Technology Interaction
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A technology behavior element that denotes a state of change.
Technology Event
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A sequence of technology behaviors that achieves a specific outcome.
Technology Process
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A piece of data that is used or produced in a software development process, or by deployment and operation of a system.
Artifact
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A link between two or more nodes, through which these nodes can exchange data or material.
Communication Path
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A set of structures that connects computer systems or other electronic devices for transmission, routing, and reception of data or data-based communications such as voice and video.
Network
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Enumerate the thirteen (13) notations under the ArchiMate Technology Layer.
1. Node 2. Device 3. System Software 4. Technology Interface 5. Technology Function 6. Technology Service 7. Technology Collaboration 8. Technology Interaction 9. Technology Event 10. Technology Process 11. Artifact 12. Communication Path 13. Network
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One or more machines, tools, or instruments that can create, use, store, move, or transform materials.
Equipment
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A physical structure or environment.
Facility
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A physical network used to transport materials or energy.
Distribution Network
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Tangible physical matter of physical elements.
Material
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Enumerate the four (4) notations under the ArchiMate Physical Elements.
1. Equipment 2. Facility 3. Distribution Network 4. Material
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An asset owned or controlled by an individual or organization.
Resource
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An ability that an active structure element, such as an organization, person, or system, possesses.
Capability
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An approach or plan for configuring some capabilities and resources of the enterprise, undertaken to achieve a goal.
Course of Action
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Enumerate the three (3) notations under the ArchiMate Strategy Elements.
1. Resource 2. Capability 3. Course of Action
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A relatively stable state of the architecture that exists during a limited period of time.
Plateau
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A statement of difference between two plateaus.
Gap
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A precisely-defined outcome of a work package.
Deliverable
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A series of actions identified and designed to achieve specific results within specified time and resource constraints.
Work Package
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A behavior element that denotes a state change related to implementation or migration.
Implementation Event
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Enumerate the five (5) notations under the ArchiMate Implementation and Migration Elements.
1. Plateau 2. Gap 3. Deliverable 4. Work Package 5. Implementation Event
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The role of an individual, team, or organization (or classes thereof) that represents their interests in the outcome of the architecture.
Stakeholder
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An external or internal condition that motivates an organization to define its goals and implement the changes necessary to achieve them.
Driver
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The result of an analysis of the state of affairs of the enterprise with respect to some driver.
Assessment
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A high-level statement of intent, direction, or desired end state for an organization and its stakeholders.
Goal
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An end result that has been achieved.
Outcome
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A qualitative statement of intent that should be met by the architecture.
Principle
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A statement of need that must be met by the architecture.
Requirement
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A factor that prevents or obstruct the realization of goals.
Constraint
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The knowledge or expertise present in, or the interpretation given to, a core element in a particular context.
Meaning
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The relative worth, utility, or importance of a core element or an outcome.
Value
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Enumerate the ten (10) notations under the ArchiMate Motivation Elements.
1. Stakeholder 2. Driver 3. Assessment 4. Goal 5. Outcome 6. Principle 7. Requirement 8. Constraint 9. Meaning 10. Value
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Indicates that an element consists of one or more other concepts.
Composition
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Indicates that an element consists of one or more other concepts.
Aggregation
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Expresses the allocation of responsibility, performance of behavior, or execution.
Assignment
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Indicates that an entity plays a critical role in the creation, achievement, sustenance, or operation of a more abstract entity.
Realization
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Enumerate the four (4) structural relationships of ArchiMate.
1. Composition 2. Aggregation 3. Assignment 4. Realization
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Models that an element provides its functionality to another element.
Serving
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Models the ability of behavior and active structure elements to observe or act upon passive structure elements.
Access
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Models that an element affects the implementation or achievement of some motivation elements.
Influence
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Enumerate the three (3) dependency relationships in ArchiMate.
1. Service 2. Access 3. Influence
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Indicates that an element is a particular kind of another element.
Specialization
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Models an unspecified relationship, or one that is not represented by another ArchiMate relationship.
Association
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Used to connect relationship of the same type.
Junction
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Enumerate the three (3) other relationships in ArchiMate.
1. Specialization 2. Association 3. Junction
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Describes a temporal or causal relationship between elements.
Triggering
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Transfer from one element to another.
Flow
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Enumerate the two (2) dynamic relationships in ArchiMate.
1. Triggering 2. Flow