ADM Deliverables

Question 1

The Role of Architecture Deliverables

Answer 1

The TOGAF standard identifies deliverables that are produced as outputs from executing the ADM cycle and potentially consumed as inputs at other points in the ADM.

Question 2

Key Deliverables

Answer 2

• Architecture Building Blocks (ABBs)
• Architecture Contract
• Architecture Definition Document
• Architecture Principles
• Architecture Repository
• Architecture Requirements Specification
• Architecture Roadmap
• Architecture Vision
• Business Principles, Business Goals, and Business Drivers
• Capability Assessment
• Change Request
• Communications Plan
• Compliance Assessment
• Implementation and Migration Plan
• Implementation Governance Model
• Organizational Model for Enterprise Architecture
• Request for Architecture Work
• Requirements Impact Assessment
• Solution Building Blocks
• Statement of Architecture Work
• Tailored Architecture Framework

Question 3

Architecture Contracts

Answer 3

• Joint agreements between development partners and sponsors on the deliverables, quality, and fitness-for-purpose of an architecture.
• Produced in Phase G: Implementation Governance.
• Successful implementation of these agreements will be delivered through effective Architecture Governance.

Question 4

Architecture Definition Document

Answer 4

• The deliverable container for the core architectural artifacts created during a project and for important related information.
• Spans all architecture domains (Business, Data, Application, and Technology) and also examines all relevant states of the architecture (baseline, transition, and target).

Question 5

Architecture Definition Document

Answer 5

• Created in Phase A, where it is populated with artifacts created to support the Architecture Vision.
• Updated in Phase B, with Business Architecture-related material, and subsequently updated with Information Systems Architecture material in Phase C, and then with Technology Architecture material in Phase D. Where the scope of change to implement the Target Architecture requires an incremental approach, the Architecture Definition Document will be updated to include one or more Transition Architectures in Phase E.

Question 6

Transition Architecture

Answer 6

Shows the enterprise at an architecturally significant state between the Baseline and Target Architectures.

Question 7

Architecture Definition Document

Answer 7

Provides a qualitative view of the solution and aims to communicate the intent of the architects.

Question 8

Architecture Requirements Specification

Answer 8

Provides a quantitative view of the solution, stating measurable criteria that must be met during the implementation of the architecture.

Question 9

Architecture Principles

Answer 9

• Initial output of the Preliminary Phase
• General rules and guidelines, intended to be enduring and seldom amended, that inform and support the way in which an organization sets about fulfilling its mission.

Question 10

Architecture Repository

Answer 10

Acts as a holding area for all architecture-related projects within the enterprise.

Question 11

Architecture Requirements Specification

Answer 11

Provides a set of quantitative statements that outline what an implementation project must do in order to comply with the architecture.

Question 12

Architecture Roadmap

Answer 12

• Lists individual work packages that will realize the Target Architecture and lays them out on a timeline to show progression from the Baseline Architecture to the Target Architecture.
• The Architecture Roadmap is incrementally developed throughout Phases E and F, and informed by the roadmap components developed in Phases B, C, and D.

Question 13

Architecture Vision

Answer 13

Provides a high-level summary of the changes to the enterprise that will follow from successful deployment of the Target Architecture.
Created in Phase A.

Question 14

Business Principles, Business Goals, and Business Drivers

Answer 14

Provide context for architecture work, by describing the needs and ways of working employed by the enterprise.

Question 15

Capability Assessment

Answer 15

Provides understanding of the baseline and target capability level of the enterprise. This assessment is first carried out in Phase A and updated in Phase E.

Question 16

Change Request

Answer 16

Requests for Architecture Change are considered in Phase H.

Question 17

Communications Plan

Answer 17

Created in Phase A.

Question 18

Compliance Assessment

Answer 18

Periodic compliance reviews of implementation projects in Phase G provide a mechanism to review project progress and ensure that the design and implementation are proceeding in-line with the strategic and architectural objectives.

Question 19

Implementation and Migration Plan

Answer 19

• Provides a schedule of the projects for implementation of Target Architecture.
• Includes executable projects grouped into managed portfolios and programs.
• The outline is created in Phase E and then finalized in Phase F.

Question 20

Implementation Governance Model

Answer 20

• Produced as an output of Phase F.
• Ensures that a project transitioning into implementation moves smoothly into appropriate Architecture Governance.

Question 21

Organizational Model for Enterprise Architecture

Answer 21

An important deliverable of the Preliminary Phase.

Question 22

Request for Architecture Work

Answer 22

• A document that is sent from the sponsoring organization to the architecture organization to trigger the start of an Architecture Development Cycle.
• Created as an output of the Preliminary Phase, a result of approved architecture Change Requests, or terms of reference for architecture work originating from migration planning.

Question 23

Requirements Impact Assessment

Answer 23

Assesses the current architecture requirements and specification to identify changes that should be made and the implications of those changes.

Question 24

Solution Building Blocks

Answer 24

Implementation-specific building blocks from the enterprise’s Architecture Repository.

Question 25

Statement of Architecture Work

Answer 25

• Created as a deliverable from Phase A.
• Defines the scope and approach that will be used to complete an Architecture Development Cycle.
• The document against which the successful execution of the architecture project will be measured and may form the basis for a contractual agreement between the supplier and consumer of architecture services.

Question 26

Tailored Architecture Framework

Answer 26

Before the TOGAF framework can be effectively used within an architecture project, tailoring at two levels is necessary.
1. Firstly, it is necessary to tailor the TOGAF model for integration into the enterprise.
- includes integration with management frameworks, customization of terminology, development of presentational styles, selection, configuration, and deployment of architecture tools, etc. The formality and detail of any frameworks adopted should also align with other contextual factors for the enterprise, such as culture, stakeholders, commercial models for Enterprise Architecture, and the existing level of Architecture Capability.
2. Further tailoring is necessary in order to fit the framework to the specific architecture project. Tailoring at this level will select appropriate deliverables and artifacts to meet project and stakeholder needs.