05. Enterprise Architecture Modeling Processes

1. Knowledge Representation

2. Knowledge Goals

3. Knowledge State

4. Knowledge Transformation

5. Central Representations

What are the examples under Modeling as a Transformation Process?

Knowledge Representation

Which depicts an enterprise architecture model in a specific manner based on the agreed perception of the individuals involved in the process?

Knowledge Goals

Which are the goals under the modeling process of an enterprise architecture?

Knowledge State

Which involves the condition and commitment of stakeholders on enterprise architecture?

Knowledge Transformation

Which is the situation where knowledge passes through the modeling process while considering goals and guidelines?

Central Representations

Which are the primary and essential models that are used in the transformation of knowledge?

1. Archi models created = establish comm. bet. individuals reading model and-or indi dev-ing model

2. Models can also be used to describe current & future situation of org, as well as possible dev. reqs.

3. EA involves rel. ID bet. diff. domains while providing high-level overview

What are the Important Points in Modeling as a Transformation Process?

1. Establishing the Purpose, Scope, and Focus

2. Selecting One or More Viewpoints

3. Creating and Structuring the Model

4. Visualizing the Model

5. Using the Model

6. Maintaining the Model

What are the different Modeling Activities?

Establishing the Purpose, Scope, and Focus

Which refers to a goal-driven activity wherein architects determine all possible stakeholders and the different purposes of the model in relation to the stakeholders?

Establishing the Purpose, Scope, and Focus

Which is considered as a starting point in establishing a model?

Selecting One or More Viewpoints

Which refers to models are created using different viewpoints that give a specific set of concepts and relations to be used during the modeling process?

Selecting One or More Viewpoints

Which serves as a guide in determining appropriate information to be included in the model?

Creating and Structuring the Model

Which refers to activity involves requirements gathering, such as appropriate information, to create, structure, and visualize an enterprise architecture model?

Creating and Structuring the Model

Which refers to additional information can be acquired using interviews or discussions with stakeholders?

Structuring

What reduces the visual complexity of a model?

Visualizing the Model

Which refers to stakeholders and their needs must be considered in visualizing a model?

Visualizing the Model

Which refers to different viewpoints, text, and tables are also used as a starting point in visualizing a model?

Central Model

What is an example of a way to visualize a model?

Using the Model

Which refers to activity using the model representation to communicate with the stakeholders and evaluate whether the model and the visualization achieved the intended outcome?

1. Validation

2. Obtaining Commitment

3. Informing

What are the typical steps in using visual representation?

Validation

Which involves checking whether the key stakeholders agree that the viewpoints in the model are correct representations of the actual and intended situation?

Obtaining Commitment

Which refers to after reaching an agreement during validation, the key stakeholders must commit that they fully understand the potential impacts of implementing the model?

Informing

Which involves the dissemination of information to all the stakeholders?

Maintaining the Model

Which enterprise architecture model must be kept up to date for it not to lose its value for the stakeholders?

Maintaining the Model

Which refers to maintained to reflect changes in infrastructure, the business processes, or the enterprise products and-or services?

1. Introduction

2. Refinement

3. Abandoning

4. Abstraction

5. Translation

6. Documentation

What are the Types of Modeling Actions?

Introduction

Which modeling action: introduce a candidate element in a model?

Introduction

Which is the act of placing a fresh term for a concept or relation within a model?

Introduction

Which modeling action: the candidate element must be somehow relevant but not necessarily linked to the model?

Introduction

Which modeling action: it may be refined or deleted later on?

Refinement

Which modeling action: refine an element in a model?

Refinement

Which modeling action: other than introducing new elements, […] can be done by adding specific details to existing elements?

1. Classify newly introduced candidate element based on concepts used in model

2. Provide addtl. desc. (add internal det., write a def., nesting models) to an element rather than adding new element

What are the two forms of refining an element?

Abandoning

Which modeling action: abandon a model element?

Abandoning

Which modeling action involves an explicit decision of eliminating or deleting a concept or relation with proper documentation, to avoid the concept of “lingering around”?

Abstraction

Which modeling action: abstract from a concept or relation?

Abstraction

Which modeling action: is the opposite of refinement?

Abstraction

Which modeling action: in this activity, an architect decides whether information, that is available in the model, is to be left out or not?

Translation

Which modeling action: translate an element?

Translation

Which modeling action: is the process of finding alternative for an element?

Translation

Which modeling action: documentation is required in order to keep track of the existing relationship between models or contexts?

1. Creating or replacing element so it matches a concept’s meaning from another lang. or context

2. Specifying rules to empower standardized & coherent translation bet. a context & lang.

3. Linking element to element on another model or modeling lang.

4. Linking element to an intermediary lang. when model needs to be translated to more than one lang. or context

What are some of the possible process-related translation?

Documentation

Which modeling action: document modeling actions?

Documentation

Which modeling action: involves the administration and […] of all or some modeling actions (such as refinement & abstraction)?

1. To be able to backtrack the prev. model state

2. To revisit rejected alternatives

3. To record modeling logical basis related to traceability, accountability of modeling process

4. To add conceptual meta-data (date, location, person’s name who performed act., specific model elements) that were affected

What are some feature of the reasons for documenting modeling actions?