CBA (ASQ) flashcards
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- Business capability
- An ability of the business to achieve a specific outcome, described independently of how, who, or where it is performed.
- Value stream
- An end-to-end sequence of activities that creates a measurable outcome for a stakeholder, triggered by a value item and composed of value-adding stages.
- Capability map
- A hierarchical representation of business capabilities, typically organized in levels, used to show what the business does and to support heat-mapping and gap analysis.
- Information concept
- A business-level representation of an object and its relationships, distinct from logical or physical data models, used to describe what the business needs to know.
- Business architecture blueprint
- A holistic view of the enterprise that integrates capability, value, information, organization, and strategy to provide common understanding and support alignment.
- Value stream stage
- A discrete step within a value stream that adds value and is enabled by one or more business capabilities.
- Heat map
- A visual overlay on a capability or value stream map that encodes a metric such as performance, risk, or investment to highlight priority areas.
- Business architect role
- A practitioner who models the business using capabilities, value streams, and information, and translates strategy into actionable architectural insight for stakeholders.
- Competency model
- A defined set of skills, knowledge, and behaviors expected of practitioners in a discipline, used for assessment, development, and certification.
- Practice maturity
- An assessment of how well a business architecture practice performs across dimensions such as governance, methods, tools, skills, and stakeholder engagement.
- Framework-agnostic practice
- The principle that business architecture methods are selected based on scope and need rather than adherence to a single prescribed framework.
- Architecture deliverable
- A tangible output of the practice, such as a capability map, value stream map, information map, or roadmap, used to inform business decisions.
- Scenario-based certification
- An assessment approach that validates a practitioner's ability to apply concepts to realistic situations rather than recall of tool-specific procedures.
- Stakeholder segmentation
- The practice of grouping stakeholders by role and by the decisions they make, so that architecture engagement and artifacts are tailored accordingly.
- Value proposition
- A statement of benefit expressed in stakeholder terms, such as reduced cost, lower risk, faster time-to-market, or improved customer experience.
- Decision-oriented view
- A tailored architecture artifact, often visual, designed to support a specific stakeholder decision rather than to document the full model.
- Strategy-to-capability traceability
- The linkage of strategic objectives to capabilities and value streams, enabling impact analysis and alignment of investment with strategy.
- Practice value stream
- The sequence of activities through which the architecture practice delivers value: engage, understand, model, analyze, recommend, and govern.
- Engagement artifact
- A concise, audience-appropriate output such as a one-page capability summary, heat map, or roadmap used to communicate with stakeholders.
- TOGAF ADM
- A phased, iterative architecture development method with Preliminary, Phases A through H, and Requirements Management at its center.
- Zachman Framework
- A 6x6 ontology organized by interrogatives (What, How, Where, Who, When, Why) and perspectives ranging from planner to functioning enterprise.
- Metamodel
- A definition of the allowed element types and relationships within a framework, ensuring consistency and interoperability across architecture artifacts.
- Framework selection criteria
- Factors used to choose a framework, including scope, stakeholder needs, existing investments, governance requirements, and interoperability with other frameworks.
- Descriptive vs prescriptive
- The distinction that frameworks describe structure and vocabulary rather than mandate a single method, allowing multiple frameworks to coexist.
- Architecture domain
- A major area of the business architecture, such as capability, value, information, organization, or strategy, each with its own element types and relationships.
- Reference model
- A reusable, standardized model, such as an industry capability or process model, intended as a starting point for adaptation rather than direct adoption.
- Industry capability model
- A sector-specific taxonomy of capabilities, typically hierarchical, used to accelerate modeling and support benchmarking against peers.
- Reference model tailoring
- The process of adapting a generic reference model to enterprise context by adding, removing, or renaming elements while preserving the shared taxonomy.
- As-is vs reference model
- The distinction that a reference model is generic and reusable, whereas an as-is model reflects the specific current state of a given enterprise.
- Reference model governance
- The ownership, version control, and extension process that keeps a shared reference taxonomy consistent across its users.
- Architecture review board
- A governance body that reviews proposals against architecture principles and target-state architecture and approves or rejects exceptions.
- Architecture principle
- An enduring, rarely changing rule that guides architecture decisions; effective principles are few, testable, and enforceable.