A. Business architecture provides a framework for assessing process improvement opportunities

B. End-to-end business processes are represented in business architecture as value streams

C. Business processes are part of the core or foundational business architecture perspective

D. Business process decomposition is an effective approach to defining business capabilities

A. An engagement model for how business and IT interacts with the business architecture team

B. An agreed upon set of truths that guide the actions of business architecture practitioners

C. An "elevator pitch" which describes a clear purpose for the business architecture team

D. A set of principles that guide the decisions of the business

A. Accommodate different work habits as jobs evolve and culture changes

B. Are based on current operational need, not business architecture directives

C. Must be considered when new IT or production technology becomes available

D. Result from an organization's strategic direction and operational issues

A. It articulates security related requirements for the data architecture

B. It establishes the basic principles for master data management in data architecture

C. It enables data architecture to sidestep entity relationship mapping considerations

D. It provides a business specific vocabulary as a basis for data architecture

A. IT architecture

B. Requirements analysis

C. Portfolio management

D. Lean Six Sigma analysis

A. Craft agile business requirements to address a specific business issue

B. Create and leverage service-oriented architecture components to deploy automation solutions

C. Socialize and leverage business blueprints to enable business planning and issue analysis

D. Drive business process design efforts, prioritization, documentation and optimization

A. A product delivered to customers

B. A satisfied business requirement

C. A description of how a business does things

D. A representation of what the business does

A. Improve overall product quality

B. Deploy a wide range of business scenarios

C. Streamline operational efficiency

D. Enable operating cost reductions

A. Populated as appropriate to the value it delivers and strategies and projects it facilitates

B. Based upon a standardized, industry accepted metamodel

C. Built upon a relational database management system

D. Housed in a repository-based software tool that incorporates import / export and reporting features

A. Assess which application systems are to be retained, kept in house or sunset

B. Provide input to the organizational structure of the divested entity

C. Deliver strategic objective input to the newly divested business

D. Identify which capabilities are divested, kept in house or fit both criteria

A. A relational data model

B. A business vocabulary

C. A conceptual data model

D. A semantic web

A. The business architecture

B. Lean Six Sigma value stream models

C. An organization's operating model

D. An organization's business model

A. A product map must include a product family or product line mapping perspective

B. A product may be created and managed internally or by a business partner

C. A product name is unique for each individual business unit

D. A rebranded product is an offering from a business partner