Enterprise Architecture Governance Flashcards

A project team needs to deviate temporarily from an approved architecture standard due to a vendor delay. What governance mechanism should be used?

Answer: Request a time-bound dispensation from the Architecture Board

A dispensation grants a controlled, time-limited exception to compliance while keeping the deviation visible to governance.

In TOGAF compliance assessment, a project that implements some features of the architecture specification, with all implemented features conforming, is classified as what?

Answer: Compliant

Compliant means some of the specification is implemented and everything implemented agrees with the specification.

Which document formally binds architecture development and implementation partners to agreed deliverables, quality, and fitness-for-purpose?

Answer: Architecture Contract

Architecture Contracts are joint agreements used to ensure implementations conform to the architecture.

Which body is typically accountable for resolving architecture disputes that cannot be settled at the project level?

Answer: Architecture Board

The Architecture Board oversees implementation of the architecture and is the escalation point for architecture conflicts.

Which TOGAF ADM phase is most directly associated with establishing implementation governance over the architecture?

Answer: Phase G

Phase G (Implementation Governance) ensures implementation projects conform to the target architecture.

Why should architecture governance decisions be recorded in a governance log within the Architecture Repository?

Answer: To provide traceability and an auditable history of decisions and dispensations

A governance log supports transparency and auditability, which are core governance characteristics.

Which characteristic of good governance requires that decision-making processes and outcomes be available for inspection by stakeholders?

Answer: Transparency

Transparency means all actions and decision support are visible to authorized stakeholders.