ISTM 410 ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔The Open Group Architecture Foundation - ✔✔methodology and set of resources
for developing EA
- specifications are public
✔✔Cloud computing - ✔✔- resources that are available "on the internet"
- no software for the organization to develop or install
- no data for the organization to store
- the provider keeps and safeguards programs and data
- this is infrastructure as a service
✔✔utility computing - ✔✔offers a pay-per-use revenue model similar to a metered
service such as gas or electricity
✔✔Adaptability - ✔✔architecture should be able to handle expected technological
advances, such as innovations to storage capacity, end-user devices, computing power
✔✔Scalability - ✔✔refers to how well a componets can adapt to increased or decreased
demand
- projections of growth
- how architecture must support growth
- what happens if growth is much higher than projected
- what happens if there is no growth
✔✔Standardization - ✔✔technical specifications that are expected to be followed
throughout the infrastructure
- shared standards, easy to plug in
✔✔maintainability - ✔✔Can the infrastructure be maintained?
✔✔secutiry - ✔✔protecting every end point of the system
- decentralized architecture is more difficult to secure
, ✔✔Assessing financial issues - ✔✔- quantify expected return on investment
- can be difficult to quantify
steps:
1. quantity costs
2. determine life cycles of componets
3. quantify benefits
4. quantify risks
5. consider ongoing dollar costs and benefits
✔✔ Information Systems Strategy Triangle - ✔✔alignment necessary with business
systems for understanding the impact of IS on organizations
ensuring these three complement each other is integral to success: business strategy,
operations strategy, information strategy
✔✔Alignment - ✔✔companies current and changing business strategy is enabled and
supported, yet unconstrained by technology
emphasizes a balance of business, operation, and information strategy
✔✔strategy - ✔✔a coordinated set of actions to fulfill objectives, purposes, and goals
setting limits on what the business will seek to accomplish
✔✔mission - ✔✔a clear and compelling statement that unifies an organization's effort
and describes what the firm is about (its purpose)
✔✔Business Strategy - ✔✔a plan articulating where a business seeks to go and how it
expects to get there
- management constructs this plan in regards to market forces, customer demands, and
organizational capabilities
✔✔market forces - ✔✔create the competitive context for the business
✔✔customer demands - ✔✔comprise the wants and needs of the individuals and
companies who purchase the products and services available in the market place
✔✔organizational capabilities - ✔✔skills and experience that give the corporation a
currency that can add value in the marketplace
✔✔business model - ✔✔(a component of the business strategy)
blueprint of how a company does business
- value creation - create new products and services that will add value to its customers
and partners
- value capture - describe how it will make money from the value it has created
- the outcome of the strategy
✔✔The Open Group Architecture Foundation - ✔✔methodology and set of resources
for developing EA
- specifications are public
✔✔Cloud computing - ✔✔- resources that are available "on the internet"
- no software for the organization to develop or install
- no data for the organization to store
- the provider keeps and safeguards programs and data
- this is infrastructure as a service
✔✔utility computing - ✔✔offers a pay-per-use revenue model similar to a metered
service such as gas or electricity
✔✔Adaptability - ✔✔architecture should be able to handle expected technological
advances, such as innovations to storage capacity, end-user devices, computing power
✔✔Scalability - ✔✔refers to how well a componets can adapt to increased or decreased
demand
- projections of growth
- how architecture must support growth
- what happens if growth is much higher than projected
- what happens if there is no growth
✔✔Standardization - ✔✔technical specifications that are expected to be followed
throughout the infrastructure
- shared standards, easy to plug in
✔✔maintainability - ✔✔Can the infrastructure be maintained?
✔✔secutiry - ✔✔protecting every end point of the system
- decentralized architecture is more difficult to secure
, ✔✔Assessing financial issues - ✔✔- quantify expected return on investment
- can be difficult to quantify
steps:
1. quantity costs
2. determine life cycles of componets
3. quantify benefits
4. quantify risks
5. consider ongoing dollar costs and benefits
✔✔ Information Systems Strategy Triangle - ✔✔alignment necessary with business
systems for understanding the impact of IS on organizations
ensuring these three complement each other is integral to success: business strategy,
operations strategy, information strategy
✔✔Alignment - ✔✔companies current and changing business strategy is enabled and
supported, yet unconstrained by technology
emphasizes a balance of business, operation, and information strategy
✔✔strategy - ✔✔a coordinated set of actions to fulfill objectives, purposes, and goals
setting limits on what the business will seek to accomplish
✔✔mission - ✔✔a clear and compelling statement that unifies an organization's effort
and describes what the firm is about (its purpose)
✔✔Business Strategy - ✔✔a plan articulating where a business seeks to go and how it
expects to get there
- management constructs this plan in regards to market forces, customer demands, and
organizational capabilities
✔✔market forces - ✔✔create the competitive context for the business
✔✔customer demands - ✔✔comprise the wants and needs of the individuals and
companies who purchase the products and services available in the market place
✔✔organizational capabilities - ✔✔skills and experience that give the corporation a
currency that can add value in the marketplace
✔✔business model - ✔✔(a component of the business strategy)
blueprint of how a company does business
- value creation - create new products and services that will add value to its customers
and partners
- value capture - describe how it will make money from the value it has created
- the outcome of the strategy
