Questions

1. What is the difference in the frequency of change among different types of architecture elements in the enterprise? How do you account for these differences when developing a plan to maintain your enterprise architecture?

2. True or false: The business functions of the mission change only when the mission changes. Explain your answer. Is this also true for the business processes of the enterprise? Is this also true for the types of technology infrastructure that support the business processes?

3. How does the nature of the enterprise affect the rate at which the architecture must evolve? How does the architecture for a small startup enterprise vary from that of a long-term business with a stable collection of mature products that has been serving the same marketplace for decades?