Enterprise Architecture Frameworks and Governance Questions

Understand and apply enterprise architecture frameworks and governance models to drive consistent technology decisions across an organization. Topics include architecture frameworks such as the Open Group Architecture Framework and ArchiMate, the role and processes of architecture review boards, standards and reference architectures, technology road mapping, principles driven design, and governance structures that balance innovation with standardization. Be prepared to design governance processes for architecture approvals, explain escalation and exception handling, and show how to measure and evolve architecture practices over time.

HardTechnical

46 practiced

Design a governance telemetry and feedback system that continuously collects signals such as compliance drift, policy evaluation hits/denials, ADR adoption, architecture review lead times and exception frequency. Describe the data model, tool choices for ingestion and analytics, dashboard personas, automated remediation loops, and how you would govern false positives and noise.

HardTechnical

43 practiced

Design an architecture review scoring model that quantitatively assesses proposed designs across security, reliability, cost, performance, and operability. Define a scoring formula, weightings for typical enterprise priorities, thresholds that trigger automatic approval versus manual review, and how you would evolve the model after observing outcomes.

EasySystem Design

47 practiced

Describe the purpose, membership, cadence and typical outputs of an Architecture Review Board (ARB) for a global enterprise migrating most workloads to cloud. Explain who should have veto authority, what kinds of changes require full board review, and how to make the ARB lightweight so it is not a bottleneck.

MediumTechnical

43 practiced

A product team has introduced a managed third-party service that bypasses standard networking controls. Outline how you would assess the situation, remediate the immediate risk, and update governance and technical controls to prevent recurrence while allowing legitimate use cases.

EasyTechnical

53 practiced

Define architecture principles and provide five concrete example principles tailored for cloud architecture (e.g., 'design for failure'). For each example principle explain how it guides decisions and how you would operationalize enforcement.

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