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The test is based on approximately 130 multiple choice questions. The answers may seem similar, but only one is wholly correct. The perspective that should be taken is one of a Senior Business Architect working on strategy driven business design or redesign. The changes driving any redesign element can be multiple, but the level will be broad conceptual redesign – it will never be at a focused business unit or lower level. The questions are not intended to require detail explanation or situation description – scenario. Anyone who is trying to understand the context of a question is already trying to look for nuance or fit it into a narrow framework. The questions are not meant to be interpreted in this way. Our goal is simplicity and clarity.
While the test is challenging, the questions are not to be interpreted based on nuance and there are no hidden meanings to questions. If situation specific, the situation will be given in the question. Interpretation of the questions should be based on simple business architecture project work and project needs. These projects are driven by strategic change and not problem resolution change within a business unit – such as reduce staff in x business unit or improve quality of a product. All questions should be considered from this perspective.
This test is not at all focused on standards group or methodology group beliefs. It is independent of any consideration of TOGAF, the Zachman Framework, Six Sigma, Lean, etc. which are considered to be tools or philosophies. The test is strictly from a Business Architecture practitioner perspective. As such, it does not ever assume organization or operational stability or any change that will last. In fact, just the opposite is assumed to reflect the fact that business are in as state of constant change as they evolve. No strategy or solution can be long term.
Finally, the test is based on the latest information, methods, tools and framework publically available for the discipline of Business Architecture.
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