OGAA-001 Sample Questions & Answers
The sixteen axioms of agile architecture carry the most weight, next to the overall approach and mental model, intentional architecture and governance, agile strategy and the organization, journey mapping for experience design, and product and operations architecture.
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- Question 1Beginner
The 16 Axioms of Agile Architecture · Customer-Centric Axioms
True or False: In Open Agile Architecture, 'Outside-In Thinking' refers to prioritizing internal operational efficiency before addressing customer needs to ensure a stable platform.
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Correct answer: B
False. 'Outside-In Thinking' is an axiom that mandates starting with the customer experience and value proposition (outside) and deriving the necessary internal capabilities and architecture (inside) from those needs, not the other way around.
- Question 2Intermediate
The 16 Axioms of Agile Architecture · Technical Architecture Axioms
A financial services firm is reorganizing its architecture. Instead of horizontal technology layers (UI, Logic, Data), they are grouping systems by business domains (e.g., Payments, Loans, Accounts) where each group owns its full stack. Which O-AA Axiom does this structure illustrate?
graph TD subgraph Traditional_Layering UI[UI Layer] Logic[Business Logic Layer] Data[Data Layer] UI --> Logic --> Data end subgraph OAA_Partitioning Payments[Payments Domain (UI+Logic+Data)] Loans[Loans Domain (UI+Logic+Data)] Accounts[Accounts Domain (UI+Logic+Data)] endShow answer & explanation
Correct answer: B
The diagram and scenario describe 'Favor Partitioning over Layering'. Partitioning (vertical slicing by domain) allows for autonomous teams and decoupled deployment, whereas layering (horizontal slicing) creates dependencies where changes in one layer affect others.
- Question 3IntermediateSelect 2
The 16 Axioms of Agile Architecture · Customer-Centric Axioms
Select TWO axioms that specifically address the 'Customer-Centric' category of the 16 O-AA Axioms.
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Correct answers: B, E
Focus on Customer Experience is a primary customer-centric axiom.
Orchestrate Touchpoints is a customer-centric axiom focused on ensuring consistency across all customer interactions.
- Question 4Advanced
The 16 Axioms of Agile Architecture · Technical Architecture Axioms
What does the 'Bias for Change' axiom imply for the architecture governance process?
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Correct answer: B
Bias for Change means the architecture is not a static monument but a living thing. Governance should encourage evolution, refactoring, and replacement of components as requirements change, rather than rigidly protecting the status quo.
- Question 5Intermediate
The 16 Axioms of Agile Architecture · Technical Architecture Axioms
An organization is struggling with data silos where each application has its own proprietary data format, making analytics difficult. Which O-AA Axiom addresses this specific issue?
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Correct answer: A
The 'Create a Modular Data Platform' axiom emphasizes that data should be accessible, standardized, and treated as a product, preventing silos and enabling analytics across the enterprise.
- Question 6Advanced
Architecture Development and Governance · Intentional Architecture and Continuous Refactoring
In the context of 'Intentional Architecture' vs. 'Emergent Design', what is the primary role of Intentional Architecture in O-AA?
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Correct answer: C
Intentional Architecture provides the necessary structure (runway) and cross-cutting concerns (standards, high-level patterns) that allow agile teams to build features (emergent design) without hitting dead ends or creating chaos.
- Question 7Beginner
Architecture Development and Governance · Continuous Architectural Refactoring
What term describes the continuous process of improving the internal structure of an architecture without changing its external behavior, which O-AA mandates as a core practice?
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Correct answer: A
Architectural Refactoring is the practice of improving the design of existing code and architecture to pay down technical debt and improve maintainability without altering external behavior.
- Question 8Intermediate
Architecture Development and Governance · Agile Governance
In an Agile Governance model, what is the primary difference between 'Guardrails' and traditional 'Gates'?
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Correct answer: C
Agile governance favors Guardrails (e.g., automated policy checks, approved patterns) that allow teams to move fast as long as they stay within bounds, replacing manual Gates that cause bottlenecks.
- Question 9Intermediate
Agile Strategy and Organization · Agile Strategy Development
Agile Strategy is often described as 'hypothesis-driven'. What does this imply for the strategic planning process?
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Correct answer: D
In O-AA, strategy is not a prediction but a hypothesis. It must be validated via rapid feedback loops (experiments), and the organization must be ready to pivot based on real-world data.
- Question 10Advanced
Agile Strategy and Organization · Agile Organization Design
When designing an Agile Organization, O-AA recommends 'Enterprise Segmentation'. What is the primary goal of this practice?
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Correct answer: C
Enterprise Segmentation aims to divide the organization into vertical slices (domains, value streams) that contain all necessary capabilities to deliver value independently, reducing cross-unit coordination costs.
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