Software Development Lifecycle Models describe procedures and activities involved in developing different types of software applications. These application types vary in size, target platform, level of security and maintenance required, available resources. Software development is a complex task, consisting of many individual activities that need to be coordinated. This is where software processes and life cycle models come into play, providing an infrastructure to coordinate and manage these various activities. For Capstone Project 2 you will make Management decisions related to enterprise architecture and Software Process goals. Answer the Exercises questions at the end of Chapter 4 (p. 208):

1. For the application S-Sec, stakeholders put strong emphasis on IT security, in particular the integrity of the data stored which should under no circumstances be modified without appropriate permissions and verification. Following the approach defined by the COBIT goals cascade, identify the appropriate goals for the enabler processes in this context.

2. Summarize the main properties of the national culture you live in regarding software engineering. How does it differ from other national cultures?

3. Based on what you have learned about the company CS AutoSystems from the case study descriptions, suggest a high-level enterprise architecture consisting of the four architecture types as defined by TOGAF. What interaction is there between this enterprise architecture and the software processes used in CS AutoSystems?