Complete the sentence. According to TOGAF, an objective of Phase G, Implementation Governance, is to______________.
Which part of TOGAF describes taxonomies for categorizing the outputs of architecture activity in terms of reuse?
When using a cycle of the ADM to establish an Architecture Capability as described in TOGAF Part VII, which architecture would describe the infrastructure requirements?
Which of the following supports the need to govern Enterprise Architecture?
Which of the following best describes the need for the ADM process to be governed?
Which of the following is defined by TOGAF as a representation of a system from the perspective of a related set of concerns?
Which part of TOGAF describes a step-by-step approach to developing an enterprise architecture?
Which of the following is an objective of Phase B, Business Architecture?
Which one of the following is a key objective of Phase A of the TOGAF ADM?
The Requirements Management Phase is responsible for which one of the following activities?
Which one of the following statements about viewpoints is correct?
Which one of the following is the practice by which the enterprise architecture and other architectures are managed and controlled at an enterprise level?
Complete the sentence. In TOGAF, legacy systems and processes that are going to be used again in the future are considered ______
Which of the following best describes the purpose of an architecture compliance review?
Which one of the following best describes a primary use of the Architecture Vision document?
Complete the sentence. A server consolidation project that does not change the operating characteristics of the applications would require _____.
According to TOGAF, which of the following types of architecture has major characteristics that include open system standards and general building blocks?
Complete the sentence. In the TOGAF Architecture Content Framework, an artifact that is a list of things is known as a _________________.
Which phase of the ADM focuses on the governance and management of the Architecture Contracts that cover the overall implementation and deployment process?
What is used to structure architectural information in an orderly way so that it can be processed to meet stakeholder needs?
Within the Architecture Repository, what does the class of information knows as the Architecture Capability include?
In which phase of the ADM cycle do building blocks become implementation-specific?
Complete the sentence. TOGAF covers the development of four architecture domains, Business, Data, Technology and ___________.
Which Architecture domain is recommended to be the first architecture work undertaken in the ADM cycle?
Which ADM phase is responsible for assessing the performance of the architecture and making recommendations for change?
Which of the following TOGAF components was created to enable architects to design architectures addressing Boundaryless Information Flow?
Which of the following are interests important to the stakeholders in a system?
Which ADM Phase includes obtaining approval for the Statement of Architecture Work?
In the Preliminary Phase, which of the following drives the requirements and performance metrics when scoping the enterprise architecture work?
What are the four dimensions used to scope an architecture?
Which of the following describes a purpose of an Architecture Compliance review?
Which of the following is NOT an objective for Phase B, Business Architecture?
Complete the sentence. In a gap analysis, a building block that appears in the Target Architecture but does not appear in the Baseline Architecture indicates _____
Which one of the following lists the main components within the TOGAF Architecture Repository?
Complete the sentence. The key purpose of Gap Analysis is to _____ ActualTests.com
Which of the following describes how the Enterprise Continuum is used when developing an Enterprise Architecture?
Which ADM phase defines the scope for the architecture development initiative and obtains approval to proceed with the architecture development?
Complete the sentence. According to TOGAF, the simplest way of thinking about the Enterprise Continuum is as a _____
Which of the following best describes the purpose of the Business Scenarios technique?
Complete the sentence. The architecture domains that are considered by the TOGAF standard as subsets of an overall enterprise architecture are Business. Technology
According to TOGAF, in which sequence should Application Architecture and Data Architecture be developed in Phase C?
Which of the following statements about architecture partitioning are correct?
1. Partitions are used to simplify the management of the Enterprise Architecture.
2. Partitions are equivalent to architecture levels.
3. Partitions enable different teams to work on different element of the architecture at the same time.
4. Partitions reflect the organization's structure.
Which of the following are considered as generic Building Blocks in the Solutions Continuum?
Complete the sentence, The Architecture Landscape is divided into three levels, Capability Architectures, Segment Architectures, and ____________.
TOGAF provides guidelines on how to use the ADM to establish an architecture capability. Which one of the following is NOT a correct guideline?
Which one of the following best describes the purpose of a Change Request?
Which of the following describes a purpose of Architecture Principles?
Which of the following best describes the TOGAF Architecture Development Method?
Consider the following ADM phases objectives.
Which phase does each objective match?
Which of the following is a true statement about the TOGAF Technical Reference Model?
Which ADM phase includes establishing the Architecture Capability and definition of Architecture Principles?
According to TOGAF, which of the following best describes the purpose of an Architecture Definition Document?
Which one of the following best describes the purpose of ADM Phase E?
Complete the sentence. TOGAF covers the development of four architecture domains, Application, Business, Data and__________.
TOGAF Part VII, Architecture Capability Framework recommends use of an ADM cycle for establishing an architecture practice. In this scenario which architecture would describe the organizational structure for the architecture practice?
Complete the sentence. The Requirements Management process is used to______.
Complete the sentence. The Architecture Landscape is divided into levels known as____________________.
Which statement about Requirements Management is most correct?
According to TOGAF, which one of the following best describes an enterprise architecture?
Within the Architecture Continuum, which of the following consists of generic components inter-relationships principles and guidelines?
According to TOGAF, which of the following best describes Architecture Governance?
Complete the sentence. During the implementation of an architecture, if the original Architecture Definition and requirements are not suitable, a ____ may be submitted to initiate further architecture work.
According to the TOGAF standard, which of the following define general rules and guidelines for the use of resources across the enterprise?
Which of the following types of architecture defines technology standards for building blocks and reflects general computing requirements?
Scenario
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You are serving as an Enterprise Architect at a large aerospace company. It designs, manufactures and sells civil and military aviation products worldwide and manufactures in multiple countries both inside and outside of the European Union. The company has grown rapidly by acquisition and has inherited numerous different procurement processes and related IT systems.
Recently, several procurement processes, within the civil aviation business, have has problems related to the timing of purchases, which has led to excess inventory. The Vice President in charge of Supply Chain Management has made the decision to consolidate and reduce redundant procurement processes and systems. He has committed to the CEO that the business will move to a "Just-in-time" procurement system so as to keep inventory costs low.
The TOGAF standard is used for internal Enterprise Architecture activities. At present, there are no architectural assets in the Architecture Repository related to this initiative. All assets will need to be acquired, customized, or created from scratch. The company prefers to implement commercial off the shelf package applications with little customization. The CIO, who is the project sponsor, has stated that she is not concerned about preserving the existing procurement processes or systems.
This project is using an iterative approach for executing the Architecture Development Method (ADM). The architecture development project has completed the Architecture Vision Phase and has started a number of iteration cycles to develop the Architecture. As a packaged application is being considered, the next iteration will include both the Business and Application Architectures.
Stakeholders concerns that should be addressed by these architectures include:
1. What groups of people should be involved in procurement-related business processes?
2. What applications will these groups use once the architecture development is complete?
3. What non-procurement applications will need to be integrated with the new procurement applications?
4. What are the dependences between the non-procurement and the new procurement applications?
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[Note: You may need to refer to the Architectural Artifacts chapter, section 31.6 (located in Part IV) within the reference text in order to answer this question.]
You have been asked to identify the most appropriate catalogs, matrices, and diagrams to support the next iteration of Architecture development.
Based on the TOGAF standard, which of the following is the best answer?
Scenario
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You are serving as the Lead Enterprise Architect for a chain of convenience stores. The stores operate 24 hours a day and 7 days a week and use cloud-based point-of-sale (POS) technology to manage their sales and inventory. Cloud-based POS systems store all user data, including sales and inventory in a remote server.
The cloud-based systems collect real-time data to support ordering and product selection decisions including the tailoring of product assortment based on sales history, customer demographics as well as the next day's weather forecast. In many cases, several stores are located in neighboring areas. This strategy makes distribution to each store cheaper, as well as making multiple deliveries per day possible. The stores also act as self-service delivery locations for a large online retailer which further increases the number of potential customers entering the stores.
An Enterprise Architecture practice exists within the company, with the CEO and CIO as joint sponsors. They have decided to adopt TOGAF standard within the practice and the first project is to restructure the Enterprise Architecture so that it can better support the existing environment and accommodate future changes of strategy within the company.
The CIO has stated that the following issues need to be addressed in the restructuring:
They need to address problems with data quality and inconsistent data in order to support better decision making and analysis.
The architecture should focus on the needs of the business, not technology
To remain competitive, new products and promotions must undergo market trials before deployment across the retail chain. Information systems must be able to manage changes and updates without undue delays.
[Note: You should assume that the company has adopted the example set of principles that are listed and defined in TOGAF standard, Architecture Principles chapter. You may need to refer to the Architecture Principles chapter, section 20.6 (located in Part III) within the reference text in order to answer this question.]
You have been asked to identify the most relevant architecture principles for the current situation.
Based on the TOGAF standard, which of the following is the best answer? [Note: The ordering of the principles listed in each answer is not significant.]
Which of the following best describes the Reference Library within the Architecture Repository?
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Your role is that of an Enterprise Architect at an multinational company. The company
designs, manufactures and sells products worldwide. It has grown rapidly by
acquisition and has inherited numerous different business processes and related IT
systems. This has led in many instances to a duplication of resources.
The Chief Operating Officer (COO) has made the decision to consolidate and reduce
redundant business processes and IT systems in the sales operations. She has
committed to the CEO that the business will migrate to a set of standardized solutions
that will reduce costs and improve efficiency.
The Enterprise Architecture practice at the company has been assigned to manage
the project. At present, there are no architectural assets in the Architecture Repository
related to this initiative. All assets will need to be acquired, customized, or created
from scratch. The CIO, who is the project sponsor, has identified the need for a set of
commercial off the shelf package applications as candidates for the target. She has
also stated that she is not concerned about preserving the existing business
processes or IT systems within the sales operations.
Your team leader has asked you to assist with developing a response to the following
questions:
Which groups of users will use the different applications and IT systems?
How many licenses and type of licenses are needed for the packaged applications?
What level of support is needed for the users?
Where should the support center(s) be located?
What new capabilities will be required to support this business change?
How much will the migration cost?
This project is using an iterative approach for executing the TOGAF Architecture
Development Method. The architecture development project has completed the
Architecture Vision Phase. A set of packaged applications has been identified and is
being considered, the next iteration will include development of the Business and
Application Target Architectures.
Refer the Scenario.
[Note: You may need to refer to the Architectural Artifacts chapter, section 31.6
(located in Part IV) of the reference text in order to answer this question.]
You have been asked to identify the most appropriate catalogs, matrices, and
diagrams to support the Architecture development.
Based on the TOGAF Standard, Version 9.2, which of the following is the best
answer?
You are an Enterprise Architect at a food production and distribution company. The primary goal of the company is to maximize profit while satisfying the needs of consumers for its products. Its customers are demanding food that is produced sustainably, safely, and transparently while reducing environmental impact.
The business is highly mechanized, and this mechanization has caused a decrease in the number of workers needed, together with a focus on agricultural engineering to improve the efficiency of its farms, its processing facilities, and the overall enterprise. As part of this, the company has established an Enterprise Architecture (EA) practice based on the TOGAF standard, using it as the method and guiding framework. The Chief Information Officer (CIO) is the sponsor of EA practice. The introduction of EA has enabled the decision-makers to have valuable insights into the different aspects of the business.
Global warming has caused a lot of poor harvests, and the company is producing fewer crops than before. This combined with an increase in costs for energy, feed, fuel, and fertilizer has led to a significant decrease in profits. The rising costs and reduced profits mean that the company is unable to take as much planned action on climate measures as it would like, such as reducing its carbon footprint. In response to the situation, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) has decided that big changes are needed that will lead both to improved crop production and profitability. They must look to all aspects of the business. This includes looking at the mix of crops to mitigate for the change in climate.
The company will also cease to process its own crops and will sell off its processing facilities. Thus, the target market will change, and the end-products will be different and more varied. A formal request for architecture change has been approved. At this stage, there is no fixed scope, shared vision, or objectives.
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You have been asked to propose the best approach for architecture development to realize the CEO's change in direction for the company.
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The ABC company is a major supplier in the automotive industry, headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio with manufacturing plants in Chicago, Sao Paulo, Stuttgart, Yokohama, and Seoul. Each of these plants has been operating its own planning and production scheduling systems, as well as custom developed applications that drive the automated production equipment at each plant.
The company is implementing lean manufacturing principles to minimize waste and improve the efficiency of all of its production operations. During a recent exercise held for internal quality improvement, it was determined that a significant reduction in process waste could be achieved by replacing the current planning and scheduling systems with a common Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system located in the Cleveland data center. This central system would provide support to each of the plants replacing the functionality in the existing systems. It would also eliminate the need for full data centers at each of the plant facilities. A reduced number of IT staff could support the remaining applications. In some cases, a third-party contractor could provide those staff.
The company Enterprise Architecture department has been operating for several years and has mature, well-developed architecture governance and development processes that are strongly based on TOGAF 9. At a recent meeting, the Architecture Review Board approved a Request for Architecture Work from the Chief Engineer of Global Manufacturing Operations who is the project sponsor. The request covered the initial architectural investigations and the development of a comprehensive architecture to plan the transformation.
The Common ERP Deployment architecture project team has now been formed, and the project team has been asked to develop an Architecture Vision that will achieve the desired outcomes and benefits. Some of the plant managers have expressed concern about the security and reliability of driving their planning and production scheduling from a central system located in Cleveland. The Chief Engineer wants to know how these concerns can be addressed.
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You are serving as the Lead Enterprise Architect of the newly-formed Common ERP Deployment architecture project team.
As the Common ERP Deployment architecture project team assembles for its initial meeting, many of the participants have voiced concerns about the sweeping scope of the initiative. Others are confident that they know a solution that will work. During the meeting, a number of alternative recommendations for how to proceed are put forward by members of the team.
You have been asked to select the most appropriate recommendation to ensure that the team evaluates different approaches to the problem and clarifies the requirements for the architecture.
Based on TOGAF 9, which of the following is the best answer?
Which of the following is the representation of a related set of concerns?
Complete the sentence. Actions arising from the Business Transformation Readiness Assessment technique should be incorporated in the ___________
Which of the following best describes the purpose of an Architecture Definition Document?
You are working as an Enterprise Architect at a large company. The company runs many retail stores, as well as an online marketplace. The online marketplace allows hundreds of brands to partner with the company.
The company has a mature Enterprise Architecture (EA) practice and uses the TOGAF standard for its architecture development method. The EA practice is involved in all aspects of the business, with oversight provided by an Architecture Board with representatives from different parts of the business. The EA program is sponsored by the Chief Information Officer (CIO).
Many of the stores remain open all day and night. Each store uses a standard method to track sales and inventory. This involves sending accurate, timely sales data to a central AI-based inventory management system that can predict demand, adjust stock levels, and automate reordering. The central inventory management system is housed at the company's central data center.
The company has bought a major rival. The Chief Executive Officer believes that a merger will enable growth through combined offerings and cost savings. The decision has been taken to fully integrate the two organizations, including merging retail operations and systems. This means that duplicated systems will be replaced with one standard retail management system. Also, the company will reduce the number of applications that are used. The CIO expects significant savings will be achieved by implementing these changes across the newly merged company.
One improvement that the rival has successfully implemented is the use of hand-held devices within stores, for both customers and staff. This has increased both customer and staff employee satisfaction due to the time savings this has brought. The CIO has given the go-ahead to roll out the devices in all stores but has stated that training on how to use the hand-held devices should be brief because there are a lot of employees, many of whom are part-time.
The Request for Architecture Work to oversee the merger has been approved. The project has been scoped and you have been assigned to work on it. Your role includes managing the architecture for the retail stores.
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You have been asked to confirm the most relevant architecture principles for the transformation.
Scenario:
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ABC LLC is a vacation property management firm that is growing through acquisition. It manages over 200 resort properties across North America. Many of the resort properties use the same internal IT systems that they used before they were acquired. Until recently, the only requirement that has been placed in each property is that they use a standard financial reporting system to report their financials ID the headquarters on a weekly basis.
The CEO has stated his concerns about the inefficiencies of the current approach and identified the need to change. He has defined a new strategic vision that will enhance the LLC property business by standardizing its operations across the network to provide consolidated financial, human resources, logistics, sales and marketing, and yield management. He has also stated that he expects results by the end of the current fiscal year.
These changes will provide the company with improved utilization of its capacity and more efficient operations. The addition of a corporate-wide data warehouse will provide analytics that will enable the marketing group to improve its ability to target advertising into key markets to improve yields.
The LLC has a mature enterprise architecture (EA) practice and uses TOGAF 9 as the method and guiding framework. The CIO is the sponsor of the activity.
In planning this change, the Chief Architect engaged the services of a well-known consulting firm that specializes in business strategy. An initial study has been conducted to identify the strategic changes needed to implement the CEO's vision. This recently completed with approval of a strategic architecture encompassing the entire firm, including detailed requirements and recommendations.
Based on the recommendations from the initial engagement, the company has embraced an Architecture Vision to adopt an enterprise application that is tailored to the needs of the hospitality industry.
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Your role is that of Chief Architect. You have been asked to recommend the best approach to take in this architecture engagement to realize the CEO's vision.
Based on TOGAF 9, which of the following is the best answer?
Which of the following best describes the purpose of the Architecture Roadmap?
Which of the following does the TOGAF standard classify as catalogs, matrices and diagrams?
Scenario:
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You have been appointed as a consultant to the Lead Enterprise Architect of an international agricultural company that exports bulbs, flowers and seeds worldwide. The company has its headquarters in the Netherlands, and has sales and distribution centers in over 30 countries worldwide. Several of these centers include administrative, manufacturing, and research facilities.
To achieve full integration of their research capabilities with their development centers located in various climate zones, the company wants to develop strong self-directed teams in each location. It also wants to define new business models that are profitable while reducing their impact on the environment. The management team is deeply committed to ensuring that the company is a world leader in socially responsible seed development with a business strategy that focuses on profitability through environmentally friendly operating processes.
The international operations of the company are subject to legal and regulatory requirements for each country where they operate. The production of genetically modified seeds has governmental controls that are strictly enforced and compliance is critical. Recently a competitor was heavily fined for violating the regulations in a country where it was developing pest-resistant seeds.
The Governing Board is concerned about the risks posed in this complex global environment, and as a result has approved the expenditure of resources to establish an Enterprise Architecture program. They have requested to be informed about the status of projects that could impact regulatory compliance. They also want to enable the corporate legal staff and auditors to analyze proposed architectures to ensure that they are within the legal guidelines for a given location. In addition, the research organization should be able to see that the architecture is appropriate for its needs.
TOGAF 9 has been mandated as the framework for the development and evolution of the Enterprise Architecture practice. The Preliminary Phase has been completed to establish the enterprise architecture capability for this project.
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You have been asked to recommend an approach that would enable the development of an architecture that addresses the needs of the Governing Board, legal staff, auditors and the research organization.
Based on TOGAF 9, which of the following is the best answer?
Scenario
Please read this scenario prior to answering the Question
You are serving as the Lead Architect for a chain of convenience stores. The stores operate 24 hours a day and 7 days a week and use cloud-based point-of-sale (POS) technology to manage their sales and inventory. Cloud-based POS systems store all user data, including sales and inventory in a remote server.
The cloud-based systems collect real-time data to support ordering and product selection decisions including the tailoring of product assortment based on sales history, customer demographics as well as the next day's weather forecast. In many cases, several stores are located in neighboring areas. This strategy makes distribution to each store cheaper, as well as making multiple deliveries per day possible. The stores also act as self-service delivery locations for a large online retailer which further increases the number of potential customers entering the stores.
An Enterprise Architecture practice exists within the company, with the CEO and CIO as joint sponsors. They have decided to adopt TOGAF standard within the practice and the first project is to restructure the Enterprise Architecture so that it can better support the existing environment and accommodate future changes of strategy within the company.
The CIO has stated that the following issues need to be addressed in the restructuring:
They need to address problems with data quality and inconsistent data in order to support better decision making and analysis.
The architecture should focus on the needs of the business, not technology
To remain competitive, new products and promotions must undergo market trials and if these are successful, deployed across the retail chain. Information systems must be able to manage changes and updates without undue delays.
Refer to the Scenario
[Note: You should assume that the company has adopted the example set of principles that are listed and defined in TOGAF, Section 23.6. You may need to refer to Chapter 23 of the reference text in order to answer this question.]
You have been asked to identify the most relevant architecture principles for the current situation.
Based on TOGAF, which of the following is the best answer? [Note: The ordering of the principles listed in each answer is not significant.]
What does the TOGAF standard provide to guide architectural activity within the enterprise in terms of structures, roles, responsibilities, and processes?
The TOGAF Architecture Capability Framework recommends use of an ADM cycle for establishing an architecture practice. In this scenario, which of the following would describe the organizational structure for the architecture practice?
In which ADM phase is the Implementation and Migration Plan coordinated with other activities in the enterprise?
Scenario
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You have been appointed as a consultant to the Chief Enterprise Architect of a multinational pharmaceutical corporation. The corporation includes 30 subsidiary companies with operations in over 60 countries and products sold in over 125 countries. It has major research and development sites in over 45 locations worldwide.
The management team is deeply committed to ensuring that the corporation is a world leader in socially responsible pharmaceutical development with a business strategy that focuses on profitability through environmentally friendly operating processes as well as a commitment to disease eradication.
The operations of the corporation are subject to legal and regulatory requirements for each country where they operate. The production of prescription pharmaceutical products has governmental controls that are strictly enforced and compliance is critical. Recently a competitor was heavily fined for violating the regulations in a country where it was conducting a clinical trial for a new regulated drug.
The Governing Board is concerned about the risks posed in this complex global environment. As a result the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) has appointed a Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) to be responsible for overseeing and managing compliance issues for the corporation. The CCO reports directly to the CEO.
The CCO has approved the expenditure of resources to establish an Enterprise Architecture program. He has requested to be informed about the status of projects that could impact regulatory compliance. He also wants the corporate legal staff and auditors to analyze all proposed architectures to ensure that they are within the legal guidelines for each country. In addition, the research organization should be able to see that the architecture is appropriate for its needs.
TOGAF 9 has been mandated as the framework for the development and evolution of the Enterprise Architecture practice. The Preliminary Phase has been completed to establish the enterprise architecture capability for this project.
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You have been asked to recommend an approach that would enable the development of an architecture that addresses the needs of the Chief Compliance Officer, legal staff, auditors and the research organization.
Based on TOGAF, which of the following is the best answer?
Complete the sentence. Two of the four architecture domains that are subsets of an overall Enterprise Architecture are Business and Technology, the other two are Application and _________
In which phase of the ADM cycle do building blocks become implementation-specific?
Which of the following describes an objective of the Preliminary Phase?
What does the TOGAF standard describe as a structure which can be used for developing a broad range of architectures?
According to the TOGAF standard, what term describes an individual with an interest in a system?
Which of the following does the TOGAF ADM recommend for use in developing an Architecture Vision document?
Scenario:
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The ABC company is an international agricultural company exporting bulbs, flowers and seeds worldwide. It is headquartered in Rotterdam in the Netherlands, and has sales and distribution centers in over 60 countries worldwide. Several of these centers include administrative, manufacturing, and research facilities.
To achieve full integration of their research capabilities with their development centers located in various climate zones, the company wants to develop strong self-directed teams in each location. It also wants to define new business models that are profitable while reducing their impact on the environment. The management is deeply committed to ensuring that the company is a world leader in socially responsible seed development with a business strategy that focuses on profitability through environmentally friendly operating processes.
The company international operations are subject to various legal and regulatory requirements. In areas such as genetically modified seeds, governmental controls are strictly enforced and compliance is critical. Recently a competitor was heavily fined for violating the regulations in a country where it was developing pest-resistant seeds.
The Governing Board is concerned, and as a result has approved the expenditure of resources to establish an Enterprise Architecture program. They have requested information about the status of projects that could impact regulatory compliance. They also want to enable the corporate legal staff and auditors to analyze proposed architectures to ensure that they are within the legal guidelines for a given location. In addition, the research organization should be able to see that the architecture is appropriate for its needs. TOGAF 9 has been mandated as the guiding framework for the development and evolution of the Enterprise Architecture practice.
Refer to the Scenario
You have been appointed as the Lead Consultant.
You have been asked to recommend an approach that would enable the development of an architecture that addresses the needs of all these parties.
Based on TOGAF 9, which of the following is the best answer?
Scenario
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You are serving as the Lead Architect for the enterprise architecture team at a multinational company. The company has grown rapidly by acquisition and has inherited numerous supply chain processes and related IT systems. Several supply chain processes have had problems related to the timing of purchases, which has led to excess inventory. The Vice President in charge of Supply Chain Management has made the decision to consolidate and reduce redundant processes and systems. The company will move to a "Just-in-time" supply chain management system so as to keep inventory costs low.
The TOGAF standard is used for internal Enterprise Architecture activities. This project is using an iterative approach for executing the Architecture Development Method (ADM).
At present, there are no particularly useful architectural assets in the Architecture Repository related to this initiative. All assets will need to be acquired, customized, or created.The company prefers to implement commercial off the shelf package applications with little customization. The CIO, who is the project sponsor, has stated that she is not concerned about preserving the existing supply chain management processes or systems.
The architecture development project has completed Phase A and has started a number of iteration cycles to develop the Architecture. As a packaged application is being considered, the next iteration will include both the Business, Application and Data Architectures. Key stakeholder concerns that should be addressed by these architectures include:
1. What groups of people should be involved in supply chain management-related business processes?
2. What non-supply chain management applications will need to be integrated with the new supply chain management applications?
3. What data will need to be shared?
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[Note: You may need to refer to Chapter 35 of the reference text in order to answer this question.] You have been asked to identify the most appropriate catalogs, matrices, and diagrams to support the next iteration of Architecture development.
Based on TOGAF, which of the following is the best answer?
In Phase D of the ADM cycle, if you are following the order of the steps defined and the current step is to perform gap analysis, what is the next step?
Please read this scenario prior to answering the question
Your role is an Enterprise Architect for a chain of convenience stores. Many of the stores
remain open 24 hours a day. Each store has a standardized retail solution using cloud-
based point-of-sale (POS) technology to manage sales and inventory. The cloud-based
systems collect real-time data to support ordering and product selection decisions
including the tailoring of product assortment based on sales history, customer
demographics as well as the short-term weather forecast.
The company has acquired a smaller competitor, that has similar product lines and
operates in a different geographic region. The CEO believes that a merger will enable
growth through combined offerings and cost savings. This growth includes market share,
geographic expansion, as well as product diversification. The decision has been taken to
quickly integrate the two organizations, including merging retail operations and systems.
The merger will replace duplicated systems with the standardized cloud-based point-of-
sale technology. One innovation that the competitor has deployed is the use of hand-
held tablets within stores, together with a suite of store management applications, and
this is to be adopted across the whole of the merged organization. It has been observed
that this has increased employee satisfaction due to the time savings this has brought
compared to the previous fixed screens used for data entry.
The company has a mature Enterprise Architecture practice based on the TOGAF
Standard, with the CEO and CIO as joint sponsors. A project is underway to manage the
merger of the operations and systems.
The CIO anticipates significant cost savings will be made by moving to the standardized
retail solution across the merged organization. The CIO has also stated that the staff
training for the hand-held tablets should be kept to a minimum due to the large number
of employees, which include a large proportion of part-time employees.
Refer to the Scenario
[Note: You should assume that the company has adopted the example set of principles
that are listed and defined in the TOGAF standard, Architecture Principles chapter. You
may need to refer to the Architecture Principles chapter, section 20.6 (located in Part III)
within the reference text in order to answer this question.]
You have been asked to identify the most relevant architecture principles for the current
situation.
Based on the TOGAF Standard, Version 9.2, which of the following is the best answer?
[Note: The ordering of the principles listed in each answer is not significant.]
Which of the following statements best describes the Requirements Management process?
What ADM Phase generates the initial complete version of the Architecture Roadmap?