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Question 1

You have been assigned the role of Chief Enterprise Architect within a leading professional services
company that specializes in providing outsourcing services.
The company has over 20,000 professionals and works on some of the world's largest outsourcing
projects. Outsourcing services include business processes, infrastructure, and service management.
The company also provides business consulting services. Roughly half of its turnover comes from the
private sector and hal from the public sector.
With numerous service areas and a large number of diverse engagements in progress at any given
time, overall engagement management within the company has become challenging. The company
has recently had a number of high profile projects that have overrun on budget and under delivered,
thereby damaging its reputation and adversely impacting its share price.
The company has established an Enterprise Architecture program based on the TOGAF standard,
sponsored jointly by the Chief Executive Officer and Chief
Information Officer. An Architecture Board has been formed comprised of IT staff executives and
executives from the major service areas and consulting practice.
The Enterprise Architecture (EA) team has been working with the Strategic Planning team to create a
strategic Enterprise Architecture to address these issues.
The EA team has defined a framework and held workshops with key stakeholders to define a set of
architecture principles to govern the architecture work. They have completed an Architecture
Version at a strategic level and laid our Architecture Definitions for the four domains. They have set
out an ambitious vision of the future of the company over a five-year period. This will include three
distinct transformations.
The CIO has made it clear that prior to the approval of the detailed implementation and Migration
plan, the EA team will need to assess the risks associated with the proposed architecture. He has
received concerns from some of the vice presidents across the company that the proposed
architecture may be too ambitious and they are not sure it can produce sufficient value to warrant
the risks.
You have been asked to recommend an approach to satisfy these concerns.
Based on the TOGAF Standard, Version 9.2, which of the following is the best answer?

  • A. Before preparing the detailed Implementation and Migration plan, the EA team should review and consolidate the gap analysis results from Phases B to D. This can be used to understand the transformations that are required to achieve the proposed Target Architecture. The EA team should then assess the readiness of the organization to undergo change. Once the architecture has been assembled, it should be analyzed using a state evolution table to determine the Transition Architectures.
  • B. The EA team should apply an interoperability analysis to evaluate any potentital issues across the architecture. This should include the development of a matrix showing the interoperability requirements. Once all of the concerns have been resolved, the EA team should finalize the Architecture Roadmap and the Implementation and Migration Plan.
  • C. The EA team should evaluate the organization's readiness to undergo change. This will allow the risks associated with the transformations to be identified and mitigated for. It will also identify improvement actions to be worked into the Implementaion and Migration Plan. The Business Value Assessment technique should then be used to detetmine the business value and associated risks for the transformation.
  • D. The EA team should bring together information about potential solutions from the appropriate sources. Once the target architecture has been assembled, it should be analyzed using a state evolution table to determine the Transition Architectures. A value realization process should then be established to ensure that the concerns raised are addressed.
Answer:

C

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Question 2

Your role is that of Lead Enterprise Architect for a chain of convenience stores. The chain includes
over 15,000 retail outlets throughout the Asia-Pacific region.
Each store in the chain is an independently owned and operated franchise. The stores operate 24
hours a day and 7 days a week. Many of the stores have been wirh the franchise for more than 10
years and still use the original IT systems deployed at that time.
The CEO of the chain has stated his concerns about the inefficiencies of the current systems and
identified the need to change. He has defined a new strategic vision that will enhance the business
by providing its franchisees new services to help them complete with other retail outlets and online
retailers. This strategy is part of the long-term commitment to enhance the brand image and
increase revenue for the chain. He has also stated that he expects improved financial results by the
end of the current fiscal year.
The changes will help provide the chain with improved products, and more efficient operations. The
stores will also act as delivery and return locations for a large online retailer which will further
increase the number of potential customers. The addition of a corporate-wide data warehouse will
provide analytics that will enable the marketing group to improve its ability to target advertising and
new products to specific regions.
The chain has a mature Enterprise Architecture practice based in its headquarters and uses the
TOGAF standard as the method and guiding framework. The CIO is the sponsor of the activity.
The Chief Architect engaged the services of a leading 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 chin, including detailed requirements and recommendations.
Based on the recommendations from the initial study, the decision for the chain to adopt a packegd
suite of integrated applications that is tailored to the needs of the franchise has been taken.
You have been asked by the Chief Architect to propose the best approach for architecture
development to realize the CEO's vision.
Based on the TOGAF Standard, Version 9.2 which of the following is the best answer?

  • A. You proposed that the target architecture is defined first, followed by transition planning. This is because the vision is well understood and the strategic architecture agreed. The target first approach will ensure that the current problems and inefficiencies of the baseline architecture are not carried forward, and the baseline architecture are not carried forward, and that the proposed solution addresses the requirements identified in the initial study.
  • B. You propose that his engagement define the baseline architecture first in order to assess the current infrastructure capcity and capability. The initial priority is to understand the problem. Then the focus should be on transition planning and architecture deployment. This will identify requirements to ensure that the prjects are sequenced in an optimal fashion so as to realize the vision.
  • C. You propose that the team focus on defining the target architecture by going through the architecture definition phases (B-D). This is because the initial study identified the need to change. This will ensure that the change can be defined in a structured manner and address the requirements needed to realize the vision.
  • D. You propose that the team focus on architecture definition with a specific emphasis on understanding the strategic change parameters of the business strategy. Once understood, the team will be in the best position to identify the requirements, drivers, issues, and constraints for this engagement. You would ensure that the target architecture addresses non-functional requirements so as to ensure the target architecture is robust and secure.
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A

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Question 3

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 had problems
related to the timing of purchases, which has led to excess inventory. The Vice President in change 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 presents, 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
Architecure Vision Phase and has started a number of iteration cycles to develop the Architecture. As
a packeged application is being considered, the next iteration will include both the Business and
Application Architectures.
Stakeholder 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 dependencies between the non-procurement and the new procurement
applications?
[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, Version 9.2, which of the following is the best answer?

  • A. You would describe the Baseline Business Architecture with an Organization/Actor catalog, a Business Service/Function catalog, and a Data Entity/Business Function matrix. You would describe the Baseline Application Architecture with an Application Portfolio catalog and an Application/Function matrix.
  • B. You would describe the Target Business Architecture with a Business Service/Function catalog, an Organization/Actor catalog, and Data Lifecycle diagrams. You would describe the Target Application Architecture with Application Communication diagrams, an Application Interaction matrix, and an Application Portfolio catalog.
  • C. You would describe the Target Business Architecture with a Business Interaction matrix, and a Business Service/Function catalog. You would describe the Target Application Architecture with an Application Communication diagram, an Application/Organization matrix, an Application Interaction matrix and an Interface catalog.
  • D. You would describe the Baseline Business Architecture with a Baseline Business Process catalog, and an Object lifecycle catalog. You would describe the Baseline Application Architecture with an Interface catalog and a Technology Portfolio catalog.
Answer:

B

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Question 4

You are working as a consultant to the Chief Architect at an intelligent and security organization
responsible for securing government communications and information systems. These provide real-
time, highly secure communication of voice, video, and message data to remove locations around
the world. The agency has recently received information from intelligence sources that the current
encryption protocols may no longer be secure. In response, a program is underway to upgrade the
systems.
The agency has an established Enterprise Architecture (EA) capability based on the TOGAF standard.
The Executive Director of the agency is the sponsor of the
EA capability.
Since reliable, high-preformcane, and secure communications are essential to be preserving national
security, the Executive Director has placed stringent requirements for the architecture of the
upgraded systems. It must be able to provide assurance of the upgraded systems. It must be able to
provide assurance and verification of specific performance measures on the key services that are
most crucial for system operation. Focusing on these service-level details and specific measurements
will allow stricter requirements to be enforced in service contracts. It will also provide a high degree
of assurance that necessary performance is being delivered and that notifications will occur if any
critical service fails to perform as required.
A portion of the program budget has been allocated to conduct a review of the E

  • A. You recommend that the motivation and governance extensions are incorporated into the Architecture Content Metamodel. Using these extensions will allow modeling the goals, objectives and drivers for the architecture, linking them to servive levels and more detailed governance models. This will also enable the ability to re-use existing profiles, customizing them for the various service contracts involved.
  • B. You recommend that a Communications Engineering view is created using the infrastructure consolidation extension from the Architecture Content Metamodel. This view will allow architects to align the needed performance measurement communications across the system. This will support the stringent performance measurements needed for the more detailed governance views required for the upgraded system, making the interfaces to the communication and network layer of the architecture highly visible at the application level.
  • C. You recommend all of the extensions be incorporated into the Architecture Content Metamodel. The full Content Metamodel will enable the EA team to capture and categorize all the important additional data neded to support the performance and measurement objectives linked to these artifacts. Once the new repository content has been implemented, on-demand queries can be used to generate a customized governance stakeholder view that isolated the artifacts and data needed to assess measurement for any particular service. If this view is found to be inadequate for the governance concerns, the servie models within those artifacts can be expanded.
  • D. You recommend that the services extension be incorporated into the Architecture Content Metamodel. By using this extension, the service model is no longer constrained by what is expected in typical business service defintions, allowing more flexibility for adding customized models to support the more stringent measurement requirements. The services extension can also be used to map terminology between the business services and the application components.
Answer:

D

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Question 5

You are serving as the Lead Architect for an Enterprise Architecture project team within a
multinational oil and gas corporation. It is organized into two major business groupings:
Upstream operations which include exploration for crude oil and natural gas and operating the

infrastructure necessary to deliver oil and gas to the market
Downstream operations which include the manufacturing, distribution and marketing activities

for oil products and chemicals. Safety is a priority for the company, with the aim to ensure it causes
zero harm to people and the environment. The company has to satisfy the regulatory requirements
of each of the countries it operates in.
The downstream business generates a third of the company's profits worldwide and includes more
than 30,000 petrol stations and various oil refineries. In some countries it also includes oil refining, a
retail petrol station network, lubricans manufacture and marketing, industrial fuel and lubricans
sales. The practice for the downstream business has been to operate locally, managed by local
"operating companies".
The Governing Board is concerned about the risk posed by operating in this complex global
environment with a large part of the downstrean business represented by local operating companies.
As a result, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) has appoimted a Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) to be
responsible for overseeing and managing compliance issues to the corporation. The CCO reports
directly to the CEO.
The CCO has approved the expenditure of resources to establish an Enterprise Architecture program,
and has mandated the use of the TOGAF standard as the framework. He has requested to be
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 local operating companies.
Based on the TOGAF Standard, Version 9.2, which of the following is the best answer?

  • A. You recommend that an analysis of the stakeholders is undertaken, including development of a Stakeholder Map. This will allow the architects to define groups of stakeholders who have common concerns. The concerns and relevant viewpoints should then be defined for each group of stakeholders, and recorded in the Architecture Vision document.
  • B. You recommend that the ArchiMate modeling language is used to create a set of models that can be applied uniformly across all architecture projects. Each architecture should then be defined based on this fixed set of models. All concerned parties can then examine the models to ensure that their needs have been addressed.
  • C. You recommend that a set of models be created for each project architecture that can be used to ensure that the system will be compliant with the local regulations. A formal review should be held with the stakeholders to verify that their concerns have been properly addressed by the models.
  • D. You recommend that a Communications Plan be created to address the powerful and influential stakeholders. This plan should include a report that summarizes the key features of the architecture with respect to each location and reflect the stakeholders' requirements. You will check with each stakeholder that their concerns are being addressed.
Answer:

B

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Question 6

Your role is that of the Lead Enterprise Architect at a multinational automotive corporation. The
company is headquartered in Germany, and manufactures cars, trucks and buses. It has
manufacturing plants across North America, South America, Europe and Asi
a. 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 has an ongoing initiative to improve the efficiency of all of its production operations,
and in particular to reduce its carbon footprint. During a recent exercise held for internal quality
improvement, it was determined that a significant reduction in energy usage could be achieved by
replacing the current planning and scheduling systems with a common Enterprise Resource Planning
(ERP) system located in one central 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.
The Enterprise Architecture department has been operating for several years and has mature, well-
developed architecture governance and development processes that are based on the TOGAF
standard. At a recent meeting, the Architecture Board approved a Request for Architecture Work
sponsored by the global
CIO. The request covered the initial architectural investigations and the development of a
comprehensive architecture to plan the transformation.
You have been asked to select the most appropriate recommendation to ensure that the team
evaluated different approaches to the problem and clarifies the requirements for the architecture.
Based on the TOGAF standard, which of the following is the best answer?

  • A. The team should identify the individuals and groups within the organization who will contribute to the project, in order to understand who has concerns about the initiative. The team should then hold a series of interviews at each of the manufacturing plants using the business scenario technique. This will then enable them to identify and document the key high-level stakeholder requirements for the architecture.
  • B. The team should exercise due diligence and carefully research vendor literature and conduct a series of briefings with vendors that are on the current approved supplier list. Based on the findings from the research, the team should define a preliminary Architecture Vison. The team should then use that model to build concerns among the key stakeholders.
  • C. The team should perform a shallow architecture development iteration, developing Baseline and Target Architectures for each of the manufacturing plants. This should include development of a set of views corresponding to selected viewpoints that address key concerns of the stakeholders. A consolidated gap analysis between the architectures will then be used to validate the approach, and determine the capability increments needed to achieve the target state.
  • D. The team should utilize its approved supplier list, and conduct a pilot project that will enable those suppliers to demonstrate potential solutions that will address the concerns of the stakeholders. Based on the findings of that pilot project, a complete set or requirements will be developed that will drive the evolution of the architecture.
Answer:

A

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Question 7

Your role is that of a consultant to the Lead Enterprise Architect in a company that develops wind
turbines for use in wind farms. The company has three manufacturing facilities, one in North
America, one in Asia, and one in Europe. Each of these facilities supplies the power industry in its
region.
The company recognizes that the long-term technical potential of wind energy can address the
current global dependency on carbon fuels, in order to do so this will require wind turbines to be
installed over the large areas and in areas of higher wind resources. In particular offshore wind farms
can contribute substantially more energy than land stationed turbines.
The research arm of the company has pioneered the development of an offshore wind turbine
design, with an improved turbine blade and power system, that will produce up to 20% more energy.
This will allow the production of significantly more salable energy. This new design is ready to go into
production.
The company has a mature Enterprise Architecture practice supported by a cross-functional
Architecture Board and uses the TOGAF standard. The Chief
Information Officer and the Chief Operating Officer co-sponsor the Enterprise Architecture program.
As part of putting the new design into production, a pilot architecture project has defined an updated
standard approach for controlling the automated test systems used to perform final quality
assurance. The Chief Engineer, sponsor of the activity, and the Architecture Board have approved the
plan for immediate implementation at each plant.
Architecture Contracts have been developed that detail the work needed to implement and deploy
the new automated test system controller for each location. The
Chief Engineer has expressed concern that a uniform process be employed at each location to ensure
consistency and a low blade failure rate.
You have been asked to recommend the best approach to address the Chief Engineer's concern.
Based on the TOGAF Standard, Version 9.2, which of the following is the best answer?

  • A. You create an Architecture Contract to manage and govern implementation and migration process at each location. For internal development projects, you issue a memorandum of understanding between the Architecture Board and the implementation organization. Fir contracts issued to an external party, you ensure that it is a fully enforceable legal contract. You ensure that the Architecture Board reviews all deviations from the Architecture Contract, and considers whether or not to grant a dispensation to allow the implementation organization to customize the process to meet their local needs.
  • B. You create an Architecture Contract to manage and govern the implementation and migration process. If the contract is issued to an external party, you ensure that it is a fully enforceable legal contract. For internal development projects, you decide it is adequate to utilize a memorandum of understanding between the Architecture Board and the implementation organization. You recommend that if a deviation from the Architecture Contrast is detected, the Architecture Board grant a dispensation to allow the implementation organization the ability to customize the process to meet their local needs.
  • C. You review the applicable Architecture Contract for each location, ensuring that it addresses the project objectives, effectiveness metrics, acceptance criteria, and risk management. In cases where the contract is issued to an external party, you ensure that it is a legally enforceable contract. You schedule compliance reviews at key points in the implementation process to ensure that the work is proceeding in accordance with the Architecture Board reviews all deviations from the Architecture Contract, and considers whether or not to grant a dispensation to allow the implementation organization to customize the process to meet their local needs.
  • D. You use the Architecture Contracts to manage the architecture governance processes for the project across the locations. You deploy monitoring tools to assess the performance of each completed steam turbine at each location and develop change requirements if necessary. You recommend that if a deviation from the contract is detected the Architecture Board should modify the Architecture Contract to allow the implementation organization the ability to customize the process to meet their local needs. As a result, you then issue a new Request for Architecture Work to implement the modified Architecture Definition.
Answer:

C

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Question 8

Scenario -
You have been appointed as a consultant to the Chief Enterprise Architect of a multinational
corporation. The corporation has over 100,000 employees and is organized into 10 divisions with
operations in over 60 countries and products sold in over 125 countries. It has major research sites at
8 locations worldwide.
The operations of the corporation are subject to legal and regulatory requirements for each country
where they operate. The production of its products have 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 trial for a new product.
The Enterprise Architecture group within the company has been engaged in an architecture
development project to create a secure collaboration system that will allow researchers at its product
development laboratories worldwide to share information about their clinical trials. This system will
also connect with external partners.
The Enterprise Architecture group is a mature organization. They use the TOGAF ADM with
extensions required to support the manufacturing practices and laboratory practices of their target
markets. Due to the high sensitive nature of the information that is managed, special care was taken
to ensure that each architecture domain included an examination of the security, regulatory and
privacy issues that are relevant.
The Executive Vice President for Clinical Research in the sponsor of the Enterprise Architecture
activity. She has stated that the changes to the Enterprise
Architecture for the new system will need to be rolled out on a geographic basis that will minimize
disruptions to ongoing clinical trials. The work will need to be done in stages and rolled out in
geographic regions.
You have been asked to recommend the approach to identify the work packages that will be included
in the Transition Architecture(s).
Based on the TOGAF standard, which of the following is the best answer?

  • A. You would document the factors impacting the Implementation and Migration Plan and group the gaps identified in the domain architecture gap analysis results. For each gap, you would identify a proposed solution and classify it as a new development, purchased solution, or based on an existing product. You would group similar solutions together to form work packages, and identify dependencies between the work packages factoring in the clinical trial schedules. Finally, you would regroup the packages into a set of Capability increments scheduled into a series of Transition Architectures.
  • B. You would use a Consolidated Gaps, Solutions and Dependencies Matrix as a planning tool. For each gap, you would classify whether the solution is either a new development, purchased solution, or based on an existing product. You would group the similar solutions together to define the work packages. You would then regroup the work packages into a Set of Capability Increments to transition to the Target Architecture taking into account the schedule for clinical trials.
  • C. You would group the Solution Building Blocks from a Consolidated Gaps, Solutions and Dependencies Matrix into a set of work packages. Using the matrix as a planning tool, you would then regroup the work packages to account for dependencies. You would sequence the work packages into the Capability Increments needed to achieve the Target Architecture. You would schedule the rollout one region at a time. Finally, you would document the progression of the Enterprise Architecture using a state evolution table.
  • D. You would determine the set of Solution Building Blocks required by identifying which need to be developed and which need to be procured. You would eliminate any duplicate building blocks, and then group the remaining Solution Building Blocks together to create the work packages using a CRUD matrix. You would then rank the work packages in terms of cost, and select the most cost- effective options for inclusion in a series of Transition Architectures. Finally, you would schedule a sequential roll out of the work packages across the geographic regions.
Answer:

D

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Question 9

Scenario
Please read this scenario prior to answering the question
Your role is that of Lead Enterprise Architect working at the headquarters of a fast food chain. The
chain manages over 7500 restaurants across 33 countries. Each restaurant in the chain is an
independently owned and operated franchise.
Many of the restaurants still use the first generation IT systems deployed over 10 years ago. The Chief
Operating Officer (COO) of the chain has stated his concerns about the inefficiencies of the current
systems and identified the need to change. He has defined a new strategic vision that will enhance
the business including providing its franchisees new support services to help them address the
increasing competition from coffee shops. This is part of the long-term commitment to enhance the
brand image and increase revenue for the chain. He has also stated that he expects improved
financial results by the end of the current fiscal year.
The changes will help provide the chain with improved products, including healthier alternatives in
the menu, 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 and
new products to specific regions.
The chain has a mature Enterprise Architecture practice based in its headquarters and uses the
TOGAF standard as the method and guiding framework. The CIO is the sponsor of the activity.
In planning the 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 COO’s vision. This recently completed with approval of a strategic
architecture encompassing the entire chain, including detailed requirements and recommendations.
Based on the recommendations from the initial study, the decision has been taken for the chain to
adopt a packaged suite of integrated applications that is tailored to the needs of the franchise.
Refer to the scenario
You have been asked by the Chief Architect to propose the best approach for architecture
development to realize the COO’s vision.
Based on the TOGAF standard, which of the following is the best answer?

  • A. You propose that the focus be placed on architecture definition, with emphasis on understanding the strategic change parameters. The requirements, drivers, issues, and constraint for this engagement can then be identified. You would ensure that the target architecture addresses non- functional requirements so as to ensure the target architecture is robust and secure.
  • B. You propose that the target architecture is defined first by going through the architecture definition phases (B-D). This is because the initial study identified the need to change. This will ensure that the change can be defined in a structured manner and address the requirements needed to realize the vision.
  • C. You propose that the baseline Technology Architecture is defined first in order to assess the current infrastructure capacity and capability. Then the focus should be on transition planning and architecture deployment. This will identify requirements to ensure that the projects are sequenced in an optimal fashion so as to realize the vision.
  • D. You propose that the target architecture is defined first, followed by transition planning. This is because the vision is well understood and the strategic architecture agreed. The target first approach will ensure that the current problems and inefficiencies of the baseline architecture are not carried forward, and that the proposed solution addresses the requirements identified in the initial study.
Answer:

D

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Question 10

Scenario
Please read this scenario prior to answering the question
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 so as to keep inventory costs
low.
The TOGAF standard is followed for internal Enterprise Architecture activities. This project is using an
iterative approach for executing the Architecture Development Method (ADM).
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. 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 and Application Architectures. Key stakeholder concerns that should
be addressed by these architectures include:
1. What groups of people should be involved in the supply chain management-related business
processes?
2. What non-supply chain management applications will need to be integrated with any new supply
chain management applications?
3. What data will need to be shared?
Refer to 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
next iteration of Architecture development.
Based on the TOGAF standard, which of the following is the best answer?

  • A. You would describe the Baseline Business Architecture with a Business Service/function catalog, an Organization/Actor catalog, and a Data Entity/Business Function matrix. You would describe the Baseline Data Architecture using a Data Entity/Data Component catalog. You would describe the Baseline Application Architecture with an Application/Function matrix.
  • B. In the next iteration of Architecture development, you would describe the Target Business Architecture with an Organization/Actor catalog, a Business Service/Function catalog, and Data Lifecycle diagrams. You would describe the Target Application Architecture with a Data Entity/Data Component catalog. You would describe the Target Application Architecture with an Application Interaction matrix and Application Communication diagrams.
  • C. You would describe the Target Business Architecture with a Business Service/Function catalog, and a Business Interaction matrix. You would describe the Target Data Architecture with a Data Entity/Business Function matrix and an Application/Data matrix. You would describe the Target Application Architecture with Application Communication diagrams and an Application Interaction matrix.
  • D. In the next iteration of Architecture development, you would describe the Baseline Business Architecture with a Value Chain diagram, and a Baseline Business Process catalog. You would describe the Baseline Data Architecture with a Data diagram. You would describe the Baseline Application Architecture with an Environments and Locations diagram.
Answer:

B

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Question 11

Scenario
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You have been assigned the role of Lead Enterprise Architect for a firm that is a major OEM parts
supplier to the auto industry. Europe has been the primary market for its products, with just 20% of
its output being exported to North Americ
a. The firm is planning to expand its exports to North America and also to establish sales in South
America and the Asia Pacific region. This will enable them to better ride out recessions in key
markets such as Europe. It will also enable the firm to exploit the auto industry move to global
platforms.
The firm is organized into business units with each addressing different auto industry sectors. Each
business unit has acquired other procedures to expand its manufacturing capacity. This has resulted
and manufacturing systems.
The Enterprise Architecture (EA) program within the firm has been functioning for several years. It
has made significant progress in consolidating the technology portfolio and establishing key
standards. The CIO and the COO are joint sponsors of the EA program. The EA program is mature,
with an Active Architecture Board and a well-defined architecture process and standard content
templates based on the TOGAF Architecture Content Framework. The EA program is well
coordinated with Project Management Office, Systems Development, and Operations functions.
The firm has completed a strategic plan to reorganize its Sales & Marketing organization according to
the target geographic markets. One of the goals of this reorganization is to improve the ability of
Marketing to collect more meaningful market analytics that will enable each sector to better address
market needs with effective marketing campaigns and global product presence.
A Request for Architecture Work to address the goals of the reorganization has been approved. As
the architecture team commences its work, the CIO has expressed concerns about whether the firm
will be able to adapt to the proposed change and how to manage the associated risks.
Refer to the Scenario
You have been asked how to address the concerns of the CIO.
Based on the TOGAF standard, which of the following is the best answer?

  • A. In Phase A, the team should analyze their risk by completing an Implementation Factor Assessment and Deduction Matrix to identify the particular risks associated with the implementation and deployment. The matrix should include a list of factors to be considered, their descriptions, and constraints that should be taken into account. These factors can then be used to assess the initial risks associated with the proposed project.
  • B. In Phase B, the team should create a set of views that will enable them to identify the factors that will influence the successful reorganization. There should then be an assessment of each factor on a maturity scale that will allow the team to gauge the urgency, readiness, and degree of difficulty to fix. These factors can then be used to assess the initial risks associated with the proposed project.
  • C. In Phase A, the team should conduct a Business Scenario to describe the business problem, identify the stakeholders' and the resulting retirements. Once the requirements have been identified, they can be assessed in terms of their risks. The risks should be evaluated in terms of how they could be avoided, transferred, or mitigated. Any risks that cannot be resolved should be identified as residual risks and their disposition should be decided by the Architecture Board.
  • D. In Phase A, the team should evaluate the organization’s readiness to undergo change. This will identify the factors that will influence the reorganization. This should include a maturity scale that will allow the team to gauge the urgency, readiness, and degree of difficulty to fix. These factors can then be used to assess the initial risks associated with the proposed project.
Answer:

C

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Question 12

Please read this scenario prior to answering the question
You are serving as the Lead Architect for a chain of convenience stores, which has over 2000 retail
outlets throughout the Asia-Pacific region. The stores operate 24 hours a day and 7 days a week and
use the latest 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 9 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 also 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.
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.]

  • A. Maximize Benefit to the Enterprise, Data Trustee, Data is an Asset, Responsive Change Management, Interoperability.
  • B. Requirements Based Change, Responsive Change Management, Data Trustee, Common Vocabulary and Data Definitions, Business Continuity.
  • C. IT Responsibility, Data security, Ease of Use, Service Orientation, Common Use Applications.
  • D. Data is Accessible, Data is shared, Interoperability, Requirements Based Change, Control Technical Diversity.
Answer:

B

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Question 13

Scenario
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You have been assigned the role of Chief Enterprise Architect within a leading outsourcing services
company. The company has over 15,000 outsourcing professionals and works on some of the world's
largest outsourcing projects. Outsourcing services include business processes, infrastructure, and
service management. The company also provides business consulting services. Roughly half of its
turnover comes from the private sector and half from the public sector.
With numerous service areas and a large number of diverse engagements in progress at any given
time, overall engagement management within the company has become challenging. The company
has recently had a number of high profile projects that have overrun on budget and under delivered,
thereby damaging its reputation.
The company has an established an Enterprise Architecture program based on TOGAF 9, sponsored
jointly by the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Information Officer. An Architecture Board has been
formed comprised of IT staff executives and executives from the major service areas and consulting
practice.
The Enterprise Architecture (EA) team has been working with the Strategic Planning team to create a
strategic enterprise architecture to address these issues. The EA team has defined a framework and
held workshops with key stakeholders to define a set of architecture principles to govern the
architecture work. They have completed an Architecture Vision at a strategic level and laid out
Architecture Definitions for the four domains. They have set out an ambitious vision of the future of
the company over a five-year period. This will include three distinct transformations.
The CIO has made it clear that prior to the approval of the detailed implementation and Migration
plan, the EA team will need to assess the risks associated with the proposed architecture. He has
received concerns from some of the vice presidents across the company that the proposed
architecture may be too ambitious and they are not sure it can produce sufficient value to warrant
the attendant risks.
Refer to the Scenario
You have been asked to recommend an approach to satisfy these concerns.
Based on TOGAF, which of the following is the best answer?

  • A. The EA team should apply an interoperability analysis to evaluate any potential issues across the architecture. This should include the development of a matrix showing the interoperability requirements. Once all of the concerns have been resolved, the EA team should finalize the Architecture Roadmap and the Implementation and Migration Plan.
  • B. The EA team should bring together information about potential solutions from the appropriate sources. Once the target architecture has been assembled, it should be analyzed using a state evolution table to determine the Transition Architectures. A value realization process should then be established to ensure that the concerns raised are addressed.
  • C. The EA team should evaluate the organization’s readiness to undergo change. This will allow the risks associated with the transformations to be identified and mitigated for. It will also identify improvement actions to be worked into the Implementation and Migration Plan. The Business Value Assessment technique should then be used to determine the business value and associated risks for the transformation.
  • D. Before preparing the detailed Implementation and Migration plan, the EA team should review and consolidate the gap analysis results from Phases B to D. This can be used to understand the transformations that are required to achieve the proposed Target Architecture. The EA team should then assess the readiness of the organization to undergo change. Once the architecture has been assembled, it should be analyzed using a state evolution table to determine the Transition Architectures.
Answer:

C

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Question 14

Scenario
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Your role is that of Lead Enterprise Architect within the headquarters of a large fast food chain. The
chain manages over 6000 restaurants across 24 countries. Each restaurant in the chain is an
independently owned and operated franchise. Many of the restaurants use have been with the
franchise since its initial startup phase and still use the first generation IT systems deployed over 15
years ago.
The CEO of the chain has stated his concerns about the inefficiencies of the current systems and
identified the need to change. He has defined a new strategic vision that will enhance the business
by providing its franchisees new support services to help them complete with the increasing
competition from coffee shops. This strategy is part of the long-term commitment to enhance the
brand image and increase revenue for the chain. He has also stated that he expects improved
financial results by the end of the current fiscal year.
These changes will provide the chain with improved products, including healthier alternatives in
their menu, 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 and
new products to specific regions.
The chain has a mature enterprise architecture practice based in its headquarters 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 chain, including detailed requirements and recommendations.
Based on the recommendations from the initial study, the chain has taken the decision to adopt a
packaged suite of integrated applications that is tailored to the needs of the franchise.
Refer to the scenario
You have been asked by the Chief Architect to propose the best approach for architecture
development to realize the CEO's vision.
Based on TOGAF, which of the following is the best answer?

  • A. You propose that this engagement define the baseline architecture first in order to assess the current infrastructure capacity and capability. The initial priority is to understand the problem. Then the focus should be on transition planning and architecture deployment. This will identify requirements to ensure that the projects are sequenced in an optimal fashion so as to realize the vision.
  • B. You propose that the team focus on defining the target architecture by going through the architecture definition phases (B-D). This is because the initial study identified the need to change. This will ensure that the change can be defined in a structured manner and address the requirements needed to realize the vision.
  • C. You propose that the target architecture is defined first, followed by transition planning. This is because the vision is well understood and the strategic architecture agreed. The target first approach will ensure that the current problems and inefficiencies of the baseline architecture are not carried forward, and that the proposed solution addresses the requirements identified in the initial study.
  • D. You propose that the team focus on architecture definition, with a specific emphasis on understanding the strategic change parameters of the business strategy. Once understood, the team will be in the best position to identify the requirements, drivers, issues, and constraints for this engagement. You would ensure that the target architecture addresses non-functional requirements so as to ensure the target architecture is robust and secure.
Answer:

B

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Question 15

Scenario
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You are serving as the Lead Architect for an enterprise architecture project team within a leading
multinational pharmaceutical and medical devices manufacturer. Its brands include numerous
household names for medications and first aid supplies.
The company has a long history of innovating new treatments for many common illnesses and
diseases. Prior to launching a new treatment, the company has to demonstrate its effectiveness and
safety in a set of clinical trials that satisfy the regulatory requirements of the countries in the target
markets. All clinical trials are undertaken by its research laboratories, which employ over 10,000
people at separate facilities in the United Kingdom, United States, Sweden, France, Canada, India,
China and Japan. In addition to internal research and development activities the company is also
involved in publicly funded collaborative research projects, with other industrial and academic
partners.
The Enterprise Architecture group within the company has been engaged in an architecture
development project to create a secure networked collaboration system that will allow researchers
at its product development laboratories worldwide to share information about their clinical trials.
This system will also connect with external partners.
The Enterprise Architecture group is a mature organization. They use the TOGAF 9 ADM with
extensions required to support current good manufacturing practices and good laboratory practices
in their target markets. Due to the highly sensitive nature of the information that is managed, special
care was taken to ensure that each architecture domain included an examination of the security and
privacy issues that are relevant.
The Executive Vice President for Clinical Research is the sponsor of the Enterprise Architecture
activity. She has stated that the changes to the enterprise architecture for the new system will need
to be rolled out in stages on a regional basis that minimizes disruptions to ongoing clinical trials.
Refer to the Scenario
You have been asked to recommend the approach to identify the work packages that will be included
in the Transition Architecture(s).
Based on TOGAF, which of the following is the best answer?

  • A. Determine the set of Solution Building Blocks required by identifying which Solution Building Blocks need to be developed and which need to be procured. Eliminate any duplicate building blocks. Group the remaining Solution Building Blocks together to create the work packages using a CRUD matrix. Rank the work packages in terms of cost and select the most cost-effective options for inclusion in a series of Transition Architectures. Schedule the roll out of the work packages to be sequential across the geographic regions.
  • B. Create an Implementation Factor Assessment and Deduction Matrix and a Consolidated Gaps, Solutions and Dependencies Matrix. For each gap, identify a proposed solution and classify it as new development, purchased solution, or based on an existing product. Group similar solutions together to form work packages. Identify dependencies between work packages factoring in the clinical trial schedules. Regroup the packages into a set of Capability Increments scheduled into a series of Transition Architectures.
  • C. Group the Solution Building Blocks from a Consolidated Gaps, Solutions and Dependencies Matrix into a set of work packages. Using the matrix as a planning tool, regroup the work packages to account for dependencies. Sequence the work packages into the Capability Increments needed to achieve the Target Architecture. Schedule the rollout one region at a time. Document the progression of the enterprise architecture using a state evolution table.
  • D. Use a Consolidated Gaps, Solutions and Dependencies Matrix as a planning tool. For each gap classify whether the solution is either a new envelopment, purchased solution, or based on an existing product. Group the similar solutions together to define the work packages. Regroup the work packages into a set of Capability Increments to transition to the Target Architecture taking into account the schedule for clinical trials.
Answer:

B

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