which of the following is the best answer?
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 20,000 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.
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 does not want to
risk its outstanding reputation or its international certifications and CMM ratings.
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 includes a
solution architecture including 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.
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You have been asked to recommend an approach to satisfy these concerns.
Based on TOGAF, which of the following is the best answer?
which of the following is the best answer?
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?
which of the following is the best answer?
Scenario
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Your role is consultant to the Lead Architect within a multinational semiconductor and software design
company. Its largest business is in processors, although it also designs system-on-a-chip infrastructure and
manufactures memory chips. A characteristic feature of its processors is their low electric power consumption,
which makes them particularly suitable for use in portable devices. As well as licensing its technology, the
company has several manufacturing divisions.
The company has a mature enterprise architecture practice and uses TOGAF 9 for the basis of its architecture
framework. In addition to the EA program, the company has a number of management frameworks in use,
including business planning, portfolio/project management, and operations management. The EA program is
sponsored by the CIO.
The company has defined a strategic architecture to improve its ability to meet customer demand and improve
its ability to manage its supply chain. The strategic architecture called for the consolidation of multiple
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) applications that have been operating independently in the divisions’
production facilities. The goal is to replace the functionality of the existing applications with a new ERP product
running as a single instance in the company’s primary data center.
Each division has completed the Architecture Definition documentation required to tailor and configure the
environment to meet its own specific manufacturing requirements.
The enterprise architects have analyzed the key corporate change attributes and implementation constraints. A
consolidated gap analysis has been completed which has identified the gaps across the Business, Data,
Application, and Technology domains. Based on the results of the gap analysis, the architects have reviewed
the requirements, dependencies and interoperability requirements needed to integrate the new ERP
environment into the existing environment. The architects have completed the Business Transformation
Readiness Assessment started in Phase A. Based on all of these factors they have produced a risk
assessment. They have also completed the Implementation and Migration Plan v0.1, the draft Architecture
Roadmap, and the Capability Assessment deliverables.
Because of the risks posed by the complexity of the current environment, it has been determined that a phased
approach is needed to implement the target architectures. The overall implementation process is estimated to
take several years.
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You have been asked to recommend the next steps to prepare the final Implementation and Migration Plan.
Based on TOGAF, which of the following is the best answer?
Which of the following answers best describes how TOGAF…
MightyGears produces components for the Car industry. Driven by the global financial downturn they are
looking to reduce IT costs. They believe there is a cost saving opportunity within IT but this is not quantified in
terms of potential savings nor is there an agreed target architecture. Final decisions on the solutions are not yet
fully agreed. They have completed the first pass architecture and now are looking at the best opportunities and
solutions to meet their financial goals.
You are the Chief Architect from a consulting organization brought into review the work to date by MightyGears
and to make recommendations to the CIO and the board on the opportunities and solutions present.
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Which of the following answers best describes how TOGAF recommends examining the opportunities and
solutions before presenting to the board?
Choose one of the following answers
which of the following is the best answer?
Dante Manufacturing is a big supplier in the automotive industry, head quarter in London with main plants in
New York, Milan, Toronto and Tokio. Each one of these plants has been operating its own Manufacturing
Requirements Planning (MRP II) system, production scheduling and custom applications for production
automation. Dante’s objective is to minimize waste production improving production operations. During an
analysis of the process improvements was determined that a significant improvement on waste production
could be achieved replacing the outdated MRPII system with a common Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
located in London. Dante has well-developed governance and processes based on TOGAF 9. The Chief
Engineer of Global Manufacturing operations is the business sponsor and issued a Request for Architectural
Work. The architectural activity for the implementation of the new ERP platform is kicked off and the
architectural vision is produced. Some concerns on the security, reliability, responsibility and time to manage
change of driving the MRP II and production scheduling by a central system located in London are raised by the
team of architects working on the project and by senior management of the various organizations. These last in
particular, stressed the need to align the information management with the business.
Refer to the scenario above As Lead Architect you have been asked to update the IT architectural principles to
address the concerns raised by the project stakeholders and the senior management. According to TOGAF 9
(assuming the enterprise is using the example set of principles in TOGAF 9 Section 23.6), which of the
following is the best answer?
Choose one of the following answers
Choose one of the following answers
RIG Networks, a global network supplier is implementing a massive replacement of its supply chain to reduce
production cost of their new LTE (Long Term Evolution) gateways. As part of this renovation process the CIO
decided to replace their ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system using a greenfield approach (where the
legacy ERP system will be decommissioned). The CIO engaged a team of TOGAF 9 certified consultants to
design the solution, he then identified the suppliers and asked you as Chief Architect to supervise the definition
of the Architecture Design and Development Contract.
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You now need to write the Architecture Design and Development Contract, identify how you would o this
following TOGAF 9.
Choose one of the following answers
Choose one of the following answers
UTrack Transports is a strong UK logistics company. The head of the strategic marketing division engaged the
Principal Architect issuing a Request for architectural work to design an enhancement of the current Enterprise
Data Warehouse system. An enhancement is needed to support the change in the business model; UTrack
wants to leverage on customer data collected during business as usual activities and anonymize them to offer
marketing agencies a fresh and accessible source of analytics data, this will increase the company revenues.
TOGAF 9 is the architectural framework in use.
Refer to the scenario above The Principal Architect has decided to ask you as Business Intelligence Subject
Matter Expert to design the Data Architecture. The Chief Architect shared with you the Architecture Definition
Document including the Business Architecture design. You now need to choose the artifacts you want to
produce as part of the Data Architecture design. Identify the best answer accordingly to the TOGAF 9.
Choose one of the following answers
Choose one of the following answers
Chiamin Metals is a leading world-wide manufacturer for continuous casting and bottom pouring powders. In
addition to mould powders, the company also produces cored wire for secondary metallurgy. Chiamin Metals
offers a variety of products and uses a paper-based catalog to sponsor them. A new CIO has joint the
enterprise and has set up a team of Enterprise Architects following the TOGAF 9 practice. The main challenge
is now to offer to Chiamin Metals customers a centralized and reliable entry point for their request via the
implementation of a global online portal. This will allow the management of new marketing activities and will
enable the new Chiamin Metals’ ecommerce service.
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You are the Chief Architect and the CIO asked you to present an Architecture Vision to address the above
business problem. Identify the best answer accordingly to the TOGAF 9.
Choose one of the following answers
Choose one of the following answers
McKinley Rockets is an enterprise that employs 20,000 men and women in five countries: UK, Italy, France,
Spain and the Netherlands and its mission is to guarantee access to space offering space transportation,
launch and management of satellite systems at low cost.
A TOGAF 9 mature Enterprise Architecture program is already established within the enterprise. McKinley
Rockets strategy is to leverage in the USA shortage of satellite launches availability – that NASA created
because of the Shuttle program shutdown – by acquiring an important merican space agency. This will
ultimately allow McKinley Rockets to offer its services to the US market. The new acquired company
NovaSpace is very successful but with outdated satellite monitoring systems. The
CIO is sponsoring an activity to extend the McKinley Rockets’ satellite monitoring applications to include the
NovaSpace’s satellites flock.
A task force of enterprise architects prepared an Architecture Vision and secured the approval. The
Architecture Board decided to approve the vision, provided that the Design Definition Document is presented
for review at phase D conclusion.
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The Chief Architect asked you as Lead Integration Architect to use TOGAF 9 to recommend the best approach
to design the Full Architecture and present it to the Architecture Board.
Identify the best answer accordingly to the TOGAF 9 guidelines.
Choose one of the following answers
Choose one of the following answers
SureFlight Air Carrier has received approval for the acquisition of a regional carrier.
To integrate the new acquisition, a TOGAF based enterprise architecture program has been initiated. The CIO
sponsors the activity supported by the Chief Architect.
In Phase A within the initial iteration the CIO wants to ensure that the architecture activities are recognized
among the various stakeholders of the enterprise.
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You are a consultant supporting the Chief Architect that should explain how to identify and engage the
stakeholders at this stage of the program.
Identify the best answer accordingly to the TOGAF 9 guidelines.
Choose one of the following answers