Scenario Please read this scenario prior to answering the Question You are serving as the
Lead Architect for a chain of convenience stores, operating as a franchise, which has over
5000 retail outlets throughout the Asia-Pacific region. The stores operate 24 hours a day
and 7 days a week and rely on point-ofsale technology to manage their inventory. – – – –
Stores place all orders on-line. The back-office systems collect realtime 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 clay’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.
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 accommodate the changing
strategies within the company and also better respond to changes in economic and
technical environments. The CIO has stated that the following issues need to be addressed
in the restructuring: The systems should be able to withstand any unforeseen disruptions
which might affect day to day operations. This is highly critical for ensuring high levels of
customer satisfaction and maintaining and growing revenue. Dependencies between the
application components, the application platform, and technology infrastructure should be
minimal and well defined. This will facilitate scalability and ease of enhancement of the
service offerings. The company is adopting the ARTS Operational Data Model and Data
Warehouse Model from the National Retail Federation. This will address past problems with
data quality and inconsistent data . 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.]

A.
Interoperability, Data is Accessible, Data is Shared, Requirements Based Change,
Control Technical Diversity

B.
Interoperability, Maximize Benefit to the Enterprise, Data Trustee, Data is an Asset,
Responsive Change Management

C.
Technology Independence, Business Continuity, Common Vocabulary and Data
Definitions, Data Trustee, Responsive Change Management

D.
IT Responsibility, Data Security, Ease of Use, Requirements Based Change, Common
Use Applications