Scenario: St. Croix Consulting
Please read this scenario prior to answering the question
St. Croix Consulting started as an accounting and financial services company. It has expanded over the years
and is now a leading North American IT and Business Services provider.
With numerous practice areas and a multitude of diverse engagements underway at any given time, overall
engagement management has become challenging. The company does not want to risk its outstanding
reputation or its international certifications and CMM ratings. Senior partners must become team players,
working to support the broader needs of the company and its shareholders.
The Enterprise Architecture team has been working to create St. Croixs Enterprise Architecture framework to
address these issues. The team has defined a preliminary framework and held workshops with key
stakeholders to define a set of 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.
An Architecture Review Board has been formed comprised of IT staff executives and executives from the major
practice areas.The Enterprise Architecture framework is based on TOGAF 9.
The Chief Executive Officer and Chief Information Officer have co-sponsored the creation of the Enterprise
Architecture program.
Refer to the St Croix Consulting Scenario:
You have been assigned to the role of Chief Enterprise Architect.
As the EA team prepares to formulate an Implementation plan, they have been asked by the CIO to assess the
risks associated with the proposed architecture. He has received concerns from senior management that the
proposed architecture may be too ambitious and they are not sure it can produce sufficient value to warrant the
attendant risks.
You have been asked to recommend an approach to satisfy these concerns.
Based on TOGAF 9, which of the following is the best answer?

A.
An interoperability analysis should be applied to evaluate any potential issues across the Solution
Architecture. Once all of the concerns have been resolved, the EA team should finalize the Architecture
Implementation Roadmap and the Migration Plan.

B.
The EA team should gather information about potential solutions from the appropriate sources. Once the
Solution Architecture has been assembled, it should be analyzed using a state evolution table to determine
the Transition Architectures.

C.
Prior to preparing the Implementation plan, the EA team should create a consolidated gap analysis to
understand the transformations that are required to achieve the proposed Target Architecture. The EA team
should gather information about potential solutions from the appropriate sources. Once the Solution
Architecture has been assembled, it should be analyzed using a state evolution table to determine the
Transition Architectures. An interoperability analysis should be applied to evaluate any potential issues
across the Solution Architecture.

D.
Prior to preparing the Implementation plan, there are several techniques that should be applied to assess
the risks and value of the proposed transformation. In particular, the EA team should pay attention to the
Business Transformation Readiness Assessment and the Business Value Assessment.