Scenario:
Please read this scenario prior to answering the question
You are serving as the Lead Enterprise Architect at a major supplier in the automotive industry. The company is
headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio with manufacturing plants across the United States, Brazil, Germany, Japan
and South Korea. 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 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 Board approved a Request for Architecture Work sponsored by the Chief
Engineer of Global Manufacturing Operations. 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 diving their planning and production
scheduling from a remote centralized system. The Chief Engineer wants to know how these concerns can be
addressed.
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 9, Section 23.6.]
One of the earliest initiatives in the Enterprise Architecture program was the definition of a set of architecture
principles. These now need to be updated to address the concerns raised.
You have been asked to select a set of principles most appropriate for guiding the team to define a robust
solution.
Based on TOGAF 9, which of the following is the best answer?

A.
Common-use Applications, Control Technical Diversity, Ease of Use, Interoperability, Data is Shared, Data
is Accessible, Data Security

B.
Business Continuity, Common-use Applications, Maximize Benefit to the Enterprise, Data is Shared, Data is
Accessible, Data Security

C.
Technology Independence, Data Trustee, Information Management is Everybody’s Business, ITResponsibility, Responsive Change Management

D.
Service-orientation, Responsive Change Management, Business Continuity, Data is Accessible, Data
Security