Scenario: Summer Seeds BV
Please read this scenario prior to answering the question Summer Seeds BV is an international agricultural
company exporting bulbs, flowers and seeds worldwide. It is headquartered in Rotterdam in the Netherlands,
and has sales and distribution centers in over 60 countries worldwide. Several of these centers include
administrative, manufacturing, and research facilities. To achieve full integration of their research capabilities
with their development centers located in various climate zones, the company wants to develop strong self
directed teams in each location. It also wants to define new business models that are profitable while reducing
their impact on the environment. The management is deeply committed to ensuring that the company is a world
leader in socially responsible seed development with a business strategy that focuses on profitability through
environmentally friendly operating processes. Summer Seed’s international operations are subject to various
legal and regulatory requirements. In areas such as genetically modified seeds, governmental controls are
strictly enforced and compliance is critical. Recently a competitor was heavily fined for violating the regulations
in a country where it was developing pest-resistant seeds. The Governing Board is concerned, and as a result
has approved the expenditure of resources to establish an Enterprise Architecture program. They have
requested information about the status of projects that could impact regulatory compliance. They also want to
enable the corporate legal staff and auditors to analyze proposed architectures to ensure that they are within
the legal guidelines for a given location. 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 guiding framework for the
development and evolution of the Enterprise Architecture practice.
Refer to the Summer Seeds BV Scenario You have been appointed as the Lead Consultant. You have been
asked to recommend an approach that would enable the development of an architecture that addresses the
needs of all these parties. Based on TOGAF 9, which of the following is the best answer?

A.
Depending on the nature of the architecture, a set of models should be created that can be used to ensure
that the system will be compliant with the local regulations. Stakeholders should be able to view the models
to see that their concerns have been properly addressed.

B.
Each architecture activity should be developed using a consistent modeling approach that is uniform across
all architecture projects. Each architecture should be defined based on this fixed set of models so that all
concerned parties can examine the models to ensure that their issues and concerns have been addressed,

C.
A stakeholder map should be developed that allows the architects to define groups of stakeholders sharing
common concerns. A set of views should then be defined that addresses the concerns for each groupArchitecture models can then be created for each view to address the stakeholders’ concerns.

D.
For those groups that have sufficient power and level of interest, a special report should be created that
summarizes the key features of the architecture with respect to the particular location. Each of these reports
should reflect the stakeholders’ requirements.