Scenario
Mansfield Bearing
Please read this scenario prior to answering the question Mansfield Bearing Inc. manufactures ball
bearings used in industrial equipment applications. They have manufacturing operations in several
cities in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom. The firm has traditionally allowed
each manufacturing plant to drive its own production planning systems. Each plant has its own
custom Materials Requirements Planning, Master Production Scheduling, Bill of Materials, and Shop
Floor Control systems. Mansfield employs “Just In Time” techniques to minimize wastes caused by
excessive inventory and work in process. The increasingly competitive business environment has
compelled the firm to improve its business capability to be more responsive to the needs of
industrial customers. To support this capability, the firm has decided to implement an Enterprise
Resource Planning (ERP) solution that will enable Mansfield to better coordinate its manufacturing
capacity to match the demands for its products across all plants. In addition, there are also new
European regulations coming into force to which their manufacturing processes must conform in the
next six months. As part of the implementation process, the Enterprise Architecture (EA) department
has begun to implement an architecture process based on TOGAF 9. The CIO is the sponsor of the
activity. The Chief Architect has directed that the program should include formal modeling using the
Architecture Content Framework and the TOGAF Content Metamodel. This will enable support for
the architecture tooling that Mansfield utilizes for its EA program. The Chief Architect has stated that
in order to model the manufacturing process it will be necessary to model processes that are eventdriven. Also, in order to consolidate applications across several data centers it will be necessary to
model the location of IT services. In particular, the end goal is to have the single ERP application
running in a single data center. Currently the project is in the Preliminary Phase, and the architects
are tailoring the Architecture Development Method (ADM) and Architecture Content Framework to
fit into the Mansfield Bearing environment. Refer to the Global Traders Inc. Scenario You are serving
as the Chief Architect. As part of the process for establishing the Enterprise Architecture
department, you have decided to create a set of principles to guide the activities. You have been
asked to recommend the best approach for this work. Based on TOGAF 9, which of the following is
the best answer? Refer to the Mansfield Bearing Scenario Your role is the Lead Architect. You have
been asked to recommend a response to the Chief Architect’s request to tailor the TOGAF Content
Metamodel. Based on TOGAF 9, which of the following is the best answer?
A.
You recommend that the architecture team incorporates the Governance and Motivation
Extensions into their tailored Content Metamodel. This would allow modeling of the target
milestones they want to achieve with this consolidation of applications to a single data center. These
extensions will also enable demonstration of regulatory compliance for the manufacturing process.
B.
You recommend that the architecture team incorporate the Process Modeling and Governance
extensions into their tailored Content Metamodel. This is suitable as this is a significant IT change
that will impact its operational governance models. This will ensure that they include specific entities
and attributes that will allow them to model the event-driven nature of the manufacturing processes
more precisely.
C.
You recommend that he architecture team incorporates the Data and Services Extensions into
their tailored Content Metamodel. This would allow modeling of the location of IT services and
ensure regulatory compliance for the manufacturing process. It will also allow for identification of
redundant duplication of capability which will be needed for a successful consolidation to a single
data center.
D.
You recommend that the architecture team incorporate the Process Modeling and Infrastructure
Consolidation extensions into their tailored Content Metamodel. As the environment is
processcentric this will enable them to model the manufacturing processes and store information to
support regulatory compliance. It also includes views useful for managing the consolidation of
applications into a single data center.
I agree with the answer. C
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I would say answer should be D…
The “process modeling extension” is intended to allow detailed modeling of process flows by adding events, products, and controls to the metamodel. Typically, enterprise architecture does not drill into process flow, but in certain process-centric or event-centric organizations it may be necessary to elaborate process in a much more formal manner using this extension module.
The scope of this extension is as follows:
>>> Creation of events as triggers for processes
Creation of controls that business logic and governance gates for process execution
Creation of products to represent the output of a process
>>> Creation of event diagrams to track triggers and state changes across the organization
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Infrastructure extension should be used in the following situations:
Where many technology products are in place with duplicate or overlapping capability
Where many applications are in place with duplicate or overlapping functionality
>>> Where applications are geographically dispersed and the decision logic for determining the location of an application is not well understood
>>>When applications are going to be migrated into a consolidated platform
>>> When application features are going to be migrated into a consolidated application
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I agree with you.
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I agree too on D, this need to be changed.
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Answer is B, “Event Driven”
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Agreed. B it is.
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I would go with D
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Correct Answer is: C
Reason:
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Looks for Architecture Content Framework
Data and Services Extensions in Content Metamodel
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D.
need to model event driven–>process extension;
need to model different location –> infrastructure consolidation extension;
need to consolidate into a single data center–>infrastructure consolidation extension
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Answer : B
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I think the best one is B
Consider
The Chief Architect has stated that
in order to model the manufacturing process it will be necessary to model processes that are eventdriven. Also, in order to consolidate applications across several data centers it will be necessary to
model the location of IT services.
So process extensions is required
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d
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i think D is more appropriate answer for the reasons mentioned by QF.
would somebody like to share the reason of choosing B though, please ?
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