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.
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 group- Architecture models can then be created for each
view to address the stakeholders’ concerns.

B.
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.

C.
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,

D.
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.