Scenario St. Christopher Consulting Please read this scenario prior to answering the
question St. Christopher 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. Christopher’s 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
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Information Officer have cosponsored the creation of the
Enterprise Architecture program. The Enterprise Architecture framework is based en
TOGAF 9. As the EA team prepare 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. Refer to the St Christopher Consulting Scenario You have been assigned to the role
of Chief Enterprise Architect. You have been asked to recommend an approach to satisfy
the concerns raised. Based on TOGAF 9, which of the following is the best answer?

A.
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.

B.
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.

C.
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.

D.
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.