Scenario Please read this scenario prior to answering the Question You have been
appointed as a consultant to the Lead Enterprise Architect of an international agricultural
company that exports bulbs, flowers and seeds worldwide. The company has its
headquarters in the Netherlands, and has sales and distribution centers in over 30 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 team 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. The international operations of the company are subject to legal and regulatory
requirements for each country where they operate. The production of genetically modified
seeds has governmental controls that 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 about the risks
posed in this complex global environment, and as a result has approved the expenditure of

resources to establish an Enterprise Architecture program. They have requested to be
informed 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 framework for the development and evolution of the Enterprise
Architecture practice. The Preliminary Phase has been completed to establish the
enterprise architecture capability for this project. Refer to the Scenario You have been
asked to recommend an approach that would enable the development of an architecture
that addresses the needs of the Governing Board, legal staff, auditors and the research
organization. Based on TOGAF 9, which of the following is the best answer?

A.
You recommend that each project architecture activity is 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.

B.
You recommend that a special report be created for those groups that have sufficient
power and level of interest. This report should summarize the key features of the
architecture with respect to the particular location. Each of these reports should reflect the
stakeholders1 requirements.

C.
You recommend that a set of models be created for each project architecture that can be
used to ensure that the system will be compliant with the local regulations. Stakeholders
should then view the models to verify that their concerns have been properly addressed.

D.
You recommend that a stakeholder map be developed. This will allow the architects to
define groups of stakeholders that share common concerns. A set of views should be
defined to address the concerns for each group of stakeholders. Architecture models should
then be created for each view to address the stakeholders’ concerns.

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