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which of the following is the best answer?

Scenario Please read this scenario prior to answering the Question Your role is that of Lead
Enterprise Architect within a vacation property management firm that has been growing
through acquisition. The firm manages over 200 resort properties across North America .
Many of the resort properties use the same internal IT systems that they used before they
were acquired. Until recently, the only requirement that has been placed on each property is
that they use a standard financial reporting system to report their financial results to the
headquarters on a weekly basis. The CEO has stated his concerns about the inefficiencies
of the current approach and identified the need to change. He has defined a new strategic
vision that will enhance the business by standardizing its operations across the network to
provide consolidated financial, human resources, logistics, sales and marketing, and yield
management. He has also stated that he expects results by the end of the current fiscal
year. These changes will provide the company with improved utilization of its capacity and
more efficient operations. The addition of a corporate-wide data warehouse will provide
analytics that will enable the marketing group to improve its ability to target advertising into
key markets to improve yields. The firm has a mature enterprise architecture practice and
uses TOGAF 9 as the method and guiding framework. The CIO is the sponsor of the
activity. In planning this change, the Chief Architect engaged the services of a well-known
consulting firm that specializes in business strategy. An initial study has been conducted to
identify the strategic changes needed to implement the CEO’s vision. This recently
completed with approval of a strategic architecture encompassing the entire firm, including
detailed requirements and recommendations. Based on the recommendations from the
initial study, the firm has taken the decision to adopt a packaged suite of integrated
applications that is tailored to the needs of the hospitality industry. Refer to the scenario You
have been asked by the Chief Architect to justify the best approach for architecture
development to realize the CEO’s vision. Based on TOGAF 9, which of the following is the
best answer?

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A.
You recommend that this engagement define the baseline Technology Architecture first

in order to assess the current infrastructure capacity and capability. Then the focus should
be on transition planning and architecture deployment. This will identify retirements to
ensure that the projects are sequenced in an optimal fashion so as to realize the vision.

B.
You recommend that the target architecture is defined first, followed by transition
planning. This is because the vision is well understood and the strategic architecture
agreed. This will ensure that the current problems and inefficiencies of the baseline
architecture are not carried forward, and that the proposed solution addresses the
requirements identified in the initial study.

C.
You recommend that the team focus on architecture definition, with a specific emphasis
on understanding the strategic change parameters of the business strategy. Once
understood, the team will be in the best position to identify the requirements, drivers, issues,
and constraints for this engagement. You would ensure that the target architecture
addresses non-functional requirements so as to ensure the target architecture is robust and
secure.

D.
You recommend that the team focus on defining the target architecture by going through
the architecture definition phases (B-D). This is because the initial study identified the need
to change. This will ensure that the change can be defined in a structured manner and
address the requirements needed to realize the vision.


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