Scenario Please read this scenario prior to answering the question You are serving as the
Lead Enterprise Architect at a major supplier in the automotive industry. The company is
headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio with manufacturing plants across the United States,
Brazil, Germany, Japan and South Korea . Each of these plants has been operating its own
planning and production scheduling systems, as well as custom developed applications that
drive the automated production equipment at each plant. The company is implementing lean
manufacturing principles to minimize waste and improve the efficiency of all of its production
operations. During a recent exercise held for internal quality improvement, it was
determined that a significant reduction in process waste could be achieved by replacing the
current planning and scheduling systems with a common Enterprise Resource Planning
(ERP) system located in the Cleveland data center. This central system would provide
support to each of the plants replacing the functionality in the existing systems. It would also
eliminate the need for full data centers at each of the plant facilities. A reduced number of IT
staff could support the remaining applications. In some cases, a third-party contractor could
provide those staff. The Enterprise Architecture department has been operating for several

years and has mature, well-developed architecture governance and development processes
that are strongly based on TOGAF 9. At a recent meeting, the Architecture Board approved
a Request for Architecture Work sponsored by the Chief Engineer of Global Manufacturing
Operations. The request covered the initial architectural investigations and the development
of a comprehensive architecture to plan the transformation. The Common ERP Deployment
architecture project team has now been formed, and the project team has been asked to
develop an Architecture Vision that will achieve the desired outcomes and benefits. Some of
the plant managers have expressed concern about the security and reliability of diving their
planning and production scheduling from a remote centralized system. The Chief Engineer
wants to know how these concerns can be addressed. Refer to the Scenario [Note: You
should assume that the company has adopted the example set of principles that are listed
and defined in TOGAF 9, Section 23.6.] One of the earliest initiatives in the Enterprise
Architecture program was the definition of a set of architecture principles. These now need
to be updated to address the concerns raised. You have been asked to select a set of
principles most appropriate for guiding the team to define a robust solution. Based on
TOGAF 9, which of the following is the best answer?

A.
Common-use Applications, Control Technical Diversity, Ease of Use, Interoperability,
Data is Shared, Data is Accessible, Data Security

B.
Business Continuity, Common-use Applications, Maximize Benefit to the Enterprise, Data
is Shared, Data is Accessible, Data Security

C.
Technology Independence, Data Trustee, Information Management is Everybody’s
Business, IT Responsibility, Responsive Change Management

D.
Service-orientation, Responsive Change Management, Business Continuity, Data is
Accessible, Data Security

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