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which of the following is the best answer?

Scenario Please read this scenario prior to answering the Question You have been
appointed as a consultant to the Chief Enterprise Architect of a multinational pharmaceutical
corporation. The corporation includes 30 subsidiary companies with operations in over 60
countries and products sold in over 125 countries. It has major research and development
sites in over 45 locations worldwide. The management team is deeply committed to
ensuring that the corporation is a world leader in socially responsible pharmaceutical
development with a business strategy that focuses on profitability through environmentally

friendly operating processes as well as a commitment to disease eradication. The
operations of the corporation are subject to legal and regulatory requirements for each
country where they operate. The production of prescription pharmaceutical products 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
conducting a clinical trial for a new regulated drug. The Governing Board is concerned
about the risks posed in this complex global environment. As a result the Chief Executive
Officer (CEO) has appointed a Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) to be responsible for
overseeing and managing compliance issues for the corporation. The CCO reports directly
to the CEO. The CCO has approved the expenditure of resources to establish an Enterprise
Architecture program. He has requested to be informed about the status of projects that
could impact regulatory compliance. He also wants the corporate legal staff and auditors to
analyze all proposed architectures to ensure that they are within the legal guidelines for
each country. 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 Chief Compliance
Officer, legal staff, auditors and the research organization. Based on TOGAF, which of the
following is the best answer?

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A.
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.

B.
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.

C.
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.

D.
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
stakeholders’ requirements.


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