Which phase of the ADM is used to finalize a set of transition architectures that will support
implementation?

Scenario:
Please read this scenario prior to answering the Question
You are serving as the Chief Architect for a large, global commodities trading company which has
been growing rapidly through a series of acquisitions.
Each business is performing well in its markets. However, the lack of integration between
headquarters and the business units has increasingly caused problems in the handling of customer
and financial information. The inability to share information across businesses has resulted in lost
opportunities to “leverage the synergies” that had been intended when the businesses were
acquired. At present, each business unit maintains its own applications. Despite an earlier initiative
to install a common application to manage customer, products, supplier, and inventory information,
each business unit has different ways of defining each of these core elements and has customized
the common application to the point where the ability to exchange information is difficult, costly,
and error-prone.
As a result, the company has made the decision to introduce a single enterprise-wide application to
consolidate information from several applications that exist across the lines of business. The
application will be used by all business units and accessed by suppliers through well defined
interfaces.
The Corporate Board is concerned that the new application must be able to manage and safeguard
confidential customer information in a secure manner that meets or exceeds the legal requirements
of the countries in which the company operates. This will be an increasingly important capability as
the company expands its online services in cooperation with its trading partners.
The CIO has formed an Enterprise Architecture department, and one of the primary goals in its
charter is to coordinate efforts between the implementation team and the business unit personnel
who will be involved in the migration process. The CIO has also formed a cross-functional
Architecture Board to oversee and govern the architecture. The company has an existing team of
security architects.
TOGAF 9 has been selected for use for the Enterprise Architecture program. The CIO has endorsed
this choice with the full support of top management.
Refer to the Scenario
In the Preliminary Phase you need to define suitable policies and ensure that the company has the
appropriate capability to address the concerns of the Corporate Board.
Based on TOGAF 9, which of the following is the best answer?

Complete the sentence. TOGAF 9 Part III provides techniques, such as developing
principles and gap analysis, to support tasks within the ______

Scenario:
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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?