In the Solutions Continuum, Which of the following is the correct order of Solutions from
most-specific to most-generic?

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, welldeveloped 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
During the initial meeting of the Common ERP Deployment architecture project team, a number of
alternative recommendations for how to proceed are put forward by members of the team.
You have been asked to select the most appropriate recommendation to ensure that the team
evaluates different approaches to the problem and clarifies the requirements for the architecture.
Based on TOGAF 9, which of the following is the best answer?

Which one of the following is a key objective of Phase A of the TOGAF ADM?

Scenario: Glacier Ridge LLC
Please read this scenario prior to answering the question Glacier Ridge LLC is a vacation property
management firm that is growing through acquisition. It 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 en each property is
that they use a standard financial reporting system to report their financials ID 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 Glacier
Ridge property 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 corporatewide data warehouse will provide analytics that will enable the marketing group to improve its
ability to target advertising into key markets to improve yields. Glacier Ridge has mature enterprise
architecture (EA) 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 engagement, Glacier Ridge has embraced an
Architecture Vision to adopt an enterprise application that is tailored to the needs of the hospitality
industry.
Refer to the Glacier Ridge scenario Your role is that of Chief Architect. You have been asked to
recommend the best approach to take in this architecture engagement to realize the CEO’s vision.
Based on TOGAF 9, which of the following is the best answer?