Scenario: Sollace Manufacturing
Please read this scenario prior to answering the question Sollace Manufacturing is a major supplier in the
automotive industry, headquartered In Cleveland, Ohio with manufacturing plants in Chicago, Sao Paulo,
Stuttgart, Yokohama, and Seoul. 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.
Sollace Manufacturing 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-partycontractor could provide those staff. The Sollace Manufacturing 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 Review Board approved
a Request for Architecture Work from the Chief Engineer of Global Manufacturing Operations who is the project
sponsor. 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 driving their planning and production scheduling from a central system located in Cleveland. The Chief
Engineer wants to know how these concerns can be addressed.
Refer to the Sollace Manufacturing Scenario You are serving as the Lead Enterprise Architect for the Common
ERP Deployment architecture project. One of the earliest initiatives in the Enterprise Architecture program at
Sollace Manufacturing was the definition of a set of IT principles and architecture principles that are well aligned
with the overall enterprise 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. [Note: You should assume that Sollace Manufacturing has adopted the example set of principles that
are listed and defined in TOGAF 9, Section 23.6.] Based on TOGAF 9, which of the following is the best
answer?

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.
Refer to the Scenario As part of the process for establishing the Enterprise Architecture department, you are
developing a set of architecture principles to guide the activities. You need to specify the best approach for this
work. Based on TOGAF 9, which of the following is the best answer?

Scenario: Summer Seeds BV
Please read this scenario prior to answering the question Summer Seeds BV is an international agricultural
company exporting bulbs, flowers and seeds worldwide. It is headquartered in Rotterdam in the Netherlands,
and has sales and distribution centers in over 60 countries worldwide. Several of these centers include
administrative, manufacturing, and research facilities. To achieve full integration of their research capabilities
with their development centers located in various climate zones, the company wants to develop strong self
directed teams in each location. It also wants to define new business models that are profitable while reducing
their impact on the environment. The management is deeply committed to ensuring that the company is a world
leader in socially responsible seed development with a business strategy that focuses on profitability through
environmentally friendly operating processes. Summer Seed’s international operations are subject to various
legal and regulatory requirements. In areas such as genetically modified seeds, governmental controls are
strictly enforced and compliance is critical. Recently a competitor was heavily fined for violating the regulations
in a country where it was developing pest-resistant seeds. The Governing Board is concerned, and as a result
has approved the expenditure of resources to establish an Enterprise Architecture program. They have
requested information about the status of projects that could impact regulatory compliance. They also want to
enable the corporate legal staff and auditors to analyze proposed architectures to ensure that they are within
the legal guidelines for a given location. 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 guiding framework for the
development and evolution of the Enterprise Architecture practice.
Refer to the Summer Seeds BV Scenario You have been appointed as the Lead Consultant. You have been
asked to recommend an approach that would enable the development of an architecture that addresses the
needs of all these parties. Based on TOGAF 9, which of the following is the best answer?

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 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. 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?

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
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?

Scenario:
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You are the Lead Architect for a firm that manufactures ball bearings used in industrial equipment applications.
They have manufacturing operations in several cities in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
The firm has traditionally allowed each manufacturing plant to drive its own production planning systems. Each
plant has its own custom Materials Requirements Planning, Master Production Scheduling, Bill of Materials,
and Shop Floor Control systems.
“Just In Time” manufacturing techniques are used to minimize wastes caused by excessive inventory and work
in process. The increasingly competitive business environment has compelled the firm to improve its business
capability to be more responsive to the needs of industrial customers. To support this capability, the firm has
decided to implement an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution that will enable it to better coordinate its
manufacturing capacity to match the demands for its products across all plants. In addition, there are also new
European regulations coming into force to which their manufacturing processes must conform in the next six
months.
As part of the implementation process, the Enterprise Architecture (EA) department has begun to implement an
architecture process based on TOGAF 9. The CIO is the sponsor of the activity. The Chief Architect has
directed that the program should include formal modeling using the Architecture Content Framework and the
TOGAF Content Metamodel. This will enable support for the architecture tooling that the firm uses for its EA
program.
The Chief Architect has stated that in order to model the complex manufacturing process it will be necessary to
model processes that are event-driven. Also, in order to consolidate applications across several data centers it
will be necessary to model the location of IT assets. In particular, the end goal is to have the single ERP
application running in a single data center.
Currently the project is in the Preliminary Phase, and the architects are tailoring the Architecture Development
Method (ADM) and Architecture Content Framework to fit into the corporate environment.
Refer to the Scenario
You have been asked to recommend a response to the Chief Architect’s request to tailor the TOGAF Content
Metamodel.
Based on TOGAF 9, which of the following is the best answer?

Scenario:
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You have been assigned the role of Lead Enterprise Architect for a manufacturing firm that specializes in
musical instruments. The firm has been established for over 100 years, operating in North America for most of
that time. In the last ten years, the firm has expanded into European markets and will soon establish a market
in Latin America. A future expansion into the Asia Pacific region is also planned.
The firm is organized into several business units that each focus on manufacturing particular families of
instruments such as brass, woodwind, and percussion. Each business unit has acquired other producers to
expand its manufacturing capacity. This has resulted in a complex environment with a high diversity of business
and manufacturing systems.
The Enterprise Architecture (EA) program within the firm has been functioning for several years. It has made
significant progress in consolidating the technology portfolio and establishing key standards. The CIO and the
COO are pint sponsors of the EA program. The EA program is mature, with an active Architecture Board and a
well-defined architecture process and standard content templates based on the TOGAF 9 Architecture Content
Framework. The EA process framework is well coordinated with the PMO, Systems Development, and
Operations functions.
The firm has completed a strategic plan to reorganize its Sales & Marketing organization according to the four
target geographic markets. One of the goals of this reorganization is to improve the ability of Marketing to
collect more meaningful market analytics that will enable each sector to better address market needs with
effective marketing campaigns and global product presence.
A Request for Architecture Work to address the goals of the reorganization has been approved. As the
architecture team commences its work, the CIO has expressed concerns about whether the firm will be able to
adapt to the proposed architecture and how to manage the associated risks.
Refer to the Scenario
You have been asked how to address the concerns of the CIO.
Based on TOGAF 9, which of the following is the best answer?

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?

Scenario:
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You have been assigned the role of Chief Enterprise Architect within a leading North American information
technology services company. The company has a number of service portfolios including infrastructure,
applications, business process outsourcing, accounting, and financial services.
With numerous practice areas and a multitude of diverse engagements underway at any given time, overall
engagement management within the company has become challenging. The company does not want to risk its
outstanding reputation or its international certifications and CMM ratings.
The Chief Executive Officer and Chief Information Officer have co-sponsored the creation of an Enterprise
Architecture prog-am based on TOGAF 9. An Architecture Board has been formed comprised of IT staff
executives and executives from the major practice areas.
The Enterprise Architecture team has been working with the Strategic Planning team to create a strategic
enterprise architecture to address these issues. The team has defined a framework and held workshops with
key stakeholders to define a set of architecture principles to govern the architecture work. They have completed
an Architecture Vision at a strategic level and laid out Architecture Definitions for the four domains. They have
set out an ambitious vision of the future of the company over a five-year period. This includes a solution
architecture including three distinct transformations.
The CIO has made it clear that prior to the approval of the detailed Implementation and Migration plan, the EA
team will need to assess the risks associated with the proposed architecture. He has received concerns from
some of the senior partners that the proposed architecture may be too ambitious and they are not sure it can
produce sufficient value to warrant the attendant risks.
Refer to the Scenario
You have been asked to recommend an approach to satisfy these concerns.
Based on TOGAF 9, 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?