Complete the sentence. As the architecture evolves, the assets in the Solutions Continuum
progress towards a (n) _____

Scenario
Please read this scenario prior to answering the question
You are serving as the Lead Architect for the enterprise architecture team at a large multinational
aerospace and defense company. The company has grown rapidly by acquisition and has inherited
numerous different procurement processes and related IT systems. Several procurement processes
have had problems related to the timing of purchases, which has led to excess inventory. The Vice
President in charge of Supply Chain Management has made the decision to consolidate and reduce
redundant procurement processes and systems. The company will move to a “Just-in-time”
procurement system so as to keep inventory costs low.
TOGAF 9 is used for internal Enterprise Architecture activities. This project is using an iterative
approach for executing the Architecture Development Method (ADM).
At present, there are no particularly useful architectural assets in the Architecture Repository that
are related to this initiative. All assets will need to be acquired, customized, or created from scratch.
The company prefers to implement commercial off the shelf package applications with little
customization. The CIO, who is the project sponsor, has stated that she is not concerned about
preserving the existing procurement processes or systems.
The architecture development project has completed the Preliminary Phase and has started a
number of iteration cycles to develop the Architecture. As a packaged application is being
considered, the next iteration will include both the Business and Application Architectures. Key
stakeholder concerns that should be addressed by these architectures include:
1. What groups of people should be involved in procurement-related business processes?
2. What are the overall lifetimes of the Request for Proposal and Purchase Order business objects?
3. What non-procurement applications will need to be integrated with any new procurement
applications?
Refer to the Scenario
[Note: You may need to refer to Chapter 35 of the reference text in order to answer this question.]
You have been asked to identify the most appropriate catalogs, matrices, and diagrams to support
the next iteration of Architecture development.
Based on TOGAF, which of the following is the best answer?

In which ADM phase are the business principles, business goals and strategic drivers first
validated?

Please read this scenario prior to answering the question
You are serving as the Lead Architect for a chain of convenience stores, operating as a franchise,
which has over 5000 retail outlets throughout the Asia-Pacific region. The stores operate 24 hours a
day and 7 days a week and rely on point-of-sale technology to manage their inventory.
Stores place all orders on-line. The back-office systems collect real-time data to support ordering and
product selection decisions including the tailoring of product assortment based on sales history,
customer demographics as well as the next day’s weather forecast. In many cases, several stores are
located in neighboring areas. This strategy makes distribution to each store cheaper, as well as
making multiple deliveries per day possible.
An Enterprise Architecture practice exists within the company, with the CEO and CIO as joint
sponsors. They have decided to adopt TOGAF 9 within the practice and the first project is to
restructure the Enterprise Architecture so that it can better accommodate the changing strategies
within the company and also better respond to changes in economic and technical environments.
The CIO has stated that the following issues need to be addressed in the restructuring:
• The systems should be able to withstand any unforeseen disruptions which might affect day
to day operations. This is highly critical for ensuring high levels of customer satisfaction and
maintaining and growing revenue.
• Dependencies between the application components, the application platform, and
technology infrastructure should be minimal and well defined. This will facilitate scalability and ease
of enhancement of the service offerings.
• The company is adopting the ARTS Operational Data Model and Data Warehouse Model
from the National Retail Federation. This will address past problems with data quality and
inconsistent data.
• To remain competitive, new products and promotions must undergo market trials and if
these are successful, deployed across the retail chain. Information systems must be able to manage
changes and updates without undue delays.
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, Section 23.6. You may need to refer to Chapter 23 of the reference text
in order to answer this question.]
You have been asked to identify the most relevant architecture principles for the current situation.
Based on TOGAF, which of the following is the best answer? [Note: The ordering of the principles
listed in each answer is not significant.]