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?
A.
In the next iteration of Architecture development, you would describe the Baseline Business
Architecture with a Business Service/Function catalog, an Organization/Actor catalog, and a Data
Entity/Business Function matrix. You would describe the Baseline Application Architecture with an
Application/Function matrix.
B.
In the next iteration of Architecture development, you would describe the Target Business
Architecture with a Business ServiceFunction catalog, an Organization/Actor catalog, and Data
Lifecycle diagrams. You would describe the Target Application Architecture with Application
Communication diagrams and an Application Interaction matrix.
C.
In the next iteration of Architecture development, you would describe the Target Business
Architecture with a Business ServiceFunction catalog, a Business Interaction matrix, and Product
Lifecycle diagrams. You would describe the Target Application Architecture with Application
Communication diagrams and an Application Interaction matrix.
D.
In the next iteration of Architecture development, you would describe the Baseline Business
Architecture with a Baseline Business Process catalog, and an Object lifecycle catalog. You would
describe the Baseline Application Architecture with a Technology Portfolio catalog.