Scenario
Global Traders Inc.
Please read this scenario prior to answering the question Global Traders is a large, global
commodities trading company which has been growing rapidly through a series of acquisitions. Each
new 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, Global Traders has begun implementing a single Enterprise Resource
Planning (ERP) system to consolidate information from several applications that exist across the lines
of business. The Corporate Board is concerned that the new ERP system must be able to manage and
safeguard customer information in a 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 offered to clients and 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 ERP implementation team and the business unit personnel who will be involved
in the migration process. The CIO has also formed a crossfunctional Architecture Review Board to
oversee and govern the architecture.Global Traders has selected TOGAF 9 as the basis for its
Enterprise Architecture program. The CIO has endorsed this choice with the full support of top
management. Refer to the Global Traders Inc. Scenario You are serving as the Chief Architect. You
have been asked to recommend the approach to take in the Preliminary Phase to ensure that the
Corporate Board’s concern is addressed. Based on TOGAF 9, which of the following is the best
answer?
A.
You evaluate the implications of the Board’s concern in terms of regulatory and security policy
requirements. You then update the Global Traders security policy to reflect the concern, ensuring
that this policy is communicated across the organization. You allocate a security architecture team to
ensure that security considerations are included in ongoing architecture planning. You then assess
the security implications and agreements within the Global Traders businesses and their suppliers.
B.
You start by clarifying the intent that the Board has for raising this concern. This enables you to
understand the implications of the concern in terms of regulatory requirements and the potential
impact on current business goals and objectives. You propose that a security architect or security
architecture team be allocated to develop a comprehensive security architecture.
C.
You evaluate the implications of the Board’s concern in terms of regulatory requirements and
their impact on business goals and objectives. Based on this understanding, you then issue a Request
for Architecture Work to commence an architecture development project to develop a solution that
will address the Board’s concern. You allocate a security architect to oversee the implementation of
the solution in the ERP system that is being developed.
D.
You evaluate the implications of the Board’s concern by examining the potential impacts on
business goals and objectives. Based on your understanding, you then update the current Global
Traders security policy to include an emphasis on the Board’s concern. In addition, you allocate a
security architect to ensure that security considerations are included in the architecture planning for
all domains.