Scenario
Please read this scenario prior to answering the Question You have been appointed as a consultant
to the Lead Enterprise Architect of an international agricultural company that exports bulbs, flowers
and seeds worldwide. The company has its headquarters in the Netherlands, and has sales and
distribution centers in over 30 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 team 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.
The international operations of the company are subject to legal and regulatory requirements for
each country where they operate. The production of genetically modified seeds has governmental
controls that 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 about the risks posed in this complex global environment, and as a
result has approved the expenditure of resources to establish an Enterprise Architecture program.
They have requested to be informed 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 framework for the development and evolution of the Enterprise
Architecture practice. The Preliminary Phase has been completed to establish the enterprise
architecture capability for this project. Refer to the Scenario You have been asked to recommend an
approach that would enable the development of an architecture that addresses the needs of the
Governing Board, legal staff, auditors and the research organization. Based on TOGAF 9, which of the
following is the best answer?
A.
You recommend that each project architecture activity is developed using a consistent modeling
approach that is uniform across all architecture projects. Each architecture should be defined based
on this fixed set of models so that all concerned parties can examine the models to ensure that their
issues and concerns have been addressed.
B.
You recommend that a special report be created for those groups that have sufficient power and
level of interest. This report should summarize the key features of the architecture with respect to
the particular location. Each of these reports should reflect the stakeholders1 requirements.
C.
You recommend that a set of models be created for each project architecture that can be used to
ensure that the system will be compliant with the local regulations. Stakeholders should then view
the models to verify that their concerns have been properly addressed.
D.
You recommend that a stakeholder map be developed. This will allow the architects to define
groups of stakeholders that share common concerns. A set of views should be defined to address the
concerns for each group of stakeholders. Architecture models should then be created for each view
to address the stakeholders’ concerns.