Scenario: St. Croix Consulting
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St. Croix Consulting started as an accounting and financial services company. It has expanded over
the years and is now a leading North American IT and Business Services provider.
With numerous practice areas and a multitude of diverse engagements underway at any given time,
overall engagement management has become challenging. The company does not want to risk its
outstanding reputation or its international certifications and CMM ratings. Senior partners must
become team players, working to support the broader needs of the company and its shareholders.
The Enterprise Architecture team has been working to create St. Croixs Enterprise Architecture
framework to address these issues. The team has defined a preliminary framework and held
workshops with key stakeholders to define a set of 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 fiveyear period.
An Architecture Review Board has been formed comprised of IT staff executives and executives from
the major practice areas.
The Enterprise Architecture framework is based on TOGAF 9.
The Chief Executive Officer and Chief Information Officer have co-sponsored the creation of the
Enterprise Architecture program.
Refer to the St Croix Consulting Scenario:
You have been assigned to the role of Chief Enterprise Architect.
As the EA team prepares to formulate an Implementation plan, they have been asked by the CIO to
assess the risks associated with the proposed architecture. He has received concerns from senior
management that the proposed architecture may be too ambitious and they are not sure it can
produce sufficient value to warrant the attendant risks.
You have been asked to recommend an approach to satisfy these concerns.
Based on TOGAF 9, which of the following is the best answer?

A.
An interoperability analysis should be applied to evaluate any potential issues across the Solution
Architecture. Once all of the concerns have been resolved, the EA team should finalize the
Architecture Implementation Roadmap and the Migration Plan.

B.
The EA team should gather information about potential solutions from the appropriate sources.
Once the Solution Architecture has been assembled, it should be analyzed using a state evolution
table to determine the Transition Architectures.

C.
Prior to preparing the Implementation plan, the EA team should create a consolidated gap
analysis to understand the transformations that are required to achieve the proposed Target
Architecture. The EA team should gather information about potential solutions from the appropriate
sources. Once the Solution Architecture has been assembled, it should be analyzed using a state
evolution table to determine the Transition Architectures. An interoperability analysis should be
applied to evaluate any potential issues across the Solution Architecture.

D.
Prior to preparing the Implementation plan, there are several techniques that should be applied
to assess the risks and value of the proposed transformation. In particular, the EA team should pay
attention to the Business Transformation Readiness Assessment and the Business Value Assessment.