Scenario
You are working as an Enterprise Architect within a large manufacturing company. The company has multiple divisions located worldwide.
After a recent study, senior management is concerned about the impact of the company’s multiple data centers and duplication of applications on business efficiency. To address this concern, a strategic architecture has been defined; it will help improve the ability to meet customer demand and improve the efficiency of operations. The strategic architecture involves the consolidation of multiple application programs that are currently used in different divisions and putting them all onto a cloud-based solution instead.
Each division has completed the Architecture Definition documentation to meet its own specific operational requirements. The enterprise architects have analyzed the corporate changes and implementation constraints. A consolidated gap analysis has been completed. Based on its results, the architects have reviewed the requirements, dependencies, and interoperability requirements needed to integrate the cloud-based solution. The architects have completed the Business Transformation Readiness Assessment. Based on all these factors, they have produced a risk assessment. They have also completed the draft Implementation and Migration Plan, the draft Architecture Roadmap, and the Capability Assessment deliverables.
Due to the risks of changing from the current environment, the decision has been taken that a gradual approach is needed to implement the target architecture. It will likely take a few years to complete the whole implementation process.
The company has a mature Enterprise Architecture (EA) practice and uses the TOGAF standard for its architecture development method. The EA practice is engaged throughout all the divisions, with implementation governance assigned to a business line. In addition to providing guidance on using architecture frameworks, including business planning, project/portfolio management, and operations management, the EA program is sponsored by the Chief Information Officer (CIO).
You have been asked to decide on the next steps for the migration planning.
Based on the TOGAF standard, which of the following is the best answer?
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You are working as the Chief Enterprise Architect within a law firm specializing in personal injury cases. Many of the firm's competitors have improved their litigation strategies, and efficiency by streamlining their processes using Artificial Intelligence {Al).
The CIO has approved a Request for Architecture Work to examine the use of Machine Learning in defining a new Al-driven litigation and finance process for the firm. This process would instruct the lawyers and analysts as to what tasks and portfolio they should work on. The key objectives are to increase task profitability, maximize staff utilization, and increase individual profitability.
The CIO has emphasized that the architecture should enable the fast implementation of continuous Machine Learning. The solution will need to be constantly measured for delivered value and be quickly iterated to success.
Some of the partners have expressed concerns about letting the Al make the decisions, others about the risks associated with use of it for the type of service they deliver. The CIO wants to know if these concerns can be addressed, and how risks will be covered by a new architecture enabling Al and Machine Learning.
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You have been asked to respond to the CIO recommending an approach that would enable the development of an architecture that addresses the concerns of the CIO and the concerns of the partners.
Based on the TOGAF standard which of the following is the best answer?
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You are employed as an Enterprise Architect working at a vehicle manufacturing
company. The company specializes in buses and coaches. You are part of an
Enterprise Architecture (EA) team that has responsibilities across multiple divisions of
the company. EA provides the company with a comprehensive framework to develop
and manage their manufacturing infrastructure, processes for component production,
and design and testing systems.
The company has a corporate strategy that focuses on switching to electric power for
its vehicles. It has invested heavily in a new standardized design, production efforts,
and major components to use across all its product range. The company has multiple
manufacturing plants in North America, Europe, and in Asia.
Customer demand has caused a backlog of orders because many customers want to
have more environmentally friendly public transportation. There are not enough
electronic components available, which is making it hard to produce products and
meet customer demand. To address this issue, the company has started making the
battery packs themselves and has hired new suppliers.
The EA team is working on a project to improve the process and systems to design,
produce, and test the battery pack. As part of putting the new battery pack into
production, changes to the assembly processes need to be made. A trial has been
completed at a single location. The Chief Engineer, sponsor of the project, and the
Architecture Board have approved the plan to roll out these changes to all plants.
Preliminary Architecture Contracts are being developed to detail the work needed to
put in place the new processes for each location. The EA team leader has called a
meeting to discuss the contracts. It is emphasized that the Architecture Contract will
serve as the key connection between architecture and implementation organizations.
The company mixes internal teams with a few third-party contractors at the locations.
The Chief Engineer is worried that the implementation and deployment will not be
consistent and of satisfactory quality.
The company has an established EA practice. It uses the TOGAF standard as the
foundation for its work including the internal EA framework. Additionally, the company
uses various management frameworks such as business planning, project
management, and operations management.
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The EA team leader asks you how you would address the Chief Engineer's concern.
Based on the TOGAF standard, which of the following is the best answer?
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You are the Lead Enterprise Architect at a major agribusiness company. The company's main harvest is lentils, a highly valued food grown worldwide. The lentil parasite, broomrape, has been an increasing concern for many years and is now becoming resistant to chemical controls. In addition, changes in climate favor the propagation and growth of the parasite. As a result, the parasite cannot realistically be exterminated, and it has become pandemic, with lentil yields falling globally.
In response to the situation, the CEO has decided that the lentil fields will be used for another harvest. The company will also cease to process third-party lentils and will repurpose its processing plants. Thus, the target market will change, and the end-products will be different and more varied.
The company has recently established an Enterprise Architecture practice based on the TOGAF standard as method and guiding framework. The CIO is the sponsor of the activity. A formal request for architecture change has been approved. At this stage there is no fixed scope, shared vision, or objectives.
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You have been asked to propose the best approach for architecture development to realize the CEO's change in direction for the company.
Based on the TOGAF standard which of the following is the best answer?
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You are employed as an Enterprise Architect at a company. The company manages
large-scale farming operations with food production, processing, and distribution. The
goal of the company is to maximize profit while satisfying the needs of consumers for
its products. Its customers demand food that is produced sustainably, safely, and
transparently, while reducing environmental impact.
The business is highly mechanized, and this mechanization has brought about a
decrease in the number of workers needed, together with a focus on agricultural
engineering to improve the efficiency of its farms, its processing facilities, and the
overall enterprise. As part of this, the company has established an Enterprise
Architecture (EA) practice based on the TOGAF standard, using it as the method and
guiding framework. The Chief Information Officer (CIO) is the sponsor of EA practice.
The practice has adopted an iterative approach for its architecture development. This
has enabled the decision makers to have valuable insights into the different aspects
of the business.
In recent years there have been a series of bad harvests, and a major reduction in
yields of the main crop produced by the company. This combined with an increase in
costs for energy, feed, fuel, and fertilizer, had led to a significant decrease in profits.
The rising costs and lower profits mean that the company is unable to take as much
planned action on climate measures as it would like, such as reducing its carbon
footprint. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) has stated that big changes are needed
to improve yields and profitability.
The outline strategy for change, includes new products, and new markets. The
company will switch to a mix of crops rather than depend on a main crop and will
allow use of its processing facilities by third parties. This is a major decision, and the
CEO has stated a desire to repurpose and reuse rather than replace so as to manage
the risks and limit the costs.
The CIO has assigned the EA team to manage this project. The CIO has stated that
although the overall objective is known, the EA team are expected to define the
scope, a shared vision, and the requirements.
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You have been asked to recommend the best approach for architecture development
to realize the CEO's change in direction for the company.
Based on the TOGAF standard which of the following is the best answer?
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You have been appointed as senior architect working for an autonomous driving technology development company. The mission of the company is to build an industry leading unified technology and software platform to support connected cars and autonomous driving.
The company uses the TOGAF Standard as the basis for its Enterprise Architecture (EA) framework. Architecture development within the company follows the purpose-based EA Capability model as described in the TOGAF Series Guide: A Practitioners'Approach to Developing Enterprise Architecture Following the TOGAF® ADM.
An architecture to support strategy has been completed defining a long-range Target Architecture with a roadmap spanning five years. This has identified the need for a portfolio of projects over the next two years. The portfolio includes development of travel assistance systems using swarm data from vehicles on the road.
The current phase of architecture development is focused on the Business Architecture which needs to support the core travel assistance services that the company plans to provide. The core services will manage and process the swarm data generated by vehicles, paving the way for autonomous driving in the future.
The presentation and access to different variations of data that the company plans to offer through its platform poses an architecture challenge. The application portfolio needs to interact securely with various third-party cloud services, and V2X (Vehicle-to-Everything) service providers in many countries to be able to manage the data at scale. The security of V2X is a key concern for the stakeholders. Regulators have stated that the user's privacy be always protected, for example, so that the drivers' journey cannot be tracked or reconstructed by compiling data sent or received by the car.
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You have been asked to describe the risk and security considerations you would include in the current phase of the architecture development?
Based on the TOGAF standard which of the following is the best answer?