Which of the following is a responsibility of an Architecture Board?

• A.Creating the Statement of Architecture Work
• B.Allocating resources for architecture projects
• C.Identifying the Lead Enterprise Architect to manage an architecture compliance review
• D.Establishing targets for re-use of components
• E.Conducting assessments of the maturity level of architecture discipline within the organization

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Scenario
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Your role is that of Lead Enterprise Architect for a chain of convenience stores. The chain includes over
15,000 retail outlets throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Each store in the chain is an independently owned and operated franchise. The stores operate 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. Many of the stores have been with the franchise for more than 10 years and still use the original IT systems deployed at that time.
The CEO of the chain has stated his concerns about the inefficiencies of the current systems and identified the need to change. He has defined a new strategic vision that will enhance the business by providing its franchisees new services to help them compete with other retail outlets and online retailers. This strategy is part of the long-term commitment to enhance the brand image and increase revenue for the chain. He has also stated that he expects improved financial results by the end of the current fiscal year.
These changes will provide the chain with improved products, and more efficient operations. The stores will also act as delivery and return locations for a large online retailer which will further increase the number of potential customers. The addition of a corporate-wide data warehouse will provide analytics that will enable the marketing group to improve its ability to target advertising and new products to specific regions.
The chain has a mature Enterprise Architecture practice based in its headquarters and uses the TOGAF standard as the method and guiding framework. The CIO is the sponsor of the activity.
The Chief Architect engaged the services of a leading consulting firm that specializes in business strategy.
An initial study has been conducted to identify the strategic changes needed to implement the CEO's vision. This recently completed with approval of a strategic architecture encompassing the entire chain, including detailed requirements and recommendations.
Based on the recommendations from the initial study, the decision for the chain to adopt a packaged suite of integrated applications that is tailored to the needs of the franchise has been taken.
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You have been asked by the Chief Architect to propose the best approach for architecture development to realize the CEO's vision.
Based on TOGAF, which of the following is the best answer?

• A.You propose that the target architecture is defined first, followed by transition planning. This is because the vision is well understood and the strategic architecture agreed. The target first approach will ensure that the current problems and inefficiencies of the baseline architecture are not carried forward, and that the proposed solution addresses the requirements identified in the initial study.
• B.You propose that this engagement define the baseline architecture first in order to assess the current infrastructure capacity and capability. The initial priority is to understand the proble,. Then the focus should be on transition planning and architecture deployment. This will identify requirements to ensure that the projects are sequenced in an optimal fashion so as to realize the vision.
• C.You propose that the team focus on architecture definition, with a specific emphasis on understanding the strategic change parameters of the business strategy. Once understood, the team will be in the best position to identify the requirements, drivers, issues, and constraints for this engagement. You would ensure that the target architecture addresses non-functional requirements so as to ensure the target architecture is robust and secure.
• D.You propose that the team focus on defining the target architecture by going through the architecture definition phases (B-D). This is because the initial study identified the need to change. This will ensure that the change can be defined in a structured manner and address the requirements needed to realize the vision.

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The Requirements Management Phase is responsible for which one of the following activities?

• A.Addressing requirements
• B.Disposal of resolved requirements
• C.Generating requirements
• D.Managing the flow of requirements
• E.Prioritizing requirements

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Scenario
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You are serving as the Lead Architect for a chain of convenience stores. The stores operate 24 hours a
day and 7 days a week and use cloud-based point-of-sale (POS) technology to manage their sales and
inventory. Cloud-based POS systems store all user data, including sales and inventory in a remote server.
The cloud-based systems collect real-time data to support ordering and product selection decisions
including the tailoring of product assortment based on sales history, customer demographics as well as the
next day's weather forecast. In many cases, several stores are located in neighboring areas. This strategy
makes distribution to each store cheaper, as well as making multiple deliveries per day possible. The
stores also act as self-service delivery locations for a large online retailer which further increases the
number of potential customers entering the stores.
An Enterprise Architecture practice exists within the company, with the CEO and CIO as joint sponsors.
They have decided to adopt TOGAF standard within the practice and the first project is to restructure the
Enterprise Architecture so that it can better support the existing environment and accommodate future
changes of strategy within the company.
The CIO has stated that the following issues need to be addressed in the restructuring:
They need to address problems with data quality and inconsistent data in order to support better

decision making and analysis.
The architecture should focus on the needs of the business, not technology

To remain competitive, new products and promotions must undergo market trials and if these are

successful, deployed across the retail chain. Information systems must be able to manage changes
and updates without undue delays.
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[Note: You should assume that the company has adopted the example set of principles that are listed and
defined in TOGAF, Section 23.6. You may need to refer to Chapter 23 of the reference text in order to
answer this question.]
You have been asked to identify the most relevant architecture principles for the current situation.
Based on TOGAF, which of the following is the best answer? [Note: The ordering of the principles listed in
each answer is not significant.]

• A.IT Responsibility, Data Security, Ease of Use, Service Orientation, Common Use Applications
• B.Interoperability, Maximize Benefit to the Enterprise, Data Trustee, Data is an Asset, Responsive
  Change Management
• C.Requirements Based Change, Business Continuity, Common Vocabulary and Data Definitions, Data
  Trustee, Responsive Change Management
• D.Interoperability, Data is Accessible, Data is Shared, Requirements Based Change, Control Technical
  Diversity

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Complete the sentence. TOGAF 9 Part III provides a set of resources that can be used to adapt and modify the ____________.

• A.Architecture Development Method
• B.Architecture Landscape
• C.Enterprise Continuum
• D.Architecture Repository
• E.Architecture Capability

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