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TOGAF 9.2 Combined Part 1 and Part 2 Questions and Answers

Question 77

Please read this scenario prior to answering the question.

You are employed as an Enterprise Architect within an Enterprise Architecture team at a large food services company.

The company has a mature EA practice and uses the TOGAF standard for its architecture work. In addition to using the TOGAF standard, the company uses a number of management frameworks, including project management and operations management. The Chief Information Officer is the sponsor of the EA program within the company.

The company focuses on sales to trade and wholesale customers, for example, restaurants and other food sellers. It sells a variety of products and serves a number of different markets. One of the company’s rivals has launched a competing product range and additional services. They are running a widespread advertising campaign with generous rewards for customers to switch to them. Many of the company’s customers have announced that they are changing to the rival.

The Chief Executive Officer has stated that changes need to be made to address the situation. He wants new markets to be found for the company’s products. The business needs to change direction and address the retail market as well as the existing market.

The company is accustomed to a stable business with a well-established and consistent customer base. It is uncertain whether the company will be able to adapt to changes in its business practices, and whether these changes will be temporary or permanent. The company’s culture presents a potential risk factor.

You have been working with the sales, logistics, production, and marketing teams, enabling the architecture development activity to start. An Architecture Vision, Architecture Principles, and Requirements have all been agreed. As you move forward to develop a possible Target Architecture, you have identified that some of the key stakeholders’ preferences are incompatible. The incompatibilities are focused on time-to-market, cost savings, and the need to bring out a fully featured range of products, but there are additional factors.

Refer to the scenario.

How should you address the incompatibilities between key stakeholder preferences?

Based on the TOGAF standard, which of the following is the best answer?

Options:

Make sure that the value preferences and priorities of the stakeholders are understood. Several alternative Target Architectures should be developed, highlighting the gaps between the current state and the alternatives. The features from one or more alternatives should be combined in collaboration with the stakeholders. A formal stakeholder review should then decide which alternative is fit for purpose and should be moved forward with. The

The Architecture Vision, Principles, and Requirements should be used to define a set of criteria for alternatives. A set of architecture views should be created to illustrate the impact of the alternative Target Architectures. The impact on planned projects should be identified, together with the strengths and weaknesses of the alternatives. A formal stakeholder review should be held to decide which alternative to proceed with. The amount o

Review the Stakeholder Map and make sure that the concerns of all department heads have been addressed and represented. The department heads should be involved in resolving the incompatibilities. The Communications Plan should include a report that summarizes the key features of the architecture and how incompatibilities were resolved to satisfy the stakeholders’ requirements. Confirm with each key stakeholder that they are satisfied with h

Given that the Chief Executive Officer has stated that the company must change direction, it is better to compromise on a full product range rather than time-to-market. Just enough of the Target Architecture should be developed to demonstrate fitness of the proposed approach. The description should be limited to where there is a gap from the current baseline. Approval by the stakeholders should be sought to move forward with detailed develo

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Explanation:

The best answer is B .

The scenario describes incompatible stakeholder preferences around time-to-market, cost savings, and completeness of the product range. In TOGAF terms, this calls for the use of Architecture Alternatives and Trade-offs . TOGAF guidance states that, where there are multiple possible Target Architectures or conflicting stakeholder preferences, the architect should evaluate alternative architectures against agreed criteria, communicate the impact of each alternative through appropriate architecture views, and support stakeholders in making an informed trade-off decision.

Option B is the best answer because it follows the TOGAF approach most closely. It starts with the already agreed Architecture Vision, Architecture Principles, and Requirements to define evaluation criteria. This is important because the alternatives should not be judged by personal preference alone; they should be assessed against the agreed architecture direction and requirements. It then uses architecture views to show the impact of the alternative Target Architectures. This aligns with TOGAF’s emphasis that architecture views are created to address stakeholder concerns. The option also considers the impact on planned projects, identifies strengths and weaknesses of the alternatives, and uses a formal stakeholder review to decide which alternative should proceed.

Option A is a reasonable answer, but it is not the best one. It correctly mentions stakeholder value preferences, alternative Target Architectures, gaps, collaboration, formal review, and funding. However, it is less precise than Option B because it does not explicitly use the agreed Architecture Vision, Principles, and Requirements as the basis for evaluation criteria. It also says that features from one or more alternatives should be combined, which may be appropriate in some cases, but TOGAF does not require that the selected Target Architecture must be a combined architecture. The stronger TOGAF approach is to evaluate alternatives systematically against agreed criteria and stakeholder concerns.

Option C is not the best answer because it focuses mainly on stakeholder management and communication. Stakeholder concerns and the Stakeholder Map are important in TOGAF, but the question is specifically about resolving incompatible preferences in the Target Architecture. This requires analysis of alternatives and trade-offs, not simply confirming that department heads are satisfied.

Option D is incorrect because it makes a premature architecture decision by assuming that the full product range should be compromised in favor of time-to-market. TOGAF does not recommend that the architect independently select a compromise based only on the CEO’s statement. The correct approach is to develop and assess alternatives, make trade-offs visible, and support stakeholder decision-making through governance and formal review.

Therefore, B is the best answer because it applies the TOGAF approach of using agreed architecture drivers, requirements, architecture views, alternatives, impact analysis, and stakeholder review to resolve competing stakeholder preferences.

[References:TOGAF Standard, Version 9.2, Part II: Architecture Development Method, Chapter 6: Phase A — Architecture Vision.TOGAF Standard, Version 9.2, Part II: Architecture Development Method, Phases B, C, and D, steps for developing Target Architectures and considering architecture alternatives.TOGAF Standard, Version 9.2, Part III: ADM Guidelines and Techniques, Architecture Alternatives and Trade-offs.TOGAF Standard, Version 9.2, Part III: Stakeholder Management.TOGAF Standard, Version 9.2, Part IV: Architecture Content Framework, Architecture Views and Architecture Requirements., , ]

Question 78

Which of the following does the TOGAF ADM recommend for use in developing an Architecture Vision document?

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Architecture Principles

Requirement Management

Interoperability Analysis

Business Scenarios

Gap Analysis

Question 79

Scenario:

Please read this scenario prior to answering the question

The ABC company specializes in the development of wind turbine blades for use in large-scale commercial wind energy production systems. The company has manufacturing facilities located in Palm Springs, California, Omaha, Nebraska, and Winnipeg, Manitoba. Each of these plants supplies a different manufacturer that builds and sells complete systems. The turbine blades are custom engineered to meet each manufacturer ' s design specifications.

Until recently, most turbine blades were fabricated manually using molded fiber-reinforced plastics. However, recent improvements in composite materials, coupled with enhanced automated methods for precision application of materials during the molding process, have led to significant reduction in weight, increase in strength, and greatly improved blade longevity. The company has pioneered the development of a proprietary automated process for continuous extrusion of the turbine blades. Patents have been filed to protect the process, but certain trade secrets must be closely guarded.

The company has a mature Enterprise Architecture organization that is supported by a cross-functional Architecture Review Board. The Chief Information Officer and the Chief Operating Officer co-sponsor the Enterprise Architecture program.

The company has used T0GAF and its Architecture Development Method (ADM) to develop its automated manufacturing processes and systems that are used to design, manufacture, and test the blade assemblies. They have adapted their Enterprise Architecture to closely follow the TOGAF 9 framework. All of the company ' s enterprise architects have been trained and certified on TOGAF 9. Recently, an architecture project was completed that defined a standard approach for controlling the Automated Test System that is used at each plant to perform final quality assurance tests on each completed blade assembly. The Manufacturing Architecture Board approved the plan for immediate implementation at each plant.

An Architecture Contract was developed that detailed the work needed to implement and deploy the new Automated Test System controller. The Chief Engineer, sponsor of the activity, has expressed concern that a uniform process be employed at each site to ensure consistency.

Refer to the Scenario

You are the Lead Architect for this activity.

You have been asked to recommend the best approach to adopt to address the Chief Engineer ' s concern.

Based on TOGAF 9, which of the following is the best answer?

Options:

You create an Architecture Contract to manage and govern the implementation and migration process. If the contract is issued to an external party, you ensure that it is a fully enforceable legal contract. For internal development projects, you decide it is adequate to utilize a memorandum of understanding between the Manufacturing Architecture Board and the implementation organization.You recommend that if a deviation from the contract is d

You create an Architecture Contract to manage and govern the implementation and migration process. If the contract is issued to an external party, you ensure that it is a fully enforceable legal contract. For internal development projects, you decide it is adequate to utilize a memorandum of understanding between the Manufacturing Architecture Board and the implementation organization.You ensure that the Manufacturing Architecture Board rev

You create an Architecture Contract to govern the implementation and migration process at each site. If the contract is issued to an external party, you ensure that it is a fully enforceable legal contract. You ensure that the contract addresses the project objectives, effectiveness metrics, acceptance criteria, and risk management. You then schedule compliance reviews at key points in the implementation process to ensure that the work is p

Question 80

Complete the sentence. The Architecture Landscape is divided into levels, Strategic Architectures, _____________

Options:

Segment Architectures, and Capability Architectures

Solution Architectures, and Corporate Architectures

Gap Architectures, and Target Architectures

Transitional Architectures, and Incremental Architectures

Baseline Architectures, and To Be Architectures

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