In this scenario, the strategic architecture is already complete and approved, and the sponsors now want assurance about risks before approving the detailed Implementation & Migration Plan. According to TOGAF, this work occurs in Phase E: Opportunities & Solutions and Phase F: Implementation & Migration, where a key activity is performing Business Transformation Readiness Assessment and Risk Assessment before finalizing the roadmap and migration plan.
Option C aligns exactly with TOGAF guidance for this stage:
Why Option C is correct
1. It starts with assessing organizational readiness for change
TOGAF Phase E requires evaluation of Business Transformation Readiness, addressing:
Organizational capability
Cultural readiness
Skills and capacity
Sponsorship and governance
This is exactly what Option C describes:
“assess how ready the organization is to change.”
This directly responds to the concern in the scenario that “most senior leaders feel the operations need to be more efficient” and that “significant changes are necessary.”
2. It includes identification and classification of risks
TOGAF requires performing a Risk Assessment before migration planning, ensuring risks are categorized, documented, and mitigation strategies defined.
Option C includes:
“identification and classification of the risks … together with an approach to mitigate the risks.”
This is precisely what the sponsors requested: clear management of risks before approving migration planning.
3. It ties risk, dependencies, and gaps directly into the Implementation & Migration Plan
TOGAF requires identifying:
Dependencies between work packages
Gaps between baseline and target
Required actions to improve readiness
Work package sequencing
Option C states:
“identifying dependencies between the set of changes, including gaps and work packages… identifying improvement actions to be worked into the Implementation and Migration Plan.”
This matches TOGAF Phase E and F activities exactly.
4. It evaluates business value, effort, and risk for each transformation
The scenario involves three distinct transformations, and sponsors want assurance of value delivery. TOGAF Phase F includes Consolidated Gaps, Solutions, and Dependencies and migration prioritization based on value, cost, and risk.
Option C states:
“The business value, effort, and risk associated for each transformation should then be identified and documented.”
This is directly aligned to the TOGAF-required migration prioritization criteria.
Why the other options are incorrect
A – Focuses on gap analysis only
Gap analysis was performed during Phases B–D, and while relevant, Option A does not emphasize risk, readiness, or assurance—key concerns of the scenario.
B – Misrepresents TOGAF (organizational requirements matrix is not a formal TOGAF artifact)
Also, it incorrectly focuses on aligning change with the operating model, which TOGAF does not prescribe as the primary risk-mitigation activity.
D – Focuses on architectural alternatives; the target architecture is already approved
The scenario states the strategic architecture is complete and approved—there is no need to revisit alternatives. This is misaligned with the starting point of the question.
Conclusion
Option C is the only answer that conducts:
Business transformation readiness assessment
Risk identification and mitigation
Dependencies, gaps, and work package analysis
Integration of risks and improvement actions into migration planning
This matches precisely what TOGAF expects at this stage and what the sponsors requested.
