Question 86
What level of the Architecture Landscape provides a long-term summary view of the entire enterprise?
Question 87
Scenario: Reveille Bugle
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For over 100 years, Reveille Bugle has been manufacturing brass bugles and other musical instruments. North America has been the primary market for Reveille's products. However, the firm has now expanded into European markets and will soon establish a market in Latin America. A future expansion into the Asia Pacific region is also planned.
The firm is organized into several business units that each focus on manufacturing particular families of instruments such as brass, woodwind, and percussion. Each business unit has acquired other producers to create its manufacturing capacity. This has resulted in a complex environment with a high diversity of business and manufacturing systems.
The Enterprise Architecture (EA) program at Reveille Bugle has been functioning for several years. It has made significant progress in consolidating the technology portfolio and establishing key standards. The CIO and the COO are joint sponsors of the EA program. By all measures, the EA program is mature, with an active Architecture Board and a well-defined architecture process and standard content templates based on the TOGAF 9 Architecture Content Framework. The EA process framework is well coordinated with the PMO, Systems Development, and Operations functions.
The firm has completed a strategic plan to reorganize its Sales & Marketing organization according to four geographic market sectors: North America; Europe, Africa, and Middle East; Latin America; and Asia-Pacific. One of the goals of this reorganization is to improve the ability of Marketing to collect more meaningful market analytics that will enable each sector to better address market needs with effective marketing campaigns and global product presence.
A Request for Architecture Work has been approved. As the architecture team commences its work, the CIO has expressed a concern about whether the firm will be able to adapt to the proposed architecture and how to manage the associated risks.
Refer to the Reveille Bugle Scenario
Your role is consultant to the Lead Architect.
You have been asked how to address the concerns of the CIO.
Based on TOGAF 9, which of the following is the best answer?
Please read this scenario prior to answering the question
For over 100 years, Reveille Bugle has been manufacturing brass bugles and other musical instruments. North America has been the primary market for Reveille's products. However, the firm has now expanded into European markets and will soon establish a market in Latin America. A future expansion into the Asia Pacific region is also planned.
The firm is organized into several business units that each focus on manufacturing particular families of instruments such as brass, woodwind, and percussion. Each business unit has acquired other producers to create its manufacturing capacity. This has resulted in a complex environment with a high diversity of business and manufacturing systems.
The Enterprise Architecture (EA) program at Reveille Bugle has been functioning for several years. It has made significant progress in consolidating the technology portfolio and establishing key standards. The CIO and the COO are joint sponsors of the EA program. By all measures, the EA program is mature, with an active Architecture Board and a well-defined architecture process and standard content templates based on the TOGAF 9 Architecture Content Framework. The EA process framework is well coordinated with the PMO, Systems Development, and Operations functions.
The firm has completed a strategic plan to reorganize its Sales & Marketing organization according to four geographic market sectors: North America; Europe, Africa, and Middle East; Latin America; and Asia-Pacific. One of the goals of this reorganization is to improve the ability of Marketing to collect more meaningful market analytics that will enable each sector to better address market needs with effective marketing campaigns and global product presence.
A Request for Architecture Work has been approved. As the architecture team commences its work, the CIO has expressed a concern about whether the firm will be able to adapt to the proposed architecture and how to manage the associated risks.
Refer to the Reveille Bugle Scenario
Your role is consultant to the Lead Architect.
You have been asked how to address the concerns of the CIO.
Based on TOGAF 9, which of the following is the best answer?
Question 88
Which of the following best describes the purpose of an architecture compliance review?
Question 89
What component of the Architecture Repository represents architecture requirements agreed with the Architecture Board?
Question 90
Scenario:
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You have been assigned the role of Lead Enterprise Architect for a firm that is a major OEM parts supplier to the auto industry. Europe has been the primary market for its products, with just 20% of its output being exported to North America. The firm is planning to expand its exports to North America and also to establish sales in South America and the Asia Pacific region. This will enable them to better ride out recessions in key markets such as Europe. It will also enable the firm to exploit the auto industry move to global platforms.
The firm is organized into business units with each addressing different auto industry sectors. Each business unit has acquired other producers to expand its manufacturing capacity. This has resulted in a complex environment with a high diversity of business and manufacturing systems.
The Enterprise Architecture (EA) program within the firm has been functioning for several years. It has made significant progress in consolidating the technology portfolio and establishing key standards. The CIO and the COO are joint sponsors of the EA program. The EA program is mature, with an active Architecture Board and a well-defined architecture process and standard content templated based on the TOGAF Architecture Content Framework. The EA program is well coordinated with the Project Management Office. Systems Development and Operations functions.
The firm has completed a strategic plan to reorganize its Sales & Marketing organization according to the target geographic markets. One of the goals of this reorganization is to improve the ability of Marketing to collect more meaningful market analytics that will enable each sector to better address market needs with effective marketing campaigns and global product presence.
A Request for Architecture Work to address the goals of the reorganization has been approved. As the architecture team commences its work, the CIO has expressed concerns about whether the firm will be able to adapt to the proposed change and how to manage the associated risks.
Refer to the Scenario.
You have been asked how to address the concerns of the CIO.
Based on the TOGAF standard, which of the following is the best answer?
Please read this scenario prior to answering the Question
You have been assigned the role of Lead Enterprise Architect for a firm that is a major OEM parts supplier to the auto industry. Europe has been the primary market for its products, with just 20% of its output being exported to North America. The firm is planning to expand its exports to North America and also to establish sales in South America and the Asia Pacific region. This will enable them to better ride out recessions in key markets such as Europe. It will also enable the firm to exploit the auto industry move to global platforms.
The firm is organized into business units with each addressing different auto industry sectors. Each business unit has acquired other producers to expand its manufacturing capacity. This has resulted in a complex environment with a high diversity of business and manufacturing systems.
The Enterprise Architecture (EA) program within the firm has been functioning for several years. It has made significant progress in consolidating the technology portfolio and establishing key standards. The CIO and the COO are joint sponsors of the EA program. The EA program is mature, with an active Architecture Board and a well-defined architecture process and standard content templated based on the TOGAF Architecture Content Framework. The EA program is well coordinated with the Project Management Office. Systems Development and Operations functions.
The firm has completed a strategic plan to reorganize its Sales & Marketing organization according to the target geographic markets. One of the goals of this reorganization is to improve the ability of Marketing to collect more meaningful market analytics that will enable each sector to better address market needs with effective marketing campaigns and global product presence.
A Request for Architecture Work to address the goals of the reorganization has been approved. As the architecture team commences its work, the CIO has expressed concerns about whether the firm will be able to adapt to the proposed change and how to manage the associated risks.
Refer to the Scenario.
You have been asked how to address the concerns of the CIO.
Based on the TOGAF standard, which of the following is the best answer?