Scenario: Zephyr Enterprises
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Zephyr Enterprises specializes in the development of wind turbine blades for use in large- scale commercial wind energy production systems. Zephyr has manufacturing facilities located in Palm Springs, California, Omaha, Nebraska, and Winnipeg, Ontario. Each of these plants supplies a different manufacturer that builds and sells complete systems. The turbine blades are custom engineered to meet each manufacturers 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. Zephyr 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.
Zephyr 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.
Zephyr has used TOGAF 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 recently updated to TOGAF 9 and have adapted the Zephyr Enterprise Architecture to closely follow the TOGAF 9 framework. All of Zephyrs IT 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.
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You have been assigned by the Lead Architect for the Automated Test System controller project to conduct Compliance Assessments at each manufacturing plant.
During the course of the assessment at the Omaha plant, you discover that the Distributed Data Acquisition System they have purchased uses a proprietary Remote Procedure Call (RPC) that utilizes kernel mode threads instead of the user mode threads that are specified in the Architecture Definition Document. In all other respects, the system meets the requirements stated in the Architecture Definition Document and seems to perform correctly.
You have been asked to describe the compliance of this system for the final report. Based on TOGAF 9, which of the following is the best answer?

1. A. You observe that all of the features in the Architecture Definition Document have been implemented in accordance with the specification, except for the RPC mechanis
2. B. Your recommendation is that the system be described as conformant.
3. C. You observe that the system has many features in common with the Architecture Definition Document, and those features have been implemented in accordance with the specificatio
4. D. However, you note that the RPC mechanism has been implemented using features that are not covered by the specificatio
5. E. Your recommendation is that the system be described as consistent.
6. F. You observe that the implementation of the RPC mechanism has no features in common with the Architecture Definition Document, therefore the question of its conformance should not be considere
7. G. Your recommendation is that the system be described as consistent.
8. H. You observe that the system meets most of the requirements stated in the Architecture Definition Document and appears to work correctl
9. I. However, you note that the RPC mechanism has not been implemented according to the specificatio
10. J. Your recommendation is that the system be described as non-conformant.

Correct Answer: D

MightyGears produces components for the Car industry. Driven by the global financial downturn they are looking to reduce IT costs. They believe there is a cost saving opportunity within IT but this is not quantified in terms of potential savings nor is there an agreed target architecture. Final decisions on the solutions are not yet fully agreed. They have completed the first pass architecture and now are looking at the best opportunities and solutions to meet their financial goals.
You are the Chief Architect from a consulting organization brought into review the work to date by MightyGears and to make recommendations to the CIO and the board on the opportunities and solutions present.
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Which of the following answers best describes how TOGAF recommends examining the opportunities and solutions before presenting to the board?
Choose one of the following answers

1. A. I would examine the architecture work today ensuring it is complete and accurate and addressing any gap
2. B. I would look at functional and integration requirement
3. C. I would then ensure all dependencies are understood and documente
4. D. I would then create the necessary artefacts including major work packages and transition architectures and the project charters for the recommended projects for presentation to the board.
5. E. I would assess the architecture work today, create, and priorities projects to transition Widget Inc from the current architecture to target architectur
6. F. This will include a business value for each project, the resources required and the intended timin
7. G. I would then validate the prioritizations with the board particularly looking at cost benefits and risk
8. H. Lastly, I would generate the Architecture Implementation Roadmap and document lessons learned.
9. I. I would assess the requirements of the organization particularly those requirements describing the functions required and information flows within the architectur
10. J. I would then look to produce artifacts that describe the recommended projects, the risk, issues anddependencie
11. K. This would also include transition architects to move us from current architecture to the recommended target architecture
12. L. I would present my recommendations to the board for agreemen
13. M. Once this is done, I would update the architectures reflecting any changes resulting from the board discussion.
14. N. I would look at the corporate culture and attitude to change, understand the constraints such as cost and the required time horizon
15. O. I would then look at the architecture work to ensure it is complete and seek to address any gap
16. P. I would review the functional requirements and ensure there are complete interoperability requirement
17. Q. I would then validate any dependencies and risk
18. R. Then formulate an implementation and migration strategy identifies major work packages and the transition architecture require
19. S. Finally, once agreement is reached with the board I will create project charters and re-factor any changes needed from the board discussion into the architecture.

Correct Answer: A

Scenario: Eight Twelve
Eight Twelve has retail outlets throughout North America. An Enterprise Architecture practice already exists in Eight Twelve. Now the CEO and CIO decide that they want to use TOGAF9 to re-architect their Enterprise Architecture to cater to the changing strategies of Eight Twelve to better respond to the changes in the economic and technology environments.
Some of the key issues which need to be addressed in this re-architecting work are:
1. Since Eight Twelve’s retail chain operate 24 hours a day and are expanding to South America and Europe, the retail chain business ecosystem should be able to withstand any unforeseen disruptions which might affect the chain’s day to day operations. This is highly critical to ensure high levels of customer satisfaction and thus maintaining and enhancing Eight Twelve’s revenue chain.
2. Dependency between the application components, which are the nerve centers to Eight Twelve’s sophisticated range of services both external and internal, and the application platform and technology infrastructure should be minimal. This would facilitate scalability and ease of enhancement of the service offerings.
3. Eight Twelve uses the ARTS Data Model and the quality of data is of utmost importance for its operation.
4. Users of the Enterprise Information ecosystem should have an environment which is able to cater to their needs without any undue delays.
Which one of the following set of Architecture Principles do you feel is the most appropriate for these guidelines stated above for the TOGAF 9 architecting work which Eight Twelve is embarking on?

1. A. a) Maximize Benefit to the Enterprise b).Data Trusteec) Service Orientationd) Responsive Change Management
2. B. a) Business Continuity b).Data is an Assetc) Data is Sharedd) Requirements Based Change
3. C. a) Maximize Benefit to the Enterprise b).Data is an Assetc) Data is Sharedd) Requirements Based Change
4. D. a) Business Continuity b).Data Trusteec) Technology Independenced) Responsive Change Management

Correct Answer: D

Scenario: Florian Flowers BV
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Florian Flowers BV is an international agricultural company exporting flowers and seeds worldwide. Florian is headquartered in Rotterdam in the Netherlands, and has sales and distribution centers in over 60 countries worldwide. Several of these centers include administrative, manufacturing, and research facilities.
To achieve full integration of their research capabilities with their development centers located in various climate zones, Florian wants to develop strong self-directed teams in each location. Florian also wants to define new business models that are profitable while reducing their impact on the environment. Florian management is deeply committed to ensuring that the company is a world leader in socially responsible seed development with a business strategy that focuses on profitability through environmentally friendly operating processes.
Florians international operations are subject to various legal and regulatory requirements. In areas such as genetically modified seeds, governmental controls are strictly enforced and compliance is critical. Recently a competitor was heavily fined for violating the regulations in a country where it was developing pest-resistant seeds.
The Governing Board is concerned, and as a result has approved the expenditure of resources to establish an Enterprise Architecture program. They have requested to be informed about the status of projects that could impact regulatory compliance. They also want to enable the corporate legal staff and auditors to analyze proposed architectures to ensure that they are within the legal guidelines for a given location. In addition, the research organization should be able to see that the architecture is appropriate for its needs.
TOGAF 9 has been mandated as the guiding framework for the development and evolution of the Enterprise Architecture practice.
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Florian management has engaged you as the Lead Consultant to assess the current situation.
You have been asked to recommend an approach that would enable the development of an architecture that addresses the needs of all these parties.
Based on TOGAF 9, which of the following is the best answer?

1. A. Depending on the nature of the architecture, a set of models should be created that can be used to ensure that the system will be compliant with the local regulation
2. B. Stakeholders should be able to view the models to see that their concerns have been properly addressed.
3. C. Each architecture activity should be developed using a consistent modeling approach that is uniform across all architecture project
4. D. Each architecture should be defined based on this fixed set of models so that all concerned parties can examine the models to ensure that their issues and concerns have been accessed.
5. E. For those groups that have sufficient power and level of interest, a special report should be created that summarizes the key features of the architecture with respect to the particular locatio
6. F. Each of these reports should reflect the stakeholders' requirements.
7. G. It would be beneficial to develop a stakeholder map that allows the architects to define groups of stakeholders that share common concern
8. H. A set of views should be defined that addresses the concerns each grou
9. I. Architecture models can then be created for each view to address the stakeholders' concerns.

Correct Answer: A