The Open Group Exam OGEA-102 Topic 5 Question 2 Discussion

Actual exam question for The Open Group's OGEA-102 exam

Question #: 2
Topic #: 5

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Please read this scenario prior to answering the question

You are the Chief Enterprise Architect at a large food service company specializing in sales to trade and

wholesale, for example, restaurants and other food retailers.

One of your company's competitors has launched a revolutionary product range and is running a very

aggressive marketing campaign. Your company's resellers are successively announcing that they are not

interested in your company's products and will sell your competitor's.

The CEO has stated there must be significant change to address the situation. He has made it clear that

new markets must be found for the company's products, and that the business needs to pivot, and address the retail market as well as the existing wholesale market.

A consideration is the company's ability and willingness to change its business model, and if it is a temporary or permanent change. An additional risk factor is one of culture. The company has been used to a stable business with a reasonably well known and settled client base - all with its own local understandings and practices.

The CEO is the sponsor of the EA program within the company. You have been engaged with the sales,

logistics, production, and marketing teams, enabling the architecture 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 primarily on time-to-market, cost savings, and the need to bring out a fully featured product range, but there are additional factors.

Refer to the scenario

You have been asked how you will address the incompatibilities between key stakeholder preferences.

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

AYou would seek to understand value preferences and priorities of the stakeholders. You would
develop alternative Target Architectures, highlighting the gaps between current state and the
alternatives. You would consider combining features from one or more alternatives in collaboration
with the stakeholders. A formal stakeholder review should then be held to decide which alternative is
fit for purpose and should be moved forward with. You will then secure the funding required.

BYou recommend that since the CEO has stated that the company must pivot, it is better to
compromise on a full product range rather than time-to-market. You would develop just enough of the
Target Architecture to demonstrate fitness of the proposed approach. You would limit the description
to just where there is a gap between the current baseline. You would seek approval by the
stakeholders to move forward with developing the Target Architecture in detail.

CYou would use the Architecture Vision, Principles, and Requirements to define a set of criteria for
alternatives and create a set of architecture views to illustrate the impact of the alternative Target
Architectures. You would identify the impact on planned projects. You would understand the strengths
and weaknesses of the alternatives. You would conduct a formal stakeholder review to decide which
alternative to move forward with. You will determine the funding required.

DYou would review the Stakeholder Map and ensure that you have addressed and represented the
concerns of all department heads. You will involve them in resolving the incompatibilities. The
Communications Plan should include a report that summarizes the key features of the architecture
with and how incompatibilities were resolved to reflects the stakeholders' requirements. You will
check with each key stakeholder they are satisfied with how the incompatibilities have been resolved.

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Suggested Answer: C

According to the TOGAF standard, the Target Architecture is the description of a future state of the architecture being developed for an organization. It should be aligned with the Architecture Vision, Principles, and Requirements that have been agreed with the stakeholders. To address the incompatibilities between key stakeholder preferences, the TOGAF standard recommends creating and evaluating multiple alternative Target Architectures that meet different sets of criteria. These criteria should reflect the value preferences and priorities of the stakeholders, as well as the business drivers and objectives. The alternative Target Architectures should be illustrated using a set of architecture views that show the impact of each alternative on the business, data, application, and technology domains. The impact on planned projects should also be identified and analyzed. The strengths and weaknesses of each alternative should be understood and documented. A formal stakeholder review should then be conducted to decide which alternative is the most fit for purpose and should be moved forward with. The funding required for implementing the chosen alternative should also be determined and secured.References:

The TOGAF Standard, Version 9.2 - Phase B: Business Architecture - The Open Group

The TOGAF Standard, Version 9.2 - Phase C: Information Systems Architectures - The Open Group

[The TOGAF Standard, Version 9.2 - Phase D: Technology Architecture - The Open Group]

[The TOGAF Standard, Version 9.2 - Phase E: Opportunities and Solutions - The Open Group]

[The TOGAF Standard, Version 9.2 - Phase F: Migration Planning - The Open Group]

by Joesph at Mar 18, 2024, 02:29 AM

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I think we should focus on understanding the value preferences of stakeholders.

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