Please read this scenario prior to answering the question
You are the Lead Enterprise Architect at a major agribusiness company. The company's main
annual harvest is lentils, a highly valued food grown worldwide. The lentil parasite, broomrape,
has been an increasing concern for many years and is now becoming resistant to chemical
controls. In addition, changes in climate favor the propagation and growth of the parasite. As a
result, the parasite cannot realistically be exterminated, and it has become pandemic, with lentil
yields falling globally.
The CEO appreciates the seriousness of the situation and has set out a change in direction
that is effectively a new business for the company. There are opportunities for new products,
and new markets. The company will use the fields for another harvest and will cease to process
third-party lentils. Thus, the target market will change, and the end-products will be different
and more varied. This is a major decision and the CEO has stated a desire to repurpose rather
than replace so as to manage the risks and limit the costs.
The company has a mature Enterprise Architecture practice based in its headquarters and uses
the TOGAF standard as the method and guiding framework. The practice has an established
Architecture Capability, and uses iteration for architecture development. The CIO is the sponsor
of the activity.
The CIO has assigned the Enterprise Architecture team to this activity. At this stage there is no
shared vision, or requirements.
Refer to the scenario
You have been asked to propose the best approach for architecture development to realize the
CEO's change in direction for the company.
Based on the TOGAF standard which of the following is the best answer?
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Based on the TOGAF standard, this answer is the best approach for architecture development to realize the CEO's change in direction for the company. The reason is as follows:
The scenario describes a major business transformation that requires a clear understanding of the current and future states of the enterprise, as well as the gaps and opportunities for change. Therefore, the priority is to understand and bring structure to the definition of the change, rather than focusing on the implementation details or the technology aspects.
The team should use the TOGAF ADM as the method and guiding framework for architecture development, and adapt it to suit the specific needs and context of the enterprise. The team should also leverage the existing Architecture Capability and the Architecture Repository to reuse and integrate relevant architecture assets and resources.
The team should focus iteration cycles on a baseline first approach to architecture development, which means starting with the definition of the Baseline Architecture in each domain (Business, Data, Application, and Technology), and then defining the Target Architecture in each domain. This will help to identify the current and desired states of the enterprise, and to perform a gap analysis to determine what needs to change in order to achieve the business goals and objectives.
The team should then focus on transition planning, which involves identifying and prioritizing the work packages, projects, and activities that will deliver the change. The team should also create an Architecture Roadmap and an Implementation and Migration Plan that will guide the execution and governance of the change.
The team should use the Architecture Vision phase and the Requirements Management phase to work out in detail what the shared vision is for the change, and to capture and validate the stakeholder requirements and expectations. The team should also use the Architecture Governance framework to ensure the quality, consistency, and compliance of the architecture work.
