Question 3

Question

Please read this scenario prior to answering the question
You have been appointed as Chief Enterprise Architect (CEA). reporting to the Chief Technical Officer
(CTO), of a company established as a separate operating entity by a major automotive manufacturer.
The mission of the company is to build a new industry leading unified technology and software
platform for electric vehicles.
The company uses the TOGAF Standard as the basis for its Enterprise Architecture (EA) framework,
and architecture development follows the purpose-based EA Capability model as described in the
TOGAF Series Guide: A Practitioners'Approach to Developing Enterprise Architecture Following the
TOGAF® ADM.
An end-to-end Target Architecture has been completed with a roadmap for change over a five-year
period. The new platform will be a cross-functional effort between hardware and software teams,
with significant changes over the old platform. It is expected to be developed in several stages over
three years. The EA team has inherited the architecture for the previous generation hardware and
software automotive platform, some of which can be carried over to the new unified platform. The
EA team has started to define the new platform, including defining which parts of the architecture to
carry forward.
Enough of the Business Architecture has been defined, so that work can commence on the
Information Systems and Technology Architectures. Those need to be defined to support the core
business services that the company plans to provide. The core services will feature an innovative
approach with swarm data generated by vehicles, paving the way for autonomous driving in the
future.
The presentation and access to different variations of data that the company plans to offer through
its platform pose an architecture challenge. The application portfolio and supporting infrastructure
need to interact with various existing cloud services and data-
Refer to the scenario
You have been asked what approach should be taken to determine and organize the work to deliver
the requested architectures?
Based on the TOGAF standard which of the following is the best answer?

Accepted Answer

You would refer to the end-to-end Target Architecture for guidance and direction. The first
objective should be to identify projects, dependencies and synergies, then prioritize before initiating
the projects. You will develop high-level architecture descriptions. For each project you would
estimate effort size, identify reference architectures, and candidate building blocks. You will identify
the resource needs considering cost and value. You will document options, risks, and controls to
enable viability analysis and trade-off with the stakeholders.

Chris U. · Answer

B. had a nearly identical question on a practice exam. Once Target Architecture and roadmap are done, TOGAF's next move is project grouping and prioritizing, exactly what's in B.

Olivia · Answer

B . The scenario has the Target Architecture and roadmap already, so breaking into projects and prioritizing matches TOGAF's next step.

PreciseArchitect2334 · Answer

B , saw a similar question in practice. The roadmap and Target Architecture being done points to B, but not 100% sure.

Sean J. · Answer

B/D? The scenario feels like it's at the phase where you use the completed Target Architecture as direction, so B makes sense per TOGAF. But exam practice sets sometimes spin this with D-style answers, so not 100% sure. Anyone find the official guides helpful for these wording traps?

Ethan · Answer

D or B. I picked D thinking that researching data businesses and defining high-level target architectures fits since innovation is needed here. Might've misread the step though-maybe it's too early for new research? Thoughts if I'm off?

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