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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?
Options
Discussion
It’s B for me. Since they already have an end-to-end Target Architecture and roadmap, the next step is to break everything into specific projects, dependencies, and do some viability analysis, which lines up with TOGAF Phases E and F. D looks tempting but seems a bit early-stage for where they are. Not 100% though, happy to hear another angle on this.
C vs B here. Pretty sure it's B since the Target Architecture is done already, so next is breaking things into projects, dependencies, and high-level planning like TOGAF says in Phases E/F. Saw a similar question in another set.
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