QuestionQ10

The TOGAF Standard, Version 9.2

As part of establishing the Enterprise Architecture department, you are creating a set of architecture principles to guide its activities.

You need to recommend the best approach for this work.

Based on TOGAF Standard Version 9.2, which of the following is the best answer?

  • A You would review the mission statements for the company and its divisions, together with the corporate business goals and business drivers. Based on that review, you would work closely with the key stakeholders and the Architecture Board to define the architecture principles. You would ensure that they actively promote the alignment of IT with the corporate business strategies. You would then hold review meetings with the relevant stakeholders, including senior management, ensuring their support.
  • B You would gather information from credible industry sources in the insurance business. Based on that information, you would assess current trends and apply them to defining a set of principles that embody best practices. You would select architecture principles that do not conflict with each other and that should be stable. You would ensure that all the principles are realistic and avoid including principles that are too obvious.
  • C You would analyze the mission statements for the company and each of its divisions, together with the corporate business goals. Based on that analysis, you would define a set of architecture principles and review them with the CIO. When developing the principles you would ensure that they actively promote the alignment of IT with the business strategies and initiatives of the company. You would then seek the endorsement of the CIO and senior management.
  • D You would define a set of principles that support the preferred best practices embodied in the Enterprise Architecture department charter. You would publish the principles on the corporate intranet to ensure widespread acceptance and compliance. You would then schedule regular periodic Compliance Assessments with each of the divisions to check that they have made satisfactory progress toward meeting the objectives and conditions embodied in the principles.
Explanation

Architecture principles are enterprise-wide, enduring rules that should be based on the organization’s mission, business goals, and drivers, align IT with business strategy, and be developed and reviewed with the stakeholders who must apply and govern them. Working with the Architecture Board and securing senior-management support establishes the shared ownership and authority required for principles to guide the merged divisions consistently.

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