QuestionQ12
The TOGAF Standard, Version 9.2You are acting as a consultant to the Lead Enterprise Architect at a company that manufactures wind turbines for wind farms. The company operates three manufacturing facilities: one in North America, one in Asia, and one in Europe. Each facility supplies the power industry within its region.
The company recognizes that wind energy’s long-term technical potential can reduce the current global dependency on carbon fuels. Achieving this will require wind turbines to be installed over large areas and in areas with greater wind resources. Offshore wind farms, in particular, can contribute substantially more energy than land-based turbines.
The company’s research arm has pioneered an offshore wind-turbine design with an improved turbine blade and power system that will generate up to 20% more energy. This will enable the production of significantly more saleable energy. The new design is ready for production.
The company has a mature Enterprise Architecture practice, supported by a cross-functional Architecture Board, and uses the TOGAF standard. The Chief Information Officer and the Chief Operating Officer jointly sponsor the Enterprise Architecture program.
As part of putting the new design into production, a pilot architecture project has defined an updated standard method for controlling the automated test systems used to perform final quality assurance. The Chief Engineer, who sponsors the activity, and the Architecture Board have approved the plan for immediate implementation at each plant.
Architecture Contracts have been developed that specify the work required to implement and deploy the new automated test-system controller at each location. The Chief Engineer has raised concern that a uniform process be used at every location to ensure consistency and a low blade failure rate.
You have been asked to recommend the best approach to address the Chief Engineer’s concern.
Based on the TOGAF Standard, Version 9.2, which of the following is the best answer?
- A You create an Architecture Contract to manage and govern implementation and migration process at each location. For internal development projects, you issue a memorandum of understanding between the Architecture Board and the implementation organization. Fir contracts issued to an external party, you ensure that it is a fully enforceable legal contract. You ensure that the Architecture Board reviews all deviations from the Architecture Contract, and considers whether or not to grant a dispensation to allow the implementation organization to customize the process to meet their local needs.
- B You create an Architecture Contract to manage and govern the implementation and migration process. If the contract is issued to an external party, you ensure that it is a fully enforceable legal contract. For internal development projects, you decide it is adequate to utilize a memorandum of understanding between the Architecture Board and the implementation organization. You recommend that if a deviation from the Architecture Contrast is detected, the Architecture Board grant a dispensation to allow the implementation organization the ability to customize the process to meet their local needs.
- C You review the applicable Architecture Contract for each location, ensuring that it addresses the project objectives, effectiveness metrics, acceptance criteria, and risk management. In cases where the contract is issued to an external party, you ensure that it is a legally enforceable contract. You schedule compliance reviews at key points in the implementation process to ensure that the work is proceeding in accordance with the Architecture Board reviews all deviations from the Architecture Contract, and considers whether or not to grant a dispensation to allow the implementation organization to customize the process to meet their local needs.
- D You use the Architecture Contracts to manage the architecture governance processes for the project across the locations. You deploy monitoring tools to assess the performance of each completed steam turbine at each location and develop change requirements if necessary. You recommend that if a deviation from the contract is detected the Architecture Board should modify the Architecture Contract to allow the implementation organization the ability to customize the process to meet their local needs. As a result, you then issue a new Request for Architecture Work to implement the modified Architecture Definition.
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