OG0-092: TOGAF 9 Part 2 Exam

You 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?