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VerifiedThe TOGAF Standard, Version 9.2

MightyGears manufactures components for the Car industry. Driven by the global financial downturn, it is seeking to reduce IT costs. It believes an IT cost-saving opportunity exists, but the potential savings have not been quantified and there is no agreed target architecture. Final decisions on the solutions are not yet fully agreed. It has completed the first-pass architecture and is now considering the best opportunities and solutions to meet its financial goals.

You are the Chief Architect from a consulting organization, brought in to review MightyGears' work to date and make recommendations to the CIO and the board on the opportunities and solutions available.

Which of the following answers best describes how TOGAF recommends examining the opportunities and solutions before presenting to the board?

Explanation

TOGAF ADM Phase E, Opportunities and Solutions, considers organizational readiness for change and implementation constraints before validating the architecture work, functional and interoperability requirements, dependencies, and risks. It then develops an implementation and migration strategy that identifies major work packages and required transition architectures. This is the appropriate basis for obtaining board agreement before creating project charters and incorporating agreed changes into the architecture.

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