QuestionQ35

VerifiedThe TOGAF Standard, Version 9.2

You are acting as an Enterprise Architect at a large aerospace company. It designs, manufactures, and sells civil and military aviation products globally, and manufactures in multiple countries both within and outside the European Union. The company has expanded rapidly through acquisition and has inherited many different procurement processes and associated IT systems.

Recently, several procurement processes in the civil aviation business have experienced problems with purchase timing, resulting in excess inventory. The Vice President responsible for Supply Chain Management has decided to consolidate and reduce redundant procurement processes and systems. He has committed to the CEO that the business will move to a "Just-in-time" procurement system to keep inventory costs low.

The TOGAF standard is used for internal Enterprise Architecture activities. At present, the Architecture Repository contains no architectural assets related to this initiative. All assets must be acquired, customized, or created from scratch. The company prefers to implement commercial off-the-shelf package applications with minimal customization. The CIO, who is the project sponsor, has stated that she is not concerned with preserving the existing procurement processes or systems.

This project uses an iterative approach to execute the Architecture Development Method (ADM). The architecture development project has completed the Architecture Vision Phase and has begun several iteration cycles to develop the Architecture. Because a packaged application is being considered, the next iteration will include both the Business and Application Architectures.

Stakeholder concerns that these architectures should address include:

  1. Which groups of people should participate in procurement-related business processes?
  2. Which applications will these groups use once architecture development is complete?
  3. Which non-procurement applications must be integrated with the new procurement applications?
  4. What dependencies exist between the non-procurement applications and the new procurement applications?

[Note: You may need to refer to the Architectural Artifacts chapter, section 31.6 (located in Part IV) within the reference text to answer this question.]

You have been asked to identify the most appropriate catalogs, matrices, and diagrams to support the next iteration of Architecture development.

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

Explanation

A target Business Interaction matrix captures relationships among organizations and business functions or services. A target Application/Organization matrix shows which organizational groups use each application. An Application Communication diagram identifies communicating applications and required integrations, and an Application Interaction matrix captures relationships and dependencies between applications. An Interface catalog complements these artifacts by documenting the application interfaces. Together, these target-state artifacts support a replacement procurement architecture rather than preserving the baseline estate.

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