OG0-092: TOGAF 9 Part 2 Exam

Scenario –

You have been appointed Chief Enterprise Architect at a leading outsourcing services company. The company employs more than 15,000 outsourcing professionals and works on some of the world’s largest outsourcing projects. Its outsourcing services cover business processes, infrastructure, and service management. The company also delivers business consulting services. Approximately half of its turnover is from the private sector, with the other half from the public sector.

Because it has many service areas and numerous varied engagements underway at any time, enterprise-wide engagement management has become difficult. The company has recently experienced several high-profile projects that exceeded their budgets and under-delivered, harming its reputation.

The company has an established Enterprise Architecture program based on TOGAF 9, jointly sponsored by the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Information Officer. An Architecture Board has been established, comprising IT staff executives and executives from the major service areas and consulting practice.

The Enterprise Architecture (EA) team has been collaborating with the Strategic Planning team to develop a strategic enterprise architecture that addresses these issues.

The EA team has defined a framework and conducted workshops with key stakeholders to establish a set of architecture principles governing the architecture work. They have completed an Architecture Vision at a strategic level and produced Architecture Definitions for the four domains. They have established an ambitious five-year vision for the company’s future. This will involve three distinct transformations.

The CIO has stated clearly that, before approval of the detailed implementation and Migration plan, the EA team must assess the risks associated with the proposed architecture. He has received concerns from several vice presidents across the company that the proposed architecture could be too ambitious, and that it may not generate enough value to justify the associated risks.

You have been asked to recommend an approach that addresses these concerns.

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