QuestionQ117

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You are working as a senior architect within a law firm that specializes in personal injury cases. The firm operates in multiple countries and has a complex structure made up of several partnerships. Each operating entity must comply with local regulations.

The Enterprise Architecture department has been operating for several years and has mature, well-developed architecture governance and development processes based on the TOGAF standard. The CIO is the sponsor of the Enterprise Architecture program. The Architecture Board includes representatives from each operating entity. The CIO has actively encouraged architecting with agility within the firm as her preferred approach for projects.

Many of the firm’s competitors have adopted Artificial Intelligence (AI) to help with litigation strategies, along with streamlined processes and efficiency improvements. The CIO has approved a Request for Architecture Work to examine the use of an AI-driven litigation and finance process where lawyers and analysts will be instructed on what tasks and portfolio they should work on. The key objectives are to increase task profitability, maximize staff utilization, and increase individual profitability.

Some of the partners have raised concerns about such a change in the way of working, and whether it will achieve the stated objectives. The CIO wants to know how these concerns can be addressed, and how risks will be mitigated.

You have been asked to respond to the CIO by recommending an approach that would enable the development of an architecture addressing the partners’ concerns and the firm’s multiple operating entities.

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

Explanation

TOGAF stakeholder management uses stakeholder analysis and a Stakeholder Map to identify groups with common concerns and to define the architectural views needed to address them. The Architecture Vision captures the relevant stakeholder concerns and views. Developing the target architecture progressively and obtaining regular feedback supports agile architecture development and mitigates the risk that stakeholder concerns or operating-entity needs are missed.

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