OGEA-103: TOGAF Enterprise Architecture Combined Part 1 and Part 2 Exam

You are an Enterprise Architect at a food production and distribution company. The company’s objective is to maximize profit while meeting consumer needs for its products. Its customers demand food that is produced sustainably, safely, and transparently, while also reducing environmental impact.

The business is highly mechanized, and this mechanization has reduced the number of workers needed, along with increasing the focus on agricultural engineering to improve the efficiency of its farms, its processing facilities, and the enterprise as a whole. As part of this, the company has established an Enterprise Architecture (EA) practice based on the TOGAF standard, using it as the method and guiding framework. The Chief Information Officer (CIO) is the sponsor of the EA practice. The practice has adopted an iterative approach to architecture development. This has enabled decision-makers to gain valuable insights into different aspects of the business.

In recent years, there have been a series of poor harvests and a major reduction in yields of the company’s main crop. This, together with an increase in costs for energy, feed, fuel, and fertilizer, has caused a significant decrease in profits. The rising costs and reduced profits mean that the company is unable to take as much planned action on climate measures as it would like, such as reducing its carbon footprint. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) has stated that major changes are needed to improve yields and profitability.

The outline strategy for change includes new products and new markets. The company will switch to a mix of crops rather than depend on a single main crop and will allow third parties to use its processing facilities. This is a major decision, and the CEO has stated a preference to repurpose and reuse rather than replace, in order to manage risks and limit costs.

The CIO has assigned the EA team to manage this project. The CIO has stated that although the overall objective is known, the EA team is expected to define the scope, a shared vision, and the requirements.