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

You are an Enterprise Architect working in a large company that operates globally. The company has been highly successful and has made acquisitions around the world. This has resulted in a growing number of manufacturing divisions in many locations, along with a complex supply chain.

Senior management recently raised concerns about the company’s effectiveness because of its multiple data centers and duplicate applications. The EA team has been working on a project to address this issue. An analysis indicates that supply chain issues have caused too few products to be produced to satisfy all customer demand.

A strategic architecture has been defined to help meet customer demand and manage the supply chain more effectively. The strategic architecture involves combining different Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) applications that are currently used separately at the company’s production sites.

Each division has completed the Architecture Definition documentation to address its own specific manufacturing needs. The enterprise architects have defined a set of work packages that address the gaps identified. They have documented the value produced, the work required, and the dependencies between work packages to achieve a target architecture for adding a new ERP environment into the company.

Because of the risks associated with this change from the current environment, the architects have recommended that a phased approach be used to implement the target architecture with several stages of change. The full implementation process is estimated to take over two years.

The company has an established Enterprise Architecture (EA) practice and follows the TOGAF Architecture Development Method. The company also uses various management frameworks such as business planning, project/portfolio management, and operations management. The EA program is sponsored by the Chief Information Officer (CIO). In your role as an Enterprise Architect within the EA team, you work closely with the important stakeholders from the various divisions within the company.