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

Overview

You are serving as an Enterprise Architect at a large company. The company operates many retail stores, as well as an online marketplace. The online marketplace enables hundreds of brands to partner with the company.

The company has a mature Enterprise Architecture (EA) practice and uses the TOGAF standard for its architecture development method. The EA practice is involved in all areas of the business, with oversight provided by an Architecture Board made up of representatives from different parts of the business. The EA program is sponsored by the Chief Information Officer (CIO).

Many of the stores stay open day and night. Each store uses a standard approach to track sales and inventory. This includes sending accurate, timely sales data to a central AI-based inventory management system that can predict demand, adjust stock levels, and automate reordering. The central inventory management system is located at the company’s central data center.

The company has acquired a major rival. The Chief Executive Officer believes the merger will enable growth through combined offerings and cost savings. A decision has been made to fully integrate the two organizations, including merging retail operations and systems. This means duplicated systems will be replaced with one standard retail management system. In addition, the company will reduce the number of applications that are used. The CIO expects significant savings to be achieved by implementing these changes across the newly merged company.

One improvement that the rival has successfully introduced is the use of hand-held devices within stores, for both customers and staff. This has increased both customer and staff employee satisfaction because of the time savings it has provided. The CIO has approved rolling out the devices in all stores but has stated that training on how to use the hand-held devices should be brief because there are a lot of employees, many of whom are part-time.

The company has a mature Enterprise Architecture (EA) practice and uses the TOGAF standard for its architecture development method. The EA practice is involved in all areas of the business, with oversight provided by an Architecture Board with representatives from different parts of the business. The EA program is sponsored by the Chief Information Officer (CIO).

The Request for Architecture Work to oversee the merger has been approved. The project has been scoped, and you have been assigned to work on it. Your role includes managing the architecture for the retail stores.