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You are working as an Enterprise Architect at a large supermarket. The company operates many retail stores, as well as an online grocery shop. Many of the stores used to stay open 24/7, but that number has declined in recent years. Instead, they now concentrate on fulfilling online orders overnight.
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).
Existing environment
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 hosted at the company’s central data center.
Merger initiative
The company has acquired a major rival. The Chief Executive Officer believes that a merger will support growth through combined offerings and cost savings. The 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. The company will also reduce the number of applications in use. The CIO expects significant savings to be achieved by implementing these changes across the newly merged company.
One improvement that the rival has implemented successfully is the use of hand-held devices in stores, for both customers and staff. This has improved both customer and staff employee satisfaction because of the time savings it has delivered. The CIO has approved rolling out the devices in all stores but has said that training on how to use the hand-held devices should be brief because there are many employees, and many of them are part-time.
Scope
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.
You have been asked to validate the architecture principles most relevant to the transformation.
Based on the TOGAF Standard, which of the following provides the best answer?
> Note: The order of the principles listed in each answer is not significant. Assume that the company follows the set of principles provided in the TOGAF Standard, ADM Techniques, Architecture Principles chapter. To answer this question, you may need to consult section 2.6 in ADM Techniques within the reference text.
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