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Actual exam question from The Open Group's OGEA-103

Question #: 116
Topic #: 1

Please read this scenario prior to answering the question

You are an Enterprise Architect at a food production and distribution company. The goal of the company is to maximize profit while satisfying the needs of consumers for its products. Its customers demand food that is produced sustainably, safely, and transparently while reducing environmental impact.

The business is highly mechanized, and this mechanization has brought about a decrease in the number of workers needed, together with a focus on agricultural engineering to improve the efficiency of its farms, its processing facilities, and the overall enterprise. 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 for its architecture development. This has enabled decision-makers to have valuable insights into different aspects of the business.

In recent years, there have been a series of bad harvests and a major reduction in yields of the main crop produced by the company. This combined with an increase in costs for energy, feed, fuel, and fertilizer, has led to 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 big 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 the use of its processing facilities by third parties. This is a major decision, and the CEO has stated a preference to repurpose and reuse rather than replace, so as 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.

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You have been asked to recommend the best approach for architecture development to realize the CEO's change in direction for the company.

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

A. You recommend that the team focus its iteration cycles on architecture development by going through the architecture definition phases (B-D) with a baseline-first approach. This will support the change in direction as stated by the CEO. It will ensure that the change can be defined in a structured manner and address the requirements needed to realize the change.
B. You recommend that the priority is to understand the problem and define the structure of the change. The team should focus iteration cycles on a baseline-first approach to architecture development and then transition planning. This will identify the change needed in order to transition from the baseline to the target and can be used to work out in detail what the agreed vision is for the change.
C. You recommend that the team focus on architecture definition and operate multiple ADM phases concurrently to support this new business strategy that the CEO has identified. Once understood, the team will be in the best position to identify the requirements, drivers, issues, and constraints for the change. You would ensure that the architecture development addresses non-functional requirements to assure that the target architecture is robust and secure.
D. You recommend that this engagement define the baseline Technology Architecture first in order to assess the current infrastructure capacity and capability of the company. Then, the focus should be on transition planning and incremental architecture deployment. This will identify requirements to ensure that projects are sequenced optimally to realize the change.

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Suggested Answer: C 🗳️

by Ahamza at April 30, 2025, 9:47 p.m.

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Ahamza

2 days, 12 hours ago

Selected Answer: B

In TOGAF, when the vision is high-level but the details are unclear, the best approach is to understand the baseline first, define the structure of change, and then transition forward — exactly what Option B says.

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