Exam OGEA-103 topic 1 question 126 discussion

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

Question #: 126
Topic #: 1

Please read this scenario prior to answering the question

You are an Enterprise Architect working within a large company that operates globally. The company has been very successful and has made acquisitions around the world. It has led to a growing number of manufacturing divisions in many locations with a complex supply chain.

Senior management recently expressed 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 solve this issue. An analysis shows that supply chain issues have led to not enough products being produced to meet all the 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 in the company’s production sites.

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

Because of the risks posed by this change from the current environment, the architects have recommended that a phased approach should be taken to implement the target architecture with several stages of change. The entire 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.

Refer to the scenario -

You have been asked about the next steps in planning the migration.

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

A. You evaluate how the Implementation and Migration plan affects the other frameworks currently in use within the organization. At a minimum, you make sure that the plan aligns with the business planning, project/portfolio management, and operations management frameworks. Next, you assign a value to each work package, taking into account the resources available and how they fit into the overall strategy. Using these work packages, you select which projects will be included in the Implementation and Migration Plan.
B. You put the Architecture Definition Document under configuration control. This will make sure that the architecture stays relevant and flexible to the needs of the enterprise. You would identify the needed resources to undertake the development projects. You would then produce an Implementation Governance Model to manage the lessons learned before finishing the plan. You suggest that the lessons learned be applied as changes to the architecture without a further check.
C. You conduct a series of Compliance Assessments to check that the architecture is being implemented as required by the contract. The Compliance Assessment needs to confirm that the implementation team is following the correct development process. This involves using monitoring tools and making sure that performance targets are being achieved. If the targets are not met, you would then need to make adjustments to the performance requirements and update them in the Implementation and Migration Plan.
D. You estimate the business value for each project by applying the Business Value Assessment Technique to prioritize the implementation projects and project steps. The assessment should focus on return on investment and criteria for evaluating performance to track the progress of the architecture transformation. You would confirm and plan a series of Transition Architecture phases using a table of Architecture Definition Increments that lists the projects.

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Suggested Answer: A 🗳️

by raczimre at June 23, 2025, 11:26 a.m.

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LYogi

5 days, 17 hours ago

Selected Answer: D

D is the answer

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raczimre

2 weeks, 2 days ago

Selected Answer: D

Why D is correct? - Uses the Business Value Assessment Technique — recommended in Phase F to prioritize projects and assess ROI. - Mentions Transition Architectures, which are critical in a phased implementation. - References the Architecture Definition Increments, which is a table used to show the mapping of: * Architecture deliverables * Work packages * Transition stages This matches TOGAF guidance for progressing from strategic planning to a value-based, implementable roadmap.

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