QUESTION 1
Please read this scenario prior to answering the question.
You are serving as the Lead Architect for an Enterprise Architecture project team within a multinational energy company. The company is organized into two major business operations:
1. Upstream operations which include exploration for crude oil and natural gas and operating the infrastructure necessary to deliver oil and gas to the market
2. Downstream operations which include the manufacturing, distribution and marketing activities for oil products and chemicals
The downstream business includes oil refining. a retail filling station network, lubricants manufacture and marketing, industrial fuel and lubricants sales. The practice for the downstream business has been to operate locally, managed by local “operating companies”. There is an established Enterprise Architecture program within the company, and the TOGAF standard has been adopted as the framework. Safety is a priority for the company, with the aim to ensure it causes zero harm to people and the environment The company has to satisfy the regulatory requirements of each of the countries it operates in. The Governing Board is concerned about the risk posed by operating in this complex global environment with a large part of the downstream business represented by local operating companies. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) has requested to be informed about the status of downstream operations that could impact regulatory compliance. He also wants the corporate legal staff and auditors to analyze all proposed new downstream operations to ensure that they are within the legal guidelines for each country. In addition, the local operating companies should be able to see that the architecture is appropriate for their needs. The architecture project team has completed a detailed Request for Architecture Work providing the high level project description. As the project commences the next phase, the necessary approvals from management have been received. You have been asked to recommend an approach that would enable the development of an architecture that addresses the needs of the Chief Compliance Officer, legal staff, auditors and the local operating companies.
Based on the TOGAF Standard, Version 9.2, which of the following is the best answer?

A. You recommend that a Communications Plan be created to address the powerful and influential stakeholders identified in a stakeholder power grid matrix. This plan should include a report that summarizes the key features of the architecture with respect to each location and reflect the stakeholder requirements. You will check with each stakeholder that their concerns are being addressed.
B. You recommend that an Organization Map is created to show the relationships between the different operations within the company and the local operating companies. This will be used to identify key stakeholders. A set of models should then be developed that can be applied uniformly across the project. The stakeholders can then examine the models to ensure that their needs have been addressed.
C. You recommend that an analysis of stakeholders occurs, with 22 types of stakeholders identified, in five categories-corporate functions, end-user organization, project organization, systems, and external. Models should then be created for each stakeholder category to ensure that the system complies with the local regulations. A formal review should be held with the stakeholders to verify that their concerns have been properly addressed.
D. You recommend that a stakeholder analysis is made, so as to identify which stakeholders are involved, their level of involvement, and their concerns. This will allow the architects to define groups of stakeholders who have common concerns. The concerns and relevant viewpoints should then be defined foreach group of stakeholders, and recorded in the Architecture Vision document.

Correct Answer: C