QUESTION 2
Please read this scenario prior to answering the question.
You are serving as an Enterprise Architect at a multinational company. It has design centers, and manufacturing plants in multiple countries. It sells products worldwide. The company has grown rapidly by acquisition, and has inherited numerous different procurement processes and related IT systems. Recently, several procurement processes have had problems related to the timing of purchases, which has led to excess inventory. A decision has been taken to consolidate and reduce redundant procurement processes and systems. The desired outcome is to keep inventory costs low. At present, there are no architectural assets in the Architecture Repository related to this proposed change. All assets will need to be acquired, customized, or created from scratch. The company prefers to implement commercial off the shelf package applications with little customization. The CIO, who is the project sponsor, has stated that she is not concerned about preserving the existing procurement processes or systems. You have been asked to
answer the following questions:
1. What groups of people should be involved in procurement-related business functions?
2. What applications will these groups use once the architecture development is complete? Which business functions are supported by which applications?
3. What are the dependencies between the non-procurement and the new procurement applications?
This project uses the TOGAF Architecture Development Method, and has started a number of iteration cycles to develop the detailed Architecture. The next iteration will include both the Business and Application Target Architectures.
Refer to the Scenario
[Note: You may need to refer to the Architectural Artifacts chapter, section 31.6 (located in Part V) within the reference text in order to answer this question.]
You have been asked to recommend the most appropriate catalogs, matrices, and diagrams to support the next iteration of Architecture development
Based on the TOGAF Standard, Version 9.2, which of the following is the best answer?
A. Application Communication diagram, Application/Organization matrix, Application Interaction matrix, Business Service/Function catalog, Data Entity/Business Function matrix, Organization/Actor catalog, Interface catalog
B. Application Communication diagram, Application Interaction matrix, Application Portfolio catalog, Business Service/Function catalog, Business Service/Information diagram, Organization Actor catalog
C. Application Communication diagram, Application/Function matrix, Application Interaction matrix, Business Interaction matrix. Business Service/Function catalog, Interface catalog
D. Application Communication diagram, Application/Technology matrix. Business Process/Function catalog, Interface catalog, Role catalog, Software Distribution diagram
Correct Answer: A