What OGEA-102 Questions and Answers feature?

Please read this scenario prior to answering the question

You are working as an Enterprise Architect at a large supermarket. The company runs many retail

stores, as well as an online grocery shop. Many of the stores used to remain open 24/7, but the

number has decreased in recent years. Instead, they now focus on fulfilling online orders during

the night.

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 aspects of the

business, with oversight provided by an Architecture Board with representatives from different

parts of the business. The EA program is sponsored by the Chief Information Officer (CIO).

Each store uses a standard method to track sales and inventory. This involves sending accurate

timely sales data to a central Al-based inventory management system that can predict demand,

adjust stock levels and automate reordering. The central inventory management system is housed

at the company's central data center.

The company has bought a major rival. The Chief Executive Officer believes that a merger will

enable growth through combined offerings and cost savings. The decision has been taken to fully

integrate the two organizations, including merging retail operations and systems. This means that

duplicated systems will be replaced with one standard retail management system. Also, the

company will reduce the number of applications that are used. The CIO expects significant

savings will be achieved by implementing these changes across the newly merged company.

One improvement that the rival has successfully implemented is the use of hand-held devices

within stores, for both customers and staff. This has increased both customer and staff employee

satisfaction due to the time savings this has brought. The CIO has given the go-ahead to roll out

the devices in all stores but has stated that training on how to use the hand-held devices should

be brief because there are a lot of employees, many of whom are part-time.

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.

Refer to the scenario

You have been asked to confirm the most relevant architecture principles for the transformation.

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

[Note: The sequence of the principles listed in each answer does not matter. You should assume

the company follows the set of principles that are provided in the TOGAF Standard, ADM

Techniques, Architecture Principles chapter. You may need to refer to section 2.6 located in ADM

Techniques within the reference text to answer this question.]

Please read this scenario prior to answering the question

You are employed as an Enterprise Architect at a company. The company manages

large-scale farming operations with food production, processing, and distribution. 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 EA practice.

The practice has adopted an iterative approach for its architecture development. This

has enabled the decision makers to have valuable insights into the 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, had led to a significant decrease in profits.

The rising costs and lower 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 main crop and will

allow use of its processing facilities by third parties. This is a major decision, and the

CEO has stated a desire to repurpose and reuse rather than replace so as to manage

the risks and limit the 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 are expected to define the

scope, a shared vision, and the requirements.

Refer to the scenario

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?