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Actual exam question from The Open Group's OG0-093
Question #: 216
Topic #: 1
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Scenario:
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Your role is that of Lead Enterprise Architect within a vacation property management firm that has been growing through acquisition. The firm manages over 200 resort properties across North America. Many of the resort properties use the same internal IT systems that they used before they were acquired. Until recently, the only requirement that has been placed on each property is that they use a standard financial reporting system to report their financial results to the headquarters on a weekly basis.
The CEO has stated his concerns about the inefficiencies of the current approach and identified the need to change. He has defined a new strategic vision that will enhance the business by standardizing its operations across the network to provide consolidated financial, human resources, logistics, sales and marketing, and yield management. He has also stated that he expects results by the end of the current fiscal year.
These changes will provide the company with improved utilization of its capacity and more efficient operations. The addition of a corporate-wide data warehouse will provide analytics that will enable the marketing group to improve its ability to target advertising into key markets to improve yields.
The firm has a mature enterprise architecture practice and uses TOGAF 9 as the method and guiding framework. The CIO is the sponsor of the activity.
In planning this change, the Chief Architect engaged the services of a well-known consulting firm that specializes in business strategy. An initial study has been conducted to identify the strategic changes needed to implement the CEO's vision. This recently completed with approval of a strategic architecture encompassing the entire firm, including detailed requirements and recommendations.
Based on the recommendations from the initial study, the firm has taken the decision to adopt a packaged suite of integrated applications that is tailored to the needs of the hospitality industry.

Refer to the scenario -
You have been asked by the Chief Architect to justify the best approach for architecture development to realize the CEO's vision.
Based on TOGAF 9, which of the following is the best answer?

  • A. You recommend that the target architecture is defined first, followed by transition planning. This is because the vision is well understood and the strategic architecture agreed. This will ensure that the current problems and inefficiencies of the baseline architecture are not carried forward, and that the proposed solution addresses the requirements identified in the initial study.
  • B. You recommend that the team focus on architecture definition, with a specific emphasis on understanding the strategic change parameters of the business strategy. Once understood, the team will be in the best position to identify the requirements, drivers, issues, and constraints for this engagement. You would ensure that the target architecture addresses non-functional requirements so as to ensure the target architecture is robust and secure.
  • C. You recommend that the team focus on defining the target architecture by going through the architecture definition phases (B-D). This is because the initial study identified the need to change. This will ensure that the change can be defined in a structured manner and address the requirements needed to realize the vision.
  • D. You recommend that this engagement define the baseline Technology Architecture first in order to assess the current infrastructure capacity and capability. Then the focus should be on transition planning and architecture deployment. This will identify retirements to ensure that the projects are sequenced in an optimal fashion so as to realize the vision.
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Suggested Answer: A 🗳️

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Arockia
Highly Voted 4 years, 3 months ago
Yes. The answer is A. Confirm.
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OCHT
Most Recent 1 year, 2 months ago
Selected Answer: A
This option recommends defining the target architecture first, followed by transition planning. It argues that the vision is well understood and the strategic architecture is agreed upon. This approach aims to avoid carrying forward the inefficiencies of the baseline architecture.
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PratsMic
1 year, 4 months ago
Took exam got 100% the right answer is target arch first followed by transition planning - this is even mentioned in togaf material (its always typically baseline first but when a strategic vision has been defined and detailed recommendation are made then one goes with target first approach https://medium.com/@pratibhamic/how-i-successfully-passed-togaf-part-1-part-2-insights-and-strategies-de0c9eede0c6
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PratsMic
1 year, 4 months ago
A is the right answer
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suman9524
1 year, 7 months ago
Correct answer is A. Reason : This is "Architectural Definition of Bounded Change Initiatives"- page 185 for Togaf document. Scope :Focus on elaborating the target to meet a previously defined and agreed vision, scope, or set of constraints. Use the target as a basis for analysis to avoid perpetuation of baseline, suboptimal architectures.
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MrCee1
2 years, 1 month ago
Selected Answer: A
A is the correct answer, C is the next best.
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noureldin
2 years, 2 months ago
Selected Answer: A
Answer is: A
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Banzaaai
2 years, 4 months ago
Selected Answer: A
A. You recommend that the target architecture is defined first, followed by transition planning. This is because the vision is well understood and the strategic architecture agreed. This will ensure that the current problems and inefficiencies of the baseline architecture are not carried forward, and that the proposed solution addresses the requirements identified in the initial study.
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Nicholas_The_King_Kong
2 years, 8 months ago
I definitely agree that D is not the correct answer but was still torn between A and C. Reason being, even if I go through the in-depth comment by osanimm & islam shady, the TOGAF specification clearly indicates that the baseline should be developed (it is a core activity), in a target-first approach. Option A seems to suggest that the baseline is omitted and goes from target to transition planning... Am I missing something
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sreejayan
2 years, 9 months ago
A is the correct answer
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sreejayan
2 years, 9 months ago
A is the correct answer
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loyolastalin
4 years, 3 months ago
ANS: A check comments of osanimm and islam shady https://www.briefmenow.org/the-open-group/which-of-the-following-is-the-best-answer-28/
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harofe2121
2 years, 7 months ago
from the same link “Based on the recommendations from the initial study, the chain has taken the decision to adopt a packaged suite of integrated applications that is tailored to the needs of the hospitality industry.” => Target First Eliminating Option B as it says Transition Planning immediately follows Target, which is not true. Which I believe then makes answer C as the correct answer. Even Osanimm says correct answer is C here which corresponds to D on the url you have shared.
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harofe2121
2 years, 7 months ago
Please ignore the above comment , it seems like Osanimm says A is the right answer
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