OG0-092 Exam - Question 25

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Scenario: Glacier Ridge LLC -Glacier Ridge LLC is a vacation property management firm that is growing through acquisition. It 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 en each property is that they use a standard financial reporting system to report their financials ID 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 GlacierRidge property 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. Glacier Ridge has mature enterprise architecture (EA) 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 engagement, Glacier Ridge has embraced an Architecture Vision to adopt an enterprise application that is tailored to the needs of the hospitality industry. Your role is that of Chief Architect. You have been asked to recommend the best approach to take in this architecture engagement to realize the CEO's vision. Based on TOGAF 9, which of the following is the best answer?

Examice · Accepted Answer

Since the vision is well understood and the strategic architecture agreed upon, defining the target architecture first ensures that the solution is aligned with the strategic changes needed. Transition planning can follow to implement this architecture effectively, avoiding the inefficiencies of the current baseline architecture and ensuring the requirements identified in the initial engagement are addressed.

Divya07 · Answer

D is the distractor.  it should be B as its more comprehensive. In any case When defining target Architecture u have to follow BDAT

heysubhu · Answer

B is the right answer

venksfc · Answer

A is the right answer, as it shows the next steps

Sixty · Answer

Is this not another bounded change (18.3) as the vision for an enterprise solution has been agreed. In which case B seems to follow the iteration cycles off Target First Architecture and Transition Planning.

N9Pilot · Answer

B is correct answer

mrg998 · Answer

D is wrong. Answer is B, target first which leaves A and B. A would duplicate work already done by someone else (business architecture) so answer has to be B.

sameersoftyhcl · Answer

I think D is the correct answer. 
Reason 1 : The question says "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 " -> That means team first need to understand the strategic change parameters of business strategy. (6.3.2: Creating Architecture Vision) .
Reason 2: 6.3.2 Identify Stakeholders, Concerns, and Business Requirements
Reason 3: 6.3.3: Confirm and Elaborate Business Goals, Business Drivers, and Constraints

sanjepau · Answer

The answer is B, as the strategic change initiative is already approved. So the next step would be to define the target architecture by getting into the Business, Data, Info, and Tech architecture phases.

sweetsugarrr · Answer

+1 for D
Cannot be B as it states "target architecture is defined first, followed by transition planning" without Baseline, without Gap Analysis...

tushmish · Answer

Duplicate of Q#19

mericov · Answer

Classes of Architecture Engagement: Architecture: Development (Target First) Transition Planning -> 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.

Qman2022 · Answer

in section 4.3 adapting ADM when the needs is for the "he business principles may dictate that the enterprise be
prepared to adjust its business processes to meet the needs of a packaged solution, so that it can
be implemented quickly to enable fast response to market changes. In such a case, the Business
Architecture (or at least the completion of it) may well follow completion of the Information
Systems Architecture or the Technology Architecture." in this case it would be more precise to use option A as an answer

93madox · Answer

I'll go with B - as Mature EA practice in TOGAF - means Baseline is already developed. Gap analysis is not named straightforward, but it mentions about inefficiencies from baseline

Watad · Answer

Duplicate with Question 19, which had the same answer but different ordering

hou0220 · Answer

Answer is B. 
The given scenario is about "Architectural Definition of Bounded Change Initiatives" engagement type. Hence, Architecture Development (Target First) then Transition Planning.

sanket_mhatre · Answer

B is the answer

OG0-092 Exam - Question 25

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