When determining the requirements for enterprise architecture work in the Preliminary Phase, Which of the following is not a business imperative that should be considered?
When determining the requirements for enterprise architecture work in the Preliminary Phase, Which of the following is not a business imperative that should be considered?
Technical elegance is not a business imperative. Business imperatives typically relate to essential factors driving the success and direction of the business, such as business requirements, cultural aspirations, forecast financial requirements, and strategic intent. Technical elegance, while important for designing robust and efficient systems, does not specifically address the core business drivers and strategic needs of the enterprise.
TOGAF 9.2 5.5.3 Requirements for Architecture Work The business imperatives behind the Enterprise Architecture work drive the requirements and performance metrics for the architecture work. They should be sufficiently clear so that this phase may scope the business outcomes and resource requirements, and define the outline enterprise business information requirements and associated strategies of the Enterprise Architecture work to be done. For example, these may include: Business requirements. Cultural aspirations. Organization intents. Strategic intent. Forecast financial requirements. Significant elements of these need to be articulated so that the sponsor can identify all the key decision-makers and stakeholders involved in defining and establishing an Architecture Capability.
TOGAF Standard (10) - This information is now part of series guides, Digital Technology Adoption. According to it, Culture is now part of Phase B (Figure 7: Mapping Factors to the TOGAF ADM)
I think "Technical Elegance" should still be considered, but it is not a "business imparative", thus correct here.