Correct answer: B A Compliance Assessment ensures that the architecture being implemented conforms to the architectural standards, guidelines, and requirements defined during the architectural development process. It helps in governing and ensuring that the architecture aligns with the organization's goals, policies, and best practices.

https://pubs.opengroup.org/architecture/togaf9-doc/arch/chap32.html Purpose Once an architecture has been defined, *it is necessary to govern that architecture through implementation* to ensure that the original Architecture Vision is appropriately realized and that any implementation learnings are fed back into the architecture process. Periodic compliance reviews of implementation projects provide a mechanism to review project progress and ensure that the design and implementation is proceeding in line with the strategic and architectural objectives. Content Typical contents of a Compliance Assessment are: Overview of project progress and status Overview of project architecture/design Completed architecture checklists: Hardware and operating system checklist Software services and middleware checklist Applications checklists Information management checklists Security checklists System management checklists System engineering checklists Methods and tools checklists