What Enterprise Architecture Framework is business-centric and is composed of eight phases?

Question

Options

• AFederal Enterprise Architecture
• BThe Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF)
• CZochman
• DSherwood Applied Business Security Architecture

• A
  4% (1)
• B
  81% (22)
• C
  11% (3)
• D
  4% (1)

Explanation

TOGAF is the correct answer because its Architecture Development Method (ADM) is explicitly designed around business goals and is structured into eight iterative phases (A through H): Architecture Vision, Business Architecture, Information Systems Architecture, Technology Architecture, Opportunities and Solutions, Migration Planning, Implementation Governance, and Architecture Change Management - making it uniquely identifiable by both its business focus and its eight-phase structure.

Option A (Federal Enterprise Architecture) is wrong because it is a U.S. government-specific framework designed for federal agency alignment, not a general business-centric framework with eight phases. Option C (Zachman) - the likely intended distractor - is a classification matrix framework organized as a 6×6 grid of perspectives and abstractions, not a phased methodology at all. Option D (SABSA) is a security architecture framework focused on risk and security governance, not a general enterprise architecture methodology.

Memory tip: Think "TOGAF = A to H" - its eight ADM phases literally run from Phase A to Phase H, making the number eight directly encoded in the alphabet span.

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