Which could be a layer within an enterprise architecture?

Question

Options

• ABusiness services
• BService level commitments
• COrganization's reporting structure
• DProject office's governance practices

• A
  88% (14)
• B
  6% (1)
• D
  6% (1)

Explanation

Business services is correct because enterprise architecture frameworks (like TOGAF or Zachman) organize an enterprise into distinct layers - commonly Business, Application, Data, and Technology - and "business services" directly represents the service-level view of what the business does and delivers, making it a genuine architectural layer.

Option B (Service level commitments) describes SLA-type agreements between parties - a contractual/operational concept, not a structural layer of an architecture.

Option C (Organization's reporting structure) reflects org chart hierarchy and HR design, which is an organizational governance concept, not an EA layer.

Option D (Project office's governance practices) pertains to how projects are managed and controlled (PMO domain), which sits outside of enterprise architecture layering.

Memory tip: Think of EA layers as answering "WHAT does the enterprise look like?" - Business, Data, Application, Technology. If an answer describes a relationship, agreement, or management practice instead of a structural "layer" of the enterprise, it's a distractor.

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