Which of the following statements best describes the purpose of enterprise architecture?

Question

Options

• ATo allow an enterprise to exploit the latest trends in technology
• BTo enable the CIO to take effective control of the business units across an enterprise
• CTo ensure compliance in an enterprise to corporate auditing standards
• DTo optimise an enterprise into an environment that is responsive to business needs
• ETo provide a set of standards that all actors must adhere to within an enterprise

• A
  9% (2)
• B
  4% (1)
• D
  87% (20)

Explanation

TOGAF defines the purpose of enterprise architecture as optimizing the enterprise - its people, processes, information, and technology - into an integrated environment that is responsive to change and supportive of the delivery of business strategy. The focus is on enabling agility and alignment with business needs. Option A overemphasizes technology trends, option B scopes it too narrowly to CIO control, option C limits it to compliance/auditing, and option E reduces it to a standards mandate - none of which capture the holistic, business-responsive optimization goal that TOGAF ascribes to enterprise architecture.

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