OG0-093 · Question #17
Which one of the following statements best describes why the ADM should be adapted?
The correct answer is D. To suit the specific needs of the enterprise. The TOGAF Architecture Development Method (ADM) should be adapted to suit the specific needs of each enterprise to ensure its effectiveness and relevance. This tailoring customizes the generic ADM to an organization's unique context, culture, and strategic goals.
Question
Which one of the following statements best describes why the ADM should be adapted?
Options
- ATo align it closer to the business
- BTo make the use more realistic
- CTo move through the cycle faster
- DTo suit the specific needs of the enterprise
How the community answered
(62 responses)- A3% (2)
- B2% (1)
- C2% (1)
- D94% (58)
Why each option
The TOGAF Architecture Development Method (ADM) should be adapted to suit the specific needs of each enterprise to ensure its effectiveness and relevance. This tailoring customizes the generic ADM to an organization's unique context, culture, and strategic goals.
While aligning with business is a goal of architecture, it's not the primary reason for ADM adaptation itself; adaptation ensures the ADM's specific mechanisms support that alignment for a given enterprise.
Making the use more realistic is a consequence or a way of adapting, not the fundamental reason for adaptation as defined by TOGAF.
Moving through the cycle faster might be an outcome of efficient adaptation but is not the overarching reason for adapting the ADM to an enterprise's needs.
The TOGAF Architecture Development Method (ADM) is designed as a generic, iterative process. To be successfully applied, it must be adapted to fit the unique culture, processes, and strategic goals of the enterprise, ensuring relevance and effectiveness.
Concept tested: TOGAF ADM adaptation principles
Source: https://pubs.opengroup.org/architecture/togaf9-2-doc/arch/chap06.html
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