OG0-093 · Question #187
Scenario: St. Christopher Consulting Please read this scenario prior to answering the question St. Christopher Consulting started as an accounting and financial services company. It has expanded…
The correct answer is A. An interoperability analysis should be applied to evaluate any potential issues across the Solution. St. Christopher Consulting, a rapidly expanding IT and Business Services provider, faces challenges in engagement management, risking its reputation and certifications, which its Enterprise Architecture (EA) team aims to address with a new framework.
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Scenario: St. Christopher Consulting Please read this scenario prior to answering the question St. Christopher Consulting started as an accounting and financial services company. It has expanded over the years and is now a leading North American IT and Business Services provider. With numerous practice areas and a multitude of diverse engagements underway at any given time, overall engagement management has become challenging. The company does not want to risk its outstanding reputation or its international certifications and CMM ratings. Senior partners must become team players, working to support the broader needs of the company and its shareholders. The Enterprise Architecture team has been working to create St. Christopher's Enterprise Architecture framework to address these issues. The team has defined a preliminary framework and held workshops with key stakeholders to define a set of principles to govern the architecture work. They have completed an Architecture Vision at a strategic level and laid out Architecture Definitions for the four domains. They have set out an ambitious vision of the future of the company over a five-year period. An Architecture Review Board has been formed comprised of IT staff executives and executives from the major practice areas. The Chief Executive Officer and Chief Information Officer have co- sponsored the creation of the Enterprise Architecture program. The Enterprise Architecture framework is based en TOGAF 9. As the EA team prepare to formulate an Implementation plan, they have been asked by the CIO to assess the risks associated with the proposed architecture. He has received concerns from senior management that the proposed architecture may be too ambitious and they are not sure it can produce sufficient value to warrant the attendant risks. Refer to the St Christopher Consulting Scenario You have been assigned to the role of Chief Enterprise Architect. You have been asked to recommend an approach to satisfy the concerns raised. Based on TOGAF 9, which of the following is the best answer?
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- AAn interoperability analysis should be applied to evaluate any potential issues across the Solution
- BThe EA team should gather information about potential solutions from the appropriate sources.
- CThe EA team should create a consolidated gap analysis to understand the transformations that
- DPrior to preparing the Implementation plan, there are several techniques that should be applied to
How the community answered
(29 responses)- A83% (24)
- B3% (1)
- C10% (3)
- D3% (1)
Why each option
St. Christopher Consulting, a rapidly expanding IT and Business Services provider, faces challenges in engagement management, risking its reputation and certifications, which its Enterprise Architecture (EA) team aims to address with a new framework.
Given the challenges of managing diverse engagements and the need for senior partners to collaborate, an interoperability analysis is crucial to identify and resolve potential issues across various solutions and systems. This ensures seamless operation and information flow within the new EA framework and supports overall engagement management.
Gathering information about potential solutions is a data collection activity but does not directly address potential cross-solution issues or the integration aspect, which is critical for complex engagement management.
A consolidated gap analysis helps understand transformation needs by comparing current and target states but doesn't specifically focus on how different solutions will work together effectively at an interoperability level.
While various techniques should be applied before an implementation plan, 'interoperability analysis' is a specific and essential technique for addressing the complex integration and cross-solution challenges described.
Concept tested: Enterprise Architecture- interoperability analysis
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