OG0-093 Question #354: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation

Scenario Please read this scenario prior to answering the question Your role is consultant to the Lead Architect within a company that manufactures electromechanical devices. The company is organized as independent operational divisions. The company has a mature Enterprise Architecture (EA) practice and uses the TOGAF standard for the basis of its architecture framework. In addition to the EA program, the company has a number of management frameworks in use, including business planning, portfolio/project management, and operations management. The EA program is sponsored by the CIO. A strategic architecture has been approved that includes consolidation of multiple Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) applications that have been operating in several of the divisions' production facilities. The goal is to replace the functionality of the existing applications with a new ERP product running as a single instance in the company's primary data center. Each division has completed the Architecture Definition documentation required to tailor and configure the environment to meet its own specific manufacturing requirements. The enterprise architects have analyzed the key corporate change attributes and implementation constraints. A consolidated gap analysis has been completed which has identified the gaps across the Business, Data, Application, and Technology domains. Using the results of the gap analysis, the architects have reviewed the requirements, dependencies and interoperability requirements needed to integrate the new ERP environment into the existing environment. The architects have completed the Business Transformation Readiness Assessment started in Phase A. Based on all of these factors they have produced a risk assessment. The implementation process is estimated to take four years. Because of the risks posed by the complexity of the current environment, a phased approach is needed to implement the target architectures. The Implementation and Migration Plan v0.1, the draft Architecture Roadmap, and the Capability Assessment deliverables are now complete. Refer to the Scenario. You have been asked to recommend the next steps to prepare the final Implementation and Migration Plan. Based on the TOGAF standard, Version 9.2, which of the following is the best answer?