Free The-Open-Group OGEA-103 Sample Questions

Question 1

Please read this scenario prior to answering the questionYour role is that of a consultant to the Lead Enterprise Architect in a multinational automotivemanufacturer.The company has a corporate strategy that focuses on electrification of its portfolio, and it hasinvested heavily in a new shared car platform to use across all its brands. The company has fourmanufacturing facilities, one in North America, two in Europe, and one in Asia.A challenge that the company is facing is to scale up the number of vehicles coming off theproduction line to meet customer demand, while maintaining quality. There are significant supplychain shortages for electronic components, which are impacting production. In response to this thecompany has taken on new suppliers and has also taken design and production of the battery packin-house.The company has a mature Enterprise Architecture practice. The TOGAF standard is used fordeveloping the process and systems used to design, manufacture, and test the battery pack. The ChiefInformation Officer and the Chief Operating Officer co-sponsor the Enterprise Architecture program.As part of putting the new battery pack into production, adjustments to the assembly processes needto be made. A pilot project has been completed at a single location. The Chief Engineer, sponsor ofthe activity, and the Architecture Board have approved the plan for implementation and migration ateach plant.Draft Architecture Contracts have been developed that detail the work needed to implement anddeploy the new processes for each location. The company mixes internal teams with a few thirdpartycontractors at the locations. The Chief Engineer has expressed concern that the deploymentwill not be consistent and of acceptable quality.Refer to the scenarioThe Lead Enterprise Architect has asked you to review the draft Architecture Contracts andrecommend the best approach to address the Chief Engineer's concern.Based on the TOGAF Standard, which of the following is the best answer?

A. For changes requested by an internal team, you recommend a memorandum of understandingbetween the Architecture Board and the implementation organization. For contracts issued to thirdpartycontractors, you recommend that it is a fully enforceable legal contract. You recommend thatthe Architecture Board reviews all deviations from the Architecture Contract and considers whetherto grant a dispensation to allow the implementation organization to customize the process to meettheir local needs.
B. For changes undertaken by internal teams, you recommend a memorandum of understandingbetween the Architecture Board and the implementation organization. If a contract is issued to acontractor, you recommend that it is a fully enforceable legal contract. If a deviation from theArchitecture Contract is found, you recommend that the Architecture Board grant a dispensation toallow the implementation organization to customize the process to meet their local needs
C. You review the contracts ensuring that they address project objectives, effectiveness metrics, acceptance criteria, and risk management. Third-party contracts must be legally enforceable. You recommend a schedule of compliance reviews at key points in the implementation process. You recommend that the Architecture Board reviews all deviations from the Architecture Contract and considers whether to grant a dispensation to allow the process to be customized for local needs
D. You recommend that the Architecture Contracts be used to manage the architecture governanceprocesses across the locations. You recommend deployment of monitoring tools to assess theperformance of each completed battery pack at each location and develop change requirements ifnecessary. If a deviation from the contract is detected, the Architecture Board should allow theArchitecture Contract to be modified meet the local needs. In such cases they should issue a newRequest for Architecture Work to implement a modification to the Architecture Definition

Answer: C

Question 2

Please read this scenario prior to answering the questionYou are the Chief Enterprise Architect at a large food service company specializing in sales to tradeandwholesale, for example, restaurants and other food retailers.One of your company's competitors has launched a revolutionary product range and is running a veryaggressive marketing campaign. Your company's resellers are successively announcing that they arenotinterested in your company's products and will sell your competitor's.The CEO has stated there must be significant change to address the situation. He has made it clearthatnew markets must be found for the company's products, and that the business needs to pivot, andaddress the retail market as well as the existing wholesale market.A consideration is the company's ability and willingness to change its business model, and if it is atemporary or permanent change. An additional risk factor is one of culture. The company has beenused to a stable business with a reasonably well known and settled client base - all with its own localunderstandings and practices.The CEO is the sponsor of the EA program within the company. You have been engaged with thesales,logistics, production, and marketing teams, enabling the architecture activity to start. AnArchitecture Vision, Architecture Principles, and Requirements have all been agreed. As you moveforward to develop a possible Target Architecture you have identified that some of the keystakeholders' preferences are incompatible. The incompatibilities are focused primarily on time-tomarket,cost savings, and the need to bring out a fully featured product range, but there areadditional factors.Refer to the scenarioYou have been asked how you will address the incompatibilities between key stakeholderpreferences.Based on the TOGAF standard which of the following is the best answer?

A. You would seek to understand value preferences and priorities of the stakeholders. You woulddevelop alternative Target Architectures, highlighting the gaps between current state and thealternatives. You would consider combining features from one or more alternatives in collaborationwith the stakeholders. A formal stakeholder review should then be held to decide which alternativeis fit for purpose and should be moved forward with. You will then secure the funding required.
B. You recommend that since the CEO has stated that the company must pivot, it is better tocompromise on a full product range rather than time-to-market. You would develop just enough ofthe Target Architecture to demonstrate fitness of the proposed approach. You would limit the descriptionto just where there is a gap between the current baseline. You would seek approval by thestakeholders to move forward with developing the Target Architecture in detail.
C. You would use the Architecture Vision, Principles, and Requirements to define a set of criteria foralternatives and create a set of architecture views to illustrate the impact of the alternative TargetArchitectures. You would identify the impact on planned projects. You would understand thestrengths and weaknesses of the alternatives. You would conduct a formal stakeholder review to decide whichalternative to move forward with. You will determine the funding required.
D. You would review the Stakeholder Map and ensure that you have addressed and represented theconcerns of all department heads. You will involve them in resolving the incompatibilities. TheCommunications Plan should include a report that summarizes the key features of the architecturewith and how incompatibilities were resolved to reflects the stakeholders' requirements. You willcheck with each key stakeholder they are satisfied with how the incompatibilities have beenresolved.

Answer: C

Question 3

Please read this scenario prior to answering the questionYour role is that of a consultant to the Lead Enterprise Architect to an international supplier ofengineering services and automated manufacturing systems. It has three manufacturing plantswhere it assembles both standard and customized products for industrial productionautomation. Each of these plants has been operating its own planning and productionscheduling systems, as well as applications and control systems that drive the automatedproduction line.The Enterprise Architecture department has been operating for several years and has mature,well-developed architecture governance and development processes that are based on theTOGAF Standard. The CIO sponsors the Enterprise Architecture.During a recent management meeting, a senior Vice-President highlighted an interview wherea competitor company's CIO is reported as saying that their production efficiency had beenimproved by replacing multiple planning and scheduling systems with a common EnterpriseResource Planning (ERP) system located in a central data center. Some discussion followed,with the CIO responding that the situations are not comparable, and the current architecture isalready optimized.In response, the Architecture Board approved a Request for Architecture Work covering theinvestigations to determine if such an architecture transformation would lead to improvementsin efficiency. You have been assigned to support the architecture team working on this project.A well-known concern of the plant managers is about the security and reliability of driving theirplanning and production scheduling from a remote centralized system. Any chosen systemwould also need to support the current supply chain network consisting of local partners ateach of the plants.Refer to the scenarioYou have been asked to explain how you will initiate the architecture project.Based on the TOGAF Standard, which of the following is the best answer?

A. You would research vendor literature and conduct a series of briefings with vendorsthat are on the current approved supplier list. Based on the findings from theresearch, you would define a preliminary Architecture Vision including summaryviews, high-level requirements, and high-level definitions of the baseline and targetenvironments from a business, information systems, and technology perspective. Youwould then use that to build consensus among the key stakeholders.
B. You would conduct a pilot project that will enable vendors to demonstrate potentialoff-the-shelf solutions that address the concerns of the stakeholders. Running a pilotproject will save time and money later in the process. Based on the findings of thatpilot project, a complete set of requirements can then be developed that will drive theevolution of the architecture. Once the requirements are completed, a formalstakeholder review should be held, and permission sought to proceed to develop thetarget architecture
C. You would hold a series of interviews at each of the manufacturing plants using thebusiness scenarios technique. This will allow you to understand the systems andintegrations with local partners. You would use stakeholder analysis to identify keyplayers in the engagement, and to understand their concerns. You will then identifyand document the key high-level stakeholder requirements for the architecture. Youwill then generate high level definitions of the baseline and target architectures.
D. You would develop baseline and target Architectures for each of the manufacturingplants, ensuring that the views corresponding to selected viewpoints address keyconcerns of the stakeholders. A business case, together with performance metricsand measures should be defined to ensure the architecture meets the businessneeds. A consolidated gap analysis between the architectures will then validate theapproach and determine the capability increments needed to achieve the target state.

Answer: C

Question 4

Please read this scenario prior to answering the questionYou are the Lead Enterprise Architect at a major agribusiness company. The company's mainannual harvest is lentils, a highly valued food grown worldwide. The lentil parasite, broomrape,has been an increasing concern for many years and is now becoming resistant to chemicalcontrols. In addition, changes in climate favor the propagation and growth of the parasite. As aresult, the parasite cannot realistically be exterminated, and it has become pandemic, with lentilyields falling globally.The CEO appreciates the seriousness of the situation and has set out a change in directionthat is effectively a new business for the company. There are opportunities for new products,and new markets. The company will use the fields for another harvest and will cease to processthird-party lentils. Thus, the target market will change, and the end-products will be differentand more varied. This is a major decision and the CEO has stated a desire to repurpose ratherthan replace so as to manage the risks and limit the costs.The company has a mature Enterprise Architecture practice based in its headquarters and usesthe TOGAF standard as the method and guiding framework. The practice has an establishedArchitecture Capability, and uses iteration for architecture development. The CIO is the sponsorof the activity.The CIO has assigned the Enterprise Architecture team to this activity. At this stage there is noshared vision, or requirements.Refer to the scenarioYou have been asked to propose the best approach for architecture development to realize theCEO's change in direction for the company.Based on the TOGAF standard which of the following is the best answer?

A. You propose that the team focus on architecture definition, with emphasis on definingthe change parameters to support this new business strategy that the CEO hasidentified. Once understood, the team will be in the best position to identify therequirements, drivers, issues, and constraints for the change. You would ensure that thearchitecture development addresses non-functional requirements to assure that thetarget architecture is robust and secure.
B. You propose that this engagement define the baseline Technology Architecture first inorder to assess the current infrastructure capacity and capability for the company. Thenthe focus should be on transition planning and incremental architecture deployment.This will identify requirements to ensure that the projects are sequenced in an optimalfashion so as to realize the change.
C. You propose that the priority is to understand and bring structure to the definition of thechange. The team should focus iteration cycles on a baseline first approach toarchitecture development, and then transition planning. This will identify what needs tochange in order to transition from the baseline to the target, and can be used to work outin detail what the shared vision is for the change.
D. You propose that the team focus its iteration cycles on architecture development bygoing through the architecture definition phases (B-D) with a baseline first approach.This will support the change in direction as stated by the CEO. It will ensure that thechange can be defined in a structured manner and address the requirements needed torealize the change.

Answer: C

Question 5

Please read this scenario prior to answering the questionYou are the Lead Enterprise Architect at a major agribusiness company. The company's mainannual harvest is lentils, a highly valued food grown worldwide. The lentil parasite, broomrape,has been an increasing concern for many years and is now becoming resistant to chemicalcontrols. In addition, changes in climate favor the propagation and growth of the parasite. As aresult, the parasite cannot realistically be exterminated, and it has become pandemic, with lentilyields falling globally.The CEO appreciates the seriousness of the situation and has set out a change in directionthat is effectively a new business for the company. There are opportunities for new products,and new markets. The company will use the fields for another harvest and will cease to processthird-party lentils. Thus, the target market will change, and the end-products will be differentand more varied. This is a major decision and the CEO has stated a desire to repurpose ratherthan replace so as to manage the risks and limit the costs.The company has a mature Enterprise Architecture practice based in its headquarters and usesthe TOGAF standard as the method and guiding framework. The practice has an establishedArchitecture Capability, and uses iteration for architecture development. The CIO is the sponsorof the activity.The CIO has assigned the Enterprise Architecture team to this activity. At this stage there is noshared vision, or requirements.Refer to the scenarioYou have been asked to propose the best approach for architecture development to realize theCEO's change in direction for the company.Based on the TOGAF standard which of the following is the best answer?

A. You propose that the team focus on architecture definition, with emphasis on defining the change parameters to support this new business strategy that the CEO has identified. Once understood, the team will be in the best position to identify the requirements, drivers, issues, and constraints for the change. You would ensure that the architecture development addresses non-functional requirements to assure that the target architecture is robust and secure.
B. You propose that this engagement define the baseline Technology Architecture first inorder to assess the current infrastructure capacity and capability for the company. Thenthe focus should be on transition planning and incremental architecture deployment.This will identify requirements to ensure that the projects are sequenced in an optimalfashion so as to realize the change.
C. You propose that the priority is to understand and bring structure to the definition of thechange. The team should focus iteration cycles on a baseline first approach toarchitecture development, and then transition planning. This will identify what needs tochange in order to transition from the baseline to the target, and can be used to work outin detail what the shared vision is for the change.
D. You propose that the team focus its iteration cycles on architecture development bygoing through the architecture definition phases (B-D) with a baseline first approach.This will support the change in direction as stated by the CEO. It will ensure that thechange can be defined in a structured manner and address the requirements needed torealize the change.
D. You propose that the team focus its iteration cycles on architecture development bygoing through the architecture definition phases (B-D) with a baseline first approach.This will support the change in direction as stated by the CEO. It will ensure that thechange can be defined in a structured manner and address the requirements needed torealize the change.

Answer: C