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Velora Group's architects are starting Phases C and D for a post-merger integration. They need two things from The Open Group Library: a taxonomy of generic platform services to structure the target Technology Architecture, and a reference model that helps them design how information can flow between applications across the separate business units and their silos.
Which two reference models should the architects use? Each correct answer presents part of the solution.
- AThe TOGAF Technical Reference Model (TRM)The TRM provides a taxonomy of generic platform services and a model of the application platform, which is suited to structuring a Technology Architecture.
- BThe Integrated Information Infrastructure Reference Model (III-RM)The III-RM addresses how applications and information infrastructure can be arranged so that information flows across organizational boundaries.
- CThe TOGAF content metamodelThe content metamodel defines the entities and relationships used to describe any architecture; it is not a reference model of platform services or information flow.
- DThe TOGAF Series Guide on Value StreamsValue streams describe how the business delivers value to stakeholders; they do not provide a platform service taxonomy or an integration model.
- EThe Architecture Skills FrameworkThe Architecture Skills Framework describes roles and skills for architecture practitioners and does not model technology or information flow.
Why: In the TOGAF Standard, 10th Edition, the Technical Reference Model and the Integrated Information Infrastructure Reference Model are published as TOGAF Series Guides in The Open Group Library rather than in the Fundamental Content. In the Architecture Continuum the TRM is a Foundation Architecture and the III-RM is a Common Systems Architecture (TOGAF Series Guides: The TOGAF Technical Reference Model; The TOGAF Integrated Information Infrastructure Reference Model). The TRM gives a taxonomy of platform services for structuring Technology Architecture, and the III-RM focuses on enabling information flow across boundaries, which fits a post-merger integration across silos. The distractors are real TOGAF assets that describe architecture content, business value or people rather than these two concerns.
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Norvik Payments operates under a financial regulator that has criticized the company for treating security as a late design review. The Chief Architect wants published guidance on how to address security and risk concerns systematically in every ADM phase, from architecture principles in the Preliminary Phase through to implementation governance, as part of the enterprise architecture rather than as a separate exercise.
Which document from The Open Group Library should the Chief Architect adopt as the primary guide?
- AThe TOGAF Technical Reference ModelThe TRM provides a taxonomy of platform services, which may include security services, but it does not explain how to address security and risk across the ADM.
- BThe TOGAF Series Guide on Business ScenariosBusiness scenarios help elicit business requirements and could surface security needs, but they do not provide a method for integrating security across all phases.
- CThe TOGAF Series Guide on integrating risk and security within a TOGAF enterprise architectureThis guide addresses how security and risk concerns are brought into each ADM phase and into architecture governance, which is what the regulator's criticism calls for.
- DThe TOGAF Series Guide on Information MappingInformation mapping describes business information concepts; it may help classify sensitive information but is not a guide to security across the ADM.
Why: The TOGAF Standard, 10th Edition places topic-specific guidance in TOGAF Series Guides that extend the Fundamental Content. For security, the Library includes the TOGAF Series Guide: Integrating Risk and Security within a TOGAF Enterprise Architecture so that security is handled through principles, requirements, building blocks and governance in each ADM phase. The scenario's constraint is that security must be built into every phase rather than reviewed late, which points directly to that guide. The distractors are useful Library documents that touch only one part of the problem.
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Altavia Logistics is starting Phase B. Its business leaders describe the company only in terms of departments and projects, and the architects want a stable, organization-independent view of what the business does, structured as a hierarchical map that can later be cross-mapped to value streams, processes and applications. They want published guidance from The Open Group Library on how to define and map these elements.
Which document from The Open Group Library should the architects use first?
- AThe TOGAF Series Guide on Business CapabilitiesThis guide explains how to define business capabilities, build a capability map, and cross-map capabilities to other business architecture elements, which is the stated need.
- BThe TOGAF Series Guide on Value StreamsThe Value Streams guide addresses how value is delivered to stakeholders in stages; it complements, but does not primarily cover, building a hierarchical capability map.
- CThe TOGAF Technical Reference ModelThe Technical Reference Model is a foundation reference model of platform services for Technology Architecture, not business capability definition.
- DThe TOGAF Series Guide on Information MappingInformation mapping addresses the information concepts the business uses; it does not describe how to build a capability map.
Why: The TOGAF Standard, 10th Edition separates the Fundamental Content from the Series Guides in The Open Group Library, which give detailed guidance on specific topics. For Phase B business architecture, the Series Guides on Business Capabilities, Value Streams, Information Mapping and Organization Mapping each cover one business architecture element (TOGAF Series Guide: Business Capabilities). The deciding detail is that the architects want an organization-independent, hierarchical map of what the business does, which is a capability map. The distractors are real Library documents chosen for the wrong concern: value streams show how value is delivered, information maps show the information the business needs, and the TRM is a technology reference model.
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The architecture team at Sundrell Software works inside an organization that already runs all delivery in two-week sprints. The architects want specific guidance on how to organize ADM work itself into sprints, including how to maintain an architecture backlog, size architecture work for a sprint, and deliver architecture outputs incrementally alongside the delivery teams.
Which document from The Open Group Library is the most appropriate starting point?
- AThe TOGAF Series Guide on Business ScenariosBusiness scenarios help discover and document business requirements; they do not explain how to run ADM work in sprints.
- BThe TOGAF Series Guide on applying the TOGAF ADM using Agile sprintsThis guide focuses on executing ADM work in sprints, including backlogs, sprint planning and incremental delivery of architecture outputs, which matches the team's need.
- CThe TOGAF Technical Reference ModelThe Technical Reference Model is a technology reference model for platform services and offers no guidance on agile ways of working.
- DThe TOGAF Series Guide on Business CapabilitiesThe Business Capabilities guide addresses defining and mapping capabilities; it does not cover sprint-based architecture delivery.
Why: The TOGAF Standard, 10th Edition keeps its Fundamental Content stable and places detailed how-to guidance in TOGAF Series Guides within The Open Group Library. For agile organizations, the Library includes guidance on enterprise agility in general and a guide specifically on applying the ADM using Agile sprints (TOGAF Series Guide: Applying the TOGAF ADM using Agile Sprints). The scenario asks for sprint-level mechanics such as backlog management and sprint sizing, so the sprint guide is the most specific match. The distractors are real Library documents chosen for an unrelated concern.