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Scenario
Please read this scenario prior to answering the question
You are working as a consultant to the Chief Architect at a government agency responsible for securing all
government communications and information systems. The agency has recently received funding for a
program that will upgrade the reliability and performance of its secure communication systems which provide
real-time, highly secure communication of voice, video, and message data to remote locations around the
world.
The agency has an established enterprise architecture (EA) capability based on TOGAF 9. The Executive
Director of the agency is the sponsor of the EA capability.
Since reliable, high-performance, and secure communications are essential to preserving national security, the
Executive Director has placed more stringent requirements for the architecture for the upgraded system. It
must be able to provide assurance and verification of specific performance measures on the key services that
are most crucial for system operation. Focusing on these service-level details and specific measurements will
allow more stringent requirements to be enforced in service contracts. It will also provide a high degree of
assurance that necessary performance is being delivered and that notifications will occur if any critical service
fails to perform as required.
A portion of the program budget has been allocated to conduct a review of the EA. The scope of the review is
to evaluate the processes, content and governance of the EA capability to ensure that the higher target
performance and service levels required by the upgraded system can be achieved.
The Chief Architecture has noted that the core EA artifacts that have been used since TOGAF 9 was
introduced are not adequate to describe these new capabilities. The artifacts do not have explicit provisions for
defining the in-depth measurement requirements regarding specific services required for the system. She has
learned that certain services within the current system have service measurement implementations that match
some of the new requirements, but they are only used in a few areas.
Recent EA efforts at another national agency have produced generalized high-performance communication
system models to realize similar requirements in a critical defense system involving secure communications. It
is possible that these models may be useful for the upgrade program.
Refer to the Scenario
You have been asked to make recommendations for tailoring the Architecture Content Metamodel to
accommodate the requirements of the upgraded system.
Based on TOGAF, which of the following is the best answer?
Please read this scenario prior to answering the question
You are working as a consultant to the Chief Architect at a government agency responsible for securing all
government communications and information systems. The agency has recently received funding for a
program that will upgrade the reliability and performance of its secure communication systems which provide
real-time, highly secure communication of voice, video, and message data to remote locations around the
world.
The agency has an established enterprise architecture (EA) capability based on TOGAF 9. The Executive
Director of the agency is the sponsor of the EA capability.
Since reliable, high-performance, and secure communications are essential to preserving national security, the
Executive Director has placed more stringent requirements for the architecture for the upgraded system. It
must be able to provide assurance and verification of specific performance measures on the key services that
are most crucial for system operation. Focusing on these service-level details and specific measurements will
allow more stringent requirements to be enforced in service contracts. It will also provide a high degree of
assurance that necessary performance is being delivered and that notifications will occur if any critical service
fails to perform as required.
A portion of the program budget has been allocated to conduct a review of the EA. The scope of the review is
to evaluate the processes, content and governance of the EA capability to ensure that the higher target
performance and service levels required by the upgraded system can be achieved.
The Chief Architecture has noted that the core EA artifacts that have been used since TOGAF 9 was
introduced are not adequate to describe these new capabilities. The artifacts do not have explicit provisions for
defining the in-depth measurement requirements regarding specific services required for the system. She has
learned that certain services within the current system have service measurement implementations that match
some of the new requirements, but they are only used in a few areas.
Recent EA efforts at another national agency have produced generalized high-performance communication
system models to realize similar requirements in a critical defense system involving secure communications. It
is possible that these models may be useful for the upgrade program.
Refer to the Scenario
You have been asked to make recommendations for tailoring the Architecture Content Metamodel to
accommodate the requirements of the upgraded system.
Based on TOGAF, which of the following is the best answer?
