An enterprise wants to reduce the complexity of its data assets while ensuring impact to the business is minimized during the transition. Which of…

The information architecture provides the foundational blueprint for how an enterprise's data assets are structured, stored, managed, and integrated. To reduce complexity while minimizing business impact, the FIRST step must be to review this architecture. This review will identify redundancies, misalignments with business strategy, and dependencies between data assets and applications. Understanding the current state of the architecture is a prerequisite for planning any changes, ensuring that subsequent actions are strategic, well-informed, and do not inadvertently disrupt critical business processes.

A. Removing applications is a tactical action that should only be taken after the information architecture review has identified them as redundant or misaligned.

B. Information classification and retention policies are components of the overall information architecture; they should be reviewed within the context of the broader architectural assessment.

D. Assessing information ownership is a crucial governance activity, but it is part of understanding the components within the architecture, not the starting point for a strategic simplification effort.

1. ISACA

CGEIT Review Manual

8th Edition

2020. Domain 2: IT Resources

Section 2.3 Information/Data

p. 81. "The information architecture is the overall structure of all information/data assets in an enterprise... It provides the blueprint for managing data assets and aligning them with business strategy." This establishes the architecture as the foundational blueprint that must be understood first.

2. ISACA

CGEIT Review Manual

8th Edition

2020. Domain 2: IT Resources

Task 2.4. "Ensure that the information architecture enables the achievement of business objectives." This task highlights that the architecture itself is the primary vehicle for alignment and management

and therefore its review is the logical first step in any strategic change.