OGBA-101 practice question 8 of 10

Consider the following statements; 1. A whole corporation or a division of a corporation 2. A government agency or a single government department 3. Partnerships and alliances of businesses working together, such as a consortium or supply chain What are those examples of according to the TOGAF Standard?

Full set: 127 questions
Answer options
A: Organizations
B: Architectures Scopes
C: Business Units
D: Enterprises Correct answer
Correct Answer:
D. Enterprises
Explanation

According to the TOGAF® Standard, the term "Enterprise" is used in a general sense to refer to any collection of organizations that has a common set of goals. This definition is intentionally broad to accommodate various contexts. The standard explicitly states that an enterprise can be a whole corporation, a division, a government agency, or even an "extended enterprise" comprising partnerships, alliances, consortia, or supply chains. The three statements provided in the question are direct examples of how the TOGAF framework defines the scope of an enterprise for which an architecture can be developed.

Why Incorrect

A. Organizations: While the examples are types of organizations, "Enterprise" is the specific, broader term used by the TOGAF standard to encompass single entities as well as collections of collaborating organizations.
B. Architectures Scopes: This term refers to the defined boundaries of the architecture work (e.g., breadth, time period, domains), not the entity being architected. The examples are types of entities for which a scope is defined.
C. Business Units: This term is too narrow. A business unit is typically a subdivision of a larger corporation and does not cover the full range of examples, such as a whole corporation or a consortium.

References

1. The Open Group Standard, TOGAF® Standard, 10th Edition. (2022). Core Concepts, Section 2.5, "What is an Enterprise?". This section explicitly lists the examples from the question: "A whole corporation or a division of a corporation", "A government agency or a single government department", and "Partnerships and alliances of businesses working together, such as a consortium or supply chain".

2. The Open Group Standard, TOGAF® Standard, 10th Edition. (2022). Definitions, Section 3.38, "Enterprise". The definition states: "Any collection of organizations that has a common set of goals. For example, an enterprise could be a government agency, a whole corporation, a division of a corporation, a single department, or a chain of geographically distant organizations linked together by common ownership."

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