OGEA-10B practice question 17 of 25

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

The TOGAF Standard defines an "Enterprise" as the subject of the architecture, which can be a collection of organizations with common goals. The examples provided—a whole corporation, a government agency, or a consortium—are explicitly used in the standard to illustrate the broad scope of what constitutes an enterprise. This definition is intentionally flexible to accommodate various organizational structures and collaborations that may be subject to an enterprise architecture effort.

Why Incorrect

B. Business Units are typically components within a larger enterprise, making this option too narrow for the examples like "a whole corporation" or "a consortium".
C. While an enterprise is an organization, the term "Enterprise" is specifically used by TOGAF to denote the full scope, which can span multiple organizations.
D. Architecture Scopes define the breadth and depth of an architecture project, not the entity being architected, which is the Enterprise itself.

References

- The TOGAF® Standard, 10th Edition, Part I, Chapter 2, Section 2.4, "The TOGAF Standard and the Enterprise". This section explicitly lists the examples from the question as illustrations of an enterprise.

- The TOGAF® Standard, 10th Edition, Part I, Chapter 3, Section 3.35, "Definitions". This section defines "Enterprise" as the highest level of description of an organization.

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