Full Scenario You are employed as an Enterprise Architect in an Enterprise Architecture (EA) team...

Full Scenario

You are employed as an Enterprise Architect in an Enterprise Architecture (EA) team at a food production and distribution company. The main goal of the company is to increase profit while meeting the needs of consumers for its products. Its customers want food that is produced sustainably, safely, and transparently, while reducing environmental impact.

The company has an Enterprise Architecture practice based on the TOGAF standard, using it as the method and guiding framework. The Chief Information Officer (CIO) is the sponsor of EA practice.

The business is a highly mechanized agricultural operation where business capabilities, including planting, harvesting, processing, packaging, and distribution, rely heavily on technology and machinery. The use of EA has enabled the decision makers to have valuable insights into the different aspects of the business.

The warmer climate has led to less successful farming, and the company is growing fewer crops than before. Also, prices for energy, feed, fuel, and fertilizer have gone up. This has caused a big drop in earnings. Due to the rising costs and lower profits, the company has been unable to do as much to help the environment. It especially has struggled to reduce its carbon emissions.

In response to the situation, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) has decided that big changes are needed, that will lead both to improved crop production and profitability. They must look to all aspects of the business. This includes looking at the mix of crops to mitigate for the change in climate. The company will also cease to process its own crops and will sell off its processing facilities. Thus, the target market will change, and the end-products will be different and more varied. A formal request for architecture change has been approved. At this stage there is no fixed scope, shared vision, or objectives.

Question:

What is the best approach for architecture development to realize the CEO’s change in direction for the company?

Based on the TOGAF standard which of the following is the best answer?