An Architecture Board is an executive-level group responsible for the review and maintenance of the strategic architecture and all of its sub-architectures1. It is a key element in a successful Architecture Governance strategy2.
An Architecture Board is typically made responsible, and accountable, for achieving some or all of the following goals2:
Providing the basis for all decision-making with regard to the architectures
Consistency between sub-architectures
Establishing targets for re-use of components
Flexibility of the Enterprise Architecture: To meet changing business needs To leverage new technologies
Enforcement of Architecture Compliance
Improving the maturity level of architecture discipline within the organization
Ensuring that the discipline of architecture-based development is adopted
Supporting a visible escalation capability for out-of-bounds decisions
Therefore, the correct answer is option D, which captures one of the goals of an Architecture Board as stated in the TOGAF Standard, Version 9.22.
Option A is incorrect, because conducting assessments of the maturity level of architecture discipline within the organization is not a direct responsibility of an Architecture Board, but rather a part of the Architecture Capability Framework3.
Option B is incorrect, because allocating resources for architecture projects is not a direct responsibility of an Architecture Board, but rather a part of the Architecture Governance Framework4.
Option C is incorrect, because creating the Statement of Architecture Work is not a direct responsibility of an Architecture Board, but rather a part of the Architecture Development Method5. References:
1: Architecture Board - The Open Group3
2: TOGAF Standard, Version 9.2 - Part VI: Architecture Governance Framework - Architecture Board
3: TOGAF Standard, Version 9.2 - Part VI: Architecture Governance Framework - Architecture Capability Framework
4: TOGAF Standard, Version 9.2 - Part VI: Architecture Governance Framework - Architecture Governance Framework
5: TOGAF Standard, Version 9.2 - Part II: Architecture Development Method - Phase A: Architecture Vision
