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BABOK Enterprise Analysis
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The attributes of a small - low risk project type: 1) < 6 months; 2) Schedule is flexible; 3) Not complex: easily understood/solution readily available; 4) ________________; 5) Impacts a single bu; 6) No major dependencies/inter-related projects
SRP: Structure Requirements Packages
Solution Assessment and Validation Activities
Internal interest only
Organization's Future
2. In the EA Activity - Strategic Plan Development - who is the owner?
Requirements Communications Tasks
Executive Team
Business Analyst
Propose New Programs
3. In the EA Activity - Feasibility Studies - BAs (1) Collaborate with SME; (2) Facilitate team to (a) Identify Solutions; (b) Examine Feasibility of Each Option; (c) _______________
Strategic Plan Document
Long term goals/objectives
Actual vs. Expected Benefits
Determine Most Viable Option
4. n the EA Activity - Tracking Project Benefits - BAs (1) Ensure Metrics and Measurements are in place; (2) Ensure Metrics and Measurements have been Analyzed and Reported to Business Sponsor to Track ____________________ as Documented in the Business
ER: Elicit Requirements
Actual vs. Expected Benefits
Low-to-Moderate Risk project
Organization's Future
5. In the EA Activity - Business Architecture Development - what are the Deliverables?
Feasibility Study Report
Sr. BAs
Business Architecture
Propose New Programs
6. Things defined in the Strategic Planning Role: _______________ in Terms of (1) Vision - (2) Mission - (3) Strategic Goals.
7. In the EA Activity - _________________ - what are the Deliverables? (1) Project Selection; (2) Project Priority; (3) Project Charter
Enterprise Governance Body
Selecting and Prioritizing New Business Opportunities
Executive Team
Small - Low-Risk project
8. The level of enterprise analysis needed for a ______________: 1) Full set of enterprise analysis deliverables: a) Business Architecture; b) Feasibility Study; c) Business Case; d) Risk Rating; e) Decision Package
Support PM in Initiating/ Planning New Project
Significant - High-Risk project
Requirements Analysis and Documentation
Collaborate with SME
9. The 10 Requirements Elicitation Techniques: 1) BS: Brainstorming; 2) _______________; 3) FG: Focus Group; 4) IA: Interface Analysis; 5) I: Interview; 6) O: Observation; 7) P: Prototyping; 8) RW: Requirements Workshop; 9) RE: Reverse Engineering; 10)
Propose New Programs
Decision-Support Information
DA: Document Analysis
Enterprise Analysis Activites
10. The Activities in Enterprise Analysis: (1) Strategic Plan Development; (2) ______________ (3) Business Architecture Developoment; (4) Feasibility Studies; (5) Business Case Development; (6) New Project Proposal; (7) Selecting and Prioritizing New Bus
Enterprise Analysis Activites
Fully Understand Strategic Planning Process
Solution Assessment and Validation Activities
Strategic Goal Development
11. In the EA Activity - Strategic Goal Development - what are the Deliverables?
Enterprise Analysis Activities
Strategic Goals - Themes - and Measures
Small - Low-Risk project
Managing Projects has 2 initiatives
12. Outputs from Enterprise Analysis will become ________ to: a) Requirements Planning and Management; b) Requirements Elicitation/Gathering; c) Requirements Communication.
Support PM in Initiating/ Planning New Project
Inputs
Requirements Analysis and Documentation
Executive Team
13. In the EA Activity - Managing Projects for Value - BAs (1) Works in Partnership with PM to Update Business Case at key checkpoint control gate reviews to ________________ to Help Determine whether to Continue to Invest in Project.
Initiatives realized by Organizations
Provide Management with Info
Relevant stakeholders
Strategic Plan
14. In the EA Activity - Tracking Project Benefits - what are the Deliverables?
6 - 12 months
Feasibility Study Report
Solution Assessment and Validation Activities
Balanced Scorecard Reports
15. What does Strategic Planning Serve to Establish?
Collaborate with SME
Organization's Future
Future Course of an Enterprise
Plan and Facilitate Portfolio Management Meetings
16. As PM matures into Critical Management Discipline - Orgs realize that _______.
Invest in Most Valuable Projects
Business Case Document
Business Analyst
Managing Projects has 2 initiatives
17. What does the Business Architecture define?
Relevant stakeholders
Business Case Document
Sr. BAs
Strategic Goals - Themes - and Measures
18. The Strategic Planning Focus: _______________ AND Provide Foundation to Select/Prioritize Programs/Projects.
19. (1) Why a Project is Initiated; (2) What a Project will Achieve; (3) Metrics used to Measure Success.
Strategic asset
Requirements Communications Tasks
Business Requirements descriptions
Business Circumstances and Needs
20. KA of BABOK that Describes Business Analysis Activities need for organizations to (1) Identify Business Opportunities - (2) Build Business Architecture Framework - (3) Determine Optimum Project Investment Path - including New Business and Technical S
Enterprise Analysis
Balanced Scorecard Reports
Determine Most Viable Option
Enterprise Governance Body
21. The Requirements Planning and Management Activities: 1) ____________; 2) DBAWDS: Define Business Analyst Work Division Strategy; 3) DRRA: Define Requirements Risk Approach; 4) DPC: Determine Planning Considerations; 5) SRA: Select Requirements Activi
Sponsor
Maintenance of Current and Future State Business Architecture
UTRP: Understand Team Roles for the Project
Internal interest only
22. The attributes of a low-to-moderate risk project type: 1) ______________; 2) Schedule undergos variations - but deadlines are firm; 3) Complexity small: difficult to understand or solution is difficult to achieve/unclear; 4) Some direct business impa
Organization's Future
6 - 12 months
Application
Owner
23. Business Analyst collaborates with ____________ to build a Strong Relationship between the Business and Technical Communities when Implementing a New IT-Enabled Business Solution.
Balanced Scorecard Reports
Business Stakeholders
Internal interest only
Requirements Communications Tasks
24. In the EA Activity - Selecting and Prioritizing New Business Opportunities - who is the owner?
Business Sponsor
Context
Measured and Analyzed
Enterprise Governance Body
25. In the EA Activity - Feasibility Studies - who is the owner?
Identified during Enterprise Analysis Activities
Business Circumstances and Needs
Enterprise Analysis in large organizations
Business Analyst
26. (1) Invest in most Valuable Projects; (2) Planning - Executing - Controlling project Activities to Attain The Business Value As Early As Possible.
Owner
Determine Most Viable Option
Initiatives realized by Organizations
DA: Document Analysis
27. The Enterprise Analysis Activities? 1) _______________; 2) CFS: Conducting Feasibility Studies; 3) DPS: Determining Project Scope; 4) PBC: Preparing ttheeh Business Case; 5) CIRA: Conducting the Initial Risk Assessment; 6) PDP: Preparing theDecision
Measured and Analyzed
Fixed deadline. no flexibility
Strategic Plan
CMBA: Creating and Maintaining The Business Architecture
28. In the EA Acitivity - Strategic Plan Development - ______: (1) Conduct Competitive Analysis; (2) Benchmark Studies to servve as Input to Strategic Planning Process; (3) Plan/Facilitate Strategic Planning Sessions.
Enterprise Analysis
Decision-Support Information
Actual vs. Expected Benefits
Sr. BAs
29. The Requirements Elicitation Task
Investment Decisions
Executive Team
Strategic Plan
ER: Elicit Requirements
30. In the EA Strategic Planning - the BA needs to (1) ___________________; (2) Fully Understand Current Enterprise Strategies.
Fully Understand Strategic Planning Process
Provide Management with Info
Strategic Plan
Strategic asset
31. In the EA Activity - Launching New Project - the BAs (1) ___________________. (2) During Project Initiation/Planning Processes - Elicit - Analyze - Document - Validate business Requirements AND Collaborate with System Architect during Intiial Design
Business Circumstances and Needs
Long term goals/objectives
Support PM in Initiating/ Planning New Project
Updated Business Case at Key Control Gates
32. The attributes of a significant - high risk project type: 1) 12 - 24 months; 2) _____________; 3) Problem and solution difficult to define/understand and solution difficult to achieve; 4) Affects core service delivery or directly relates to key initi
Fixed deadline. no flexibility
Organization's Reason for Being
Unified structure and context
Facilitate Strategic Goal Setting Sessions
33. What is the level of enterprise analysis needed for a _______________: 1) Modified set of enterprise analysis deliverables: a) Minimally a full Business Case; b) some Business Architecture activities
Business Case Document
Maintenance of Current and Future State Business Architecture
Low-to-Moderate Risk project
UTRP: Understand Team Roles for the Project
34. The Enterprise Architecture consists of five architectures: 1) Business Architecture; 2) Information Architecture; 3) ____________ Architecture; 4) Technology Architecture; 5) Security Architecture
Relevant stakeholders
Application
Small - Low-Risk project
Feasibility Study Report
35. The 10 Requirements Analysis and Documentation Tasks:: 1) ______________; 2) CBDM: Create Business Domain Model; 3) AUR: Analyze User Requirements; 4) AFR: Analyze Functional Requirements; 5) AQSR: Analyze Quality of Service Requirements; 6) DAC: Det
Future Course of an Enterprise
Long term goals/objectives
Business Analyst
SRP: Structure Requirements Packages
36. Through Business Analysis Practices - _____________ is: (1) Gathered - (2) Analyzed - (3) Prepared in form of Decision Package for new projects.
Provide Management with Info
Decision-Support Information
Enterprise Analysis Activities
Strategic Goals - Themes - and Measures
37. In the EA Activity - New Project Proposal - BAs (1) Collect relevant Info about Proposed new Project; (2) _________________; (3) Provide Decision Package to Business Sponsor to propose New Project to Organizational Project Investment Governance Body.
Executive Team
DA: Document Analysis
Provide Executive Presentation
Strategic Plan
38. In the EA Activity - Business Architecture Development - who is the Owner?
Provide Executive Presentation
Internal interest only
Business Analyst
Enterprise Analysis Activites
39. Collection of Pre-Project Activities to Capture Future view of Business to provide Context to Project Requirements Elicitation - and Solution Design for Given Initiative or long-term Planning.
Relevant stakeholders
Enterprise Analysis Activities
Provide Executive Presentation
Business Requirements descriptions
40. In the EA Activity - Launching New Projects - who is the owner?
Significant - High-Risk project
Plan and Facilitate Portfolio Management Meetings
Increase the Value Projects Bring to the Organization
Project Manager
41. In the EA Activity - Selecting and Prioritizing New Business Opportunities - Sr. BAs (1) ________________; (2) Present Proposal for New Projects.
Managing Projects has 2 initiatives
Measured and Analyzed
Feasibility Study Report
Plan and Facilitate Portfolio Management Meetings
42. In the EA Activity Business Case Development - what are the Deliverables?
Strategic Plan Document
Business Case Document
ER: Elicit Requirements
Plan and Facilitate Portfolio Management Meetings
43. Living - Breathing Document that Changes as Business Needs Evolve.
Business Case Document
Strategic Goals - Themes - and Measures
Strategic Plan
Unified structure and context
44. In the EA Activity - Managing Projects for Value - what are the Deliverables?
Updated Business Case at Key Control Gates
Actual vs. Expected Benefits
UTRP: Understand Team Roles for the Project
Organization's Reason for Being
45. Begin fter Executive Team Develops Strategic Plans and Goals
Enterprise Analysis Activites
Business Analyst
Context
Fully Understand Strategic Planning Process
46. Business Architecture considered to be: __________ used to understand the current state and plans for the future state of the enterprise.
Determine Most Viable Option
Fixed deadline. no flexibility
Business Sponsor
Strategic asset
47. In the EA Activity - Strategic Goal Development - who is the owner?
Future Course of an Enterprise
Plan and Facilitate Portfolio Management Meetings
Business Requirements descriptions
Executive Team
48. _________________________- considered during the Strategic Planning Process: (1) Investigate Current Strategy as related to Environmental and Market Trends; (2) Assess Current Technology Structure and Strategies to Ensure Fit with Business Vison; (3)
Updated Business Case at Key Control Gates
Determine Most Viable Option
Business Circumstances and Needs
Managing Projects has 2 initiatives
49. Investigative - Feasibility - or Business Architecture Endeavor; Managed as Stand-Alone Project.
Enterprise Analysis in large organizations
Context
Business Requirements descriptions
Significant - High-Risk project
50. The level of enterprise analysis needed for a ____________: 1) Simplified set of enterprise analysis deliverables: a) Simplified Business Case; b) some Business Architecture to provide context.
Small - Low-Risk project
Collaborate with SME
Requirements Communications Tasks
SRP: Structure Requirements Packages