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BABOK Enterprise Analysis
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What does the Business Architecture define?
Small - Low-Risk project
Significant - High-Risk project
Strategic Goals - Themes - and Measures
Relevant stakeholders
2. Things defined in the Strategic Planning Role: _______________ in Terms of (1) Vision - (2) Mission - (3) Strategic Goals.
3. In the EA Activity - Launching New Project - what are the Deliverables?
Fixed deadline. no flexibility
Project Plan
Initiatives realized by Organizations
Identified during Enterprise Analysis Activities
4. Business Requirements for future project investments which are also Documented.
Executive Team
Identified during Enterprise Analysis Activities
Sponsor
Support PM in Initiating/ Planning New Project
5. 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.
Enterprise Analysis Activities
Balanced Scorecard Reports
Business Requirements
Measured and Analyzed
6. Enterprise Analysis Activities end after benefits of Project Outcomes are _______________.
Measured and Analyzed
Business Architecture
Strategic asset
Strategic Plan
7. In the EA Activity - Business Architecture Development - the BAs (1) Use Information from Strategic Plan and Goals (2) Lead Development and ________________.
Maintenance of Current and Future State Business Architecture
Business Architecture
UTRP: Understand Team Roles for the Project
Business Circumstances and Needs
8. In the EA Activity - New Project Proposal - who is the owner?
Business Circumstances and Needs
6 - 12 months
Business Sponsor
Enterprise Analysis Activities
9. Why are Companies adopting the practice of Professional Business Analysis? To ___________.
Organization's Reason for Being
Enterprise Governance Body
Increase the Value Projects Bring to the Organization
CMBA: Creating and Maintaining The Business Architecture
10. The 7 _______________: 1) CRCP: Create a Requirements Communication Plan; 2) MRC: Manage Requirements Conflicts; 3) DARF: Determine Appropriate Requirements Format; 4) CRP: Create a Requirements Package; 5) CRP: Conduct a Requirements Presentation; 6
Business Stakeholders
Managing Projects has 2 initiatives
Requirements Communications Tasks
Business Requirements
11. The Requirements Elicitation Task
Initiatives realized by Organizations
Business Requirements
Business Architecture
ER: Elicit Requirements
12. Business Analyst collaborates with ____________ to build a Strong Relationship between the Business and Technical Communities when Implementing a New IT-Enabled Business Solution.
Collaborate with SME
Business Stakeholders
Decision-Support Information
Inputs
13. 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
Solution Assessment and Validation Activities
Project Manager
Collaborate with SME
Actual vs. Expected Benefits
14. 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.
Context
Identified during Enterprise Analysis Activities
Enterprise Analysis Activites
Provide Executive Presentation
15. 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
Significant - High-Risk project
Enterprise Analysis Activities
Inputs
CMBA: Creating and Maintaining The Business Architecture
16. _________________________- 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)
Identified during Enterprise Analysis Activities
Business Circumstances and Needs
Strategic asset
Strategic Plan
17. Begin fter Executive Team Develops Strategic Plans and Goals
Unified structure and context
Actual vs. Expected Benefits
Executive Team
Enterprise Analysis Activites
18. In the EA Activity - Business Architecture Development - what are the Deliverables?
Business Architecture
Maintenance of Current and Future State Business Architecture
Initiatives realized by Organizations
Managing Projects for Value
19. In the EA Activity - Strategic Goal Development - who is the owner?
Managing Projects has 2 initiatives
Project Plan
Executive Team
Strategic Plan Document
20. In the EA Activity - Selecting and Prioritizing New Business Opportunities - Sr. BAs (1) ________________; (2) Present Proposal for New Projects.
SRP: Structure Requirements Packages
Plan and Facilitate Portfolio Management Meetings
ER: Elicit Requirements
Business Case Document
21. In the EA Activity - Feasibility Studies - what are the Deliverables?
Feasibility Study Report
ER: Elicit Requirements
Business Sponsor
Inputs
22. Information Compiled as a Result of Enterprise Analysis Facilitates: _____________ that Manifest themselves in Programs and Supporting Projects.
Long term goals/objectives
Support PM in Initiating/ Planning New Project
Decision-Support Information
Investment Decisions
23. Through Business Analysis Practices - _____________ is: (1) Gathered - (2) Analyzed - (3) Prepared in form of Decision Package for new projects.
Managing Projects has 2 initiatives
Fixed deadline. no flexibility
Decision-Support Information
Significant - High-Risk project
24. 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
Enterprise Governance Body
Strategic Plan Document
Plan and Facilitate Portfolio Management Meetings
Support PM in Initiating/ Planning New Project
25. In the EA Activity - Tracking Project Benefits - what are the Deliverables?
Small - Low-Risk project
Balanced Scorecard Reports
Plan and Facilitate Portfolio Management Meetings
Enterprise Governance Body
26. 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
Business Analyst
Long term goals/objectives
Fixed deadline. no flexibility
Managing Projects has 2 initiatives
27. In the EA Activity - Strategic Goal Development - what are the Deliverables?
Strategic Goals - Themes - and Measures
Facilitate Strategic Goal Setting Sessions
Enterprise Analysis in large organizations
Owner
28. The Strategic Planning Process provides ______________ in which Enterprise Analysis is Conducted.
Support PM in Initiating/ Planning New Project
Requirements Communications Tasks
Context
Strategic Goal Development
29. In the EA Activity - _________________ - who is the owner? Business Analyst
Business Case Document
Managing Projects for Value
Enterprise Analysis
Long term goals/objectives
30. Set of documentation that defines an organization's current and future capabilities;
Business Analyst
Enterprise Governance Body
Updated Business Case at Key Control Gates
Business Architecture
31. Enterprise Analysis Activities continue until Information is gathered to ___________ and Supporting Projects to Management for go/no go Decision to (1) Select - (2) Prioritize - (3) Fund new project.
Propose New Programs
Internal interest only
Solution Assessment and Validation Activities
Requirements Analysis and Documentation
32. In the EA Activity - Business Architecture Development - who is the Owner?
Strategic asset
Provide Executive Presentation
Investment Decisions
Business Analyst
33. In the EA Activity Business Case Development - what are the Deliverables?
Business Case Document
Enterprise Analysis
6 - 12 months
Long term goals/objectives
34. As PM matures into Critical Management Discipline - Orgs realize that _______.
Business Analyst
Organization's Future
Managing Projects has 2 initiatives
DA: Document Analysis
35. What does Strategic Planning Serve to Establish?
Enterprise Analysis Activities
Future Course of an Enterprise
Enterprise Governance Body
Plan and Facilitate Portfolio Management Meetings
36. (1) Why a Project is Initiated; (2) What a Project will Achieve; (3) Metrics used to Measure Success.
Business Architecture
Actual vs. Expected Benefits
Business Requirements
Business Requirements descriptions
37. 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
Managing Projects for Value
Strategic Goal Development
Long term goals/objectives
Project Plan
38. 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
Increase the Value Projects Bring to the Organization
Maintenance of Current and Future State Business Architecture
Low-to-Moderate Risk project
Enterprise Analysis Activities
39. Investigative - Feasibility - or Business Architecture Endeavor; Managed as Stand-Alone Project.
Invest in Most Valuable Projects
Context
Provide Management with Info
Enterprise Analysis in large organizations
40. The Strategic Planning Focus: _______________ AND Provide Foundation to Select/Prioritize Programs/Projects.
41. 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.
Plan and Facilitate Portfolio Management Meetings
Initiatives realized by Organizations
Provide Management with Info
Fixed deadline. no flexibility
42. 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) _______________
Fixed deadline. no flexibility
Strategic Goals - Themes - and Measures
Determine Most Viable Option
Relevant stakeholders
43. In the EA Strategic Planning - the BA needs to (1) ___________________; (2) Fully Understand Current Enterprise Strategies.
Requirements Communications Tasks
Fully Understand Strategic Planning Process
Executive Team
New Project Proposal
44. Outputs from Enterprise Analysis will become ________ to: a) Requirements Planning and Management; b) Requirements Elicitation/Gathering; c) Requirements Communication.
Executive Team
Relevant stakeholders
Business Analyst
Inputs
45. Business Architecture considered to be: __________ used to understand the current state and plans for the future state of the enterprise.
Strategic asset
Maintenance of Current and Future State Business Architecture
Actual vs. Expected Benefits
Low-to-Moderate Risk project
46. 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.
Feasibility Study Report
Small - Low-Risk project
Business Architecture
Requirements Analysis and Documentation
47. 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
Invest in Most Valuable Projects
SRP: Structure Requirements Packages
Business Requirements descriptions
Enterprise Governance Body
48. 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)
Investment Decisions
Business Stakeholders
DA: Document Analysis
Business Circumstances and Needs
49. In the EA Activity Business Case Development - BAs (1) ____________ - Business sponsor - Business Representatives - IT Management; (2) Scope proposed project; (3) Make Time and cost Estimates; (4) Quantify Business Benefits; (5) Prepare Business Cas
Application
Fully Understand Strategic Planning Process
Collaborate with SME
Unified structure and context
50. 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
Selecting and Prioritizing New Business Opportunities
Support PM in Initiating/ Planning New Project
Strategic Goal Development
Internal interest only