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BABOK Enterprise Analysis
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1. In the EA Activity Business Case Development - who is the ______? Business Analyst
6 - 12 months
Application
Owner
Requirements Analysis and Documentation
2. 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
Propose New Programs
Enterprise Analysis
Enterprise Analysis Activities
Business Analyst
3. In the EA Activity - Feasibility Studies - what are the Deliverables?
6 - 12 months
Provide Executive Presentation
Context
Feasibility Study Report
4. 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
Enterprise Analysis
Requirements Communications Tasks
Feasibility Study Report
6 - 12 months
5. Information Compiled as a Result of Enterprise Analysis Facilitates: _____________ that Manifest themselves in Programs and Supporting Projects.
Long term goals/objectives
Identified during Enterprise Analysis Activities
Investment Decisions
Sponsor
6. The Business Architecture describes: 1) Business Strategy; 2) ___________________; 3) High level business environment through process or functional view; 4) Technological environment; 5) External environment.
Inputs
Business Analyst
Long term goals/objectives
Provide Management with Info
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 Case Document
Plan and Facilitate Portfolio Management Meetings
CMBA: Creating and Maintaining The Business Architecture
8. Higher-level statements of Goals - Objectives - Needs of Enterprise.
Fixed deadline. no flexibility
Business Circumstances and Needs
Collaborate with SME
Business Requirements
9. In the EA Activity - Launching New Projects - who is the owner?
Context
Project Manager
Project Plan
Plan and Facilitate Portfolio Management Meetings
10. In the EA Activity - Strategic Plan Development - who is the owner?
Executive Team
Owner
Maintenance of Current and Future State Business Architecture
Facilitate Strategic Goal Setting Sessions
11. Outputs from Enterprise Analysis will become ________ to: a) Requirements Planning and Management; b) Requirements Elicitation/Gathering; c) Requirements Communication.
Inputs
Balanced Scorecard Reports
Collaborate with SME
Strategic Plan
12. 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
Strategic Goal Development
Decision-Support Information
Owner
Identified during Enterprise Analysis Activities
13. In the EA Activity - Strategic Goal Development - who is the owner?
Sponsor
Feasibility Study Report
Business Architecture
Executive Team
14. Things defined in the Strategic Planning Role: _______________ in Terms of (1) Vision - (2) Mission - (3) Strategic Goals.
15. What does Strategic Planning Serve to Establish?
Enterprise Analysis
Organization's Reason for Being
Support PM in Initiating/ Planning New Project
Future Course of an Enterprise
16. Enterprise Analysis Activities end after benefits of Project Outcomes are _______________.
Measured and Analyzed
Business Architecture
Small - Low-Risk project
Business Sponsor
17. 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
Actual vs. Expected Benefits
Plan and Facilitate Portfolio Management Meetings
Enterprise Analysis Activites
Business Case Document
18. In the EA Activity - Strategic Plan Development - what are the Deliverables?
Requirements Analysis and Documentation
New Project Proposal
DA: Document Analysis
Strategic Plan Document
19. In the EA Activity - Selecting and Prioritizing New Business Opportunities - Sr. BAs (1) ________________; (2) Present Proposal for New Projects.
Business Analyst
Measured and Analyzed
Plan and Facilitate Portfolio Management Meetings
Business Requirements descriptions
20. 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
Sr. BAs
Business Stakeholders
Business Sponsor
21. 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
Collaborate with SME
Plan and Facilitate Portfolio Management Meetings
Executive Team
Increase the Value Projects Bring to the Organization
22. 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)
DA: Document Analysis
Context
Enterprise Analysis Activities
UTRP: Understand Team Roles for the Project
23. In the EA Activity - New Project Proposal - who is the owner?
Business Sponsor
Significant - High-Risk project
Strategic Plan
Strategic asset
24. 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
Initiatives realized by Organizations
Fixed deadline. no flexibility
Propose New Programs
Business Sponsor
25. 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
Business Stakeholders
CMBA: Creating and Maintaining The Business Architecture
Facilitate Strategic Goal Setting Sessions
UTRP: Understand Team Roles for the Project
26. In the EA Activity - Business Architecture Development - what are the Deliverables?
Propose New Programs
Executive Team
Unified structure and context
Business Architecture
27. Set of documentation that defines an organization's current and future capabilities;
Business Architecture
Long term goals/objectives
Requirements Analysis and Documentation
Determine Most Viable Option
28. In the EA Activity - _________________ - what are the Deliverables? (1) Project Selection; (2) Project Priority; (3) Project Charter
Business Analyst
Business Requirements
Selecting and Prioritizing New Business Opportunities
Measured and Analyzed
29. What does the Business Architecture define?
Strategic Plan
Enterprise Governance Body
Collaborate with SME
Relevant stakeholders
30. The Strategic Planning Process provides ______________ in which Enterprise Analysis is Conducted.
DA: Document Analysis
Context
Application
Enterprise Analysis
31. Living - Breathing Document that Changes as Business Needs Evolve.
Support PM in Initiating/ Planning New Project
Unified structure and context
Strategic Plan
Facilitate Strategic Goal Setting Sessions
32. In the EA Activity - Strategic Goal Development - what are the Deliverables?
Requirements Communications Tasks
Strategic Goals - Themes - and Measures
Project Plan
UTRP: Understand Team Roles for the Project
33. Investigative - Feasibility - or Business Architecture Endeavor; Managed as Stand-Alone Project.
Business Architecture
Inputs
Enterprise Analysis in large organizations
Facilitate Strategic Goal Setting Sessions
34. 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
Business Analyst
Measured and Analyzed
ER: Elicit Requirements
Internal interest only
35. (1) Why a Project is Initiated; (2) What a Project will Achieve; (3) Metrics used to Measure Success.
Business Requirements descriptions
Requirements Communications Tasks
Strategic Plan Document
Context
36. In the EA Activity - Feasibility Studies - who is the owner?
Organization's Reason for Being
Business Analyst
Executive Team
Small - Low-Risk project
37. 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.
Maintenance of Current and Future State Business Architecture
Business Sponsor
Business Stakeholders
Enterprise Analysis Activities
38. In the EA Activity - Selecting and Prioritizing New Business Opportunities - who is the owner?
Business Stakeholders
Executive Team
Sr. BAs
Enterprise Governance Body
39. (1) Invest in most Valuable Projects; (2) Planning - Executing - Controlling project Activities to Attain The Business Value As Early As Possible.
Strategic Goal Development
Initiatives realized by Organizations
ER: Elicit Requirements
Fully Understand Strategic Planning Process
40. In the EA Activity - Business Architecture Development - who is the Owner?
Invest in Most Valuable Projects
Updated Business Case at Key Control Gates
Small - Low-Risk project
Business Analyst
41. Business Architecture provides ____________ that guides selection and management of programs/projects.
Strategic Goal Development
Unified structure and context
ER: Elicit Requirements
Maintenance of Current and Future State Business Architecture
42. _________________________- 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)
6 - 12 months
SRP: Structure Requirements Packages
Business Circumstances and Needs
Requirements Communications Tasks
43. 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
Decision-Support Information
CMBA: Creating and Maintaining The Business Architecture
Measured and Analyzed
Requirements Communications Tasks
44. Business Architecture considered to be: __________ used to understand the current state and plans for the future state of the enterprise.
Project Manager
Application
Strategic asset
Decision-Support Information
45. In the EA Strategic Planning - the BA needs to (1) ___________________; (2) Fully Understand Current Enterprise Strategies.
Propose New Programs
ER: Elicit Requirements
Updated Business Case at Key Control Gates
Fully Understand Strategic Planning Process
46. 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.
Provide Management with Info
Balanced Scorecard Reports
Investment Decisions
Provide Executive Presentation
47. In the EA Activity - _________________ - who is the owner? Business Analyst
Executive Team
UTRP: Understand Team Roles for the Project
Managing Projects for Value
Enterprise Governance Body
48. For Management to _____________ they need: 1) Accurate - (2) Consistent - (3) Useful Information about new ventures and currently funded ventures.
Application
Invest in Most Valuable Projects
Low-to-Moderate Risk project
SRP: Structure Requirements Packages
49. In the EA Activity Business Case Development - what are the Deliverables?
Business Case Document
Collaborate with SME
Executive Team
Facilitate Strategic Goal Setting Sessions
50. Business Requirements for future project investments which are also Documented.
Low-to-Moderate Risk project
Executive Team
Project Manager
Identified during Enterprise Analysis Activities