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BABOK Enterprise Analysis
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
Updated Business Case at Key Control Gates
Business Requirements
Invest in Most Valuable Projects
2. The Business Architecture describes: 1) Business Strategy; 2) ___________________; 3) High level business environment through process or functional view; 4) Technological environment; 5) External environment.
Strategic asset
Long term goals/objectives
Identified during Enterprise Analysis Activities
Fully Understand Strategic Planning Process
3. Begin fter Executive Team Develops Strategic Plans and Goals
Organization's Reason for Being
Project Manager
Enterprise Analysis Activites
Enterprise Analysis Activities
4. In the EA Activity - Business Architecture Development - who is the Owner?
Business Requirements
Owner
Enterprise Analysis
Business Analyst
5. In the EA Activity - Selecting and Prioritizing New Business Opportunities - who is the owner?
Sr. BAs
Feasibility Study Report
Enterprise Governance Body
Provide Management with Info
6. 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.
Long term goals/objectives
Application
Business Architecture
Propose New Programs
7. Business Requirements for future project investments which are also Documented.
Small - Low-Risk project
Propose New Programs
Organization's Future
Identified during Enterprise Analysis Activities
8. In the EA Activity - Tracking Project Benefits - what are the Deliverables?
Balanced Scorecard Reports
Increase the Value Projects Bring to the Organization
Investment Decisions
Requirements Communications Tasks
9. In the EA Activity - New Project Proposal - who is the owner?
Requirements Communications Tasks
Relevant stakeholders
Business Sponsor
Feasibility Study Report
10. In the EA Activity - Tracking Project Benefits - who is the owner? Business ___________
Strategic Goals - Themes - and Measures
Sponsor
Selecting and Prioritizing New Business Opportunities
Inputs
11. 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
UTRP: Understand Team Roles for the Project
Actual vs. Expected Benefits
Strategic Goals - Themes - and Measures
Strategic asset
12. 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
Decision-Support Information
SRP: Structure Requirements Packages
Enterprise Analysis Activites
13. In the EA Activity - _________________ - what are the Deliverables? (1) Project Selection; (2) Project Priority; (3) Project Charter
Business Architecture
Strategic Goals - Themes - and Measures
Selecting and Prioritizing New Business Opportunities
Sr. BAs
14. In the EA Activity - _______________ - what are the Deliverables? (1) Executive Prsentation; (2) Decision Package
Application
Facilitate Strategic Goal Setting Sessions
New Project Proposal
Enterprise Analysis Activities
15. 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
Business Stakeholders
SRP: Structure Requirements Packages
Relevant stakeholders
Actual vs. Expected Benefits
16. 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
SRP: Structure Requirements Packages
Strategic Goal Development
Updated Business Case at Key Control Gates
Enterprise Analysis
17. In the EA Activity - Launching New Projects - who is the owner?
Project Manager
Measured and Analyzed
Internal interest only
Investment Decisions
18. In the EA Activity - Strategic Plan Development - who is the owner?
Updated Business Case at Key Control Gates
Executive Team
Significant - High-Risk project
Inputs
19. Things defined in the Strategic Planning Role: _______________ in Terms of (1) Vision - (2) Mission - (3) Strategic Goals.
20. The Enterprise Architecture consists of five architectures: 1) Business Architecture; 2) Information Architecture; 3) ____________ Architecture; 4) Technology Architecture; 5) Security Architecture
Business Architecture
Provide Management with Info
Application
Strategic asset
21. Enterprise Analysis Activities end after benefits of Project Outcomes are _______________.
Fully Understand Strategic Planning Process
Measured and Analyzed
6 - 12 months
Sr. BAs
22. What does Strategic Planning Serve to Establish?
Future Course of an Enterprise
Maintenance of Current and Future State Business Architecture
Strategic Plan
Enterprise Analysis
23. In the EA Activity - Feasibility Studies - who is the owner?
Business Requirements
Enterprise Analysis Activities
Fully Understand Strategic Planning Process
Business Analyst
24. The Strategic Planning Focus: _______________ AND Provide Foundation to Select/Prioritize Programs/Projects.
25. In the EA Activity - Feasibility Studies - what are the Deliverables?
Feasibility Study Report
Organization's Reason for Being
Solution Assessment and Validation Activities
Determine Most Viable Option
26. In the EA Strategic Planning - the BA needs to (1) ___________________; (2) Fully Understand Current Enterprise Strategies.
Relevant stakeholders
Provide Executive Presentation
Measured and Analyzed
Fully Understand Strategic Planning Process
27. In the EA Activity - Managing Projects for Value - what are the Deliverables?
Balanced Scorecard Reports
Updated Business Case at Key Control Gates
Executive Team
Strategic asset
28. Why are Companies adopting the practice of Professional Business Analysis? To ___________.
Increase the Value Projects Bring to the Organization
Strategic Goals - Themes - and Measures
Invest in Most Valuable Projects
Future Course of an Enterprise
29. In the EA Activity Business Case Development - what are the Deliverables?
Business Case Document
Business Stakeholders
Invest in Most Valuable Projects
SRP: Structure Requirements Packages
30. In the EA Activity - Business Architecture Development - the BAs (1) Use Information from Strategic Plan and Goals (2) Lead Development and ________________.
Requirements Analysis and Documentation
Business Case Document
Maintenance of Current and Future State Business Architecture
Application
31. In the EA Activity - Strategic Goal Development - who is the owner?
Provide Management with Info
Business Stakeholders
Executive Team
CMBA: Creating and Maintaining The Business Architecture
32. 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
Strategic Plan Document
Business Case Document
Collaborate with SME
Balanced Scorecard Reports
33. In the Activity - Strategic Goal Development - Sr. BA's _______________
Relevant stakeholders
Small - Low-Risk project
DA: Document Analysis
Facilitate Strategic Goal Setting Sessions
34. 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
Determine Most Viable Option
Enterprise Analysis Activites
Facilitate Strategic Goal Setting Sessions
Requirements Communications Tasks
35. 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.
Small - Low-Risk project
Future Course of an Enterprise
Owner
Sr. BAs
36. In the EA Activity Business Case Development - who is the ______? Business Analyst
Invest in Most Valuable Projects
Managing Projects for Value
Business Architecture
Owner
37. Business Analyst collaborates with ____________ to build a Strong Relationship between the Business and Technical Communities when Implementing a New IT-Enabled Business Solution.
Maintenance of Current and Future State Business Architecture
Significant - High-Risk project
Enterprise Governance Body
Business Stakeholders
38. As PM matures into Critical Management Discipline - Orgs realize that _______.
Business Circumstances and Needs
Strategic Plan
Managing Projects has 2 initiatives
Updated Business Case at Key Control Gates
39. The 8 S________________: 1) DAS: Develop Alternate Solutions; 2) ETO: Evaluate Technology Options; 3) FSS: Facilitate the Selection of a Solution: 4) EUS: Ensure the Usability of theSolution; 5) SQAP: Support theQuality Assurance Process; 6) SIS: Sup
Strategic Plan Document
Business Stakeholders
Enterprise Analysis in large organizations
Solution Assessment and Validation Activities
40. 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
Internal interest only
Project Plan
Future Course of an Enterprise
SRP: Structure Requirements Packages
41. The Requirements Elicitation Task
ER: Elicit Requirements
Executive Team
Provide Management with Info
Managing Projects has 2 initiatives
42. 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
Selecting and Prioritizing New Business Opportunities
Future Course of an Enterprise
CMBA: Creating and Maintaining The Business Architecture
Business Analyst
43. 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
Fully Understand Strategic Planning Process
Context
Low-to-Moderate Risk project
Plan and Facilitate Portfolio Management Meetings
44. Business Architecture provides ____________ that guides selection and management of programs/projects.
Context
Measured and Analyzed
Maintenance of Current and Future State Business Architecture
Unified structure and context
45. Business Architecture considered to be: __________ used to understand the current state and plans for the future state of the enterprise.
Invest in Most Valuable Projects
Provide Management with Info
Unified structure and context
Strategic asset
46. The 3 ____________________ Techniques: 1) DBM: Data and Behavior Models; 2) P/FM: Process / Flow Models; 3) UM: Usage Models
Business Circumstances and Needs
Requirements Analysis and Documentation
Business Sponsor
ER: Elicit Requirements
47. Investigative - Feasibility - or Business Architecture Endeavor; Managed as Stand-Alone Project.
Business Architecture
Enterprise Analysis in large organizations
Solution Assessment and Validation Activities
Business Architecture
48. Higher-level statements of Goals - Objectives - Needs of Enterprise.
Executive Team
Business Analyst
Maintenance of Current and Future State Business Architecture
Business Requirements
49. 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
Managing Projects for Value
Fully Understand Strategic Planning Process
Requirements Analysis and Documentation
Support PM in Initiating/ Planning New Project
50. In the EA Activity - Strategic Plan Development - what are the Deliverables?
Business Architecture
Executive Team
Inputs
Strategic Plan Document