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BABOK Enterprise Analysis
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The 3 ____________________ Techniques: 1) DBM: Data and Behavior Models; 2) P/FM: Process / Flow Models; 3) UM: Usage Models
UTRP: Understand Team Roles for the Project
Enterprise Analysis Activities
Requirements Analysis and Documentation
Inputs
2. The Strategic Planning Focus: _______________ AND Provide Foundation to Select/Prioritize Programs/Projects.
3. In the EA Activity - _______________ - what are the Deliverables? (1) Executive Prsentation; (2) Decision Package
Collaborate with SME
ER: Elicit Requirements
Requirements Communications Tasks
New Project Proposal
4. In the EA Activity - Business Architecture Development - what are the Deliverables?
Unified structure and context
Executive Team
Business Architecture
DA: Document Analysis
5. 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
SRP: Structure Requirements Packages
New Project Proposal
Executive Team
UTRP: Understand Team Roles for the Project
6. 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
Provide Management with Info
UTRP: Understand Team Roles for the Project
Significant - High-Risk project
Enterprise Analysis Activities
7. In the EA Activity - Strategic Plan Development - what are the Deliverables?
Strategic Goal Development
Strategic Plan Document
Enterprise Analysis in large organizations
Significant - High-Risk project
8. 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
Sponsor
6 - 12 months
Collaborate with SME
Requirements Analysis and Documentation
9. 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.
Project Manager
Updated Business Case at Key Control Gates
Maintenance of Current and Future State Business Architecture
Sr. BAs
10. In the EA Activity - Selecting and Prioritizing New Business Opportunities - who is the owner?
Enterprise Governance Body
Selecting and Prioritizing New Business Opportunities
Strategic asset
Provide Management with Info
11. 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) _______________
CMBA: Creating and Maintaining The Business Architecture
Determine Most Viable Option
Fixed deadline. no flexibility
Balanced Scorecard Reports
12. As PM matures into Critical Management Discipline - Orgs realize that _______.
Application
Updated Business Case at Key Control Gates
Strategic Plan
Managing Projects has 2 initiatives
13. The Business Architecture describes: 1) Business Strategy; 2) ___________________; 3) High level business environment through process or functional view; 4) Technological environment; 5) External environment.
UTRP: Understand Team Roles for the Project
Plan and Facilitate Portfolio Management Meetings
Long term goals/objectives
Initiatives realized by Organizations
14. Through Business Analysis Practices - _____________ is: (1) Gathered - (2) Analyzed - (3) Prepared in form of Decision Package for new projects.
Decision-Support Information
CMBA: Creating and Maintaining The Business Architecture
Business Requirements descriptions
Managing Projects for Value
15. In the EA Activity - Strategic Goal Development - who is the owner?
Solution Assessment and Validation Activities
Determine Most Viable Option
Executive Team
Maintenance of Current and Future State Business Architecture
16. In the EA Activity - Feasibility Studies - who is the owner?
Strategic Goals - Themes - and Measures
Relevant stakeholders
Internal interest only
Business Analyst
17. In the EA Activity - Tracking Project Benefits - what are the Deliverables?
Application
Decision-Support Information
Collaborate with SME
Balanced Scorecard Reports
18. In the EA Activity - Selecting and Prioritizing New Business Opportunities - Sr. BAs (1) ________________; (2) Present Proposal for New Projects.
Actual vs. Expected Benefits
Business Architecture
Strategic Plan
Plan and Facilitate Portfolio Management Meetings
19. Business Analyst collaborates with ____________ to build a Strong Relationship between the Business and Technical Communities when Implementing a New IT-Enabled Business Solution.
Enterprise Analysis Activites
Business Case Document
Business Stakeholders
Internal interest only
20. In the EA Strategic Planning - the BA needs to (1) ___________________; (2) Fully Understand Current Enterprise Strategies.
Solution Assessment and Validation Activities
Fully Understand Strategic Planning Process
Initiatives realized by Organizations
Enterprise Analysis in large organizations
21. Begin fter Executive Team Develops Strategic Plans and Goals
Inputs
Selecting and Prioritizing New Business Opportunities
Managing Projects for Value
Enterprise Analysis Activites
22. For Management to _____________ they need: 1) Accurate - (2) Consistent - (3) Useful Information about new ventures and currently funded ventures.
Requirements Analysis and Documentation
Invest in Most Valuable Projects
Small - Low-Risk project
Balanced Scorecard Reports
23. Why are Companies adopting the practice of Professional Business Analysis? To ___________.
Business Case Document
Increase the Value Projects Bring to the Organization
Strategic Goals - Themes - and Measures
Enterprise Governance Body
24. 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
Project Plan
Balanced Scorecard Reports
Fixed deadline. no flexibility
6 - 12 months
25. Enterprise Analysis Activities end after benefits of Project Outcomes are _______________.
Inputs
Measured and Analyzed
Enterprise Analysis
Collaborate with SME
26. 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
Support PM in Initiating/ Planning New Project
Sr. BAs
Requirements Analysis and Documentation
Investment Decisions
27. 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.
Managing Projects has 2 initiatives
Enterprise Analysis Activites
Provide Executive Presentation
Updated Business Case at Key Control Gates
28. Business Architecture provides ____________ that guides selection and management of programs/projects.
Unified structure and context
Actual vs. Expected Benefits
Strategic Goals - Themes - and Measures
Business Circumstances and Needs
29. The Strategic Planning Process provides ______________ in which Enterprise Analysis is Conducted.
Facilitate Strategic Goal Setting Sessions
Enterprise Analysis
Context
Strategic asset
30. Things defined in the Strategic Planning Role: _______________ in Terms of (1) Vision - (2) Mission - (3) Strategic Goals.
31. 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
Strategic Goals - Themes - and Measures
Small - Low-Risk project
Unified structure and context
Low-to-Moderate Risk project
32. In the EA Activity - Feasibility Studies - what are the Deliverables?
Application
Feasibility Study Report
New Project Proposal
Provide Management with Info
33. 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.
Updated Business Case at Key Control Gates
Small - Low-Risk project
Enterprise Governance Body
Requirements Analysis and Documentation
34. 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
Small - Low-Risk project
Fixed deadline. no flexibility
Business Circumstances and Needs
Relevant stakeholders
35. 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.
Fully Understand Strategic Planning Process
Organization's Reason for Being
Propose New Programs
Initiatives realized by Organizations
36. Information Compiled as a Result of Enterprise Analysis Facilitates: _____________ that Manifest themselves in Programs and Supporting Projects.
Investment Decisions
Identified during Enterprise Analysis Activities
Project Plan
Fixed deadline. no flexibility
37. In the EA Activity - Managing Projects for Value - what are the Deliverables?
Investment Decisions
Updated Business Case at Key Control Gates
Fixed deadline. no flexibility
Strategic Goal Development
38. Set of documentation that defines an organization's current and future capabilities;
Business Architecture
Business Requirements descriptions
Enterprise Analysis Activities
Support PM in Initiating/ Planning New Project
39. Business Requirements for future project investments which are also Documented.
Business Sponsor
Feasibility Study Report
Context
Identified during Enterprise Analysis Activities
40. Higher-level statements of Goals - Objectives - Needs of Enterprise.
Relevant stakeholders
Identified during Enterprise Analysis Activities
Business Requirements
Solution Assessment and Validation Activities
41. In the EA Activity - Strategic Plan Development - who is the owner?
Inputs
Provide Executive Presentation
Executive Team
Unified structure and context
42. In the EA Activity - Strategic Goal Development - what are the Deliverables?
Executive Team
Invest in Most Valuable Projects
Updated Business Case at Key Control Gates
Strategic Goals - Themes - and Measures
43. In the EA Activity - Business Architecture Development - the BAs (1) Use Information from Strategic Plan and Goals (2) Lead Development and ________________.
Strategic Plan Document
Inputs
Facilitate Strategic Goal Setting Sessions
Maintenance of Current and Future State Business Architecture
44. What does the Business Architecture define?
Decision-Support Information
Relevant stakeholders
Updated Business Case at Key Control Gates
Low-to-Moderate Risk project
45. Living - Breathing Document that Changes as Business Needs Evolve.
Business Analyst
Invest in Most Valuable Projects
Updated Business Case at Key Control Gates
Strategic Plan
46. The Enterprise Architecture consists of five architectures: 1) Business Architecture; 2) Information Architecture; 3) ____________ Architecture; 4) Technology Architecture; 5) Security Architecture
DA: Document Analysis
Low-to-Moderate Risk project
Application
Enterprise Analysis in large organizations
47. 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
Support PM in Initiating/ Planning New Project
Requirements Analysis and Documentation
Internal interest only
Increase the Value Projects Bring to the Organization
48. 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
UTRP: Understand Team Roles for the Project
Strategic Plan Document
Measured and Analyzed
Project Plan
49. In the EA Activity Business Case Development - what are the Deliverables?
Business Case Document
Increase the Value Projects Bring to the Organization
Internal interest only
Collaborate with SME
50. In the EA Activity Business Case Development - who is the ______? Business Analyst
Increase the Value Projects Bring to the Organization
Maintenance of Current and Future State Business Architecture
Owner
Plan and Facilitate Portfolio Management Meetings