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