SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
BABOK Enterprise Analysis
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
certifications
,
it-skills
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. 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 Plan
Support PM in Initiating/ Planning New Project
Project Plan
Low-to-Moderate Risk project
2. 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.
Initiatives realized by Organizations
Project Plan
Requirements Communications Tasks
Enterprise Analysis Activities
3. 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
Requirements Communications Tasks
Initiatives realized by Organizations
SRP: Structure Requirements Packages
Business Case Document
4. 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
ER: Elicit Requirements
Strategic Goals - Themes - and Measures
Determine Most Viable Option
Support PM in Initiating/ Planning New Project
5. Business Architecture provides ____________ that guides selection and management of programs/projects.
Fixed deadline. no flexibility
Business Analyst
Strategic Goal Development
Unified structure and context
6. In the EA Activity - _________________ - what are the Deliverables? (1) Project Selection; (2) Project Priority; (3) Project Charter
Business Stakeholders
Balanced Scorecard Reports
Selecting and Prioritizing New Business Opportunities
Maintenance of Current and Future State Business Architecture
7. What does the Business Architecture define?
Low-to-Moderate Risk project
Strategic Goal Development
Relevant stakeholders
Project Manager
8. In the EA Activity - Strategic Plan Development - what are the Deliverables?
Business Circumstances and Needs
Future Course of an Enterprise
Managing Projects for Value
Strategic Plan Document
9. In the EA Activity - Feasibility Studies - who is the owner?
Organization's Future
Strategic Plan Document
Business Analyst
Strategic Goal Development
10. In the EA Activity - Selecting and Prioritizing New Business Opportunities - who is the owner?
Business Architecture
Measured and Analyzed
CMBA: Creating and Maintaining The Business Architecture
Enterprise Governance Body
11. _________________________- 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)
Business Circumstances and Needs
Business Analyst
Investment Decisions
Enterprise Analysis in large organizations
12. In the EA Activity Business Case Development - what are the Deliverables?
Enterprise Governance Body
Business Case Document
Application
Support PM in Initiating/ Planning New Project
13. Living - Breathing Document that Changes as Business Needs Evolve.
Strategic Plan
Provide Management with Info
Context
Solution Assessment and Validation Activities
14. Outputs from Enterprise Analysis will become ________ to: a) Requirements Planning and Management; b) Requirements Elicitation/Gathering; c) Requirements Communication.
Business Case Document
Inputs
Initiatives realized by Organizations
Strategic Goal Development
15. In the EA Strategic Planning - the BA needs to (1) ___________________; (2) Fully Understand Current Enterprise Strategies.
Business Requirements
Fully Understand Strategic Planning Process
Maintenance of Current and Future State Business Architecture
Support PM in Initiating/ Planning New Project
16. (1) Why a Project is Initiated; (2) What a Project will Achieve; (3) Metrics used to Measure Success.
Business Requirements descriptions
Support PM in Initiating/ Planning New Project
Long term goals/objectives
Fully Understand Strategic Planning Process
17. In the EA Activity - New Project Proposal - who is the owner?
CMBA: Creating and Maintaining The Business Architecture
Internal interest only
Future Course of an Enterprise
Business Sponsor
18. 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
Business Circumstances and Needs
Enterprise Governance Body
19. 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) _______________
Sr. BAs
Collaborate with SME
Determine Most Viable Option
Invest in Most Valuable Projects
20. 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
Sponsor
Fully Understand Strategic Planning Process
6 - 12 months
Business Case Document
21. The Strategic Planning Process provides ______________ in which Enterprise Analysis is Conducted.
Business Requirements descriptions
Managing Projects has 2 initiatives
Context
Facilitate Strategic Goal Setting Sessions
22. The Strategic Planning Focus: _______________ AND Provide Foundation to Select/Prioritize Programs/Projects.
23. In the EA Activity - Managing Projects for Value - what are the Deliverables?
Owner
Business Circumstances and Needs
Enterprise Governance Body
Updated Business Case at Key Control Gates
24. In the EA Activity - _________________ - who is the owner? Business Analyst
Provide Management with Info
Application
Managing Projects for Value
Strategic asset
25. In the EA Activity - Strategic Plan Development - who is the owner?
Business Requirements
Support PM in Initiating/ Planning New Project
Executive Team
Provide Management with Info
26. 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
Strategic Goals - Themes - and Measures
Strategic asset
CMBA: Creating and Maintaining The Business Architecture
Increase the Value Projects Bring to the Organization
27. Begin fter Executive Team Develops Strategic Plans and Goals
Business Architecture
Enterprise Analysis Activites
Context
Business Architecture
28. 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 Analyst
UTRP: Understand Team Roles for the Project
Executive Team
Project Manager
29. 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
Enterprise Governance Body
Actual vs. Expected Benefits
Solution Assessment and Validation Activities
Unified structure and context
30. In the EA Activity Business Case Development - who is the ______? Business Analyst
Enterprise Analysis
Strategic asset
Owner
Requirements Analysis and Documentation
31. Things defined in the Strategic Planning Role: _______________ in Terms of (1) Vision - (2) Mission - (3) Strategic Goals.
32. Business Requirements for future project investments which are also Documented.
Identified during Enterprise Analysis Activities
Measured and Analyzed
Business Analyst
Propose New Programs
33. Why are Companies adopting the practice of Professional Business Analysis? To ___________.
Increase the Value Projects Bring to the Organization
Requirements Analysis and Documentation
Strategic asset
Enterprise Governance Body
34. Business Architecture considered to be: __________ used to understand the current state and plans for the future state of the enterprise.
Business Requirements descriptions
Collaborate with SME
New Project Proposal
Strategic asset
35. 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
Project Manager
Fixed deadline. no flexibility
CMBA: Creating and Maintaining The Business Architecture
Feasibility Study Report
36. 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
Provide Executive Presentation
Business Architecture
Business Stakeholders
37. Information Compiled as a Result of Enterprise Analysis Facilitates: _____________ that Manifest themselves in Programs and Supporting Projects.
Executive Team
Requirements Communications Tasks
Investment Decisions
Unified structure and context
38. 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
Significant - High-Risk project
Strategic Goals - Themes - and Measures
Managing Projects has 2 initiatives
Actual vs. Expected Benefits
39. 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)
Balanced Scorecard Reports
Organization's Reason for Being
Business Sponsor
DA: Document Analysis
40. Higher-level statements of Goals - Objectives - Needs of Enterprise.
Business Requirements
Propose New Programs
Enterprise Analysis
Solution Assessment and Validation Activities
41. Investigative - Feasibility - or Business Architecture Endeavor; Managed as Stand-Alone Project.
Business Requirements descriptions
Enterprise Analysis in large organizations
Future Course of an Enterprise
Strategic Goals - Themes - and Measures
42. What does Strategic Planning Serve to Establish?
Organization's Future
Measured and Analyzed
Future Course of an Enterprise
Strategic Goals - Themes - and Measures
43. (1) Invest in most Valuable Projects; (2) Planning - Executing - Controlling project Activities to Attain The Business Value As Early As Possible.
Initiatives realized by Organizations
Project Manager
Plan and Facilitate Portfolio Management Meetings
Internal interest only
44. 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.
Identified during Enterprise Analysis Activities
Provide Executive Presentation
Enterprise Analysis in large organizations
Balanced Scorecard Reports
45. 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.
Strategic Goals - Themes - and Measures
Provide Management with Info
Requirements Analysis and Documentation
Selecting and Prioritizing New Business Opportunities
46. 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
Requirements Communications Tasks
Internal interest only
Strategic Plan
Managing Projects has 2 initiatives
47. As PM matures into Critical Management Discipline - Orgs realize that _______.
Maintenance of Current and Future State Business Architecture
Managing Projects has 2 initiatives
Provide Executive Presentation
Application
48. Enterprise Analysis Activities end after benefits of Project Outcomes are _______________.
Business Circumstances and Needs
Identified during Enterprise Analysis Activities
Measured and Analyzed
Relevant stakeholders
49. 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.
Selecting and Prioritizing New Business Opportunities
Provide Management with Info
Small - Low-Risk project
Strategic Goal Development
50. 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
Requirements Communications Tasks
Measured and Analyzed
Updated Business Case at Key Control Gates