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