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