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