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BABOK Enterprise Analysis

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1. 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






2. 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






3. (1) Why a Project is Initiated; (2) What a Project will Achieve; (3) Metrics used to Measure Success.






4. In the EA Activity - Managing Projects for Value - what are the Deliverables?






5. Business Architecture considered to be: __________ used to understand the current state and plans for the future state of the enterprise.






6. In the Activity - Strategic Goal Development - Sr. BA's _______________






7. What does the Business Architecture define?






8. The Strategic Planning Focus: _______________ AND Provide Foundation to Select/Prioritize Programs/Projects.


9. In the EA Activity - Selecting and Prioritizing New Business Opportunities - Sr. BAs (1) ________________; (2) Present Proposal for New Projects.






10. In the EA Activity - Strategic Plan Development - who is the owner?






11. For Management to _____________ they need: 1) Accurate - (2) Consistent - (3) Useful Information about new ventures and currently funded ventures.






12. The Requirements Elicitation Task






13. The Strategic Planning Process provides ______________ in which Enterprise Analysis is Conducted.






14. In the EA Activity - Strategic Goal Development - who is the owner?






15. Business Architecture provides ____________ that guides selection and management of programs/projects.






16. In the EA Activity - Feasibility Studies - what are the Deliverables?






17. 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






18. 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






19. As PM matures into Critical Management Discipline - Orgs realize that _______.






20. Higher-level statements of Goals - Objectives - Needs of Enterprise.






21. In the EA Activity Business Case Development - who is the ______? Business Analyst






22. In the EA Activity - New Project Proposal - who is the owner?






23. Why are Companies adopting the practice of Professional Business Analysis? To ___________.






24. In the EA Activity - Tracking Project Benefits - what are the Deliverables?






25. _________________________- 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)






26. In the EA Activity Business Case Development - what are the Deliverables?






27. In the EA Activity - Launching New Projects - who is the owner?






28. In the EA Activity - Business Architecture Development - who is the Owner?






29. In the EA Activity - Launching New Project - what are the Deliverables?






30. 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






31. In the EA Activity - Selecting and Prioritizing New Business Opportunities - who is the owner?






32. 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) _______________






33. (1) Invest in most Valuable Projects; (2) Planning - Executing - Controlling project Activities to Attain The Business Value As Early As Possible.






34. 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)






35. In the EA Strategic Planning - the BA needs to (1) ___________________; (2) Fully Understand Current Enterprise Strategies.






36. What does Strategic Planning Serve to Establish?






37. 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






38. In the EA Activity - _________________ - what are the Deliverables? (1) Project Selection; (2) Project Priority; (3) Project Charter






39. Things defined in the Strategic Planning Role: _______________ in Terms of (1) Vision - (2) Mission - (3) Strategic Goals.


40. 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.






41. In the EA Activity - Business Architecture Development - the BAs (1) Use Information from Strategic Plan and Goals (2) Lead Development and ________________.






42. 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






43. Business Requirements for future project investments which are also Documented.






44. 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






45. Living - Breathing Document that Changes as Business Needs Evolve.






46. The Business Architecture describes: 1) Business Strategy; 2) ___________________; 3) High level business environment through process or functional view; 4) Technological environment; 5) External environment.






47. In the EA Activity - Business Architecture Development - what are the Deliverables?






48. Begin fter Executive Team Develops Strategic Plans and Goals






49. 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






50. 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.