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BABOK Enterprise Analysis
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1. As PM matures into Critical Management Discipline - Orgs realize that _______.
CMBA: Creating and Maintaining The Business Architecture
Managing Projects has 2 initiatives
Maintenance of Current and Future State Business Architecture
Facilitate Strategic Goal Setting Sessions
2. In the EA Activity - Selecting and Prioritizing New Business Opportunities - Sr. BAs (1) ________________; (2) Present Proposal for New Projects.
Plan and Facilitate Portfolio Management Meetings
ER: Elicit Requirements
Strategic Plan Document
Decision-Support Information
3. The Business Architecture describes: 1) Business Strategy; 2) ___________________; 3) High level business environment through process or functional view; 4) Technological environment; 5) External environment.
Context
DA: Document Analysis
Strategic Goals - Themes - and Measures
Long term goals/objectives
4. Business Architecture provides ____________ that guides selection and management of programs/projects.
Feasibility Study Report
Business Architecture
Unified structure and context
New Project Proposal
5. In the EA Strategic Planning - the BA needs to (1) ___________________; (2) Fully Understand Current Enterprise Strategies.
Context
Executive Team
Fully Understand Strategic Planning Process
Enterprise Analysis in large organizations
6. In the EA Activity - Feasibility Studies - who is the owner?
Solution Assessment and Validation Activities
SRP: Structure Requirements Packages
Fully Understand Strategic Planning Process
Business Analyst
7. In the EA Activity - Strategic Plan Development - who is the owner?
Requirements Analysis and Documentation
Business Analyst
Internal interest only
Executive Team
8. In the EA Activity - Managing Projects for Value - what are the Deliverables?
Fixed deadline. no flexibility
Updated Business Case at Key Control Gates
Solution Assessment and Validation Activities
Business Architecture
9. Through Business Analysis Practices - _____________ is: (1) Gathered - (2) Analyzed - (3) Prepared in form of Decision Package for new projects.
Decision-Support Information
Business Circumstances and Needs
Business Stakeholders
Future Course of an Enterprise
10. In the EA Activity - Business Architecture Development - the BAs (1) Use Information from Strategic Plan and Goals (2) Lead Development and ________________.
Managing Projects for Value
Maintenance of Current and Future State Business Architecture
UTRP: Understand Team Roles for the Project
Provide Executive Presentation
11. Business Requirements for future project investments which are also Documented.
Support PM in Initiating/ Planning New Project
Internal interest only
Owner
Identified during Enterprise Analysis Activities
12. In the EA Activity - Strategic Goal Development - what are the Deliverables?
Strategic Goals - Themes - and Measures
Updated Business Case at Key Control Gates
Feasibility Study Report
Measured and Analyzed
13. 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
Project Plan
Business Stakeholders
Business Architecture
14. KA of BABOK that Describes Business Analysis Activities need for organizations to (1) Identify Business Opportunities - (2) Build Business Architecture Framework - (3) Determine Optimum Project Investment Path - including New Business and Technical S
Fully Understand Strategic Planning Process
Business Architecture
Enterprise Analysis in large organizations
Enterprise Analysis
15. In the EA Activity - Business Architecture Development - what are the Deliverables?
Enterprise Analysis Activites
Business Architecture
DA: Document Analysis
Application
16. In the EA Activity - Launching New Projects - who is the owner?
Project Manager
ER: Elicit Requirements
Decision-Support Information
Collaborate with SME
17. Outputs from Enterprise Analysis will become ________ to: a) Requirements Planning and Management; b) Requirements Elicitation/Gathering; c) Requirements Communication.
Facilitate Strategic Goal Setting Sessions
Significant - High-Risk project
Fixed deadline. no flexibility
Inputs
18. (1) Invest in most Valuable Projects; (2) Planning - Executing - Controlling project Activities to Attain The Business Value As Early As Possible.
Sr. BAs
Increase the Value Projects Bring to the Organization
Initiatives realized by Organizations
Enterprise Analysis Activities
19. 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
Fixed deadline. no flexibility
Executive Team
Strategic Plan
Solution Assessment and Validation Activities
20. 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
Balanced Scorecard Reports
Organization's Reason for Being
Managing Projects for Value
21. 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.
Feasibility Study Report
Enterprise Analysis Activities
Selecting and Prioritizing New Business Opportunities
Measured and Analyzed
22. 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
UTRP: Understand Team Roles for the Project
Small - Low-Risk project
Enterprise Analysis in large organizations
Unified structure and context
23. The Strategic Planning Focus: _______________ AND Provide Foundation to Select/Prioritize Programs/Projects.
24. Higher-level statements of Goals - Objectives - Needs of Enterprise.
Strategic Goals - Themes - and Measures
Business Requirements
Small - Low-Risk project
Selecting and Prioritizing New Business Opportunities
25. Information Compiled as a Result of Enterprise Analysis Facilitates: _____________ that Manifest themselves in Programs and Supporting Projects.
Project Manager
Business Analyst
Strategic asset
Investment Decisions
26. What does the Business Architecture define?
Business Analyst
Business Stakeholders
Identified during Enterprise Analysis Activities
Relevant stakeholders
27. Business Architecture considered to be: __________ used to understand the current state and plans for the future state of the enterprise.
Strategic Plan
Sr. BAs
Strategic Goals - Themes - and Measures
Strategic asset
28. 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.
Facilitate Strategic Goal Setting Sessions
Requirements Communications Tasks
Provide Executive Presentation
Internal interest only
29. The Requirements Elicitation Task
Executive Team
Decision-Support Information
Low-to-Moderate Risk project
ER: Elicit Requirements
30. Enterprise Analysis Activities end after benefits of Project Outcomes are _______________.
Measured and Analyzed
Invest in Most Valuable Projects
Application
Provide Management with Info
31. 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.
Requirements Analysis and Documentation
Executive Team
CMBA: Creating and Maintaining The Business Architecture
Provide Management with Info
32. In the EA Activity - Tracking Project Benefits - what are the Deliverables?
Business Analyst
Decision-Support Information
Balanced Scorecard Reports
Initiatives realized by Organizations
33. 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
Strategic Goal Development
Support PM in Initiating/ Planning New Project
Facilitate Strategic Goal Setting Sessions
Business Sponsor
34. The 3 ____________________ Techniques: 1) DBM: Data and Behavior Models; 2) P/FM: Process / Flow Models; 3) UM: Usage Models
Executive Team
Application
Long term goals/objectives
Requirements Analysis and Documentation
35. In the Activity - Strategic Goal Development - Sr. BA's _______________
Facilitate Strategic Goal Setting Sessions
CMBA: Creating and Maintaining The Business Architecture
Strategic Plan Document
Executive Team
36. In the EA Activity - _______________ - what are the Deliverables? (1) Executive Prsentation; (2) Decision Package
Strategic Plan
Facilitate Strategic Goal Setting Sessions
Business Requirements
New Project Proposal
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
Provide Management with Info
SRP: Structure Requirements Packages
Enterprise Governance Body
Initiatives realized by Organizations
38. Things defined in the Strategic Planning Role: _______________ in Terms of (1) Vision - (2) Mission - (3) Strategic Goals.
39. The Enterprise Architecture consists of five architectures: 1) Business Architecture; 2) Information Architecture; 3) ____________ Architecture; 4) Technology Architecture; 5) Security Architecture
Increase the Value Projects Bring to the Organization
Selecting and Prioritizing New Business Opportunities
Application
Fixed deadline. no flexibility
40. In the EA Activity Business Case Development - who is the ______? Business Analyst
Business Analyst
Owner
Project Manager
Propose New Programs
41. 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
UTRP: Understand Team Roles for the Project
Fixed deadline. no flexibility
Requirements Communications Tasks
Facilitate Strategic Goal Setting Sessions
42. 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.
Small - Low-Risk project
Strategic Goal Development
Requirements Communications Tasks
Managing Projects for Value
43. Begin fter Executive Team Develops Strategic Plans and Goals
Enterprise Analysis Activites
Strategic Goal Development
Increase the Value Projects Bring to the Organization
Long term goals/objectives
44. Set of documentation that defines an organization's current and future capabilities;
Plan and Facilitate Portfolio Management Meetings
Business Analyst
Business Architecture
Determine Most Viable Option
45. 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
Business Analyst
Low-to-Moderate Risk project
Strategic Goal Development
Enterprise Analysis
46. In the EA Activity - _________________ - who is the owner? Business Analyst
Provide Management with Info
Managing Projects for Value
Organization's Reason for Being
Strategic asset
47. 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)
Business Analyst
DA: Document Analysis
CMBA: Creating and Maintaining The Business Architecture
Strategic Goals - Themes - and Measures
48. In the EA Activity - Strategic Plan Development - what are the Deliverables?
Strategic Plan Document
Business Sponsor
Enterprise Governance Body
Facilitate Strategic Goal Setting Sessions
49. 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
Initiatives realized by Organizations
Future Course of an Enterprise
Enterprise Analysis in large organizations
Collaborate with SME
50. _________________________- 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)
Owner
Plan and Facilitate Portfolio Management Meetings
Measured and Analyzed
Business Circumstances and Needs