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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
Actual vs. Expected Benefits
Strategic Goal Development
Requirements Analysis and Documentation
Provide Executive Presentation
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.
Provide Management with Info
Organization's Future
Propose New Programs
Fully Understand Strategic Planning Process
3. For Management to _____________ they need: 1) Accurate - (2) Consistent - (3) Useful Information about new ventures and currently funded ventures.
New Project Proposal
Invest in Most Valuable Projects
Fixed deadline. no flexibility
6 - 12 months
4. Higher-level statements of Goals - Objectives - Needs of Enterprise.
Business Requirements
Context
Business Requirements descriptions
Collaborate with SME
5. In the EA Activity - Tracking Project Benefits - who is the owner? Business ___________
Sponsor
Initiatives realized by Organizations
Plan and Facilitate Portfolio Management Meetings
Investment Decisions
6. In the EA Activity - Business Architecture Development - who is the Owner?
Significant - High-Risk project
Business Stakeholders
Managing Projects for Value
Business Analyst
7. 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
CMBA: Creating and Maintaining The Business Architecture
Business Architecture
Enterprise Analysis Activites
8. In the EA Activity - Selecting and Prioritizing New Business Opportunities - who is the owner?
Actual vs. Expected Benefits
Owner
Strategic Goal Development
Enterprise Governance Body
9. The Strategic Planning Process provides ______________ in which Enterprise Analysis is Conducted.
Facilitate Strategic Goal Setting Sessions
Enterprise Governance Body
New Project Proposal
Context
10. 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
Strategic Goal Development
UTRP: Understand Team Roles for the Project
Requirements Communications Tasks
Business Requirements descriptions
11. In the EA Activity - _________________ - what are the Deliverables? (1) Project Selection; (2) Project Priority; (3) Project Charter
Business Analyst
Unified structure and context
Selecting and Prioritizing New Business Opportunities
Sponsor
12. The Enterprise Architecture consists of five architectures: 1) Business Architecture; 2) Information Architecture; 3) ____________ Architecture; 4) Technology Architecture; 5) Security Architecture
Business Requirements descriptions
Facilitate Strategic Goal Setting Sessions
Organization's Future
Application
13. In the EA Activity - Feasibility Studies - who is the owner?
Project Plan
Organization's Reason for Being
Business Analyst
Propose New Programs
14. 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.
New Project Proposal
Organization's Future
Strategic asset
Sr. BAs
15. 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
Plan and Facilitate Portfolio Management Meetings
Increase the Value Projects Bring to the Organization
Enterprise Analysis
Enterprise Analysis Activities
16. 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
Determine Most Viable Option
Solution Assessment and Validation Activities
Propose New Programs
UTRP: Understand Team Roles for the Project
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
Internal interest only
Actual vs. Expected Benefits
Strategic asset
18. In the EA Activity - Tracking Project Benefits - what are the Deliverables?
Balanced Scorecard Reports
Managing Projects has 2 initiatives
Relevant stakeholders
Inputs
19. 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
6 - 12 months
Organization's Reason for Being
Sponsor
Internal interest only
20. 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
ER: Elicit Requirements
Low-to-Moderate Risk project
Decision-Support Information
Strategic Plan
21. 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
Decision-Support Information
Context
Plan and Facilitate Portfolio Management Meetings
22. Outputs from Enterprise Analysis will become ________ to: a) Requirements Planning and Management; b) Requirements Elicitation/Gathering; c) Requirements Communication.
Inputs
Context
Strategic Goal Development
Business Requirements descriptions
23. Living - Breathing Document that Changes as Business Needs Evolve.
Business Architecture
Strategic Plan
Maintenance of Current and Future State Business Architecture
Strategic Goal Development
24. The Requirements Elicitation Task
ER: Elicit Requirements
Enterprise Analysis Activities
CMBA: Creating and Maintaining The Business Architecture
Measured and Analyzed
25. In the EA Activity - _________________ - who is the owner? Business Analyst
Project Plan
Business Requirements
Organization's Reason for Being
Managing Projects for Value
26. In the EA Activity - Feasibility Studies - what are the Deliverables?
Balanced Scorecard Reports
Fixed deadline. no flexibility
Feasibility Study Report
Strategic Goal Development
27. Begin fter Executive Team Develops Strategic Plans and Goals
Provide Executive Presentation
Enterprise Analysis Activities
Sponsor
Enterprise Analysis Activites
28. In the EA Activity - Strategic Plan Development - what are the Deliverables?
Business Analyst
Strategic Plan Document
Enterprise Analysis Activites
Solution Assessment and Validation Activities
29. _________________________- 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)
Business Circumstances and Needs
Plan and Facilitate Portfolio Management Meetings
Unified structure and context
Requirements Analysis and Documentation
30. In the EA Activity - Managing Projects for Value - what are the Deliverables?
Strategic Plan
Updated Business Case at Key Control Gates
Small - Low-Risk project
Decision-Support Information
31. Business Architecture considered to be: __________ used to understand the current state and plans for the future state of the enterprise.
Initiatives realized by Organizations
Support PM in Initiating/ Planning New Project
Strategic asset
Decision-Support Information
32. In the EA Activity - Selecting and Prioritizing New Business Opportunities - Sr. BAs (1) ________________; (2) Present Proposal for New Projects.
Long term goals/objectives
SRP: Structure Requirements Packages
Plan and Facilitate Portfolio Management Meetings
Business Circumstances and Needs
33. 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
Business Analyst
Sponsor
Project Manager
34. 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.
Enterprise Analysis
Enterprise Analysis Activities
Significant - High-Risk project
CMBA: Creating and Maintaining The Business Architecture
35. In the EA Strategic Planning - the BA needs to (1) ___________________; (2) Fully Understand Current Enterprise Strategies.
Small - Low-Risk project
Decision-Support Information
Fully Understand Strategic Planning Process
Business Architecture
36. Things defined in the Strategic Planning Role: _______________ in Terms of (1) Vision - (2) Mission - (3) Strategic Goals.
37. 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
Project Plan
Significant - High-Risk project
Identified during Enterprise Analysis Activities
Requirements Communications Tasks
38. The 3 ____________________ Techniques: 1) DBM: Data and Behavior Models; 2) P/FM: Process / Flow Models; 3) UM: Usage Models
Requirements Analysis and Documentation
Solution Assessment and Validation Activities
Managing Projects for Value
Business Analyst
39. 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
Maintenance of Current and Future State Business Architecture
Small - Low-Risk project
CMBA: Creating and Maintaining The Business Architecture
Low-to-Moderate Risk project
40. What does Strategic Planning Serve to Establish?
Fully Understand Strategic Planning Process
New Project Proposal
Project Plan
Future Course of an Enterprise
41. 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.
CMBA: Creating and Maintaining The Business Architecture
Business Circumstances and Needs
Strategic Plan
Propose New Programs
42. Business Requirements for future project investments which are also Documented.
Identified during Enterprise Analysis Activities
Business Requirements descriptions
Fully Understand Strategic Planning Process
Business Sponsor
43. In the EA Activity - New Project Proposal - who is the owner?
Determine Most Viable Option
Business Sponsor
Organization's Future
Application
44. Investigative - Feasibility - or Business Architecture Endeavor; Managed as Stand-Alone Project.
Fixed deadline. no flexibility
Enterprise Analysis in large organizations
Support PM in Initiating/ Planning New Project
Inputs
45. In the Activity - Strategic Goal Development - Sr. BA's _______________
Facilitate Strategic Goal Setting Sessions
Executive Team
Business Requirements descriptions
Enterprise Analysis
46. (1) Why a Project is Initiated; (2) What a Project will Achieve; (3) Metrics used to Measure Success.
Organization's Future
Business Requirements descriptions
Enterprise Governance Body
Business Architecture
47. In the EA Activity - Launching New Projects - who is the owner?
Business Sponsor
Support PM in Initiating/ Planning New Project
Project Manager
Fixed deadline. no flexibility
48. In the EA Activity - Business Architecture Development - what are the Deliverables?
Business Architecture
Actual vs. Expected Benefits
Identified during Enterprise Analysis Activities
Solution Assessment and Validation Activities
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
Sr. BAs
Identified during Enterprise Analysis Activities
Collaborate with SME
Business Requirements descriptions
50. 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
Initiatives realized by Organizations
Requirements Communications Tasks
Collaborate with SME
Fixed deadline. no flexibility