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