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BABOK Enterprise Analysis
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1. Things defined in the Strategic Planning Role: _______________ in Terms of (1) Vision - (2) Mission - (3) Strategic Goals.
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2. (1) Invest in most Valuable Projects; (2) Planning - Executing - Controlling project Activities to Attain The Business Value As Early As Possible.
Initiatives realized by Organizations
Project Manager
Small - Low-Risk project
Maintenance of Current and Future State Business Architecture
3. 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
Strategic Goals - Themes - and Measures
Significant - High-Risk project
Actual vs. Expected Benefits
Future Course of an Enterprise
4. 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.
Fixed deadline. no flexibility
Business Architecture
Sr. BAs
Balanced Scorecard Reports
5. In the EA Activity - Launching New Projects - who is the owner?
Project Manager
DA: Document Analysis
Enterprise Analysis Activites
Long term goals/objectives
6. The Strategic Planning Process provides ______________ in which Enterprise Analysis is Conducted.
Solution Assessment and Validation Activities
Business Requirements descriptions
Context
Business Requirements
7. As PM matures into Critical Management Discipline - Orgs realize that _______.
Managing Projects has 2 initiatives
Decision-Support Information
Business Analyst
UTRP: Understand Team Roles for the Project
8. 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
Selecting and Prioritizing New Business Opportunities
Support PM in Initiating/ Planning New Project
Propose New Programs
Sr. BAs
9. Enterprise Analysis Activities end after benefits of Project Outcomes are _______________.
Requirements Communications Tasks
Provide Management with Info
Enterprise Analysis in large organizations
Measured and Analyzed
10. In the EA Activity - _________________ - who is the owner? Business Analyst
Managing Projects for Value
Collaborate with SME
Invest in Most Valuable Projects
Identified during Enterprise Analysis Activities
11. Set of documentation that defines an organization's current and future capabilities;
Strategic asset
Feasibility Study Report
Business Architecture
Project Manager
12. Begin fter Executive Team Develops Strategic Plans and Goals
Business Stakeholders
Strategic Plan Document
Enterprise Analysis Activites
Plan and Facilitate Portfolio Management Meetings
13. 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
Business Case Document
Business Analyst
Fixed deadline. no flexibility
Requirements Communications Tasks
14. In the EA Activity - Business Architecture Development - who is the Owner?
Project Manager
Enterprise Analysis in large organizations
Business Analyst
Balanced Scorecard Reports
15. Why are Companies adopting the practice of Professional Business Analysis? To ___________.
Project Manager
Business Requirements descriptions
Provide Executive Presentation
Increase the Value Projects Bring to the Organization
16. The Strategic Planning Focus: _______________ AND Provide Foundation to Select/Prioritize Programs/Projects.
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17. In the EA Activity - Managing Projects for Value - what are the Deliverables?
Actual vs. Expected Benefits
Updated Business Case at Key Control Gates
Organization's Reason for Being
Solution Assessment and Validation Activities
18. In the EA Activity - New Project Proposal - who is the owner?
Balanced Scorecard Reports
Business Sponsor
ER: Elicit Requirements
Enterprise Analysis Activites
19. In the EA Strategic Planning - the BA needs to (1) ___________________; (2) Fully Understand Current Enterprise Strategies.
Provide Management with Info
Organization's Reason for Being
Sr. BAs
Fully Understand Strategic Planning Process
20. Business Architecture considered to be: __________ used to understand the current state and plans for the future state of the enterprise.
Internal interest only
Enterprise Analysis in large organizations
Strategic asset
Enterprise Governance Body
21. 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
Project Manager
6 - 12 months
Fixed deadline. no flexibility
Fully Understand Strategic Planning Process
22. 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.
Business Case Document
Long term goals/objectives
Provide Executive Presentation
6 - 12 months
23. What does Strategic Planning Serve to Establish?
Future Course of an Enterprise
Increase the Value Projects Bring to the Organization
Selecting and Prioritizing New Business Opportunities
Business Architecture
24. The Enterprise Architecture consists of five architectures: 1) Business Architecture; 2) Information Architecture; 3) ____________ Architecture; 4) Technology Architecture; 5) Security Architecture
Application
Strategic Plan
Internal interest only
Maintenance of Current and Future State Business Architecture
25. In the EA Activity - Selecting and Prioritizing New Business Opportunities - who is the owner?
Enterprise Analysis in large organizations
Enterprise Governance Body
Small - Low-Risk project
DA: Document Analysis
26. 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
Organization's Reason for Being
SRP: Structure Requirements Packages
Business Architecture
Business Analyst
27. What does the Business Architecture define?
Relevant stakeholders
Increase the Value Projects Bring to the Organization
Business Architecture
DA: Document Analysis
28. In the EA Activity - Launching New Project - what are the Deliverables?
Business Sponsor
Investment Decisions
Actual vs. Expected Benefits
Project Plan
29. 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
Plan and Facilitate Portfolio Management Meetings
Business Requirements descriptions
Internal interest only
Executive Team
30. 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
Project Manager
Significant - High-Risk project
Unified structure and context
Collaborate with SME
31. In the EA Activity - Strategic Plan Development - what are the Deliverables?
Future Course of an Enterprise
Strategic Plan Document
Business Analyst
Business Requirements
32. In the EA Activity - Business Architecture Development - what are the Deliverables?
Inputs
Strategic Plan
Owner
Business Architecture
33. Investigative - Feasibility - or Business Architecture Endeavor; Managed as Stand-Alone Project.
Collaborate with SME
Enterprise Analysis in large organizations
Determine Most Viable Option
Increase the Value Projects Bring to the Organization
34. Outputs from Enterprise Analysis will become ________ to: a) Requirements Planning and Management; b) Requirements Elicitation/Gathering; c) Requirements Communication.
Determine Most Viable Option
Business Requirements descriptions
Strategic Goal Development
Inputs
35. Business Architecture provides ____________ that guides selection and management of programs/projects.
UTRP: Understand Team Roles for the Project
Business Stakeholders
Internal interest only
Unified structure and context
36. In the EA Activity - Tracking Project Benefits - what are the Deliverables?
Enterprise Analysis Activities
6 - 12 months
Balanced Scorecard Reports
Plan and Facilitate Portfolio Management Meetings
37. 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
Unified structure and context
Support PM in Initiating/ Planning New Project
Facilitate Strategic Goal Setting Sessions
Solution Assessment and Validation Activities
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
UTRP: Understand Team Roles for the Project
Relevant stakeholders
Context
Business Case Document
39. In the EA Activity - Selecting and Prioritizing New Business Opportunities - Sr. BAs (1) ________________; (2) Present Proposal for New Projects.
DA: Document Analysis
Maintenance of Current and Future State Business Architecture
Plan and Facilitate Portfolio Management Meetings
Low-to-Moderate Risk project
40. 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
Business Analyst
Actual vs. Expected Benefits
Business Requirements
41. In the EA Activity - Strategic Goal Development - what are the Deliverables?
Selecting and Prioritizing New Business Opportunities
Strategic Goals - Themes - and Measures
Enterprise Analysis
Requirements Analysis and Documentation
42. In the EA Activity - Tracking Project Benefits - who is the owner? Business ___________
Provide Management with Info
Sponsor
Project Manager
Plan and Facilitate Portfolio Management Meetings
43. 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.
Inputs
Small - Low-Risk project
Sponsor
Project Manager
44. In the EA Activity Business Case Development - what are the Deliverables?
UTRP: Understand Team Roles for the Project
Increase the Value Projects Bring to the Organization
Fully Understand Strategic Planning Process
Business Case Document
45. The 3 ____________________ Techniques: 1) DBM: Data and Behavior Models; 2) P/FM: Process / Flow Models; 3) UM: Usage Models
Enterprise Analysis
Enterprise Analysis Activities
Requirements Analysis and Documentation
ER: Elicit Requirements
46. Business Requirements for future project investments which are also Documented.
Identified during Enterprise Analysis Activities
Future Course of an Enterprise
Increase the Value Projects Bring to the Organization
Owner
47. 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) _______________
Business Architecture
Determine Most Viable Option
Enterprise Governance Body
Fully Understand Strategic Planning Process
48. Information Compiled as a Result of Enterprise Analysis Facilitates: _____________ that Manifest themselves in Programs and Supporting Projects.
Business Stakeholders
Business Analyst
Investment Decisions
Selecting and Prioritizing New Business Opportunities
49. In the EA Activity - Strategic Goal Development - who is the owner?
Business Architecture
Support PM in Initiating/ Planning New Project
Owner
Executive Team
50. 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
Actual vs. Expected Benefits
UTRP: Understand Team Roles for the Project
Business Stakeholders
Identified during Enterprise Analysis Activities