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