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