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