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