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