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BABOK Enterprise Analysis
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1. In the EA Activity - Strategic Goal Development - what are the Deliverables?
Low-to-Moderate Risk project
Inputs
Managing Projects for Value
Strategic Goals - Themes - and Measures
2. Things defined in the Strategic Planning Role: _______________ in Terms of (1) Vision - (2) Mission - (3) Strategic Goals.
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3. In the EA Activity - Strategic Goal Development - who is the owner?
Executive Team
Organization's Reason for Being
Fixed deadline. no flexibility
Business Circumstances and Needs
4. 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
Decision-Support Information
Inputs
Enterprise Governance Body
Internal interest only
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.
Internal interest only
Application
Solution Assessment and Validation Activities
Sr. BAs
6. In the EA Activity - Strategic Plan Development - what are the Deliverables?
Measured and Analyzed
New Project Proposal
Strategic Plan Document
Fixed deadline. no flexibility
7. In the EA Strategic Planning - the BA needs to (1) ___________________; (2) Fully Understand Current Enterprise Strategies.
Business Case Document
Balanced Scorecard Reports
Initiatives realized by Organizations
Fully Understand Strategic Planning Process
8. Set of documentation that defines an organization's current and future capabilities;
Business Architecture
Organization's Future
Business Analyst
Enterprise Analysis Activites
9. In the EA Activity - Strategic Plan Development - who is the owner?
CMBA: Creating and Maintaining The Business Architecture
Business Sponsor
Executive Team
ER: Elicit Requirements
10. 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
ER: Elicit Requirements
Solution Assessment and Validation Activities
Future Course of an Enterprise
Internal interest only
11. 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
Invest in Most Valuable Projects
Actual vs. Expected Benefits
Enterprise Analysis
12. 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
Support PM in Initiating/ Planning New Project
Executive Team
Fully Understand Strategic Planning Process
Strategic Goal Development
13. Outputs from Enterprise Analysis will become ________ to: a) Requirements Planning and Management; b) Requirements Elicitation/Gathering; c) Requirements Communication.
Inputs
Business Requirements
Executive Team
6 - 12 months
14. Higher-level statements of Goals - Objectives - Needs of Enterprise.
Enterprise Analysis in large organizations
6 - 12 months
Business Requirements
Identified during Enterprise Analysis Activities
15. Business Architecture considered to be: __________ used to understand the current state and plans for the future state of the enterprise.
Strategic asset
Organization's Future
Business Sponsor
UTRP: Understand Team Roles for the Project
16. Enterprise Analysis Activities end after benefits of Project Outcomes are _______________.
Invest in Most Valuable Projects
Actual vs. Expected Benefits
Owner
Measured and Analyzed
17. In the EA Activity - Feasibility Studies - who is the owner?
New Project Proposal
6 - 12 months
Business Analyst
Organization's Reason for Being
18. 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
6 - 12 months
Support PM in Initiating/ Planning New Project
Determine Most Viable Option
Context
19. Through Business Analysis Practices - _____________ is: (1) Gathered - (2) Analyzed - (3) Prepared in form of Decision Package for new projects.
Enterprise Analysis
UTRP: Understand Team Roles for the Project
Enterprise Analysis Activites
Decision-Support Information
20. Information Compiled as a Result of Enterprise Analysis Facilitates: _____________ that Manifest themselves in Programs and Supporting Projects.
Measured and Analyzed
Invest in Most Valuable Projects
Low-to-Moderate Risk project
Investment Decisions
21. 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
Provide Executive Presentation
Small - Low-Risk project
New Project Proposal
6 - 12 months
22. Investigative - Feasibility - or Business Architecture Endeavor; Managed as Stand-Alone Project.
Project Manager
Enterprise Analysis in large organizations
Balanced Scorecard Reports
Internal interest only
23. 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 Stakeholders
Determine Most Viable Option
Enterprise Analysis in large organizations
Selecting and Prioritizing New Business Opportunities
24. 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
6 - 12 months
Solution Assessment and Validation Activities
Fixed deadline. no flexibility
Enterprise Governance Body
25. What does the Business Architecture define?
Propose New Programs
Sponsor
Relevant stakeholders
Strategic asset
26. The Requirements Elicitation Task
New Project Proposal
Initiatives realized by Organizations
ER: Elicit Requirements
Measured and Analyzed
27. In the EA Activity - Feasibility Studies - what are the Deliverables?
CMBA: Creating and Maintaining The Business Architecture
Feasibility Study Report
Strategic asset
Solution Assessment and Validation Activities
28. 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.
UTRP: Understand Team Roles for the Project
Small - Low-Risk project
Investment Decisions
Business Circumstances and Needs
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
UTRP: Understand Team Roles for the Project
Relevant stakeholders
Selecting and Prioritizing New Business Opportunities
CMBA: Creating and Maintaining The Business Architecture
30. In the EA Activity - _________________ - who is the owner? Business Analyst
Maintenance of Current and Future State Business Architecture
Managing Projects for Value
Facilitate Strategic Goal Setting Sessions
Small - Low-Risk project
31. Business Architecture provides ____________ that guides selection and management of programs/projects.
Fully Understand Strategic Planning Process
Executive Team
Unified structure and context
Business Sponsor
32. 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
Actual vs. Expected Benefits
Enterprise Analysis in large organizations
Determine Most Viable Option
Requirements Communications Tasks
33. In the EA Activity Business Case Development - who is the ______? Business Analyst
Facilitate Strategic Goal Setting Sessions
Business Circumstances and Needs
Enterprise Governance Body
Owner
34. In the EA Activity - New Project Proposal - who is the owner?
Inputs
Business Architecture
Business Sponsor
Actual vs. Expected Benefits
35. Begin fter Executive Team Develops Strategic Plans and Goals
Fixed deadline. no flexibility
Business Architecture
Propose New Programs
Enterprise Analysis Activites
36. _________________________- 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)
Business Circumstances and Needs
Solution Assessment and Validation Activities
ER: Elicit Requirements
Collaborate with SME
37. In the EA Activity - _________________ - what are the Deliverables? (1) Project Selection; (2) Project Priority; (3) Project Charter
Application
Strategic asset
Selecting and Prioritizing New Business Opportunities
Relevant stakeholders
38. (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
Business Architecture
Significant - High-Risk project
DA: Document Analysis
39. For Management to _____________ they need: 1) Accurate - (2) Consistent - (3) Useful Information about new ventures and currently funded ventures.
Low-to-Moderate Risk project
Internal interest only
Solution Assessment and Validation Activities
Invest in Most Valuable Projects
40. Business Requirements for future project investments which are also Documented.
Propose New Programs
Identified during Enterprise Analysis Activities
Business Analyst
Organization's Reason for Being
41. Why are Companies adopting the practice of Professional Business Analysis? To ___________.
UTRP: Understand Team Roles for the Project
Low-to-Moderate Risk project
Initiatives realized by Organizations
Increase the Value Projects Bring to the Organization
42. In the EA Activity - Managing Projects for Value - what are the Deliverables?
Updated Business Case at Key Control Gates
Maintenance of Current and Future State Business Architecture
Increase the Value Projects Bring to the Organization
Project Manager
43. In the EA Activity - Launching New Project - what are the Deliverables?
Managing Projects for Value
Project Plan
Organization's Reason for Being
UTRP: Understand Team Roles for the Project
44. 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
Maintenance of Current and Future State Business Architecture
Low-to-Moderate Risk project
Determine Most Viable Option
SRP: Structure Requirements Packages
45. In the EA Activity Business Case Development - what are the Deliverables?
Business Case Document
Maintenance of Current and Future State Business Architecture
UTRP: Understand Team Roles for the Project
Executive Team
46. In the EA Activity - _______________ - what are the Deliverables? (1) Executive Prsentation; (2) Decision Package
Future Course of an Enterprise
UTRP: Understand Team Roles for the Project
Strategic asset
New Project Proposal
47. What does Strategic Planning Serve to Establish?
Actual vs. Expected Benefits
Enterprise Analysis
Business Sponsor
Future Course of an Enterprise
48. In the EA Activity - Tracking Project Benefits - what are the Deliverables?
Strategic Goals - Themes - and Measures
Balanced Scorecard Reports
Low-to-Moderate Risk project
Determine Most Viable Option
49. 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
Business Stakeholders
Collaborate with SME
Executive Team
Actual vs. Expected Benefits
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
Enterprise Analysis Activites
Selecting and Prioritizing New Business Opportunities
Executive Team