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BABOK Enterprise Analysis
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The Requirements Elicitation Task
Business Requirements descriptions
Business Requirements
ER: Elicit Requirements
Business Analyst
2. In the EA Activity - Managing Projects for Value - what are the Deliverables?
Unified structure and context
Business Architecture
Initiatives realized by Organizations
Updated Business Case at Key Control Gates
3. Information Compiled as a Result of Enterprise Analysis Facilitates: _____________ that Manifest themselves in Programs and Supporting Projects.
Identified during Enterprise Analysis Activities
Investment Decisions
Organization's Reason for Being
Feasibility Study Report
4. In the EA Activity - New Project Proposal - who is the owner?
Facilitate Strategic Goal Setting Sessions
Enterprise Analysis
Business Requirements descriptions
Business Sponsor
5. Things defined in the Strategic Planning Role: _______________ in Terms of (1) Vision - (2) Mission - (3) Strategic Goals.
6. In the EA Activity Business Case Development - who is the ______? Business Analyst
Facilitate Strategic Goal Setting Sessions
Owner
ER: Elicit Requirements
Updated Business Case at Key Control Gates
7. For Management to _____________ they need: 1) Accurate - (2) Consistent - (3) Useful Information about new ventures and currently funded ventures.
Identified during Enterprise Analysis Activities
Invest in Most Valuable Projects
SRP: Structure Requirements Packages
Plan and Facilitate Portfolio Management Meetings
8. 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
Inputs
Significant - High-Risk project
Sr. BAs
Internal interest only
9. In the EA Activity - Strategic Plan Development - who is the owner?
Executive Team
Investment Decisions
Maintenance of Current and Future State Business Architecture
Business Architecture
10. In the EA Activity - Tracking Project Benefits - what are the Deliverables?
Balanced Scorecard Reports
Investment Decisions
Strategic asset
Project Manager
11. In the EA Activity - Tracking Project Benefits - who is the owner? Business ___________
Sponsor
Business Analyst
Small - Low-Risk project
Identified during Enterprise Analysis Activities
12. Business Requirements for future project investments which are also Documented.
SRP: Structure Requirements Packages
Identified during Enterprise Analysis Activities
Support PM in Initiating/ Planning New Project
DA: Document Analysis
13. In the EA Activity - Launching New Projects - who is the owner?
Significant - High-Risk project
Selecting and Prioritizing New Business Opportunities
Project Manager
Invest in Most Valuable Projects
14. _________________________- 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 Stakeholders
Business Circumstances and Needs
Internal interest only
Project Manager
15. 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
Unified structure and context
Fixed deadline. no flexibility
Updated Business Case at Key Control Gates
Project Manager
16. 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
Enterprise Analysis in large organizations
Requirements Communications Tasks
Maintenance of Current and Future State Business Architecture
Actual vs. Expected Benefits
17. In the EA Activity - Strategic Plan Development - what are the Deliverables?
Business Architecture
Selecting and Prioritizing New Business Opportunities
Strategic Plan Document
Enterprise Analysis in large organizations
18. In the EA Activity - Strategic Goal Development - who is the owner?
Long term goals/objectives
Executive Team
Strategic Plan Document
Strategic Goals - Themes - and Measures
19. 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) _______________
Determine Most Viable Option
Fully Understand Strategic Planning Process
Provide Executive Presentation
Enterprise Analysis
20. In the EA Activity - Feasibility Studies - who is the owner?
Business Analyst
Feasibility Study Report
Enterprise Analysis in large organizations
Managing Projects has 2 initiatives
21. Living - Breathing Document that Changes as Business Needs Evolve.
CMBA: Creating and Maintaining The Business Architecture
Organization's Reason for Being
Strategic Plan
Small - Low-Risk project
22. 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 Architecture
Future Course of an Enterprise
Owner
Support PM in Initiating/ Planning New Project
23. 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
Propose New Programs
Strategic Goals - Themes - and Measures
Inputs
24. In the EA Activity - Business Architecture Development - what are the Deliverables?
Requirements Communications Tasks
Internal interest only
Business Architecture
Balanced Scorecard Reports
25. Enterprise Analysis Activities end after benefits of Project Outcomes are _______________.
Managing Projects has 2 initiatives
Measured and Analyzed
SRP: Structure Requirements Packages
Strategic asset
26. In the EA Activity - Business Architecture Development - who is the Owner?
Business Sponsor
Business Analyst
Project Plan
Initiatives realized by Organizations
27. Higher-level statements of Goals - Objectives - Needs of Enterprise.
Business Requirements
Collaborate with SME
Increase the Value Projects Bring to the Organization
Enterprise Governance Body
28. In the EA Activity - _________________ - who is the owner? Business Analyst
Strategic Goal Development
Enterprise Analysis Activities
Managing Projects for Value
Selecting and Prioritizing New Business Opportunities
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
Facilitate Strategic Goal Setting Sessions
Significant - High-Risk project
DA: Document Analysis
Enterprise Analysis in large organizations
30. In the EA Activity - Feasibility Studies - what are the Deliverables?
Business Case Document
Project Plan
Significant - High-Risk project
Feasibility Study Report
31. 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
Business Analyst
Internal interest only
Strategic Plan Document
Strategic Goal Development
32. 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.
Business Requirements descriptions
Business Analyst
Invest in Most Valuable Projects
Propose New Programs
33. What does the Business Architecture define?
Fixed deadline. no flexibility
Relevant stakeholders
Requirements Communications Tasks
UTRP: Understand Team Roles for the Project
34. 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
Business Sponsor
CMBA: Creating and Maintaining The Business Architecture
Project Manager
New Project Proposal
35. 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
Project Manager
Low-to-Moderate Risk project
Business Circumstances and Needs
36. 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
Enterprise Analysis
Sr. BAs
Fully Understand Strategic Planning Process
37. 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
Relevant stakeholders
Collaborate with SME
Low-to-Moderate Risk project
Support PM in Initiating/ Planning New Project
38. (1) Why a Project is Initiated; (2) What a Project will Achieve; (3) Metrics used to Measure Success.
Strategic Goal Development
Business Requirements descriptions
Feasibility Study Report
Small - Low-Risk project
39. The Enterprise Architecture consists of five architectures: 1) Business Architecture; 2) Information Architecture; 3) ____________ Architecture; 4) Technology Architecture; 5) Security Architecture
Strategic Goal Development
Application
Strategic Plan Document
Relevant stakeholders
40. Through Business Analysis Practices - _____________ is: (1) Gathered - (2) Analyzed - (3) Prepared in form of Decision Package for new projects.
Sponsor
Requirements Analysis and Documentation
Small - Low-Risk project
Decision-Support Information
41. In the EA Strategic Planning - the BA needs to (1) ___________________; (2) Fully Understand Current Enterprise Strategies.
Strategic Goals - Themes - and Measures
Fully Understand Strategic Planning Process
Application
Support PM in Initiating/ Planning New Project
42. The Strategic Planning Focus: _______________ AND Provide Foundation to Select/Prioritize Programs/Projects.
43. In the EA Activity - _________________ - what are the Deliverables? (1) Project Selection; (2) Project Priority; (3) Project Charter
Selecting and Prioritizing New Business Opportunities
Feasibility Study Report
Organization's Reason for Being
Determine Most Viable Option
44. In the EA Activity Business Case Development - what are the Deliverables?
6 - 12 months
Enterprise Analysis
Relevant stakeholders
Business Case Document
45. (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
Small - Low-Risk project
Increase the Value Projects Bring to the Organization
Future Course of an Enterprise
46. Begin fter Executive Team Develops Strategic Plans and Goals
SRP: Structure Requirements Packages
Context
Enterprise Analysis Activites
Enterprise Governance Body
47. 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
Sponsor
Plan and Facilitate Portfolio Management Meetings
Solution Assessment and Validation Activities
Future Course of an Enterprise
48. As PM matures into Critical Management Discipline - Orgs realize that _______.
Actual vs. Expected Benefits
Enterprise Analysis in large organizations
Application
Managing Projects has 2 initiatives
49. In the EA Activity - Business Architecture Development - the BAs (1) Use Information from Strategic Plan and Goals (2) Lead Development and ________________.
Application
Measured and Analyzed
Maintenance of Current and Future State Business Architecture
Increase the Value Projects Bring to the Organization
50. 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
UTRP: Understand Team Roles for the Project
Business Sponsor
Project Manager
Plan and Facilitate Portfolio Management Meetings