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