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