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BABOK Enterprise Analysis
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Enterprise Analysis Activities end after benefits of Project Outcomes are _______________.
Enterprise Analysis Activites
Measured and Analyzed
Strategic Goal Development
Invest in Most Valuable Projects
2. 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.
Maintenance of Current and Future State Business Architecture
Selecting and Prioritizing New Business Opportunities
Sr. BAs
Strategic Goals - Themes - and Measures
3. 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)
Owner
Fully Understand Strategic Planning Process
DA: Document Analysis
Organization's Reason for Being
4. In the EA Activity - Launching New Projects - who is the owner?
Investment Decisions
Feasibility Study Report
Project Manager
Long term goals/objectives
5. In the Activity - Strategic Goal Development - Sr. BA's _______________
Facilitate Strategic Goal Setting Sessions
Strategic Plan
Balanced Scorecard Reports
Business Analyst
6. Higher-level statements of Goals - Objectives - Needs of Enterprise.
Managing Projects for Value
Managing Projects has 2 initiatives
Business Requirements
Significant - High-Risk project
7. 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
Identified during Enterprise Analysis Activities
Project Manager
Low-to-Moderate Risk project
Managing Projects has 2 initiatives
8. In the EA Activity - _______________ - what are the Deliverables? (1) Executive Prsentation; (2) Decision Package
Business Requirements descriptions
New Project Proposal
Sponsor
Small - Low-Risk project
9. Business Requirements for future project investments which are also Documented.
Unified structure and context
Strategic Plan Document
Identified during Enterprise Analysis Activities
Business Circumstances and Needs
10. In the EA Activity - Selecting and Prioritizing New Business Opportunities - who is the owner?
Enterprise Analysis
Collaborate with SME
6 - 12 months
Enterprise Governance Body
11. Business Architecture considered to be: __________ used to understand the current state and plans for the future state of the enterprise.
Strategic asset
Maintenance of Current and Future State Business Architecture
Project Plan
Invest in Most Valuable Projects
12. 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
Managing Projects for Value
Executive Team
Enterprise Governance Body
13. _________________________- 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)
Measured and Analyzed
Business Circumstances and Needs
Requirements Communications Tasks
Sponsor
14. Why are Companies adopting the practice of Professional Business Analysis? To ___________.
Owner
Future Course of an Enterprise
Strategic Plan Document
Increase the Value Projects Bring to the Organization
15. In the EA Activity - Tracking Project Benefits - who is the owner? Business ___________
Sponsor
Support PM in Initiating/ Planning New Project
Small - Low-Risk project
Strategic Goal Development
16. Business Analyst collaborates with ____________ to build a Strong Relationship between the Business and Technical Communities when Implementing a New IT-Enabled Business Solution.
New Project Proposal
Business Stakeholders
Strategic Goals - Themes - and Measures
Measured and Analyzed
17. 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.
Propose New Programs
Project Plan
Enterprise Governance Body
Provide Executive Presentation
18. The Requirements Elicitation Task
DA: Document Analysis
Enterprise Analysis Activities
Identified during Enterprise Analysis Activities
ER: Elicit Requirements
19. In the EA Activity - Business Architecture Development - the BAs (1) Use Information from Strategic Plan and Goals (2) Lead Development and ________________.
Plan and Facilitate Portfolio Management Meetings
Maintenance of Current and Future State Business Architecture
Future Course of an Enterprise
Long term goals/objectives
20. Living - Breathing Document that Changes as Business Needs Evolve.
Measured and Analyzed
Provide Management with Info
Managing Projects for Value
Strategic Plan
21. 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 Stakeholders
Application
Actual vs. Expected Benefits
Long term goals/objectives
22. In the EA Activity - Business Architecture Development - what are the Deliverables?
Sr. BAs
Increase the Value Projects Bring to the Organization
Business Architecture
Managing Projects for Value
23. Set of documentation that defines an organization's current and future capabilities;
Business Architecture
UTRP: Understand Team Roles for the Project
New Project Proposal
Business Sponsor
24. 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
Collaborate with SME
Strategic Goal Development
Inputs
Strategic Plan Document
25. 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
Support PM in Initiating/ Planning New Project
Strategic Plan
SRP: Structure Requirements Packages
DA: Document Analysis
26. In the EA Activity - Tracking Project Benefits - what are the Deliverables?
Balanced Scorecard Reports
Small - Low-Risk project
Business Case Document
Requirements Communications Tasks
27. 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.
Application
Collaborate with SME
Small - Low-Risk project
Business Circumstances and Needs
28. The Strategic Planning Focus: _______________ AND Provide Foundation to Select/Prioritize Programs/Projects.
29. In the EA Activity - Strategic Plan Development - what are the Deliverables?
UTRP: Understand Team Roles for the Project
Strategic Plan Document
New Project Proposal
Requirements Analysis and Documentation
30. What does the Business Architecture define?
Maintenance of Current and Future State Business Architecture
Feasibility Study Report
Project Manager
Relevant stakeholders
31. Through Business Analysis Practices - _____________ is: (1) Gathered - (2) Analyzed - (3) Prepared in form of Decision Package for new projects.
Propose New Programs
Decision-Support Information
Context
Actual vs. Expected Benefits
32. The Enterprise Architecture consists of five architectures: 1) Business Architecture; 2) Information Architecture; 3) ____________ Architecture; 4) Technology Architecture; 5) Security Architecture
Strategic Plan
Business Circumstances and Needs
Application
Identified during Enterprise Analysis Activities
33. 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
Executive Team
Context
Sponsor
Enterprise Analysis
34. In the EA Strategic Planning - the BA needs to (1) ___________________; (2) Fully Understand Current Enterprise Strategies.
Business Analyst
Business Requirements
Fully Understand Strategic Planning Process
Enterprise Analysis in large organizations
35. In the EA Activity - Feasibility Studies - who is the owner?
Feasibility Study Report
Business Analyst
Maintenance of Current and Future State Business Architecture
Determine Most Viable Option
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
Investment Decisions
Fixed deadline. no flexibility
Relevant stakeholders
Initiatives realized by Organizations
37. In the EA Activity Business Case Development - what are the Deliverables?
Enterprise Analysis in large organizations
Strategic Goals - Themes - and Measures
Owner
Business Case Document
38. 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
Enterprise Analysis in large organizations
Strategic asset
Strategic Plan
Solution Assessment and Validation Activities
39. Investigative - Feasibility - or Business Architecture Endeavor; Managed as Stand-Alone Project.
New Project Proposal
Relevant stakeholders
Executive Team
Enterprise Analysis in large organizations
40. 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
Business Circumstances and Needs
Increase the Value Projects Bring to the Organization
Identified during Enterprise Analysis Activities
41. Outputs from Enterprise Analysis will become ________ to: a) Requirements Planning and Management; b) Requirements Elicitation/Gathering; c) Requirements Communication.
Inputs
Provide Executive Presentation
Feasibility Study Report
Low-to-Moderate Risk project
42. 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.
Enterprise Analysis
Unified structure and context
6 - 12 months
Provide Management with Info
43. As PM matures into Critical Management Discipline - Orgs realize that _______.
Fully Understand Strategic Planning Process
Provide Executive Presentation
Identified during Enterprise Analysis Activities
Managing Projects has 2 initiatives
44. In the EA Activity - _________________ - who is the owner? Business Analyst
Managing Projects for Value
Enterprise Analysis Activites
Requirements Communications Tasks
Feasibility Study Report
45. In the EA Activity - Launching New Project - what are the Deliverables?
Identified during Enterprise Analysis Activities
Enterprise Governance Body
Project Plan
Strategic asset
46. What does Strategic Planning Serve to Establish?
Future Course of an Enterprise
New Project Proposal
Business Circumstances and Needs
Feasibility Study Report
47. In the EA Activity - Selecting and Prioritizing New Business Opportunities - Sr. BAs (1) ________________; (2) Present Proposal for New Projects.
Strategic Plan
Plan and Facilitate Portfolio Management Meetings
Selecting and Prioritizing New Business Opportunities
Maintenance of Current and Future State Business Architecture
48. Business Architecture provides ____________ that guides selection and management of programs/projects.
Fixed deadline. no flexibility
Unified structure and context
Business Architecture
Business Stakeholders
49. In the EA Activity - _________________ - what are the Deliverables? (1) Project Selection; (2) Project Priority; (3) Project Charter
Executive Team
Selecting and Prioritizing New Business Opportunities
Owner
Invest in Most Valuable Projects
50. The Strategic Planning Process provides ______________ in which Enterprise Analysis is Conducted.
Context
Unified structure and context
Significant - High-Risk project
Inputs