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