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BABOK Enterprise Analysis
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1. In the EA Activity - Business Architecture Development - what are the Deliverables?
Maintenance of Current and Future State Business Architecture
Significant - High-Risk project
Business Architecture
DA: Document Analysis
2. The Strategic Planning Focus: _______________ AND Provide Foundation to Select/Prioritize Programs/Projects.
3. 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
Solution Assessment and Validation Activities
Business Circumstances and Needs
Enterprise Analysis Activites
4. The Enterprise Architecture consists of five architectures: 1) Business Architecture; 2) Information Architecture; 3) ____________ Architecture; 4) Technology Architecture; 5) Security Architecture
Enterprise Analysis Activites
Application
Low-to-Moderate Risk project
Investment Decisions
5. Why are Companies adopting the practice of Professional Business Analysis? To ___________.
Inputs
Actual vs. Expected Benefits
Increase the Value Projects Bring to the Organization
Business Circumstances and Needs
6. 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.
Business Requirements descriptions
Provide Executive Presentation
Business Architecture
Strategic Plan Document
7. In the EA Activity - Selecting and Prioritizing New Business Opportunities - who is the owner?
Project Manager
Enterprise Governance Body
Business Architecture
Context
8. In the EA Activity - _______________ - what are the Deliverables? (1) Executive Prsentation; (2) Decision Package
New Project Proposal
Balanced Scorecard Reports
Fixed deadline. no flexibility
Updated Business Case at Key Control Gates
9. In the EA Activity - New Project Proposal - who is the owner?
Business Sponsor
Executive Team
Sponsor
Managing Projects for Value
10. Higher-level statements of Goals - Objectives - Needs of Enterprise.
Strategic Goals - Themes - and Measures
Fixed deadline. no flexibility
Enterprise Analysis Activites
Business Requirements
11. What does the Business Architecture define?
Relevant stakeholders
DA: Document Analysis
Identified during Enterprise Analysis Activities
Enterprise Governance Body
12. Things defined in the Strategic Planning Role: _______________ in Terms of (1) Vision - (2) Mission - (3) Strategic Goals.
13. 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.
DA: Document Analysis
Propose New Programs
Executive Team
ER: Elicit Requirements
14. Investigative - Feasibility - or Business Architecture Endeavor; Managed as Stand-Alone Project.
Facilitate Strategic Goal Setting Sessions
Enterprise Analysis in large organizations
Plan and Facilitate Portfolio Management Meetings
Business Requirements
15. 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.
Low-to-Moderate Risk project
Provide Management with Info
Application
Small - Low-Risk project
16. 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
SRP: Structure Requirements Packages
Long term goals/objectives
Fully Understand Strategic Planning Process
Enterprise Analysis Activites
17. In the EA Activity - _________________ - what are the Deliverables? (1) Project Selection; (2) Project Priority; (3) Project Charter
Selecting and Prioritizing New Business Opportunities
Business Architecture
SRP: Structure Requirements Packages
Organization's Future
18. The 3 ____________________ Techniques: 1) DBM: Data and Behavior Models; 2) P/FM: Process / Flow Models; 3) UM: Usage Models
Future Course of an Enterprise
Internal interest only
Requirements Analysis and Documentation
Managing Projects for Value
19. In the Activity - Strategic Goal Development - Sr. BA's _______________
Business Sponsor
UTRP: Understand Team Roles for the Project
Facilitate Strategic Goal Setting Sessions
Strategic Goals - Themes - and Measures
20. In the EA Activity Business Case Development - who is the ______? Business Analyst
Strategic Plan Document
Determine Most Viable Option
Solution Assessment and Validation Activities
Owner
21. Business Architecture provides ____________ that guides selection and management of programs/projects.
Strategic Plan
6 - 12 months
Requirements Communications Tasks
Unified structure and context
22. In the EA Activity - Launching New Project - what are the Deliverables?
Strategic Goal Development
Organization's Future
Context
Project Plan
23. In the EA Activity - Strategic Plan Development - what are the Deliverables?
6 - 12 months
Low-to-Moderate Risk project
Strategic Plan Document
SRP: Structure Requirements Packages
24. 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.
Inputs
Fixed deadline. no flexibility
Enterprise Analysis Activities
Plan and Facilitate Portfolio Management Meetings
25. For Management to _____________ they need: 1) Accurate - (2) Consistent - (3) Useful Information about new ventures and currently funded ventures.
Context
Managing Projects for Value
Actual vs. Expected Benefits
Invest in Most Valuable Projects
26. Set of documentation that defines an organization's current and future capabilities;
Business Architecture
Balanced Scorecard Reports
Business Analyst
Low-to-Moderate Risk project
27. 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
Business Analyst
Requirements Communications Tasks
Project Plan
28. 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
Determine Most Viable Option
Fixed deadline. no flexibility
Low-to-Moderate Risk project
Strategic Goal Development
29. 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
Business Sponsor
Low-to-Moderate Risk project
Business Case Document
30. In the EA Activity Business Case Development - what are the Deliverables?
Business Case Document
Business Sponsor
Future Course of an Enterprise
SRP: Structure Requirements Packages
31. (1) Why a Project is Initiated; (2) What a Project will Achieve; (3) Metrics used to Measure Success.
Support PM in Initiating/ Planning New Project
Strategic Goals - Themes - and Measures
Business Requirements descriptions
Actual vs. Expected Benefits
32. What does Strategic Planning Serve to Establish?
Decision-Support Information
Owner
Future Course of an Enterprise
Feasibility Study Report
33. 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
Small - Low-Risk project
Business Requirements descriptions
Measured and Analyzed
Collaborate with SME
34. Business Architecture considered to be: __________ used to understand the current state and plans for the future state of the enterprise.
Low-to-Moderate Risk project
Decision-Support Information
Strategic asset
Provide Management with Info
35. In the EA Activity - Feasibility Studies - what are the Deliverables?
Feasibility Study Report
Significant - High-Risk project
Enterprise Analysis Activities
Initiatives realized by Organizations
36. In the EA Activity - Strategic Goal Development - what are the Deliverables?
Propose New Programs
Context
Strategic Goals - Themes - and Measures
New Project Proposal
37. 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
Enterprise Analysis
Maintenance of Current and Future State Business Architecture
Fixed deadline. no flexibility
Business Architecture
38. Information Compiled as a Result of Enterprise Analysis Facilitates: _____________ that Manifest themselves in Programs and Supporting Projects.
Managing Projects for Value
Business Architecture
Investment Decisions
Internal interest only
39. In the EA Activity - Business Architecture Development - who is the Owner?
Increase the Value Projects Bring to the Organization
Enterprise Analysis Activites
Business Analyst
Owner
40. 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) _______________
Business Architecture
Determine Most Viable Option
Investment Decisions
Actual vs. Expected Benefits
41. Business Analyst collaborates with ____________ to build a Strong Relationship between the Business and Technical Communities when Implementing a New IT-Enabled Business Solution.
Determine Most Viable Option
Business Stakeholders
Actual vs. Expected Benefits
Long term goals/objectives
42. In the EA Activity - Business Architecture Development - the BAs (1) Use Information from Strategic Plan and Goals (2) Lead Development and ________________.
Significant - High-Risk project
Managing Projects for Value
Strategic Goal Development
Maintenance of Current and Future State Business Architecture
43. 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
Significant - High-Risk project
Strategic Plan
Internal interest only
Managing Projects for Value
44. In the EA Strategic Planning - the BA needs to (1) ___________________; (2) Fully Understand Current Enterprise Strategies.
Selecting and Prioritizing New Business Opportunities
Business Sponsor
Fully Understand Strategic Planning Process
Increase the Value Projects Bring to the Organization
45. 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
Investment Decisions
Support PM in Initiating/ Planning New Project
Propose New Programs
Organization's Future
46. 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
ER: Elicit Requirements
Low-to-Moderate Risk project
Invest in Most Valuable Projects
47. 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
Increase the Value Projects Bring to the Organization
Future Course of an Enterprise
Feasibility Study Report
Low-to-Moderate Risk project
48. In the EA Activity - Feasibility Studies - who is the owner?
Managing Projects for Value
Actual vs. Expected Benefits
Business Requirements descriptions
Business Analyst
49. In the EA Activity - Strategic Plan Development - who is the owner?
Invest in Most Valuable Projects
Measured and Analyzed
Executive Team
Project Manager
50. 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
Owner
UTRP: Understand Team Roles for the Project
Relevant stakeholders