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BABOK Enterprise Analysis
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. In the EA Activity - Business Architecture Development - what are the Deliverables?
Business Architecture
Low-to-Moderate Risk project
Facilitate Strategic Goal Setting Sessions
Future Course of an Enterprise
2. 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 Case Document
Organization's Reason for Being
Actual vs. Expected Benefits
Plan and Facilitate Portfolio Management Meetings
3. 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
Business Sponsor
Fully Understand Strategic Planning Process
CMBA: Creating and Maintaining The Business Architecture
ER: Elicit Requirements
4. In the EA Activity - Launching New Project - what are the Deliverables?
Fixed deadline. no flexibility
Actual vs. Expected Benefits
Project Plan
Inputs
5. In the EA Activity - Strategic Goal Development - what are the Deliverables?
Strategic Goals - Themes - and Measures
Enterprise Analysis
Initiatives realized by Organizations
Internal interest only
6. The Business Architecture describes: 1) Business Strategy; 2) ___________________; 3) High level business environment through process or functional view; 4) Technological environment; 5) External environment.
Business Analyst
Sr. BAs
Unified structure and context
Long term goals/objectives
7. Why are Companies adopting the practice of Professional Business Analysis? To ___________.
Determine Most Viable Option
Increase the Value Projects Bring to the Organization
Internal interest only
Business Architecture
8. As PM matures into Critical Management Discipline - Orgs realize that _______.
Investment Decisions
Business Architecture
Managing Projects has 2 initiatives
Business Analyst
9. Living - Breathing Document that Changes as Business Needs Evolve.
Strategic Plan
Business Requirements descriptions
SRP: Structure Requirements Packages
Unified structure and context
10. 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.
Strategic Goals - Themes - and Measures
Business Architecture
Enterprise Analysis Activities
Business Analyst
11. The Strategic Planning Process provides ______________ in which Enterprise Analysis is Conducted.
Strategic Plan
Sr. BAs
Measured and Analyzed
Context
12. 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
Context
Fixed deadline. no flexibility
Enterprise Analysis Activites
Support PM in Initiating/ Planning New Project
13. In the Activity - Strategic Goal Development - Sr. BA's _______________
Requirements Analysis and Documentation
Facilitate Strategic Goal Setting Sessions
Business Analyst
Future Course of an Enterprise
14. 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.
SRP: Structure Requirements Packages
Enterprise Governance Body
Measured and Analyzed
Provide Executive Presentation
15. (1) Invest in most Valuable Projects; (2) Planning - Executing - Controlling project Activities to Attain The Business Value As Early As Possible.
Small - Low-Risk project
Significant - High-Risk project
Initiatives realized by Organizations
Invest in Most Valuable Projects
16. 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
Managing Projects has 2 initiatives
UTRP: Understand Team Roles for the Project
Collaborate with SME
ER: Elicit Requirements
17. 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
Enterprise Analysis
Initiatives realized by Organizations
Collaborate with SME
Business Architecture
18. Outputs from Enterprise Analysis will become ________ to: a) Requirements Planning and Management; b) Requirements Elicitation/Gathering; c) Requirements Communication.
Inputs
Plan and Facilitate Portfolio Management Meetings
New Project Proposal
Identified during Enterprise Analysis Activities
19. 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
Strategic Plan
Business Requirements
Business Architecture
6 - 12 months
20. 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
Measured and Analyzed
Fixed deadline. no flexibility
Strategic Goal Development
Internal interest only
21. 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)
Increase the Value Projects Bring to the Organization
Executive Team
DA: Document Analysis
Relevant stakeholders
22. 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.
Collaborate with SME
Requirements Communications Tasks
Propose New Programs
Actual vs. Expected Benefits
23. Set of documentation that defines an organization's current and future capabilities;
Strategic Goals - Themes - and Measures
Organization's Future
Business Architecture
Long term goals/objectives
24. In the EA Activity - New Project Proposal - who is the owner?
Significant - High-Risk project
Propose New Programs
Measured and Analyzed
Business Sponsor
25. Business Architecture considered to be: __________ used to understand the current state and plans for the future state of the enterprise.
UTRP: Understand Team Roles for the Project
Actual vs. Expected Benefits
Strategic asset
Investment Decisions
26. 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
Internal interest only
Business Analyst
Business Requirements
Strategic Goals - Themes - and Measures
27. The 3 ____________________ Techniques: 1) DBM: Data and Behavior Models; 2) P/FM: Process / Flow Models; 3) UM: Usage Models
CMBA: Creating and Maintaining The Business Architecture
Selecting and Prioritizing New Business Opportunities
Requirements Analysis and Documentation
Owner
28. Higher-level statements of Goals - Objectives - Needs of Enterprise.
Project Plan
Inputs
Updated Business Case at Key Control Gates
Business Requirements
29. In the EA Activity - Tracking Project Benefits - what are the Deliverables?
Balanced Scorecard Reports
Project Plan
Business Stakeholders
Context
30. Business Analyst collaborates with ____________ to build a Strong Relationship between the Business and Technical Communities when Implementing a New IT-Enabled Business Solution.
Investment Decisions
UTRP: Understand Team Roles for the Project
Business Stakeholders
Managing Projects for Value
31. In the EA Activity - Strategic Plan Development - who is the owner?
Business Requirements descriptions
Small - Low-Risk project
Balanced Scorecard Reports
Executive Team
32. 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
CMBA: Creating and Maintaining The Business Architecture
Balanced Scorecard Reports
SRP: Structure Requirements Packages
33. In the EA Activity - Strategic Goal Development - who is the owner?
Collaborate with SME
Executive Team
Managing Projects has 2 initiatives
Actual vs. Expected Benefits
34. _________________________- 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)
Business Circumstances and Needs
UTRP: Understand Team Roles for the Project
Managing Projects has 2 initiatives
Organization's Future
35. In the EA Activity - Strategic Plan Development - what are the Deliverables?
Strategic Plan Document
Decision-Support Information
Business Sponsor
Strategic Goal Development
36. In the EA Activity - Selecting and Prioritizing New Business Opportunities - who is the owner?
Enterprise Governance Body
Enterprise Analysis Activites
Support PM in Initiating/ Planning New Project
Solution Assessment and Validation Activities
37. (1) Why a Project is Initiated; (2) What a Project will Achieve; (3) Metrics used to Measure Success.
Unified structure and context
Increase the Value Projects Bring to the Organization
Business Requirements descriptions
CMBA: Creating and Maintaining The Business Architecture
38. Things defined in the Strategic Planning Role: _______________ in Terms of (1) Vision - (2) Mission - (3) Strategic Goals.
39. 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
Business Requirements
SRP: Structure Requirements Packages
Updated Business Case at Key Control Gates
Support PM in Initiating/ Planning New Project
40. Information Compiled as a Result of Enterprise Analysis Facilitates: _____________ that Manifest themselves in Programs and Supporting Projects.
Enterprise Analysis
Business Stakeholders
Investment Decisions
6 - 12 months
41. In the EA Activity - Selecting and Prioritizing New Business Opportunities - Sr. BAs (1) ________________; (2) Present Proposal for New Projects.
Small - Low-Risk project
Increase the Value Projects Bring to the Organization
Plan and Facilitate Portfolio Management Meetings
Project Plan
42. In the EA Strategic Planning - the BA needs to (1) ___________________; (2) Fully Understand Current Enterprise Strategies.
Updated Business Case at Key Control Gates
Fully Understand Strategic Planning Process
Business Circumstances and Needs
Enterprise Analysis
43. What does the Business Architecture define?
Relevant stakeholders
Plan and Facilitate Portfolio Management Meetings
DA: Document Analysis
Sponsor
44. In the EA Activity - Feasibility Studies - who is the owner?
Business Analyst
Fixed deadline. no flexibility
Updated Business Case at Key Control Gates
Support PM in Initiating/ Planning New Project
45. In the EA Activity - Managing Projects for Value - what are the Deliverables?
Updated Business Case at Key Control Gates
Enterprise Governance Body
Initiatives realized by Organizations
Invest in Most Valuable Projects
46. Enterprise Analysis Activities end after benefits of Project Outcomes are _______________.
Fully Understand Strategic Planning Process
Measured and Analyzed
Strategic Goal Development
Unified structure and context
47. In the EA Activity - _________________ - what are the Deliverables? (1) Project Selection; (2) Project Priority; (3) Project Charter
Invest in Most Valuable Projects
Selecting and Prioritizing New Business Opportunities
Managing Projects for Value
Significant - High-Risk project
48. In the EA Activity - Tracking Project Benefits - who is the owner? Business ___________
Solution Assessment and Validation Activities
Small - Low-Risk project
Sponsor
DA: Document Analysis
49. 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
Requirements Communications Tasks
Enterprise Governance Body
Long term goals/objectives
Low-to-Moderate Risk project
50. In the EA Activity - _________________ - who is the owner? Business Analyst
Business Requirements
Updated Business Case at Key Control Gates
Strategic Plan Document
Managing Projects for Value