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