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