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BABOK Enterprise Analysis
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Business Analyst collaborates with ____________ to build a Strong Relationship between the Business and Technical Communities when Implementing a New IT-Enabled Business Solution.
Business Stakeholders
Feasibility Study Report
Facilitate Strategic Goal Setting Sessions
Context
2. In the EA Strategic Planning - the BA needs to (1) ___________________; (2) Fully Understand Current Enterprise Strategies.
SRP: Structure Requirements Packages
Fully Understand Strategic Planning Process
Managing Projects has 2 initiatives
Small - Low-Risk project
3. In the Activity - Strategic Goal Development - Sr. BA's _______________
Requirements Communications Tasks
Significant - High-Risk project
Requirements Analysis and Documentation
Facilitate Strategic Goal Setting Sessions
4. Enterprise Analysis Activities end after benefits of Project Outcomes are _______________.
Decision-Support Information
Project Manager
Measured and Analyzed
Initiatives realized by Organizations
5. 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
Sr. BAs
Enterprise Governance Body
Strategic Goal Development
Feasibility Study Report
6. 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
Measured and Analyzed
Sponsor
SRP: Structure Requirements Packages
Provide Executive Presentation
7. In the EA Activity - Launching New Projects - who is the owner?
Project Manager
Organization's Future
Strategic Plan
Sponsor
8. In the EA Activity - Tracking Project Benefits - what are the Deliverables?
Long term goals/objectives
Business Case Document
New Project Proposal
Balanced Scorecard Reports
9. 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.
Fixed deadline. no flexibility
Maintenance of Current and Future State Business Architecture
Enterprise Analysis Activities
Managing Projects has 2 initiatives
10. 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
6 - 12 months
Sr. BAs
Feasibility Study Report
Decision-Support Information
11. Things defined in the Strategic Planning Role: _______________ in Terms of (1) Vision - (2) Mission - (3) Strategic Goals.
12. In the EA Activity - Launching New Project - what are the Deliverables?
Solution Assessment and Validation Activities
ER: Elicit Requirements
Project Plan
Propose New Programs
13. In the EA Activity - Strategic Plan Development - who is the owner?
Executive Team
New Project Proposal
Business Sponsor
Support PM in Initiating/ Planning New Project
14. Outputs from Enterprise Analysis will become ________ to: a) Requirements Planning and Management; b) Requirements Elicitation/Gathering; c) Requirements Communication.
New Project Proposal
Context
Requirements Communications Tasks
Inputs
15. Business Architecture considered to be: __________ used to understand the current state and plans for the future state of the enterprise.
Requirements Analysis and Documentation
Strategic asset
Business Sponsor
Fully Understand Strategic Planning Process
16. In the EA Activity Business Case Development - what are the Deliverables?
Requirements Analysis and Documentation
Enterprise Governance Body
Decision-Support Information
Business Case Document
17. In the EA Activity Business Case Development - who is the ______? Business Analyst
Business Requirements
Owner
Business Sponsor
Strategic Plan Document
18. The Strategic Planning Process provides ______________ in which Enterprise Analysis is Conducted.
CMBA: Creating and Maintaining The Business Architecture
Context
Application
Enterprise Analysis Activities
19. 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
Context
Balanced Scorecard Reports
UTRP: Understand Team Roles for the Project
Maintenance of Current and Future State Business Architecture
20. The Requirements Elicitation Task
Executive Team
Owner
Sr. BAs
ER: Elicit Requirements
21. In the EA Activity - _________________ - who is the owner? Business Analyst
Support PM in Initiating/ Planning New Project
Plan and Facilitate Portfolio Management Meetings
Managing Projects for Value
Relevant stakeholders
22. In the EA Activity - _______________ - what are the Deliverables? (1) Executive Prsentation; (2) Decision Package
New Project Proposal
Plan and Facilitate Portfolio Management Meetings
Enterprise Governance Body
Requirements Communications Tasks
23. In the EA Activity - Managing Projects for Value - what are the Deliverables?
Feasibility Study Report
Updated Business Case at Key Control Gates
Sponsor
Executive Team
24. In the EA Activity - Strategic Goal Development - what are the Deliverables?
Business Circumstances and Needs
CMBA: Creating and Maintaining The Business Architecture
Strategic Plan
Strategic Goals - Themes - and Measures
25. In the EA Activity - New Project Proposal - who is the owner?
Executive Team
Business Case Document
Business Sponsor
Strategic Plan
26. In the EA Activity - _________________ - what are the Deliverables? (1) Project Selection; (2) Project Priority; (3) Project Charter
Strategic Plan Document
Small - Low-Risk project
Selecting and Prioritizing New Business Opportunities
Business Requirements
27. As PM matures into Critical Management Discipline - Orgs realize that _______.
Future Course of an Enterprise
Provide Executive Presentation
Owner
Managing Projects has 2 initiatives
28. 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.
Provide Management with Info
New Project Proposal
Small - Low-Risk project
Requirements Analysis and Documentation
29. 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
UTRP: Understand Team Roles for the Project
Support PM in Initiating/ Planning New Project
Low-to-Moderate Risk project
Business Circumstances and Needs
30. 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
Fixed deadline. no flexibility
Significant - High-Risk project
Feasibility Study Report
Organization's Future
31. In the EA Activity - Business Architecture Development - the BAs (1) Use Information from Strategic Plan and Goals (2) Lead Development and ________________.
Invest in Most Valuable Projects
Fully Understand Strategic Planning Process
Increase the Value Projects Bring to the Organization
Maintenance of Current and Future State Business Architecture
32. The Business Architecture describes: 1) Business Strategy; 2) ___________________; 3) High level business environment through process or functional view; 4) Technological environment; 5) External environment.
Actual vs. Expected Benefits
Context
Enterprise Governance Body
Long term goals/objectives
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
Business Requirements
Collaborate with SME
Measured and Analyzed
Organization's Future
34. Investigative - Feasibility - or Business Architecture Endeavor; Managed as Stand-Alone Project.
Enterprise Analysis in large organizations
Business Analyst
Requirements Communications Tasks
Determine Most Viable Option
35. 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.
Business Analyst
Investment Decisions
Propose New Programs
Decision-Support Information
36. In the EA Activity - Business Architecture Development - who is the Owner?
New Project Proposal
Business Analyst
Context
Business Stakeholders
37. In the EA Activity - Strategic Goal Development - who is the owner?
Plan and Facilitate Portfolio Management Meetings
Requirements Communications Tasks
Executive Team
Determine Most Viable Option
38. Information Compiled as a Result of Enterprise Analysis Facilitates: _____________ that Manifest themselves in Programs and Supporting Projects.
Solution Assessment and Validation Activities
Selecting and Prioritizing New Business Opportunities
Maintenance of Current and Future State Business Architecture
Investment Decisions
39. What does the Business Architecture define?
Plan and Facilitate Portfolio Management Meetings
Relevant stakeholders
Initiatives realized by Organizations
Selecting and Prioritizing New Business Opportunities
40. 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
Enterprise Analysis Activites
Measured and Analyzed
Small - Low-Risk project
41. 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
Sponsor
Low-to-Moderate Risk project
Strategic Goals - Themes - and Measures
Inputs
42. In the EA Activity - Strategic Plan Development - what are the Deliverables?
Enterprise Analysis in large organizations
Determine Most Viable Option
Strategic Plan Document
Business Requirements descriptions
43. Through Business Analysis Practices - _____________ is: (1) Gathered - (2) Analyzed - (3) Prepared in form of Decision Package for new projects.
Decision-Support Information
Actual vs. Expected Benefits
6 - 12 months
Investment Decisions
44. The Enterprise Architecture consists of five architectures: 1) Business Architecture; 2) Information Architecture; 3) ____________ Architecture; 4) Technology Architecture; 5) Security Architecture
Application
Future Course of an Enterprise
New Project Proposal
Context
45. Higher-level statements of Goals - Objectives - Needs of Enterprise.
Identified during Enterprise Analysis Activities
Organization's Reason for Being
Strategic Plan
Business Requirements
46. The Strategic Planning Focus: _______________ AND Provide Foundation to Select/Prioritize Programs/Projects.
47. Business Requirements for future project investments which are also Documented.
Business Analyst
Identified during Enterprise Analysis Activities
Small - Low-Risk project
Business Case Document
48. In the EA Activity - Selecting and Prioritizing New Business Opportunities - who is the owner?
Provide Management with Info
Low-to-Moderate Risk project
Enterprise Governance Body
Business Sponsor
49. (1) Invest in most Valuable Projects; (2) Planning - Executing - Controlling project Activities to Attain The Business Value As Early As Possible.
Initiatives realized by Organizations
Solution Assessment and Validation Activities
Enterprise Analysis
Strategic Goal Development
50. 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
Organization's Future
Requirements Communications Tasks
Invest in Most Valuable Projects