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