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BABOK Enterprise Analysis
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1. Living - Breathing Document that Changes as Business Needs Evolve.
Business Requirements
Relevant stakeholders
Sr. BAs
Strategic Plan
2. 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
Fixed deadline. no flexibility
Unified structure and context
Initiatives realized by Organizations
SRP: Structure Requirements Packages
3. 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
Owner
Identified during Enterprise Analysis Activities
Organization's Reason for Being
Significant - High-Risk project
4. Investigative - Feasibility - or Business Architecture Endeavor; Managed as Stand-Alone Project.
Enterprise Analysis in large organizations
Sponsor
Managing Projects has 2 initiatives
Business Requirements
5. 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) _______________
Enterprise Analysis Activities
Determine Most Viable Option
Maintenance of Current and Future State Business Architecture
UTRP: Understand Team Roles for the Project
6. 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
Project Plan
Enterprise Analysis Activites
Business Analyst
Actual vs. Expected Benefits
7. 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
Managing Projects has 2 initiatives
Business Circumstances and Needs
Initiatives realized by Organizations
Requirements Communications Tasks
8. In the EA Activity - _________________ - who is the owner? Business Analyst
Provide Executive Presentation
Organization's Future
Managing Projects for Value
Strategic Goal Development
9. Enterprise Analysis Activities end after benefits of Project Outcomes are _______________.
Actual vs. Expected Benefits
Measured and Analyzed
Solution Assessment and Validation Activities
Business Requirements
10. 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
Strategic Goal Development
Application
Small - Low-Risk project
Business Circumstances and Needs
11. (1) Why a Project is Initiated; (2) What a Project will Achieve; (3) Metrics used to Measure Success.
Identified during Enterprise Analysis Activities
Business Sponsor
Business Requirements descriptions
Initiatives realized by Organizations
12. In the EA Activity - Business Architecture Development - the BAs (1) Use Information from Strategic Plan and Goals (2) Lead Development and ________________.
Maintenance of Current and Future State Business Architecture
Measured and Analyzed
Strategic Plan Document
Enterprise Analysis
13. 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)
DA: Document Analysis
Business Sponsor
Enterprise Analysis Activites
Initiatives realized by Organizations
14. 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
Business Sponsor
Initiatives realized by Organizations
Feasibility Study Report
15. 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
Plan and Facilitate Portfolio Management Meetings
Context
Organization's Reason for Being
Low-to-Moderate Risk project
16. In the EA Activity - Selecting and Prioritizing New Business Opportunities - who is the owner?
Managing Projects has 2 initiatives
Executive Team
Fixed deadline. no flexibility
Enterprise Governance Body
17. Outputs from Enterprise Analysis will become ________ to: a) Requirements Planning and Management; b) Requirements Elicitation/Gathering; c) Requirements Communication.
SRP: Structure Requirements Packages
Owner
Organization's Future
Inputs
18. Business Architecture considered to be: __________ used to understand the current state and plans for the future state of the enterprise.
Requirements Communications Tasks
Decision-Support Information
Strategic asset
Collaborate with SME
19. In the EA Activity - Launching New Project - what are the Deliverables?
Business Requirements
Project Plan
ER: Elicit Requirements
Inputs
20. 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
UTRP: Understand Team Roles for the Project
Enterprise Analysis
Enterprise Governance Body
Owner
21. In the EA Activity - Tracking Project Benefits - who is the owner? Business ___________
Organization's Future
Sponsor
Enterprise Analysis Activities
Solution Assessment and Validation Activities
22. The Business Architecture describes: 1) Business Strategy; 2) ___________________; 3) High level business environment through process or functional view; 4) Technological environment; 5) External environment.
Low-to-Moderate Risk project
Future Course of an Enterprise
Long term goals/objectives
Strategic asset
23. The Requirements Elicitation Task
Decision-Support Information
ER: Elicit Requirements
Managing Projects for Value
Measured and Analyzed
24. The Enterprise Architecture consists of five architectures: 1) Business Architecture; 2) Information Architecture; 3) ____________ Architecture; 4) Technology Architecture; 5) Security Architecture
Business Requirements descriptions
Application
Business Analyst
Long term goals/objectives
25. Business Requirements for future project investments which are also Documented.
Managing Projects has 2 initiatives
Enterprise Governance Body
Decision-Support Information
Identified during Enterprise Analysis Activities
26. 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
Sr. BAs
Initiatives realized by Organizations
Provide Executive Presentation
UTRP: Understand Team Roles for the Project
27. Begin fter Executive Team Develops Strategic Plans and Goals
Enterprise Analysis Activites
Maintenance of Current and Future State Business Architecture
Sr. BAs
Strategic Plan
28. 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 in large organizations
Strategic Plan
Updated Business Case at Key Control Gates
29. In the EA Strategic Planning - the BA needs to (1) ___________________; (2) Fully Understand Current Enterprise Strategies.
Owner
Strategic Goal Development
Strategic asset
Fully Understand Strategic Planning Process
30. What does Strategic Planning Serve to Establish?
Future Course of an Enterprise
Business Sponsor
Organization's Future
Business Analyst
31. In the EA Activity - New Project Proposal - who is the owner?
Enterprise Analysis Activities
Fixed deadline. no flexibility
Increase the Value Projects Bring to the Organization
Business Sponsor
32. In the EA Activity - Strategic Plan Development - who is the owner?
Executive Team
Propose New Programs
Business Analyst
Small - Low-Risk project
33. In the EA Activity Business Case Development - who is the ______? Business Analyst
Owner
Investment Decisions
Business Circumstances and Needs
Relevant stakeholders
34. Things defined in the Strategic Planning Role: _______________ in Terms of (1) Vision - (2) Mission - (3) Strategic Goals.
35. _________________________- 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)
Organization's Future
Business Circumstances and Needs
Investment Decisions
Sponsor
36. 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.
Strategic Plan Document
Context
Identified during Enterprise Analysis Activities
Propose New Programs
37. The 8 S________________: 1) DAS: Develop Alternate Solutions; 2) ETO: Evaluate Technology Options; 3) FSS: Facilitate the Selection of a Solution: 4) EUS: Ensure the Usability of theSolution; 5) SQAP: Support theQuality Assurance Process; 6) SIS: Sup
Identified during Enterprise Analysis Activities
Solution Assessment and Validation Activities
Context
Decision-Support Information
38. Why are Companies adopting the practice of Professional Business Analysis? To ___________.
Increase the Value Projects Bring to the Organization
Executive Team
Business Architecture
DA: Document Analysis
39. In the Activity - Strategic Goal Development - Sr. BA's _______________
Business Requirements
Strategic Goals - Themes - and Measures
Investment Decisions
Facilitate Strategic Goal Setting Sessions
40. Through Business Analysis Practices - _____________ is: (1) Gathered - (2) Analyzed - (3) Prepared in form of Decision Package for new projects.
Inputs
Owner
Decision-Support Information
Enterprise Analysis
41. Information Compiled as a Result of Enterprise Analysis Facilitates: _____________ that Manifest themselves in Programs and Supporting Projects.
CMBA: Creating and Maintaining The Business Architecture
Application
Strategic asset
Investment Decisions
42. 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
Support PM in Initiating/ Planning New Project
UTRP: Understand Team Roles for the Project
Business Case Document
Internal interest only
43. In the EA Activity - Strategic Goal Development - who is the owner?
UTRP: Understand Team Roles for the Project
Executive Team
Collaborate with SME
Sr. BAs
44. In the EA Activity - Strategic Plan Development - what are the Deliverables?
Business Architecture
Executive Team
Strategic Plan Document
Enterprise Analysis Activites
45. What does the Business Architecture define?
Relevant stakeholders
Support PM in Initiating/ Planning New Project
Determine Most Viable Option
Internal interest only
46. (1) Invest in most Valuable Projects; (2) Planning - Executing - Controlling project Activities to Attain The Business Value As Early As Possible.
Business Architecture
6 - 12 months
Enterprise Analysis Activites
Initiatives realized by Organizations
47. The 3 ____________________ Techniques: 1) DBM: Data and Behavior Models; 2) P/FM: Process / Flow Models; 3) UM: Usage Models
Determine Most Viable Option
ER: Elicit Requirements
Requirements Analysis and Documentation
Executive Team
48. 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
Application
Actual vs. Expected Benefits
Business Architecture
6 - 12 months
49. Higher-level statements of Goals - Objectives - Needs of Enterprise.
Selecting and Prioritizing New Business Opportunities
ER: Elicit Requirements
Enterprise Governance Body
Business Requirements
50. 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.
ER: Elicit Requirements
Invest in Most Valuable Projects
Sr. BAs
Small - Low-Risk project