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