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