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BABOK Enterprise Analysis
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
Owner
Requirements Communications Tasks
Facilitate Strategic Goal Setting Sessions
2. Business Architecture provides ____________ that guides selection and management of programs/projects.
Unified structure and context
Business Analyst
Business Case Document
Increase the Value Projects Bring to the Organization
3. In the EA Activity - Business Architecture Development - who is the Owner?
Unified structure and context
Managing Projects for Value
Business Analyst
Determine Most Viable Option
4. In the EA Activity - Strategic Plan Development - what are the Deliverables?
Sponsor
Strategic Plan Document
Support PM in Initiating/ Planning New Project
Fixed deadline. no flexibility
5. Enterprise Analysis Activities end after benefits of Project Outcomes are _______________.
Measured and Analyzed
Inputs
Provide Management with Info
Investment Decisions
6. What does Strategic Planning Serve to Establish?
Future Course of an Enterprise
Managing Projects has 2 initiatives
Business Analyst
Enterprise Governance Body
7. 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
Solution Assessment and Validation Activities
DA: Document Analysis
6 - 12 months
CMBA: Creating and Maintaining The Business Architecture
8. 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.
Small - Low-Risk project
Measured and Analyzed
Solution Assessment and Validation Activities
Sr. BAs
9. For Management to _____________ they need: 1) Accurate - (2) Consistent - (3) Useful Information about new ventures and currently funded ventures.
Invest in Most Valuable Projects
Sr. BAs
Future Course of an Enterprise
Strategic Goal Development
10. Set of documentation that defines an organization's current and future capabilities;
Requirements Analysis and Documentation
Business Architecture
Significant - High-Risk project
Business Circumstances and Needs
11. In the EA Activity - _________________ - who is the owner? Business Analyst
Future Course of an Enterprise
Managing Projects for Value
Organization's Reason for Being
Identified during Enterprise Analysis Activities
12. 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.
Fixed deadline. no flexibility
CMBA: Creating and Maintaining The Business Architecture
Fully Understand Strategic Planning Process
Small - Low-Risk project
13. In the EA Activity - Strategic Goal Development - what are the Deliverables?
SRP: Structure Requirements Packages
Business Requirements descriptions
Fixed deadline. no flexibility
Strategic Goals - Themes - and Measures
14. 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
Organization's Future
SRP: Structure Requirements Packages
Business Architecture
Managing Projects has 2 initiatives
15. In the EA Activity - Feasibility Studies - what are the Deliverables?
Identified during Enterprise Analysis Activities
Feasibility Study Report
Determine Most Viable Option
Enterprise Analysis Activites
16. 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
Measured and Analyzed
Strategic Goal Development
Business Stakeholders
Business Architecture
17. In the EA Activity Business Case Development - who is the ______? Business Analyst
Strategic Plan Document
Support PM in Initiating/ Planning New Project
Sr. BAs
Owner
18. In the EA Activity - Selecting and Prioritizing New Business Opportunities - Sr. BAs (1) ________________; (2) Present Proposal for New Projects.
Business Sponsor
Plan and Facilitate Portfolio Management Meetings
Initiatives realized by Organizations
Actual vs. Expected Benefits
19. In the EA Strategic Planning - the BA needs to (1) ___________________; (2) Fully Understand Current Enterprise Strategies.
Business Sponsor
Enterprise Analysis in large organizations
Fully Understand Strategic Planning Process
Significant - High-Risk project
20. 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
Identified during Enterprise Analysis Activities
CMBA: Creating and Maintaining The Business Architecture
Business Requirements descriptions
Actual vs. Expected Benefits
21. Why are Companies adopting the practice of Professional Business Analysis? To ___________.
Strategic Goal Development
Small - Low-Risk project
Increase the Value Projects Bring to the Organization
Requirements Analysis and Documentation
22. The 3 ____________________ Techniques: 1) DBM: Data and Behavior Models; 2) P/FM: Process / Flow Models; 3) UM: Usage Models
Owner
Balanced Scorecard Reports
Sr. BAs
Requirements Analysis and Documentation
23. In the EA Activity - Strategic Goal Development - who is the owner?
Significant - High-Risk project
Executive Team
Business Circumstances and Needs
Context
24. (1) Why a Project is Initiated; (2) What a Project will Achieve; (3) Metrics used to Measure Success.
Business Architecture
Business Requirements descriptions
Updated Business Case at Key Control Gates
Business Sponsor
25. 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.
Executive Team
Determine Most Viable Option
Provide Management with Info
Facilitate Strategic Goal Setting Sessions
26. In the EA Activity - Launching New Projects - who is the owner?
Fully Understand Strategic Planning Process
New Project Proposal
Business Analyst
Project Manager
27. Higher-level statements of Goals - Objectives - Needs of Enterprise.
ER: Elicit Requirements
Balanced Scorecard Reports
Business Requirements
Executive Team
28. 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
Managing Projects has 2 initiatives
Support PM in Initiating/ Planning New Project
Internal interest only
Business Stakeholders
29. Things defined in the Strategic Planning Role: _______________ in Terms of (1) Vision - (2) Mission - (3) Strategic Goals.
30. The Requirements Elicitation Task
Provide Executive Presentation
Provide Management with Info
ER: Elicit Requirements
New Project Proposal
31. 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
Enterprise Analysis Activities
Low-to-Moderate Risk project
Unified structure and context
Enterprise Analysis in large organizations
32. In the EA Activity - New Project Proposal - who is the owner?
6 - 12 months
Future Course of an Enterprise
Business Sponsor
Increase the Value Projects Bring to the Organization
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
Maintenance of Current and Future State Business Architecture
Long term goals/objectives
Collaborate with SME
Low-to-Moderate Risk project
34. Begin fter Executive Team Develops Strategic Plans and Goals
Provide Management with Info
Enterprise Analysis Activites
Balanced Scorecard Reports
Strategic Goal Development
35. 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 Requirements descriptions
ER: Elicit Requirements
Provide Executive Presentation
Business Case Document
36. The Business Architecture describes: 1) Business Strategy; 2) ___________________; 3) High level business environment through process or functional view; 4) Technological environment; 5) External environment.
Long term goals/objectives
Internal interest only
Sponsor
DA: Document Analysis
37. Business Requirements for future project investments which are also Documented.
Identified during Enterprise Analysis Activities
Owner
Provide Management with Info
Strategic Goals - Themes - and Measures
38. 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
Small - Low-Risk project
Low-to-Moderate Risk project
Strategic Plan
39. As PM matures into Critical Management Discipline - Orgs realize that _______.
Managing Projects has 2 initiatives
Strategic asset
Strategic Plan
Application
40. (1) Invest in most Valuable Projects; (2) Planning - Executing - Controlling project Activities to Attain The Business Value As Early As Possible.
Invest in Most Valuable Projects
Initiatives realized by Organizations
Balanced Scorecard Reports
Propose New Programs
41. In the EA Activity - Business Architecture Development - what are the Deliverables?
SRP: Structure Requirements Packages
Requirements Communications Tasks
Business Architecture
Propose New Programs
42. 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
Context
Significant - High-Risk project
Actual vs. Expected Benefits
CMBA: Creating and Maintaining The Business Architecture
43. In the EA Activity - Managing Projects for Value - what are the Deliverables?
Plan and Facilitate Portfolio Management Meetings
ER: Elicit Requirements
Updated Business Case at Key Control Gates
Determine Most Viable Option
44. What does the Business Architecture define?
Business Analyst
Requirements Analysis and Documentation
Relevant stakeholders
Business Case Document
45. Business Analyst collaborates with ____________ to build a Strong Relationship between the Business and Technical Communities when Implementing a New IT-Enabled Business Solution.
Business Analyst
Business Stakeholders
Enterprise Analysis Activites
Owner
46. Investigative - Feasibility - or Business Architecture Endeavor; Managed as Stand-Alone Project.
Owner
Measured and Analyzed
New Project Proposal
Enterprise Analysis in large organizations
47. 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
UTRP: Understand Team Roles for the Project
Internal interest only
Decision-Support Information
Executive Team
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
Determine Most Viable Option
Managing Projects has 2 initiatives
Solution Assessment and Validation Activities
Requirements Analysis and Documentation
49. In the EA Activity - _______________ - what are the Deliverables? (1) Executive Prsentation; (2) Decision Package
Inputs
Enterprise Analysis Activites
Enterprise Analysis in large organizations
New Project Proposal
50. Outputs from Enterprise Analysis will become ________ to: a) Requirements Planning and Management; b) Requirements Elicitation/Gathering; c) Requirements Communication.
Business Architecture
Inputs
Future Course of an Enterprise
Business Sponsor