Enterprise Analysis Flashcards
What tasks are in Enterprise Analysis?
- Define Business Need
- Assess Capability Gaps
- Determine Solution Approach
- Define Solution Scope
- Define Business Case
What are the outputs of Enterprise Analysis?
- Business Case
- Business Need
- Required Capabilities
- Solution Approach
- Solution Scope
What is the primary output of Enterprise Analysis?
Business Requirements
What are the inputs to Enterprise Analysis?
- Assumptions and constraints
- Business goals and objectives
- Enterprise architecture
- Organizational process assets
- Requirements[stated]
- Solution performance assessment
- Stakeholder concerns
Define Business Need:What are the outputs?
Business need
Define Business Need: What are the inputs?
- Business goals and objects
- Requirements[stated]
Define Business Need:Who are the stakeholders?
- Customer or supplier - need may come from these
- Domain SME and end user - most direct awarness of problem or limitations
- Implementation SME - aware of current problems and limitations
- Regulator - may impose new regulatory requirements
- Sponsor - must identify who is responsible for making sure need is met and who can authorize action to meet it
Define Business Need: What techniques are used?
- Benchmarking
- Brainstorming
- Business Rule Analysis
- Focus Groups
- Functional De-composition
Define Business Need: What are the elements?
- Business goals and objectives-Review the ends the organization is seeking to achieve
- Business Problem or Opportunity-Investigate to see if there is one
- Desired Outcome-Identify the business benefit that will result
Assess Capability Gaps: what is the purpose?
To identify new capabilities needed to meet the business need
Assess Capability Gaps: What are the inputs?
- Business Need
- Enterprise Architecture
- Solution Performance Assessment
Assess Capability Gaps: What techniques are used?
- Document Analysis
- SWOT Analysis
Assess Capability Gaps: What elements are used?
- Current capabilities analysis-Gather current state of enterprise
- Assessment of new capabilities-Identify needed capabilities
- Assumptions- Identify and document assumptions
Assess Capability Gaps: What are the outputs?
Required Capabilities
Assess Capability Gaps:Who are the stakeholders?
- Customer and supplier - may be impacted by change, or provide new capabilities
- Domain SME, End User, Implementation SME, Sponsor - provide infromation on stenghts and weaknesses of current capabilities
Determine Solution Approach: What is the purpose?
To determine the most viable solution approach in enough detail to allow definition of solution scope
Determine Solution Approach: What are the inputs?
- Business Need
- Organizational Process Assets
- Required Capabilities
Define Solution Scope: What is the purpose?
To define which capabilities a project or iteration will deliver
Determine Solution Approach: What are the elements?
- Alternative generation - Generate alternatives
- Assumptions and Constraints - Identify assumptions and constraints for each alternative
- Ranking and selection of approaches - Capture consistent information, compare, may need a ranking system
Determine Solution Approach: What techniques can be used?
- Benchmarking
- Brainstorming
- Decision Analysis
- Estimation
- SWOT Analysis
- Feasibility Analysis
Determine Solution Approach: Who are the Stakeholders?
- Customer, Domain SME, End user, Supplier - provide suggested approaches
- Implementation SME - assess feasibility
- Sponsor - source of constraints, approve the approach
Determine Solution Approach: What are the outputs?
Solution Approach - a description of the approach that will be used to implement a new set of capabilities
Define Business Case: What is the purpose?
To determine if an organization can justify the investment required to deliver a proposed solution
Define Business Case: What are the inputs?
- Assumptions and Constraints
- Business Need
- Solution Scope
- Stakeholder Concerns
Define Business Case: What are the elements?
- Benefits - Measure the benefits to the business
- Costs- Measure the costs of the solution
- Risk Assessment - Assess to determine if organization is willing to take the risk
- Results Measurement - how costs and benefits will be assessed and evaluated
What is the output of Define Solution Scope?
Solution Scope: a definition of what must be delivered to meet the business need and the effect of the change on the business
Define Business Case: What techniques can be use?
- Decision Analysis
- Estimation
- Metrics and Key Performance Indicators
- Risk Analysis
- SWOT Analysis
- Vendor Assessment
Define Business Case: Who are the stakeholders?
- Sponsor - approves case and authorizes funding
- Domain SME - estimates business benefits
- Implementation SME - estimates costs
- Project Manager - participates in all
Define Business Case: What are the outputs?
Business Case - information necessary to support a go/no go decision to invest and move forward with a proposed project.
What are the steps in a Feasibility Analysis?
- Plan the study
- Conduct a current state assessment
- Identify potential solutions
- Determine feasibility of each
- Present to a key stakeholder in a document
Why do a feasibility analysis?
To determine whether and how each option or alternative can provide the expected benefit to meet the business need
When can a feasibility analysis occur?
Determine solution approach, it is a technique of this task, it is a ranking and selection method
What is the purpose of Define Solution Scope?
To define which new capabilities a project or iteration will deliver
What are the inputs to Define Solution Scope?
- Assumptions and Constraints
- Business Need
- Required Capabilities
- Solution Approach
What are the elements of Define Solution Scope?
- Solution Scope Definition - Identify major features, in scope and out of scope
- Implementation Approach - Determine how the implementation approach will deliver the solution scope
- Dependencies - Determine dependencies that will impose constraints
What techniques can be used in Define Solution Scope?
- Functional Decomposition
- Interface Analysis
- Scope Modeling
- User Stories
- Problem or Vision Statement
Who are the stakeholders of Define Solution Scope?
Domain SME Implementation SME Project Manager Sponsor
What are the parts of a problem statement?
- The problem of … (problem description)
- Affects….(stakeholders affected)
- The impact of which is ….(impact on each type of stakeholder)
- A successful solution would …..(list of key benefits of solution)
