Solution Assessment and Validation Flashcards

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What are the tasks in Solution Assessment and Validation?

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  1. Assess Proposed Solution
  2. Allocate Requirements
  3. Assess Organization Readiness
  4. Define Transition Requirements
  5. Validate Solution
  6. Evaluate Solution Performance
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What is the purpose of Assess Proposed Solution?

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Assess the proposed solution to determine how closely they meet stakeholder and solution requirements

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What are inputs to Assess Proposed Solution?

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  1. Assumptions and Constraints
  2. Requirements[priortized and approved]
  3. Solution Options
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What are the elements of Assess Proposed Solution?

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  1. Ranking of solution options
  2. Identification of additional potential capabilities
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What are techniques can be used in Assess Proposed Solution?

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  1. Acceptance and Evaluation Criteria Definition
  2. Decision Analysis
  3. Vendar Assessment
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Who are the stakeholders of Assess Proposed Solution?

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  1. Domain SME
  2. Implementation SME
  3. Operational Support
  4. Project Manager
  5. Supplier
  6. Sponsor
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What is the output of Solution Assessment and Validation?

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Assessment of Proposed Solution

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What is the purpose of Allocate Requirements?

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Allocate requirements amoung solution components and releases in order to mazimize business value given the options and alternatives generated by the design team

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What are the input to Allocate Requirements?

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  1. Requirements[prioritized and approved]
  2. Solution[deisgned]
  3. Solution Scope
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What are the elements of Allocate Requirements?

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  1. Solution Components
    1. Available resources
    2. Constraints on the solution
    3. Dependencies between requirements
  2. Release Planning
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What techniques can be used in Allocate Requirements?

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  1. Acceptance and Evaluation Criteria Definition
  2. Business Rules Analysis
  3. Decision Analysis
  4. Functional Decomposition
  5. Process Modeling
  6. Scenario and Use Cases
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Who are the stakeholders for Allocate Requirements?

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  1. Customers and Suppliers
  2. Domain SME
  3. End User
  4. Implementation SME
  5. Operations Support
  6. Project Manager
  7. Tester
  8. Sponsor
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What is the output of Allocate Requirements?

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Requirements[Allocated], allocated to a solution component that will implement them

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What is the purpose of Assess Organizational Readiness?

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Assess whether the organization is ready tomake effective use of a new solution

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What are the inputs to Assess Organizational Readiness?

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  1. Enterprise Architecture
  2. Solution Scope
  3. Solution[Designed]
  4. Stakeholder Concerns
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What are the elements of Assess Organizational Readiness?

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  1. Cultural Assessment
  2. Operational or technical assessment
  3. Stakeholder impact analysis
    1. Functions
    2. Locations
    3. Tasks
    4. Concerns
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What techniques can be used in Assess Organizational Readiness?

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  1. Acceptance and Evaluation Criteria Definitions
  2. Data Flow Diagrams
  3. Focus Groups, Interviews, and Survey and Questionaries
  4. Organizaiton Modelling
  5. Problem tracking
  6. Risk Assessment
  7. SWOT Analysis
  8. Force field analysis
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Who are the stakeholders of Assess Organizational Readiness?

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  1. Domain SME
  2. Implementation SME
  3. Operational Support
  4. Project Manager
  5. Sponsor
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What is the output of Assess Organizational Readiness?

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Organizational Readiness assessment, whether stakeholders are perpared to accept the change associated with a solution, may lead to revisions in solution or project scope

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What is the purpose of Define Transition Requirements?

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To define the requirements needed to transition from an existing solution to a new solution

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What are the inputs to Define Transition Requirements?

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  1. Organizational Readiness Assessment
  2. Requirements[Stated]
  3. Solution[Deployed]
  4. Solution[Designed]
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What are the elements of Define Transition Requirements?

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  1. Data
  2. Ongoing work
  3. Organizaitonal change
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What tehniques can be used in Define Transition Requirements?

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  1. Business Rules Analysis
  2. Data Flow Diagrams, Process Modeling, and Organization Modeling
  3. Data Modeling
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Who are the stakeholders of Define Transition Requirements?

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  1. Customers
  2. Domain SME
  3. End User
  4. Implementation SME
  5. Operational Support
  6. Project Manager
  7. Regulator
  8. Tester
  9. Sponsor
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What is the output of Define Transition Requirements?

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Transition Requirements - the capabilities that must be developed in order to successfully transition between solutions

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What is the purpose of Validate Solution?

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Validate that the solution meets the business need and determine the most appropriate response to identified defects

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What are the inputs to Validate Solution?

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  1. Solution[Constructed]
  2. Requirements[prioritized and validated]
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What are the elements of Validate Solution?

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  1. Investigate defective solution outputs
  2. Assess Defects and Issues
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What techniques can be used in Validate Solution?

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  1. Acceptance and evaluation critieria
  2. Problem tracking
  3. Root Cause analysis
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Who are the stakeholders of Validate Solution?

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  1. Domain SME
  2. End user
  3. Implementation SME
  4. Operational Support
  5. Project Manager
  6. Tester
  7. Regulator
  8. Sponsor
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What is the output of Validate Solution?

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  1. Identified defects
  2. Mitigating Actions
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What is the purpose of Evaluate Solution Performance?

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Evaluate solutions to understand the value they deliver and identify opportunities for improvement

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What are the inputs to Evaluate Solution Performance?

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  1. Business Requirements
  2. Identified Defects
  3. Solution Performance Metrics
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What are the elements of Evaluate Solution Performance?

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  1. Understand value delivered by solution
  2. Validate solution metrics
  3. Solution Replacement or elimination
    1. Ongoing cost vs. initial investment
    2. opprotunity cost
    3. necessity
    4. sunk cost
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What techniques can be used in Evaluate Solution Performance?

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  1. Decision analysis
  2. Focus groups
  3. Observation
  4. Survey questionaire
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Who are the stakeholders of Evaluate Solution Performance?

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  1. Customer, Domain SME, and Supplier
  2. End user
  3. Operational Support
  4. Regulator
  5. Sponsor
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What is the output of Evaluate Solution Performance?

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Solution Performance Assessment - how the solution is performing in relation to business goals and objectives