Strategy Analysis

Question 1

What four tasks are included in the strategy analysis knowledge area?

Answer 1

• Analyze current state
• Define future state
• Assess risks
• Define change strategy

Question 2

What is the purpose of the task analyze current state?

Answer 2

To understand why an enterprise needs to change and to understand what would be directly or indirectly affected by the changes.

Question 3

What task helps you understand why an enterprise needs to change and what may be impacted by the changes?

Answer 3

Analyze current state in the strategy analysis knowledge area

Question 4

What triggers potential changes in an organization?

Answer 4

Change is triggered by problems or opportunities that cannot be addressed without altering the current state.

Question 5

What constitutes the current state that provides context to a change?

Answer 5

Existing stakeholders, processes, technology and policies constitute the current state of an enterprise.

Question 6

How much detail does the current state get explored in?

Answer 6

The current state is explored in just enough detail to validate the need for a change or change strategy.

Question 7

Why is understanding the current state of an enterprise necessary prior to a change?

Answer 7

Identify:
- what needs to change to achieve a desired future state,
- how the effects of a change will be assessed

Question 8

What does the scope of the current state describe?

Answer 8

The scope of the current state describes the important existing characteristics of the environment.

Question 9

The current state is rarely static. What can affect the current state?

Answer 9

• Internal and external influencers
  – other organizational changes

Question 10

What can changes to the current state impact?

Answer 10

– the desire desired future state.
– Change strategy
– requirements.
– designs

Question 11

What are the inputs for the task analyze current state?

Answer 11

– Elicitation results, confirmed.
– Needs

Question 12

How are solicitation results used as an input to the task analyze current state?

Answer 12

Confirmed, elicitation results are used to:
– define and understand the current state

Question 13

What are the outputs of the task analyze current state?

Answer 13

– Current state description
– business requirements

Question 14

What are the elements of the task analyze current state in the knowledge area strategy analysis?

Answer 14

– Business needs
– Organizational structure, and culture
– capabilities and processes.
- Technology, and infrastructure
– Policies.
– business architecture.
– internal assets
– external influencers

Question 15

Business needs, organizational structure, and culture, capabilities, and processes, technology and infrastructure, policies, business architecture, internal assets, and external influencers are elements of which strategy analysis task?

Answer 15

Analyze, current state

Question 16

What is a business need?

Answer 16

A problem or opportunity of strategic importance.
An issue encountered in the organization, usually triggers, the evaluation of a business need.

Question 17

A business need that is a strategic goal that needs to be achieved has been identified at what level of an enterprise?

Answer 17

Top down

Question 18

A business need that is a problem with the current state of a process function or system has been identified at what level of an enterprise?

Answer 18

Bottom up

Question 19

A business need originating from customer demand or business competition or new legislation has been identified at what level of an enterprise?

Answer 19

External drivers

Question 20

What perspective are business needs expressed from?

Answer 20

Business needs are always expressed from the perspective of the enterprise not of any particular stakeholder.

Question 21

Why should business analyst question assumptions, and constraints identified or expressed in a business need?

Answer 21

– To ensure the correct problem is being solved
– To ensure the widest possible range of alternative solutions are considered

Question 22

What must a solution to a business need or set of business needs do?

Answer 22

– Generate benefits for the enterprise or at stakeholders
– avoid losses that would otherwise occur

Question 23

What is organizational culture?

Answer 23

– Beliefs.
– values.
– norms.
Shared by members of an organization.

Question 24

What is organizational culture?

Answer 24

– Beliefs.
– values.
– norms.
Shared by members of an organization.

Question 25

What does organizational structure do?

Answer 25

– Defines the formal relationships between people within the enterprise
– Influences communication channels, and relationships

Question 26

What do an organizations capabilities and processes include?

Answer 26

– The activities and enterprise performs.
– the knowledge the enterprise has
– The products and services it provides
– The functions it supports
– the methods it uses to make decisions

Question 27

How does the business analysis approach affect the task analyzing the current state?

Answer 27

Guides how the business analyst undertakes the analysis

Question 28

Current state description is an output of the task current state analysis. What does it include?

Answer 28

The context of the Enterprises:
– scope
Capabilities
Resources
Performance
Culture
Dependencies.
Infrastructure.
External influences next line and significant relationship relationships between these elements

Question 29

Business requirements are an output of analyze the current state. What is a business requirement?

Answer 29

The problem, opportunity or constraint, which is defined based on an understanding of the current state.

Question 30

When is a capability centric view of an enterprise used?

Answer 30

When looking for innovative solutions that combine existing capabilities to produce a new outcome.

Question 31

When is a process centric view used in current state analysis?

Answer 31

When looking for ways to improve the performance of current activities.

Question 32

Define fusion state is a task within strategy analysis. What is the purpose of defining the future state?

Answer 32

Defining the future state determines the set of necessary conditions to meet the business need.