110323 - Trial Questions For Exam Two.pdf

Suggested Areas To Concentrate On 1. The value and layered structure of enterprise architectures, and how they tie back to the relationships between data and information. 2. The phases of organizational maturity. 3. The elements of adaptive digital readiness and customer centricity. 4. The needs and approaches to effective strategy development. 5. Project prioritization elements within an effective enterprise. 6. The relationships between strategic management, portfolio management, program management and project management. 7. The system implementation process and its four (4) sub - processes. 8. The types of budgeting and financial management related to IT. 9. Understanding the components of the Trust Services Framework. 10. Understanding the elements of the Enterprise Risk Management Framework. 11. Understanding the different types of controls associated with risk mitigation and management. 12. Performance assessment and Balanced Scorecared Take My Advice Here,….Just Sayin ’.

We said that an Enterprise Architecture is the “Great Connector” between an organization’s strategy and its capabilities, functions, elements and processes. We then said all of this is accomplished through specific goals and measures. We described several of those goals. Which of the following statements does NOT align with those goals/measures? The intended “desired benefits” of applying an Enterprise Architecture include: _____ a) The elimination (or minimization) of d ata redundancy within the operational systems environment. __ X __ b) Reducing unneeded flexibility in business growth or re - structuring. _____ c) The elimination (or minimization) of process redundancy within the operational systems environment. _____ d) The reduction of data complexity by extracting data from the operational environment and re - centering it into a more manageable data warehouse environment.

With further regard to the topic of Enterprise Architecture, please whether each of the following statements is True or False . __ T __ a) Enterprise Architectures are a means to help make clear up front how the desired states of compliance are to be both facilitated and assured. __ T __ b) Enterprise Architectures are needed to help assure some measure of rigor and consistency in how processes are created, managed, evolved and value focused. __ F __ c) Enterprise Architecture are typically there by corporate mandate in much the same way that there is for Internal Audit. __ T __ d) Enterprise Architectures come together in a layered form. __ T __ e) Enterprise Architectures are designed to help link together the non - technical business elements with the logical models of the data/information that supports them.

In our discussion of IT Strategy development, we said you need to start by understanding that forces that shape competition within your industry. Doing so is your starting point in better positioning yourself through a responsive IT Strategy. We said that needed “positioning” builds your defenses against those forces by answering six (6) questions. Which of the following was NOT one of them? _____ a) FOR ........................ (who is your target?) _____ b) WHO MUST ............ (what are they trying to do?) _____ c) OUR PRODUCT IS …….(what do you provide to them?) _____ d) THAT PROVIDES .......... (what will that do for them?) _____ e) UNLIKE ......................... (why is it their best choice?) _____ f) DIFFERENTIATED BY ..(what is your unique advantage?) __ X __ g) DEVELOPED BY ………(who participated in its creation?)

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