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1/5 · Improving Business Services and Processes · easy
A business analyst wants to quickly scope a business process by identifying who provides material to it, what goes into it, what happens within it, what comes out of it, and who receives the result. Which technique's acronym describes exactly these five elements, in that order?
ASIPOC: Suppliers, Information, Process, Outputs, Consumers
BSIPOC: Stakeholders, Inputs, Process, Objectives, Constraints
CSIPOC: Systems, Information, Process, Outcomes, Controls
DSIPOC: Suppliers, Inputs, Process, Outputs, Customers
2/5 · Improving Business Services and Processes · easy
A business analyst is asked to articulate, in a single clear statement, the distinctive benefit that a new subscription service offers a target customer segment compared with competing services. What is this output best described as?
AA RASCI matrix
BA SIPOC diagram
CA value proposition
DA customer journey map
3/5 · Improving Business Services and Processes · hard
A process model shows a single claims handler entering data into a system, checking a policy database and printing a confirmation letter, all performed continuously by that one person without handing off to another role. At which level of the business process hierarchy is this piece of work best represented?
AEnterprise level
BValue chain level
CEvent-response level
DActor-task level
4/5 · Improving Business Services and Processes
Which of the following best defines a business process at the 'event-response level' of the business process hierarchy?
AA defined scope showing suppliers, inputs, outputs and customers of a process for high-level review
BThe overall collection of processes that make up the whole organisation
CA process triggered by a business event that produces a complete, meaningful response for a stakeholder
DA single sequence of tasks performed by one actor without interruption
5/5 · Improving Business Services and Processes · easy
According to Porter's value chain model as covered in the syllabus, which of the following correctly classifies a set of organisational activities?
AMarketing and sales are classed as a support activity because they do not physically alter the product before it reaches the customer.
BInbound logistics and operations are primary activities that directly create the product or service, while procurement and technology development are support activities that enable them.
CService, such as installation or after-sales support, is a support activity because it takes place only after the sale has been completed.
DHuman resource management is a primary activity because employees perform every value-adding task in the organisation.
Answer: B. Porter's value chain divides organisational activities into primary activities (inbound logistics, operations, outbound logistics, marketing and sales, and service) that directly create and deliver value, and support activities (procurement, technology development, human resource management, and firm infrastructure) that enable the primary activities. Misclassifying marketing/sales or service as support, or HR as primary, are common misreadings of the model.
Source: the BCS Business Analysis Foundation syllabus - Improving Business Services and Processes
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