MIS567 Final Exam Book2
Which of the following is a definition for Business Process Management (BPM)?
A discipline that uses a set of methods to document, design, analyze and optimize business processes
After the emergence of the IT governance concepts, the notion didn't receive a lot of attention.
False
Henderson and Venkatraman argue that the external domain is more important that internal domain.
False
Hofstede's dimensions helps to understand cultures and people through proposed framework with defined idexes, and Uncertainty AvoidanceIndex is an indication of the extent to which less powerful members of a society accept unequal distribution of power.
False
In the organizational view of ARIS, Position represents a task description, and Role represents a job description.
False
It is clear that when the concept of "Enterprise Governance of IT," as we understand it now, originated.
False
Measuring and evaluation has a secondary importance in the Enterprise Governance of IT implementation process.
False
Organizations always to find it much easier to implement structures in their organizations as opposed to processes.
False
The "silver bullet" approach is an ideal way for implementing and maintaining effective Enterprise Governance of IT within an organization.
False
The information economics method developed by Parker et al. (1988) would be one of the typical examples of the maturity model approach to Business/IT alignment..
False
The matching approach for measuring alignment considers the multiplication of the ratings for the two pairs of related items.
False
Universal way of measuring Business/IT alignment is described in the literature.
False
Which airport is featured in the ARIS Training videos?
Frankfurt Airport
Mark all the correct statements.
Functions are activities carried out by a real person. Events trigger the activities or are the result of them The control flow represents the sequence of activities
Which one of the models below ARIS does NOT support?
OSI Model
Which one of the below does most correctly describe XOR splitting or joining operator?
Only one of the succeeding elements will be executed (exclusive)
What are the four main views of the ARIS Framework (ARIS House)?
Organization, Data, Function, Control
Which one of the ARIS EPC rules is NOT true?
Trivial events must be also modeled (events who only state the termination of a function without adding any useful information, e.g. "check invoice" → "invoice checked" )
A crucial question in the alignment debate is why the notion is so fundamentally important to an organization's success.
True
Although all organizations face some unique challenges, concerns around effective governance of IT, and the realization of real business value from today's significant and increasingly complex investments in IT are a universal concern.
True
Conceiving the enterprise governance of IT model is the first step, implementing it into a sustainable solution - in other words, deploying it throughout all levels of the organization- is the next challenging step..
True
EGIT clearly goes beyond the IT-related responsibilities and expands towards(IT-related) business processes needed for business value creation.
True
Entity Relationship Models (ERMs) are used to model data in the ARIS data view.
True
Having developed a high-level Enterprise Governance of IT model does not imply that governance is actually working in the organization.
True
Having developed a high-level model for enterprise governance of IT does not imply that governance is actually working in the organization.
True
Hofstede (1991) in his article (referred in the book) defines culture as "the collective programming of the mind, which characterizes the members of one organization from others."
True
In cultures that are considered highly individualistic, individuals are loosely tied and are expected to look out for themselves and their family.
True
In the context of business IT alignment, the main measurement challenge is within the area of strategic alignment.
True
Organizations can also use a maturity model to assess the current degree of alignment.This is a method of scoring that enables the organization to grade itself from nonexistent (0) to optimized (5).
True
Regarding national cultures, in the dichotomy "masculine versus feminine", a masculine culture values assertiveness, performance, and material success. In a feminine society values like quality of life, tenderness and modesty prevail.
True
Regarding the risk management objective, a high level of security and disaster recovery should be attained and measured by the number of implemented IT security initiatives and security breaches and attainment of disaster recovery plans.
True
The EGIT definition explicitly underlines that the outcome of EGIT is the alignment of information technology with the business. Haes and Grembergen (2015 p.4) separately highlights this in our book.
True
The SAM model demonstrates that alignment is a multi-faced and complex construct often referred to as the alignment challenge.
True
The audit performance can be measured through number of IT audits performed and reported shortcomings.
True
The corporate contribution dimension evaluates the performance of the EnterpriseGovernance of IT process.
True
The most used symbols of organization view in ARIS are "organizational unit" and "position".
True
The operational excellence perspective mainly identifies the key Enterprise Governance of IT practices (structures and processes) to be implemented and their corresponding metrics.
True
The ultimate outcome of Enterprise Governance of IT is business/IT alignment.
True
The uncertainty avoidance index is defined as "the extent to which the members of a culture feel threatened by uncertain or unknown situations"
True
Today many organizations are in the process of implementing a combination ofEnterprise Governance of IT structures, processes, and relational mechanisms.
True
