CIS 304 Module 1 Exam Questions
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What is an enterprise system (ES) (aka Enterprise Information System (EIS))? -
Answer-A system of IT that enables information flow within and between processes
across the organization.
What is an Enterprise Resource Planning system (ERP)? - Answer-ERPs are an
enterprise information system designed for large organizations to manage the
fragmentation of data stored across multiple departments, devices, and databases.
What is Business Process Management (BPM)? - Answer-The discipline in which
people use various methods to discover, model, analyze, measure, improve, optimize,
and automate business processes.
What is Business Process Improvement (BPI)? - Answer-A gradual, incremental,
continuous transformation of a business process within the aim of improving some
performance metrics.
What is Business Process Re-engineering (BPR)? - Answer-Radical business process
overhaul transformation. Focuses on the analysis and design of workflows and business
processes within an organization.
How are BPM, BPI, and BPR similar? - Answer-They are all ways to improve business
processes
How are BPM, BPI, and BPR different? - Answer-BPI looks to tweak an existing process
to work better, while BPR looks to change the way a process works.
What is an organization? - Answer-A group of people that coordinate their work to
accomplish a goal and have the ability to communicate when completing their goal
What is the primary objective of any business organization? - Answer-To maximize
value for the shareholders
What is a project? - Answer-A business project is a temporary, unique set of interrelated
activities planned and executed to achieve a goal
What is a process? - Answer-A stable combination of recurring cross-functional sets of
tasks that converts into outputs
and Answers All Correct
What is an enterprise system (ES) (aka Enterprise Information System (EIS))? -
Answer-A system of IT that enables information flow within and between processes
across the organization.
What is an Enterprise Resource Planning system (ERP)? - Answer-ERPs are an
enterprise information system designed for large organizations to manage the
fragmentation of data stored across multiple departments, devices, and databases.
What is Business Process Management (BPM)? - Answer-The discipline in which
people use various methods to discover, model, analyze, measure, improve, optimize,
and automate business processes.
What is Business Process Improvement (BPI)? - Answer-A gradual, incremental,
continuous transformation of a business process within the aim of improving some
performance metrics.
What is Business Process Re-engineering (BPR)? - Answer-Radical business process
overhaul transformation. Focuses on the analysis and design of workflows and business
processes within an organization.
How are BPM, BPI, and BPR similar? - Answer-They are all ways to improve business
processes
How are BPM, BPI, and BPR different? - Answer-BPI looks to tweak an existing process
to work better, while BPR looks to change the way a process works.
What is an organization? - Answer-A group of people that coordinate their work to
accomplish a goal and have the ability to communicate when completing their goal
What is the primary objective of any business organization? - Answer-To maximize
value for the shareholders
What is a project? - Answer-A business project is a temporary, unique set of interrelated
activities planned and executed to achieve a goal
What is a process? - Answer-A stable combination of recurring cross-functional sets of
tasks that converts into outputs
