BRMP ACTUAL EXAM FULL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A PLUS
●● Three Perspectives of BRM
Answer: - Role (duties and responsibilities)
- Discipline (skills, capabilities and knowledge)
- Organization Capability (of the provider to be effective for shaping
demand)
●● BRM as a Connector
Answer: - Facilitate productive connections and mobilize projects and
programs
- Stimulate, surface, and shape demand, Raise IT Savvy
- Influences appropriate supply
●● BRM as Orchestrator
Answer: - Capabilities to drive value from Provider services
- Coordinate and aggregate demand
- Orchestrate key provider roles
●● BRM as Navigator
Answer: - Facilitate Business-Provider convergence
,- Facilitate business strategy and roadmapping
- Guide architecture, portfolio and program management
●● BRM Related Standards
Answer: ISO/IEC 20000
COBIT 5 - recommends appointment of BRM
ITIL Framework - description of BRM process
SFIA (Skills Framework for the Information Age)
●● Business-Provider Alignment Model
Answer: ENVIRONMENT impacts the
STRATEGIC CONTEXT and drives the
IT STRATEGY and aligns to the
IT PORTFOLIO
●● BRM Competencies - DNA (Develop/Nurture/Advance)
Answer: - Strategic Partnering
- Business IQ
- Portfolio Management
- Provider Domain Knowledge
- Powerful Communications
- Business Transition Management
, ●● Strategic Partnering (DNA)
Answer: Goal of BRM is to establish a Strategic Partnership between the
Provider and the Businesses it serves
●● Business IQ (DNA)
Answer: One of the reasons the strategic partnership goal has been so
elusive is that Provider organizations often fall short in understanding
and speaking the language of their Business Partners.
●● Portfolio Management (DNA)
Answer: To optimize value realization from a Provider's products,
services, assets and capabilities, the discipline of Portfolio Management
is crucial to the expression of business strategy and the investment and
risk choices that must be made in pursuing that strategy.
●● Provider Domain (DNA)
Answer: The associated disciplines of Service Management are drawn as
the next ring because value realization also depends on having the right
provider services delivered in the most effective way.
●● Business Transition Management (DNA)
Answer: A common cause for loss in realization is the failure to properly
manage business transitions enabled by a Provider's services (such as
process improvement, new business capabilities).
AND CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A PLUS
●● Three Perspectives of BRM
Answer: - Role (duties and responsibilities)
- Discipline (skills, capabilities and knowledge)
- Organization Capability (of the provider to be effective for shaping
demand)
●● BRM as a Connector
Answer: - Facilitate productive connections and mobilize projects and
programs
- Stimulate, surface, and shape demand, Raise IT Savvy
- Influences appropriate supply
●● BRM as Orchestrator
Answer: - Capabilities to drive value from Provider services
- Coordinate and aggregate demand
- Orchestrate key provider roles
●● BRM as Navigator
Answer: - Facilitate Business-Provider convergence
,- Facilitate business strategy and roadmapping
- Guide architecture, portfolio and program management
●● BRM Related Standards
Answer: ISO/IEC 20000
COBIT 5 - recommends appointment of BRM
ITIL Framework - description of BRM process
SFIA (Skills Framework for the Information Age)
●● Business-Provider Alignment Model
Answer: ENVIRONMENT impacts the
STRATEGIC CONTEXT and drives the
IT STRATEGY and aligns to the
IT PORTFOLIO
●● BRM Competencies - DNA (Develop/Nurture/Advance)
Answer: - Strategic Partnering
- Business IQ
- Portfolio Management
- Provider Domain Knowledge
- Powerful Communications
- Business Transition Management
, ●● Strategic Partnering (DNA)
Answer: Goal of BRM is to establish a Strategic Partnership between the
Provider and the Businesses it serves
●● Business IQ (DNA)
Answer: One of the reasons the strategic partnership goal has been so
elusive is that Provider organizations often fall short in understanding
and speaking the language of their Business Partners.
●● Portfolio Management (DNA)
Answer: To optimize value realization from a Provider's products,
services, assets and capabilities, the discipline of Portfolio Management
is crucial to the expression of business strategy and the investment and
risk choices that must be made in pursuing that strategy.
●● Provider Domain (DNA)
Answer: The associated disciplines of Service Management are drawn as
the next ring because value realization also depends on having the right
provider services delivered in the most effective way.
●● Business Transition Management (DNA)
Answer: A common cause for loss in realization is the failure to properly
manage business transitions enabled by a Provider's services (such as
process improvement, new business capabilities).
