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What is the primary focus of Business Process Re-engineering (BPR)?

  • Implementing new technologies in the workplace
  • Analysis and design of workflows and business processes within an organization (correct)
  • Improving employee satisfaction
  • Maximizing profits through cost-cutting measures

According to BPR proponent Thomas H. Davenport, what is a business process?

  • A series of random tasks performed within an organization
  • A single task performed by an employee
  • A set of logically related tasks performed to achieve a defined business outcome (correct)
  • A collection of unrelated business activities

How does BPR differ from traditional process improvement?

  • It focuses on increasing employee productivity
  • It emphasizes maintaining the status quo in business operations
  • It involves outsourcing business processes
  • It encourages full-scale recreation of processes rather than iterative optimization of sub-processes (correct)

What are the main objectives of BPR?

<p>Improving customer service, cutting operational costs, and becoming world-class competitors (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What influences Business Process Re-engineering (BPR) according to the text?

<p>Technological innovations as industry players replace old methods of business operations (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which agile development methodologies is Agile modeling explicitly included as part of?

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What percentage of all agile software development did agile modeling account for as per 2011 stats?

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Agile modeling is considered more flexible than traditional modeling methods, making it a better fit in a fast-changing environment. Which core value does this align with?

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In which application areas has Agile model-driven engineering (Agile MDE) been adopted according to the text?

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Agile modeling is a supplement to other agile development methodologies. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as one of the methodologies it supplements?

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Which methodology is agile modeling explicitly included as part of?

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What percentage of all agile software development did agile modeling account for as per 2011 stats?

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Agile modeling is a supplement to which of the following agile development methodologies?

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What is agile modeling a form of within Agile model-driven engineering (Agile MDE)?

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What is the primary characteristic that makes agile modeling more suitable for a fast-changing environment?

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Business Process Re-engineering (BPR) focus

Analyzing and designing workflows and business processes within an organization.

Business process (BPR)

A set of logically related tasks to achieve a business outcome.

BPR vs. traditional process improvement

BPR recreates processes completely, while traditional methods optimize parts.

BPR main objectives

Improving customer service, lowering costs, and becoming top competitors.

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BPR influences

Technological innovations drive changes in business operations.

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Agile Modeling inclusion

Explicitly part of the Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD) framework.

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Agile Modeling 2011 percentage

Represented 1% of all Agile software development.

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Agile Modeling flexibility

Adapts easily to fast-changing environments.

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Agile MDE application areas

Used in web application development.

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Agile Modeling supplementary methodology

Complements other Agile methodologies like Scrum.

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Agile Modeling's inclusion

Specifically structured withinAgile model-driven engineering (Agile MDE).

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Agile Modeling's characteristic

Flexibility distinguishes it from traditional methods in a changing environment.

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Agile Modeling methodology

Explicitly included as part of the Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD) methodology.

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Non-supplementary method

Kanban is not a methodology that Agile Modeling supplements.

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