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1. Meets a business need by resolving a problem or allowing an organization to take advantage of an opportunity.
Risk
Metadata
Stakeholder Requirement
Solution
2. A partial or preliminary version of the system.
Prototype
Analyst
Interview
Use Case
3. A type of diagram defined by UML that captures all actors and use cases involved with a system or product.
Use Case Diagram
Iteration
Requirements Allocation
Variance Analysis
4. The work done to ensure that the stated requirements support and are aligned with the goals and objectives of the business.
Technique
Business Domain Model
Regulator
Requirements Validation
5. A description of the planned activities that the business analyst will execute in order to perform the business analysis work involved in a specific initiative.
Business Analysis Plan
Use Case Diagram
Tester
Business Architecture
6. The business benefits that will result from meeting the business need and the end state desired by stakeholders.
Enterprise
Desired Outcome
Objective
Vision Statement (product vision statement)
7. Determine when something is or is not true or when things fall into a certain category. They describe categorizations that may change over time.
Structural Rule
Context Diagram
Swimlane
Dialog Hierarchy
8. An analysis model that describes a series of actions or tasks that respond to an event. Each is an instance of a use case.
Focus Group
Subject Matter Expert (SME)
Span of Control
Scenario
9. An error in requirements caused by incorrect incomplete missing or conflicting requirements.
Focus Group
User Story
System
Requirement(s) Defect
10. Creating working software in multiple releases so the entire product is delivered in portions over time.
Enterprise Architecture
Incremental Delivery
Secondary Actor
Request For Quote (RFQ)
11. A system of programming statements symbols and rules used to represent instructions to a computer.
Knowledge Area
Stakeholder
Brainstorming
Code
12. A person or system that directly interacts with the solution. Can be humans who interface with the system or systems that send or receive data files to or from the system.
Requirements Management Tool
Validation
End User
Observation
13. An informal solicitation of proposals from vendors.
Request For Quote (RFQ)
Class
Customer
Subject Matter Expert (SME)
14. A list and definition of the business terms and concepts relevant to the solution being built or enhanced.
Operational Support
Glossary
Non-functional Requirement(s)
Technical Constraint(s)
15. A set of written questions to stakeholders in order to collect responses from a large group in a relatively short period of time.
Analyst
Data Flow Diagram (DFD)
Survey
Business Process
16. Information that is used to understand the context and validity of information recorded in a system.
Prototype
Business Rule(s)
Metadata
Requirements Verification
17. A description of the types of communication the business analyst will perform during business analysis the recipients of those communications and the form in which communication should occur.
Business Analysis Communication Plan
Code
Temporal Event
Cost Benefit Analysis
18. Requirements that have been demonstrated to deliver business value and to support the business goals and objectives.
Gap Analysis
Requirements Management
Validated Requirements
Requirement
19. An organizational unit organization or collection of organizations that share a set of common goals and collaborate to provide specific products or services to customers.
Technical Constraint(s)
Enterprise
Brainstorming
Business Requirement
20. Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities and Threats. It is a model used to understand influencing factors and how they may affect an initiative.
Data Model
Work Product
Tester
SWOT Analysis
21. An assessment that describes whether stakeholders are prepared to accept the change associated with a solution and are able to use it effectively.
Force Field Analysis
Lessons Learned Process
Organizational Readiness Assessment
Secondary Actor
22. A real or virtual facility where all information on a specific topic is stored and is available for retrieval.
Project
Secondary Actor
Repository
Sequence Diagram
23. A function of an organization that enables it to achieve a business goal or objective.
Capability
Operational Support
Stakeholder Analysis
Business Need(s)
24. A requirements document issued to solicit vendor input on a proposed process or product. Is used when the issuing organization seeks to compare different alternatives or is uncertain regarding the available options
Request For Information (RFI)
Relationship Map
Business Analyst
Business Analysis Plan
25. An analysis model that illustrates processes that occur along with the flows of data to and from those processes.
Data Flow Diagram (DFD)
Decision Tree
Business Need(s)
Work Product
26. The set of processes templates and activities that will be used to perform business analysis in a specific context.
Opportunity Analysis
Business Analysis Approach
Association
Structural Rule
27. A graphical representation of the entities relevant to a chosen problem domain the relationships between them and their attributes.
Business Analysis Approach
Entity-Relationship Diagram
Domain
Analyst
28. A quantifiable level of an indicator that an organization wants to accomplish at a specific point in time.
Solution
Activity
Metric
Iteration
29. A prototype that shows a shallow and possibly wide view of the system's functionality but which does not generally support any actual use or interaction.
Horizontal Prototype
Request For Information (RFI)
System
Domain Subject Matter Expert (SME)
30. The work to identify the stakeholders who may be impacted by a proposed initiative and assess their interests and likely participation.
Survey
Stakeholder Analysis
Implementation Subject Matter Expert (SME)
Relationship Map
31. A representation and simplification of reality developed to convey information to a specific audience to support analysis communication and understanding.
Requirements Verification
Impact Analysis
Stakeholder
Model(s)
32. A collection of interrelated elements that interact to achieve an objective. Elements can include hardware software and people.
Structural Rule
System
Implementation Subject Matter Expert (SME)
Metadata
33. An analysis model that depicts the logical structure of data independent of the data design or data storage mechanisms.
Requirements Verification
Data Model
Software/Systems Requirements Specification
User
34. The subset of nonfunctional requirements that describes properties of the software's operation development and deployment (e.g. performance security usability portability and testability).
Focus Group
Business Event
Quality Attributes
Iteration
35. An organized peer review of a deliverable with the objective of finding errors and omissions. It is considered a form of quality assurance.
Checklist
Metadata
Solution Requirement
Structured Walkthrough
36. The degree to which a set of inherent characteristics fulfills requirements.
Vertical Prototype
Quality
External Interfaces
System
37. An evaluation of proposed alternatives to determine if they are technically possible within the constraints of the organization and whether they will deliver the desired benefits to the organization.
Exploratory Prototype
Quality Attributes
Incremental Delivery
Feasibility Study
38. A requirements document written primarily for Implementation SMEs describing functional and nonfunctional requirements.
Software/Systems Requirements Specification
Vertical Prototype
Horizontal Prototype
Feasibility Study
39. A condition or capability that must be met or possessed by a solution or solution component to satisfy a contract standard specification or other formally imposed documents.
Requirement(s) Attribute
Feasibility Study
Requirement
Project Scope
40. A system trigger that is initiated by humans.
Prototype
Technique
Validation
Business Event
41. A team activity that seeks to produce a broad or diverse set of options through the rapid and uncritical generation of ideas.
Entity-Relationship Diagram
Project Scope
Brainstorming
Request For Proposal (RFP)
42. Activities performed to ensure that a process will deliver products that meet an appropriate level of quality.
Event Response Table
Quality Assurance
Operational Support
User
43. A classification of requirements that describe capabilities that the solution must have in order to facilitate transition from the current state of the enterprise to the desired future state but that will not be needed once that transition is complet
Business Need(s)
SWOT Analysis
Transition Requirement(s)
Initiative
44. A generic name for a role with the responsibilities of developing and managing requirements. Other names include business analyst business integrator requirements analyst requirements engineer and systems analyst.
Transition Requirement(s)
Validated Requirements
Brainstorming
Analyst
45. An approach to software engineering where software is comprised of components that are encapsulated groups of data and functions which can inherit behavior and attributes from other components; and whose components communicate via messages with one a
Structural Rule
Solution
Requirements Allocation
Object Oriented Modeling
46. Are responsible for the construction of software applications. Areas of expertise include development languages development practices and application components.
Project Manager
Developer
Verified Requirements
Return on Investment
47. A structured examination of an identified problem to understand the underlying causes.
Root Cause Analysis
Request For Proposal (RFP)
Use Case
Change Control Board (CCB)
48. A characteristic of a solution that meets the business and stakeholder requirements. May be subdivided into functional and non-functional requirements.
Requirements Allocation
Data Flow Diagram (DFD)
Interview
Solution Requirement
49. The product capabilities or things the product must do for its users.
Functional Requirement(s)
Domain Subject Matter Expert (SME)
Requirement
Secondary Actor
50. A requirements document issued when an organization is seeking a formal proposal from vendors. Typically requires that the proposals be submitted following a specific process and using sealed bids which will be evaluated against a formal evaluation m
Scenario
Request For Proposal (RFP)
End User
Operational Support