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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

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1. An excellent way to foster creative thinking about a problem. The goal is to produce numerous new ideas and to derive themes for further analysis. - Ability to elicit many ideas in a short time period. - - Non-judgmental environment enables creative






2. What are the techniques for the task - Verify Requirements?






3. Confidence in the decision analysis process that a decision is correct - new information or alternative that cause a decision to be revisited are new and not simply overlooked - decisions are effective in addressing underlying problem - impact of unc






4. What are the techniques used in the task Conduct Elicitation Activity?






5. Characteristics that are common to all organizations with a similar purpose and structure - whether or not the are in the same industry.






6. This knowledge area involves analyzing stakeholder needs to define solutions that meet those needs - assessing the current state of the business to identify and recommend improvements and the verification and validation of the resulting requirements.






7. What is the output of the task Document Elicitation Results?






8. Three key factors when assessing the quality of indicators and their metrics






9. Familiarity with the range of commercially available solutions or suppliers can assist with the identification of possible alternatives.






10. This task describes the work required to decide which formats are appropriate for a particular project and its stakeholders. The requirements must be clear - concise - accurate and at the appropriate level of detail to assure clear understanding by t






11. What is the output of the task - Manage Requirements Traceability?






12. Approach to decision making that examines and models the possible consequences of different decisions. Make an optimal decision under conditions of uncertainty.






13. What is the output of the task - Assess Organizational Readiness?






14. What are the inputs for the task - Evaluate Solution Performance?






15. A means of eliciting requirements by conducting an assessment of the stakeholder's work environment. This technique is appropriate when documenting details about current processes or if the project is intended to enhance or change a current process.






16. Issues that may influence the replacement or elimination decision of a system include:






17. What are the inputs to the task - Assess Proposed Solution?






18. To identify and manage areas of uncertainty that can impact an initiative - solution - or organization.






19. Investigating how a solution is actually used after it is deployed and assessing the effect it has had - both positive and negative.






20. The purpose is to describe the required qualities of a system - such as its usability and performance characteristics.






21. What is the output of the task - Define Assumptions & Constraints?






22. What are the classifications used to describe requirements






23. The purpose is to compile and document successes - opportunities for improvement - failures - and recommendations for improving the performance of future projects or project phases






24. What are the techniques used in the task Document Elicitation Results?






25. Are written to describe how an actor interacts with a solution to accomplish one or more of that actor's goals - or to respond to an event.






26. What are the inputs for the task - Define Transitional Requirements?






27. What is the output of the Manage Business Analysis Performance task?






28. Domain SME - End User - Implementation SME - and Sponsor: They Affected by analysis techniques used to organize requirements since they need to verify and validate the requirements.






29. Understanding of how a change to a component affects the system as a whole - identification of reinforcing and compensating feedback loops - understanding of how systems adapt to external pressures and changes - A system as a whole will have properti






30. This knowledge area describes the problem definition and analysis - business case development - feasibility studies and the definition of solution scope.






31. What is the output of the task Confirm Elicitation Results?






32. The decomposition of activities and tasks creates?






33. Models a deep - and usually narrow slice of the entire system's functionality.






34. What are the output(s) of the task - Validate Solution?






35. What is the output of the task - Communicate Requirements?






36. What are the elements of the area - Analytical Thinking and Problem Solving - Successful generation of new ideas - application of new ideas to resolve existing problems - willingness of stakeholders to accept new approaches.






37. What is the output of the task - Prepare Requirements Package?






38. What are the techniques used in the task - Define Transition Requirements?






39. Means of eliciting information from many people - sometimes anonymously - in a relatively short period of time






40. Elicitation Results are the inputs for the ____________






41. What knowledge area discusses the business analysis activities necessary to identify a business need - problem or opportunity - define the capture of the solution and justify the investment necessary to deliver the solution.






42. What are the techniques used in the task - Evaluate Solution Performance?






43. The knowledge area that describes how a BA manages conflicts - issues and changes in order to ensure that stakeholders and the project team remain in agreement on the solution scope - how requirements are communicated to stakeholders and how knowledg






44. What are the different types of learning styles?






45. What techniques are used in the task Prepare for Elicitation?






46. What is the output of the task - Define Transition Requirements?






47. Are used to model the logic of usage scenarios - by showing the information passed between objects in the system through the execution of the scenario. Shows how classes and objects interact during a scenario.






48. Corrective or preventative measures uncovered while performing a Business Analysis Performance Assessment will result in changes to what plan?






49. Understanding of the competitive forces that shape an industry - understand the various customer segments that the industry services and the demographic or other characteristics common to that segment.






50. Is generally understood to describe just one way that an actor can accomplish a particular goal