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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What are the inputs to the task - Validate Requirements?
Observation
Problem or Vision Statement
Business Case; Stakeholder - Solution or Transition Requirements (Verified)
Define Business Need - Access Capability Gaps - Determine Solution Approach - Define Solution Scope - Define Business Case
2. What is the output of the task - Define Business Case?
State Diagrams
Business Domain - Corporate Culture & Environment - Skills of the Analyst - Requirement Deliverable
Business Case
Validate Requirements
3. Decisions are made with the interest of all stakeholders considered - reasons for a decision are cleared articulated - prompt and full disclosure of conflicts of interest - honesty regarding one's abilities and the performance of one's work.
Leadership
Functional Decomposition
Systems Thinking
Ethics
4. Characteristics that are common to all organizations with a similar purpose and structure - whether or not the are in the same industry.
Implementation SME
Requirements Analysis
Communicated Requirements
Business Principals
5. What are the tasks in the knowledge area - Enterprise Analysis?
Requirements (Validated)
Monitoring
Structured Walkthrough
Define Business Need - Access Capability Gaps - Determine Solution Approach - Define Solution Scope - Define Business Case
6. What are the techniques used in the task Manage Business Analysis Performance?
Historic Analysis
Use Case
Interviews - Lessons Learned Process - Metrics and KPIs - Problem Tracking - Process Modeling - Root Cause Analysis - Survey/Questionnaire - Variance Analysis
Parametric Estimation
7. What are the inputs for the task Prepare for Elicitation?
Benefits - Costs - Risk Assessment - Results Measurement
Business Need - Solution Scope & Business Case - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities
Requirements Management & Communication
Solution Performance Assessment
8. What is the output of the task - Allocate Resources?
Requirements (Allocated)
Evaluation
Ethics - Trustworthiness - Personal Organization
Reporting
9. What are some of the commonly used requirement attributes?
Solution Assessment & Validation
Operative Rules
Automate or Simplify Work - Improve Access to Information - Reduce Complexity of Interfaces - Increase Consistency of Behavior - Eliminate Redundancy
Absolute Reference - Author - Complexity - Ownership - Priority - Risks - Source - Stability - Status - Urgency
10. Name some commonly used financial valuation techniques.
Interviews - Observation
Problem Solving
Discounted Cash Flow - Net Present Value - Internal Rate of Return - Average Rate of Return - Pay Back Period - Cost-Benefit Analysis
MoSCoW Analysis
11. Using this technique the business analyst has collected the deliverables - activities - tasks - and estimates from all the involved stakeholders and rolls them up to get a total for all the activities and tasks.
Problem Tracking - Risk Analysis
Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Prototyping - Requirements Workshop - Survey/Questionnaire
Formal Documentation - Presentation - Model
Bottom-up Estimation
12. What are the inputs for the task - Evaluate Solution Performance?
Cultural Assessment - Operational or Technical Assessment - Stakeholder Impact Analysis
Name - Value/Meanings - Description
Business Requirements - Identified Defects - Solution Performance Metrics - Solution (Deployed)
General Purpose Applications & Specialized Applications
13. A brief description of functionality that users need from a solution to meet a business objective. The goal they are trying to accomplish - and any additional information that may be critical to understanding the scope of the story.
Requirements Structure
Decision Analysis - Focus Groups - Observation - Survey/Questionnaire
Key Performance Indicator (KPI )
User Story
14. To define the rules that govern decisions in an organization and that define - constrain or enable organization operations.
Learning
Structured Walkthrough
Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring
Business Rules Analysis
15. Rules that the organization chooses to enforce as a matter of policy. They are intended to guide the actions of people working within the organization. They may oblige people to take certain actions - prevent people from taking actions - or prescribe
Operative Rules
Assess Organization Readiness
Activity List
Decision Analysis - Process Modeling - Structured Walkthrough
16. What are the factors of influence by stakeholders on a project?
Conduct Elicitation Activity
Assess Proposed Solution - Allocate Requirements - Assess Organizational Readiness - Define Transition Requirements - Validate Solution - Evaluate Solution Performance
Enterprise Architecture - Solution Scope - Solution (Designed) - Stakeholder Concerns
Influence on the project - organizational - project health and other stakeholders
17. Prioritizes requirements based on the amount of work that the project team is capable of delivering in a set period of time. Approaches include: All-in - All Out - Selective
Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Problem Tracking - Prototyping - Requirements Workshop - Survey/Questionnaire
Timeboxing
Prepare for Elicitation - Conduct Elicitation Activity - Document Elicitation Results - Confirm Elicitation Results
User Story
18. What is the output of the task - Define Transition Requirements?
Problem Solving
Requirements (Prioritized and Approved) - Solution (Designed) - Solution Scope
Transition Requirements
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Problem Tracking - Structured Walkthrough - Checklists
19. What are the inputs to the task - Assess Organizational Readiness?
Enterprise Architecture - Solution Scope - Solution (Designed) - Stakeholder Concerns
Business Policy
Implementation SME
Parametric Estimation
20. What is the output of the task - Define Business Need?
Business Need
Requirements Structure
Business Need - Organizational Process Assets - Requirements Management Plan - Scheduled Resources - Solution Scope & Business Case - Supporting Materials
Requirements Structure
21. What is the output of the task - Assess Capability Gaps?
Requirements Structure
Required Capabilities
Problem Tracking
Rolling Wave
22. What are the techniques used in the task - Allocate Resources?
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Business Rules Analysis - Decision Analysis - Functional Decomposition - Process Modeling - Scenarios & Use Cases
Necessity - Effort - Subset - Cover - Value
Define Transitional Requirements
Acceptance Criteria
23. What techniques are used in the task Prepare for Elicitation?
Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Prototyping - Requirements Workshop - Survey/Questionnaire
Data Dictionary
Enterprise Architecture - Solution Scope - Solution (Designed) - Stakeholder Concerns
Interviews - Observation
24. What are the output(s) of the task - Validate Solution?
Evaluation Criteria
Glossary
Business Rules Analysis - Data Flow Diagrams - Process Modeling - Organization Modeling - Data Modeling
Identified Defects - Mitigating Actions - Solution Validation Assessment
25. What is the output of the task Prepare for Elicitation?
Solution Knowledge
SWOT Analysis
Scheduled Resources - Supporting Materials
Requirements Structure
26. What are the techniques used in the task Manage Solution Scope & Requirements?
Advantages of Document Analysis
Opportunity Cost
Problem Tracking - Baselining - Signoff
Repository - Traceability - Requirement Attributes - Prioritization Process - Change Management - Tailoring the Requirements Management Process
27. What are the characteristics of a Problem Record?
Root Cause Analysis
Acceptance Criteria
Description - Raised by - Date Identified - Impact - Priority - Need by Date - Owner - Status - Action Needed to be Resolved - Responsible for Action - Completion Date of Action - Outcome
Risk Analysis
28. What are the techniques used in the task Conduct Stakeholder Analysis?
Decision Analysis - Risk Analysis - MoSCoW Analysis - Timeboxing/Budgeting - Voting
Necessity - Effort - Subset - Cover - Value
Root Cause Analysis
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Brainstorming - Interviews - Organizational Modeling - Process Modeling - Requirements Workshop - Risk Analysis - Scenarios & Use Cases - User Stories - Scope Modeling - Survey/Questionnaire - RACI Matrix
29. Ability to find information - on-time completion of tasks - efficiency in the completion of work - ability to easily identify all outstanding work and the status of each work item.
Formal Documentation - Presentation - Model
Personal Organization
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Problem Tracking - Root Cause Analysis
Benchmarking
30. List 3 possible forms of a requirements packages.
Timeboxing
Formal Documentation - Presentation - Model
Business Analysis Communication Plan - Organizational Process Assets - Requirements - Requirements Structure
Oral Communications - Teaching - Written Communication
31. Most optimistic estimate; most pessimistic estimate; most likely estimate
Three-point Estimation
Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving
Interface Analysis
Requirements (Approved)
32. What are the inputs to the task - Define Business Need?
Business Goals & Objectives - Requirements (Stated)
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Brainstorming - Interviews - Organizational Modeling - Process Modeling - Requirements Workshop - Risk Analysis - Scenarios & Use Cases - User Stories - Scope Modeling - Survey/Questionnaire - RACI Matrix
Organization Modeling
Business Rules Analysis - Data Flow Diagrams - Data Modeling - Functional Decomposition - Organizational Modeling - Process Modeling - Scenarios & Use Cases - Scope Modeling - User Stories
33. What are the tasks in the knowledge area - Requirements Analysis?
Functional Decomposition - Interface Analysis - Scope Modeling - User Stories - Problem or Vision Statement
Confirm Elicitation Results
Requirements (Prioritized)
Prioritize Requirements - Organize Requirements - Specify & Model Requirements - Define Assumptions & Constraints - Verify Requirements - Validate Requirements
34. Elements identified for each activity and task.
Trustworthiness
SWOT Analysis
Unique Number - Activity Description - Assumptions - Dependencies - Milestones
Document Analysis
35. What are the characteristics of Interaction Skills?
Ongoing Cost versus Initial Investment - Opportunity Costs - Necessity - Sunk Costs
Facilitation & Negotiation - Leadership & Influencing - Teamwork
Leadership
Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving - Behavioral Characteristics - Business Knowledge - Communication Skills - Interaction Skills - Software Application
36. What should be considered when establishing a Change Management process?
Problem Tracking - Risk Analysis
Determine the Process - Who will Authorize Changes - Impact Analysis - Wording of the Request - Coordinate Prioritization of Change
Absolute Reference - Author - Complexity - Ownership - Priority - Risks - Source - Stability - Status - Urgency
Stakeholder Matrix
37. Two effective trade-off methods.
Confirm Elicitation Results
Sequence Diagrams
Problem Tracking - Risk Analysis
Elimination of Dominated Alternative - Ranking Objects on a Similar Scale
38. What techniques are used in the task - Define Solution Scope?
Underlying Competencies
Root Cause Analysis
Identified Defects - Mitigating Actions - Solution Validation Assessment
Functional Decomposition - Interface Analysis - Scope Modeling - User Stories - Problem or Vision Statement
39. What are the techniques used in the task - Evaluate Solution Performance?
Business Principals
That they understand them and the current state the requirements are in
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Problem Tracking - Root Cause Analysis
Decision Analysis - Focus Groups - Observation - Survey/Questionnaire
40. What are the tasks in Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring?
Business Analysis Process Assets
Plan Business Analysis Approach - Conduct Stakeholder Analysis - Plan Business Analysis Activities - Plan Business Analysis Communication - Plan Requirements Management Process - Manage BA Performance
Activity List
Enterprise Architecture - Solution Scope - Solution (Designed) - Stakeholder Concerns
41. 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.
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Problem Tracking - Structured Walkthrough - Checklists
A statement of the needs of a particular stakeholder or class of stakeholders
Primary stakeholders in the Organize Requirements task
Discounted Cash Flow - Net Present Value - Internal Rate of Return - Average Rate of Return - Pay Back Period - Cost-Benefit Analysis
42. What are the Composite Data Elements?
Evaluation Criteria
Sequences - Repetitions - Optional Elements
Validate Solution
Organizational Readiness Assessment - Requirements (Stated) - Solution (Deployed) - Solution (Designed)
43. Corrective or preventative measures uncovered while performing a Business Analysis Performance Assessment will result in changes to what plan?
Decision Analysis
Delphi Estimation
Business Analysis Plan
Activity List
44. What is the output of the task - Validate Requirements?
Business Analysis Communication Plan - Organizational Process Assets - Requirements - Requirements Structure
Requirements (Validated)
Required Capabilities
Business Rules Analysis - Data Flow Diagrams - Data Modeling - Functional Decomposition - Organizational Modeling - Process Modeling - Scenarios & Use Cases - Scope Modeling - User Stories
45. While eliciting requirements it is important to guard against scope creep - This activity will ensure that the requirements should be included since they meet the business goal/objectives.
User Story
Share - Enhance - Exploit
Tracing Requirements
Impact Analysis - Requirements Coverage - Requirements Allocation
46. Revised process and templates for BA deliverables should be analyzed and documented and lessons learned should be recorded.
Unique Number - Activity Description - Assumptions - Dependencies - Milestones
Description - Raised by - Date Identified - Impact - Priority - Need by Date - Owner - Status - Action Needed to be Resolved - Responsible for Action - Completion Date of Action - Outcome
Oral Communications - Teaching - Written Communication
Business Analysis Process Assets
47. What is the output of the task - Prioritize Requirements?
Requirements (Prioritized)
Manage Solution Scope & Requirements - Manage Requirements Traceability - Maintain Requirements for Re-use - Prepare Requirements Package - Communicate Requirements
Organizational Process Assets - Requirements (Stated) - Solution Scope
Evaluation
48. Useful for ensuring that all stakeholders are in agreement on the format and content of relevant information. Capturing these definitions in a single model ensures that these terms will be used consistently.
Evolutionary or Functional Prototype
Advantages of a Data Dictionary & Glossary
Solution Scope Definition - Implementation Approach - Dependencies
Impact Analysis - Requirements Coverage - Requirements Allocation
49. Understanding of the business architecture of the organization that is being analyzed. Understanding business models (generates profit) - org structure - relationships between business units and the persons who occupy key stakeholder positions.
Requirements Management & Communication
Reliability - Validity - Timeliness
Organizational Knowledge
Activity List
50. What are the Behavioral Characteristics a BA should exhibit?
Assumptions & Constraints
Solution Scope
Ethics - Trustworthiness - Personal Organization
Data Flow Diagrams