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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

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1. What are the inputs to the task Conduct Stakeholder Analysis?






2. Long-term - ongoing and qualitative statements of a state or condition that the organization is seeking to establish and maintain.






3. What are the elements of Communication Skills?






4. A structured examination of the aspects of a situation to establish the root causes and resulting effects of the problem. A critical element is to ensure that the current business thinking and processes are challenged. The purpose is to determine the






5. An organized structure for the requirements and a documented set of relationships between them. Is used so the analyst and stakeholders know where a specific requirement should be found. Should have a clear implicit scope (clear to the stakeholders w






6. Performed to communicate - verify and validate requirements. Is a working session where invited participants review and discuss a set of requirements






7. What is the output of the task - Define Business Case?






8. What is the output of the task Manage Solution Scope & Requirements?






9. How is the Operational Support stakeholder utilized in the Evaluate Solution Performance task?






10. What is the output of the task Prepare for Elicitation?






11. What are the inputs for the task - Define Solution Scope?






12. What does RACI stand for?






13. What are the inputs to the task - Communicate Requirements?






14. A package should contain a consistent - cohesive and coherent set of requirements. This describes the ____________.






15. What stakeholder receives noticeable negative impact if information is incorrectly transferred from the old to new solution?






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






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






18. What is the output of the Plan Business Analysis Approach?






19. What is a STAKEHOLDER requirement - according to the BABOK 2.0?






20. States the business need - identifies key stakeholders and briefly describes the positive impact that meeting the business need will have on those stakeholders.






21. What are the inputs of the task Plan Business Analysis Communication?






22. What are the inputs for the task - Prepare Requirements Package?






23. An important tool in defining the scope of work and developing estimates. Decomposes the project scope into smaller and smaller pieces - creating a hierarchy of work.






24. A structured way to capture requirements. May be used to scope - discover - define - prioritize and reach closure on requirements for the target system. Considered one of the most effective ways to deliver high quality requirements quickly.






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






26. Ensure that the solution meets the business need and determine the most appropriate response to identified defects.






27. Models a shallow - and possibly wide view of the system's functionality. It typically does not have any business logic running behind the visualization.






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






29. Forecast the cost and effort involved in pursuing a course of action. Used to develop a better understanding of the possible range of costs and effort associated with any initiative






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






31. What are the techniques used in the task - Organize Requirements?






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






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






34. 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






35. What is the output of the task Plan Requirements Management Process?






36. What are the tasks in the knowledge area - Solution Assessment & Validation?






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






38. What techniques are used in the task Manage Requirements Traceability?






39. List 3 possible forms of a requirements packages.






40. Industry Knowledge - Organization Knowledge - Solution Knowledge What are the elements of Business Knowledge?






41. 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.






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






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






44. What techniques are used in the task - Define Solution Scope?






45. This task ensures that requirement specifications and models meet the necessary standard of quality to allow them to be used effectively to guide further work. Requirements have been defined correctly.






46. Involves assessing a situation - understanding it as fully as possible - and making judgments about possible solutions to the problem.






47. The skill of moderating discussions among a group or enable all participants to effectively articulate their views on a topic under discussion and to further ensure that participants in the discussion are able to recognize and appreciate the differin






48. 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.






49. This knowledge area describes the tasks that are performed in order to ensure that solutions meet the business need and to facilitate successful implementation.






50. What are the inputs for the task - Maintain Requirements for Re-use?