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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

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1. 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.






2. What are the inputs for the task Confirm Elicitation Results?






3. What are the tasks for the knowledge area - Requirements Management & Communication?






4. What is the output of the task Conduct Elicitation Activity?






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






6. Maps the level of stakeholder influence and interest in a project.






7. The goal of this task is to meet with stakeholder(s) to gather information regarding their needs.






8. What are the characteristics of quality for a requirements?






9. This technique represents the types of peoples - places - things and concepts that are important to the business - attributes associated with them and the significant business relationships among them.






10. What are the inputs to the task Manage Requirements Traceability?






11. Revised process and templates for BA deliverables should be analyzed and documented and lessons learned should be recorded.






12. What factors guide technique selection?






13. Communication of requirements does what for stakeholders?






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






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






16. Limited to "as-is" perspective. - Existing documentation may not be up-to-date or valid. - Can be a time-consuming and even tedious process to locate the relevant information






17. Communicated Requirements mean what to stakeholders?






18. What are the inputs to the task - Verify Requirements?






19. Defines the key terms and data relevant to a business domain.






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






21. Gathering information relevant to a decision - breaking down the information relevant to a decision - making comparisons and tradeoffs between similar and dissimilar options and identifying the option that is most desirable.






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






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






24. What are the inputs to the task - Organize Requirements?






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






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






27. What are the techniques used in the task Manage Business Analysis Performance?






28. What are the inputs to the task - Determine Solution Approach?






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






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






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






32. What techniques are used in the task - Prepare Requirements Package?






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






34. The goal of this task is to ensure that all requirements support the delivery of value to the business - fulfill its goal and objectives and meet a stakeholder need.






35. This knowledge area describes the behaviors - knowledge and other characteristics that support the effective performance of a BA.






36. 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






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






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






39. What are the inputs to the task - Assess Organizational Readiness?






40. What are the techniques used in the task - Assess Organizational Readiness?






41. Name some commonly used financial valuation techniques.






42. Business value can be delivered through requirements that support _______________ - alignment with internal standards or policies of the organization - or increased satisfaction for stakeholders - even if those things do not have a direct measurable






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






44. What are the techniques used in the task - Define Assumptions & Constraints?






45. What is the output of the task - Define Business Need?






46. Define requirements for capabilities needed to move from an existing solution to a new solution.






47. What are the inputs to the task - Define Business Case?






48. What are the elements of the task Plan Requirements Management Process?






49. Rules that are intended to help determine when something is or is not true - or when things fall into a specific category. They are expressed as rules because they describe categorizations that may change over time.






50. 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