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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

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






2. 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.






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






4. Includes the standard definition of data elements - their meanings and allowable values.






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






6. A systematic approach designed to elicit information from a person or group of people in an informal or formal setting by talking to an interviewee - asking relevant questions and documenting the responses.






7. Uses history as a basis for estimating. It is similar to analogous estimation - but is used not only for the top-down estimate - but for the detailed tasks as well.






8. What are the factors of influence by stakeholders on a project?






9. What are the techniques used in the task - Assess Capability Gaps?






10. 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






11. What does SMART stand for?






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






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






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






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






16. What are the Primitive Data Elements?






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






18. 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.






19. Shows how the behavior of a concept - entity or object changes in response to events during its lifetime - and defines which events cause a transition between those states.






20. When performing root cause analysis as part of the Validate Solution task - what stakeholder may be involved?






21. What is the output of the task - Allocate Resources?






22. 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.






23. This prototype seeks to quickly uncover and clarify interface requirements using simple tools - sometimes just paper and pencil. The focus is on functionality that is not easily elicited by other techniques - has conflicting viewpoints - or is diffic






24. A good indicator has 5 characteristics:






25. Communication of requirements does what for stakeholders?






26. Two types of conflict.






27. A non-actionable directive that supports a business goal.






28. What are the techniques used in the task - Allocate Resources?






29. The goal of tracing is to ensure that requirements are linked back to a business objective. Creation of this relationship helps in what other traceability activities?






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






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






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






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






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






35. 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.






36. What are the inputs to the task - Allocate Resources?






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






38. Combination of expert judgment and history. Individual estimates - sharing the estimates with experts - and having several rounds until consensus is reached. An average of the three estimates is used






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






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






41. The knowledge area that covers how BAs determine which activities are necessary in order to complete a business analysis effort.






42. Techniques used in the task Plan Requirements Management Process.






43. To assess the ability of a potential vendor to meet commitments regarding a product or service






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






45. What are the attributes of a Data Model?






46. Who is the primary stakeholder in the Define Business Case task?






47. According to the BABOK 2.0 - what type of analysis generates STAKEHOLDER requirements?






48. What are the techniques used in the task - Prioritize Requirements?






49. The process of informing stakeholders of metrics of indicators in specified formats at specified intervals.






50. What are the inputs to the task - Define Assumption & Constraints?