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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

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






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






3. What are the techniques used in Plan Business Analysis Activities?






4. Use of a similar project as the basis for developing estimates for the current project. Also known as "top-down" estimating. This is usually done at the beginning of the project or project phase and more detailed estimates follow as more is known.






5. 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.






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






7. What are the inputs to the task Manage Business Analysis Performance?






8. What are the techniques used in the task - Assess Proposed Solution?






9. 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






10. What are the techniques used in the task - Communicate Requirements?






11. Used to describe the roles - responsibilities and reporting structures that exist within an organization and to align those structures with the organization's goals.






12. 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






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






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






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






16. What are the elements to the task - Define Business Case?






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






18. What is the output of the task - Prioritize Requirements?






19. What are some of the ways a BA can help to improve the operations of a business? Acceptance and Evaluation Criteria Definition - Business Rules Analysis - Data Dictionary and Glossary - Data Flow Diagrams - Data Modeling - Functional Decomposition -






20. Benefits that could have been achieved with an alternative investment rather than this one.






21. Prioritizes requirements based on a allocated fixed amount of money.






22. The people involved - the interactions between them - the external forces affecting their behavior and all other relevant elements and factors.






23. The minimum set of requirements that must be met in order for a particular solution to be worth implementing.






24. The goal of this task is to create a set of views of the requirements for the new business solution that are comprehensive - complete - consistent and understood from all stakeholder perspectives.






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






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






27. Elements of a Requirements Management Plan include?






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






29. Defines what must be delivered in order to meet the business need - and the effect of the proposed change initiation on the business and technology operations and infrastructure.






30. This will impose constraints to the effort to deploy the solution - including relationships that may exist between solution components.






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






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






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






34. What are the techniques used in the task Confirm Elicitation Results?






35. Set of requirements that will be used to choose between multiple solutions.






36. What are the inputs for the task Prepare for Elicitation?






37. Measures progress towards a strategic goal or objective.






38. What are the inputs to the task - Assess Capability Gaps?






39. This task determines if an organization can justify the investment required to deliver a proposed solution.






40. What are the Primitive Data Elements?






41. What does RACI stand for?






42. Provides an organized approach to tracking - management - and resolution of defects - issues - problems - and risks throughout business analysis activities. Management of issues is important so that they can be resolved in a timely manner to ensure s






43. The purpose of _______________ is to ensure that a stakeholder's actual underlying needs are understood - rather than the their stated or superficial desires.






44. The decomposition of activities and tasks creates?






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






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






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






48. Business rules require a defined glossary of terms and an understanding of the relationships between them - this is known as:






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






50. A specific - actionable - testable directive that is under the control of an organization and supports a business policy.