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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning
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1. When a conflict arises between stakeholders on one or more documented requirements - the first thing that needs to take place is what?
They describe what a solution must be capable of doing to meet the needs of one or more stakeholder groups
Customer
Elicitation Results
To record the conflict in the Requirements Issues Log.
2. Communicated Requirements mean what to stakeholders?
Timeboxing
That they understand them and the current state the requirements are in
Business Rules Analysis
Problem Tracking - Risk Analysis
3. 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 -
Implementation Approach
Automate or Simplify Work - Improve Access to Information - Reduce Complexity of Interfaces - Increase Consistency of Behavior - Eliminate Redundancy
Problem Tracking - Baselining - Signoff
Business Policy
4. What are the inputs for the task Prepare for Elicitation?
Business Need - Solution Scope & Business Case - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities
Document Analysis
Cultural Assessment - Operational or Technical Assessment - Stakeholder Impact Analysis
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Problem Tracking - Structured Walkthrough - Checklists
5. What should be considered when establishing a Change Management process?
Requirements Analysis
Requirements (Validated)
Relationship to Time - Relationship to Task Completion - Relationship to Contracts - Relationships to Formal and Informal Authority
Determine the Process - Who will Authorize Changes - Impact Analysis - Wording of the Request - Coordinate Prioritization of Change
6. What are the elements to the task - Define Business Case?
Advantages of Document Analysis
Requirements (Any Except Stated)
Benefits - Costs - Risk Assessment - Results Measurement
Sequences - Repetitions - Optional Elements
7. Approach to decision making that examines and models the possible consequences of different decisions. Make an optimal decision under conditions of uncertainty.
Benefits - Costs - Risk Assessment - Results Measurement
Organizational Readiness Assessment
Decision Analysis
Assumptions & Constraints - Requirements (Prioritized and Approved) - Solution Options
8. What are the factors of influence by stakeholders on a project?
Requirements (Stated) - Stakeholder Concerns
Organizational Readiness Assessment - Requirements (Stated) - Solution (Deployed) - Solution (Designed)
Oral Communications - Teaching - Written Communication
Influence on the project - organizational - project health and other stakeholders
9. Strengths - Weaknesses - Opportunities - Threats - A valuable tool to quickly analyze various aspects of the current state of the business process undergoing change.
Relationships - Impact Analysis - Configuration Management System
Benefits - Costs - Risk Assessment - Results Measurement
SWOT Analysis
Industry Knowledge
10. 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.
Requirements Workshop - Structured Walkthrough
All
Observation
Business Need - Solution Scope & Business Case - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities
11. 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
Leadership
Interviews - Observation
Throw-away Prototype
User Story
12. What is the output to the task - Evaluate Solution Performance?
Scheduled Resources - Supporting Materials
Solution Performance Assessment
Lessons Learned Process
Requirements (Stated - Unconfirmed) - Stakeholder Concerns (Unconfirmed)
13. What are the tasks in the knowledge area - Enterprise Analysis?
Define Business Need - Access Capability Gaps - Determine Solution Approach - Define Solution Scope - Define Business Case
State Diagrams
They describe what a solution must be capable of doing to meet the needs of one or more stakeholder groups
Requirements (Validated)
14. What are the inputs to the task Manage Solution Scope & Requirements?
Allocate Requirements
Requirements Management Plan - Solution Scope - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities - Stakeholder/Solution or Transition Requirements (Communicated or Traced)
Identified Defects - Mitigating Actions - Solution Validation Assessment
Assess Organization Readiness
15. Checklist of characteristics to consider when considering non-functional requirements.
Reliability - Performance Efficiency - Operability - Security - Compatibility - Maintainability - Transferability
Creative Thinking - Decision Making - Learning - Problem Solving - Systems Thinking
Transition Requirements
Benefits - Costs - Risk Assessment - Results Measurement
16. The minimum set of requirements that must be met in order for a particular solution to be worth implementing.
The Sponsor
Oral Communications - Teaching - Written Communication
Acceptance Criteria
Discounted Cash Flow - Net Present Value - Internal Rate of Return - Average Rate of Return - Pay Back Period - Cost-Benefit Analysis
17. What are stakeholder requirements?
Problem Tracking
They describe what a solution must be capable of doing to meet the needs of one or more stakeholder groups
Decision Analysis
Automate or Simplify Work - Improve Access to Information - Reduce Complexity of Interfaces - Increase Consistency of Behavior - Eliminate Redundancy
18. What are the techniques used in the task - Assess Capability Gaps?
Document Analysis - SWOT Analysis
Assessment of Proposed Solution
Onion Diagram
Requirements Documentation - Requirements for Vendor Selection
19. What is the output of the task - Assess Organizational Readiness?
Interviews - Lessons Learned Process - Metrics and KPIs - Problem Tracking - Process Modeling - Root Cause Analysis - Survey/Questionnaire - Variance Analysis
Organizational Readiness Assessment
Business Analysis Plan
Sequence Diagrams
20. The knowledge area that covers how BAs determine which activities are necessary in order to complete a business analysis effort.
Activity List
Tracing Requirements
Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring
State Diagrams
21. The purpose is to compile and document successes - opportunities for improvement - failures - and recommendations for improving the performance of future projects or project phases
Lessons Learned Process
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
Business Policy
Cognitive Conflict
22. This prototype extends the initial interface requirements into a fully functioning system and requires a specialized prototyping tool or language.
Coverage Matrix - Table or spreadsheet used to manage tracing.
Evolutionary or Functional Prototype
Interface Analysis
Sequences - Repetitions - Optional Elements
23. Two effective trade-off methods.
Solution Knowledge
Risk Analysis
Reliability - Performance Efficiency - Operability - Security - Compatibility - Maintainability - Transferability
Elimination of Dominated Alternative - Ranking Objects on a Similar Scale
24. What are the inputs to the task - Define Assumption & Constraints?
Focus Group
Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving
Business Analysis Performance Metrics - Business Analysis Plan - Organization Performance Standards - Requirements Management Plan
Stakeholder Concerns
25. What is the output of the task Plan Business Analysis Communication?
Define Business Case
Business Analysis Plan
Enterprise Architecture - Solution Scope - Solution (Designed) - Stakeholder Concerns
Business Analysis Communication Plan
26. Most optimistic estimate; most pessimistic estimate; most likely estimate
Business Need
Relationship to Time - Relationship to Task Completion - Relationship to Contracts - Relationships to Formal and Informal Authority
Three-point Estimation
Influence on the project - organizational - project health and other stakeholders
27. 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
Estimation - Functional Decomposition - Risk Analysis
Functions - Markets - Matrix
Root Cause Analysis
Advantages of Document Analysis
28. Characteristics that are common to all organizations with a similar purpose and structure - whether or not the are in the same industry.
Data Modeling
Enterprise Analysis - often the starting point for initiating a new project
Business Analysis Performance Metrics - Business Analysis Plan - Organization Performance Standards - Requirements Management Plan
Business Principals
29. What are the elements of the task Plan Requirements Management Process?
Enterprise Architecture - Solution Scope - Solution (Designed) - Stakeholder Concerns
Solution Scope Definition - Implementation Approach - Dependencies
Business Need - Enterprise Architecture - Solution Performance Assessment
Repository - Traceability - Requirement Attributes - Prioritization Process - Change Management - Tailoring the Requirements Management Process
30. What are the tasks of the Elicitation Knowledge Area?
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Metrics & KPIs - Prototyping - Risk Analysis - Structured Walkthrough
Prepare for Elicitation - Conduct Elicitation Activity - Document Elicitation Results - Confirm Elicitation Results
Define Business Need - Access Capability Gaps - Determine Solution Approach - Define Solution Scope - Define Business Case
Timeboxing
31. What are the inputs to the task - Communicate Requirements?
Business Analysis Communication Plan - Requirements - Requirements Package
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Problem Tracking - Structured Walkthrough - Checklists
Business Analysis Approach - Business Analysis Plan - Organizational Process Assets - Stakeholder Lists - Roles & Responsibilities
Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Problem Tracking - Prototyping - Requirements Workshop - Survey/Questionnaire
32. Measures progress towards a strategic goal or objective.
Organizational Readiness Assessment
Key Performance Indicator (KPI )
Conduct Elicitation Activity
Bottom-up Estimation
33. When a requirement is changed - the BA can easily review all the related requirements and software components in order to understand the impact of the change.
Problem or Vision Statement
Impact Analysis
Ethics - Trustworthiness - Personal Organization
Lessons Learned Process
34. This task describes the work required to decide which formats are appropriate for a particular project and its stakeholders. The requirements must be clear - concise - accurate and at the appropriate level of detail to assure clear understanding by t
Prepare Requirements Package
Organizational Knowledge
Data - Ongoing Work - Organizational Change
Observation
35. Organizational culture - Stakeholder preference - complexity - organizational maturity and availability of resources are all factors used to do what?
Scope Modeling
Perform tailoring exercises
Discounted Cash Flow - Net Present Value - Internal Rate of Return - Average Rate of Return - Pay Back Period - Cost-Benefit Analysis
BABOK
36. 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.
Requirements Analysis
Requirements (Maintained and Reusable)
Requirements Workshop - Structured Walkthrough
Personal Organization
37. What are the techniques used in the task Conduct Stakeholder Analysis?
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Problem Tracking - Structured Walkthrough - Checklists
Enterprise Architecture - Solution Scope - Solution (Designed) - Stakeholder Concerns
Identified Defects - Mitigating Actions - Solution Validation Assessment
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
38. Requires the team to focus on examining the premises - assumptions - observations and expectations of the team members. This type of conflict can have a beneficial effect of strengthening the foundations of the analysis and the solution.
Estimation
Prepare for Elicitation - Conduct Elicitation Activity - Document Elicitation Results - Confirm Elicitation Results
Cognitive Conflict
Vendor Assessment
39. 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.
User Story
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
Root Cause Analysis
Requirements (Stated - Unconfirmed) - Stakeholder Concerns (Unconfirmed)
40. What are the attributes of a Data Model?
Bottom-up Estimation
Business Analysis Plan
Advantages of a Data Dictionary & Glossary
Name - Value/Meanings - Description
41. 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.
Decision Analysis - Estimation - Metrics & KPIs - Risk Analysis - SWOT Analysis - Vendor Assessment
Verify Requirements
Influence on the project - organizational - project health and other stakeholders
Business Need
42. When performing root cause analysis as part of the Validate Solution task - what stakeholder may be involved?
Name - Aliases - Values/Meanings - Description
Coverage Matrix - Table or spreadsheet used to manage tracing.
Implementation SME
Vendor Assessment
43. The BA is a stakeholder in ______ business analysis activities.
Evaluate Solution Performance
Required Capabilities
Business Analysis Plan
All
44. What does RACI stand for?
Business Principles & Practices
Responsible - Accountable - Consulted - Informed
That they understand them and the current state the requirements are in
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Problem Tracking - Structured Walkthrough - Checklists
45. Is generally understood to describe just one way that an actor can accomplish a particular goal
Scenario
Cohesive - Complete - Consistent - Correct - Feasible - Modifiable - Unambiguous - Testable
Data Dictionary & Glossary - Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Prototyping - Requirements Workshops - Survey/Questionnaire
Discounted Cash Flow - Net Present Value - Internal Rate of Return - Average Rate of Return - Pay Back Period - Cost-Benefit Analysis
46. Confidence in the problem solving process that a selected solution is correct - new solution options can be evaluated effectively using the problem solving framework - selected solutions meet the defined objectives and solve the underlying problem -
Problem Solving
Prepare Requirements Package
Estimation - Functional Decomposition - Risk Analysis
Requirements Management Plan - Solution Scope - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities - Stakeholder/Solution or Transition Requirements (Communicated or Traced)
47. What are some of the commonly used requirement attributes?
Delphi Estimation
Benchmarking - Brainstorming - Business Rules Analysis - Focus Groups - Functional Decomposition - Root Cause Analysis
Name - Aliases - Values/Meanings - Description
Absolute Reference - Author - Complexity - Ownership - Priority - Risks - Source - Stability - Status - Urgency
48. What are the inputs to the task Conduct Stakeholder Analysis?
Business Need - Enterprise Architecture - Organizational Process Assets
Sequence Diagrams
Brings them to a Communication on understanding
Business Policy
49. This describes how the chosen solution will deliver the solution scope - may break delivery down into releases or provide a roadmap that indicates the timeframe in which a capability is expected.
Implementation Approach
BABOK
Define Business Case
The Business Analysis Communication Plan
50. What does SMART stand for?
Interviews
Specific - Measurable - Achievable - Relevant - Time-bound Objectives must be SMART.
Reliability - Performance Efficiency - Operability - Security - Compatibility - Maintainability - Transferability
Define Transitional Requirements