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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

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1. 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?
Business Analysis Performance Assessment - Business Analysis Process Assets - Includes a comparison of planned versus actual performance - understanding the root cause of variances from the plan and other information to help understand the level of
That they understand them and the current state the requirements are in
Horizontal Prototype
Impact Analysis - Requirements Coverage - Requirements Allocation

2. This knowledge area describes how the BA assesses proposed solutions and determines which solution best fits the business need - identifies gaps and shortcomings to solutions and determines necessary workarounds or changes to the solution.
Root Cause Analysis
Problem Tracking - Baselining - Signoff
Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring
Solution Assessment & Validation

3. Performed to communicate - verify and validate requirements. Is a working session where invited participants review and discuss a set of requirements
Impact Analysis - Requirements Coverage - Requirements Allocation
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Business Rules Analysis - Decision Analysis - Functional Decomposition - Process Modeling - Scenarios & Use Cases
Ethics
Structured Walkthrough

4. What are the output(s) of the task - Validate Solution?
Business Need - Organizational Process Assets - Requirements Management Plan - Scheduled Resources - Solution Scope & Business Case - Supporting Materials
Identified Defects - Mitigating Actions - Solution Validation Assessment
Assess Proposed Solution - Allocate Requirements - Assess Organizational Readiness - Define Transition Requirements - Validate Solution - Evaluate Solution Performance
Primary stakeholders in the Organize Requirements task

5. What are the techniques used in Plan Business Analysis Activities?
Prototyping
Personal Organization
Estimation - Functional Decomposition - Risk Analysis
Observation

6. Issues that may influence the replacement or elimination decision of a system include:
Advantages of a Data Dictionary & Glossary
Ongoing Cost versus Initial Investment - Opportunity Costs - Necessity - Sunk Costs
Structured Walkthrough
Formal Documentation - Presentation - Model

7. What is the output of the task Confirm Elicitation Results?
Requirements (Stated - Confirmed) - Stakeholder Concerns (Confirmed)
Analogous Estimation
Business Analysis Communication Plan - Requirements - Requirements Package
Assess Proposed Solution - Allocate Requirements - Assess Organizational Readiness - Define Transition Requirements - Validate Solution - Evaluate Solution Performance

8. What is the output of the task - Determine Solution Approach?
Assess Organization Readiness
Business Analysis Process Assets
Goals
Solution Approach

9. This knowledge area describes the problem definition and analysis - business case development - feasibility studies and the definition of solution scope.
System
Enterprise Analysis
Organizational Readiness Assessment
To record the conflict in the Requirements Issues Log.

10. What are the inputs for the task - Define Solution Scope?
BABOK
Glossary
Assumptions & Constraints - Required Capabilities - Solution Approach
Business Analysis Performance Metrics - Business Analysis Plan - Organization Performance Standards - Requirements Management Plan

11. What knowledge area discusses the business analysis activities necessary to identify a business need - problem or opportunity - define the capture of the solution and justify the investment necessary to deliver the solution.
Enterprise Analysis - often the starting point for initiating a new project
Interviews - Observation
Enterprise Analysis
Requirements (Traced)

12. 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.
Data - Ongoing Work - Organizational Change
Budgeting
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
A statement of the needs of a particular stakeholder or class of stakeholders

13. Agreement by stakeholders that analysis models effectively and completely describe the domain - identification of related problems or issues from multiple areas in the domain - rapid absorption of new information or new domain.
Requirements (Traced)
Business Need - Organizational Process Assets - Required Capabilities
Learning
Estimation - Functional Decomposition - Risk Analysis

14. While eliciting requirements it is important to guard against scope creep - This activity will ensure that the requirements should be included since they meet the business goal/objectives.
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 Need - Expert Judgment - Organizational Process Assets
Tracing Requirements
Decision Analysis

15. What are some of the key variables used in determining the priority of a requirement?
Assess Proposed Solution - Allocate Requirements - Assess Organizational Readiness - Define Transition Requirements - Validate Solution - Evaluate Solution Performance
Tracing Requirements
Business Value - Business or Technical Risk - Implementation Difficulty - Likelihood of Success - Regulatory or Policy Compliance - Relationship to Other Requirements - Stakeholder Agreement - Urgency
SWOT Analysis

16. What are the inputs of the task Plan Business Analysis Communication?
Organizational Process Assets - Requirements (Stated) - Solution Scope
Business Analysis Approach - Business Analysis Plan - Organizational Process Assets - Stakeholder Lists - Roles & Responsibilities
Sequences - Repetitions - Optional Elements
Vertical Prototype

17. What are the techniques used in Plan Business Analysis Communication?
Prioritize Requirements - Organize Requirements - Specify & Model Requirements - Define Assumptions & Constraints - Verify Requirements - Validate Requirements
Enterprise Architecture - Solution Scope - Solution (Designed) - Stakeholder Concerns
Unique Number - Activity Description - Assumptions - Dependencies - Milestones
Structured Walkthrough

18. 7 knowledge areas of ________ : Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring - Elicitation - Requirements Management & Communication - Enterprise Analysis - Requirements Analysis - Solution Assessment & Validation - Underlying Competencies
Advantages of Document Analysis
Define Transitional Requirements
BABOK
Clear - Relevant - Economical - Adequate - Quantifiable

19. Elements of a Requirements Management Plan include?
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Problem Tracking - Structured Walkthrough - Checklists
Prototyping
User Classes - Profiles or Roles; Concepts & Relationships - Events - Processes - Rules
Relationships - Impact Analysis - Configuration Management System

20. What does RACI stand for?
Responsible - Accountable - Consulted - Informed
Three-point Estimation
Business Analysis Communication Plan - Requirements - Requirements Package
Decision Making

21. Name the 2 types of Stakeholder maps.
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
Solution Scope Definition - Implementation Approach - Dependencies
Stakeholder Concerns
Stakeholder Matrix - Onion Diagram

22. What is the output of the task - Prepare Requirements Package?
Requirements (Validated)
Stakeholder Concerns
Requirements (Traced)
Requirements Package

23. What are the elements of the task - Define Solution Scope?
Clear - Relevant - Economical - Adequate - Quantifiable
Solution Scope Definition - Implementation Approach - Dependencies
Data Modeling
Reliability - Performance Efficiency - Operability - Security - Compatibility - Maintainability - Transferability

24. What is the output of the task - Assess Capability Gaps?
Requirements (Prioritized)
Validate Requirements
Required Capabilities
Business Analysis Performance Assessment - Business Analysis Process Assets - Includes a comparison of planned versus actual performance - understanding the root cause of variances from the plan and other information to help understand the level of

25. What are the inputs to the task - Define Business Need?
Business Goals & Objectives - Requirements (Stated)
Estimation
Business Need - Solution Scope & Business Case - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities
Ethics - Trustworthiness - Personal Organization

26. What is the output of the Manage Business Analysis Performance task?
Structural Rules
Business Analysis Performance Assessment - Business Analysis Process Assets - Includes a comparison of planned versus actual performance - understanding the root cause of variances from the plan and other information to help understand the level of
Estimation
Focus Group

27. 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.
State Diagrams
Decision Analysis
Evolutionary or Functional Prototype
Business Case - Business Need - Requirements - Requirements Management Plan - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities

28. This knowledge area describes the tasks that are performed in order to ensure that solutions meet the business need and to facilitate successful implementation.
Business Requirements - Identified Defects - Solution Performance Metrics - Solution (Deployed)
Decision Analysis
Solution Assessment & Validation
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Business Rules Analysis - Decision Analysis - Functional Decomposition - Process Modeling - Scenarios & Use Cases

29. What is the output of the task - Prioritize Requirements?
Reliability - Validity - Timeliness
Verify Requirements
Requirements (Prioritized)
Strengths - Weaknesses

30. What are the techniques for the task - Verify Requirements?
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Problem Tracking - Structured Walkthrough - Checklists
Identified Defects - Mitigating Actions - Solution Validation Assessment
Ethics - Trustworthiness - Personal Organization
Requirements (Prioritized)

31. What is the output of the task - Organize Requirements?
Business Rule
Underlying Competencies
Requirements Structure
Business Analysis Performance Assessment - Business Analysis Process Assets - Includes a comparison of planned versus actual performance - understanding the root cause of variances from the plan and other information to help understand the level of

32. Two techniques used in Root Cause Analysis?
Business Analysis Performance Assessment - Business Analysis Process Assets - Includes a comparison of planned versus actual performance - understanding the root cause of variances from the plan and other information to help understand the level of
Evaluation
Decision Analysis
Fishbone Diagram - Five Whys

33. How is the Operational Support stakeholder utilized in the Evaluate Solution Performance task?
Scenario
This person will be involved in monitoring the performance and effectiveness of a solution or its components.
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Metrics & KPIs - Prototyping - Risk Analysis - Structured Walkthrough
Requirements (Prioritized and Approved) - Solution (Designed) - Solution Scope

34. What are the tasks in the knowledge area - Requirements Analysis?
Decision Making
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Stakeholder Matrix
Prioritize Requirements - Organize Requirements - Specify & Model Requirements - Define Assumptions & Constraints - Verify Requirements - Validate Requirements

35. What are the Cultural diversity issues that should be taken into account when planning communication?
Relationship to Time - Relationship to Task Completion - Relationship to Contracts - Relationships to Formal and Informal Authority
Oral Communications - Teaching - Written Communication
Formal requirements presentation to stakeholders
Requirements Analysis

36. What is the output of the task Prepare for Elicitation?
Scheduled Resources - Supporting Materials
Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Prototyping - Requirements Workshop - Survey/Questionnaire
They describe what a solution must be capable of doing to meet the needs of one or more stakeholder groups
Brainstorming

37. What are the inputs to the task Conduct Elicitation Activity?
Requirements (Approved)
Decision Analysis - Risk Analysis - MoSCoW Analysis - Timeboxing/Budgeting - Voting
Business Need - Organizational Process Assets - Requirements Management Plan - Scheduled Resources - Solution Scope & Business Case - Supporting Materials
Requirements (Prioritized)

38. 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 -
Structured Walkthrough
Automate or Simplify Work - Improve Access to Information - Reduce Complexity of Interfaces - Increase Consistency of Behavior - Eliminate Redundancy
Systems Thinking
Goals

39. The knowledge area that covers how BAs determine which activities are necessary in order to complete a business analysis effort.
Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring
Structured Walkthrough
Solution Knowledge
Plan Business Analysis Approach - Conduct Stakeholder Analysis - Plan Business Analysis Activities - Plan Business Analysis Communication - Plan Requirements Management Process - Manage BA Performance

40. 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
Structural Rules
Problem Tracking - Risk Analysis
Root Cause Analysis
Manage Solution Scope & Requirements - Manage Requirements Traceability - Maintain Requirements for Re-use - Prepare Requirements Package - Communicate Requirements

41. What are the techniques used in the task - Validate Solution?
Leadership
Business Domain - Corporate Culture & Environment - Skills of the Analyst - Requirement Deliverable
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Problem Tracking - Root Cause Analysis

42. A means to elicit requirements by studying available documentation on existing and comparable solutions and identifying relevant information. - Not starting from a blank page.- Leveraging existing materials to discover and/or confirm requirements. -
Trustworthiness
Focus Group
Document Analysis
Requirements Management Plan

43. A diagram indicating how involved the stakeholder is with the solution.
MoSCoW Analysis
Ethics
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Decision Analysis - Vendor Assessment
Onion Diagram

44. Defines the key terms and data relevant to a business domain.
Use Case
Requirements Structure
Risk Analysis
Data Dictionary & Glossary

45. What are the techniques used in Plan Business Analysis Approach?
Decision Analysis - Process Modeling - Structured Walkthrough
Relationship to Time - Relationship to Task Completion - Relationship to Contracts - Relationships to Formal and Informal Authority
Business Analysis Plan
Organizational Knowledge

46. What describes how - when and why the business analyst will work with stakeholders?
This person will be involved in monitoring the performance and effectiveness of a solution or its components.
SWOT Analysis
The Business Analysis Communication Plan
Ethics

47. What are the inputs to the Plan Business Analysis Approach?
Focus Group
Business Need - Expert Judgment - Organizational Process Assets
Parametric Estimation
Budgeting

48. What are the inputs to the task Manage Requirements Traceability?
Requirements - Requirements Management Plan
Confirm Elicitation Results
Coverage Matrix - Table or spreadsheet used to manage tracing.
Enterprise Analysis

49. What does SMART stand for?
Solution Assessment & Validation
Specific - Measurable - Achievable - Relevant - Time-bound Objectives must be SMART.
State Diagrams
Business Analysis Approach - Business Analysis Plan - Organizational Process Assets - Stakeholder Lists - Roles & Responsibilities

50. What are the techniques used in the task - Assess Capability Gaps?
MoSCoW Analysis
Document Analysis - SWOT Analysis
Three-point Estimation
Structured Walkthrough