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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

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1. What are the elements of Communication Skills?






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






3. What are the inputs for the task Plan Business Analysis Activities?






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






5. Details user interface requirements and integrates them with other requirements such as use cases - scenarios - data and business rules. Stakeholders often find this to be a concrete means of identifying - describing and validating their interface ne






6. What are some examples of stakeholder concerns?






7. A good indicator has 5 characteristics:






8. Elements of a Requirements Management Plan include?






9. 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.






10. Means of eliciting information from many people - sometimes anonymously - in a relatively short period of time






11. Technique involving refinement of estimates. Estimate the details for activities in the current iteration or increment and provide an analogous estimate for the entire scope of work. As the end of the iteration approaches - estimates for the next ite






12. 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






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






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






15. What is the output of the task Manage Solution Scope & Requirements?






16. 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






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






18. Communication of requirements does what for stakeholders?






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






20. 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 -






21. This technique shows how information is input - processed - stored and output from a system in a visual representation.






22. What are the 3 elements in the Assess Organizational Readiness?






23. 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






24. What is the output of the task - Specify & Model Requirements?






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






26. Divides requirements into 4 categories - Must - Should - Could - Won't






27. 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






28. What does RACI stand for?






29. What is the output of the task - Verify Requirements?






30. What is the output of the task - Assess Capability Gaps?






31. Investigating how a solution is actually used after it is deployed and assessing the effect it has had - both positive and negative.






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






33. The purpose is to measure the performance of solutions - solution components - and other matters of interest to stakeholders.






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






35. 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.






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






37. What are the inputs to the task - Define Business Need?






38. What describes how - when and why the business analyst will work with stakeholders?






39. Strengths - Weaknesses - Opportunities - Threats - A valuable tool to quickly analyze various aspects of the current state of the business process undergoing change.






40. Two types of conflict.






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






42. Approach to decision making that examines and models the possible consequences of different decisions. Make an optimal decision under conditions of uncertainty.






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 some of the key variables used in determining the priority of a requirement?






45. States the business need - identifies key stakeholders and briefly describes the positive impact that meeting the business need will have on those stakeholders.






46. 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






47. A requirement that does not deliver direct or indirect value to a stakeholder is a strong candidate for what?






48. What are the general modeling concepts that are relevant to business analysis?






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






50. What are the inputs to the task - Prioritize Requirements?