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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

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1. What are the inputs to the task Manage Solution Scope & Requirements?






2. 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.






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






4. 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.






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






6. Organizational culture - Stakeholder preference - complexity - organizational maturity and availability of resources are all factors used to do what?






7. What are the techniques used in the task Conduct Elicitation Activity?






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






9. Maps the level of stakeholder influence and interest in a project.






10. What is the output of the task Conduct Stakeholder Analysis?






11. What are the tasks in the knowledge area - Requirements Analysis?






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






13. Revised process and templates for BA deliverables should be analyzed and documented and lessons learned should be recorded.






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






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






16. Use of parameters - multiplied by the number of hours. (COCOMO II - Function Point Counting - Use Case Points - and Story Points)






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






18. 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






19. Two effective trade-off methods.






20. Stakeholders involved the BA in decision making - acceptance of the BA's recommendations - willingness to discuss difficult or controversial topics with the BA - stakeholders willing to support or defend the BA when problems occur.






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






22. 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 -






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






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






25. What are the techniques used in the task Conduct Stakeholder Analysis?






26. What is the output of the task - Assess Proposed Solution?






27. 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.






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






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






30. What are the different types of learning styles?






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






32. 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.






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






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






35. The decomposition of activities and tasks creates?






36. What are the techniques used in the task - Organize Requirements?






37. 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 -






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






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






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






41. 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.






42. 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






43. Name the 2 types of Software categories that assist in BA productivity.






44. What are the underlying competencies a BA should possess?






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






46. A means to elicit ideas and attitudes about a specific product - service or opportunity in an interactive group environment. The participants share their impressions - preferences and needs - guided by a moderator. - Effective for learning people's a






47. Rules that are intended to help determine when something is or is not true - or when things fall into a specific category. They are expressed as rules because they describe categorizations that may change over time.






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






49. What are the tasks in the knowledge area - Enterprise Analysis?






50. 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.