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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

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1. 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
General Purpose Applications & Specialized Applications
Formal requirements presentation to stakeholders
Throw-away Prototype
Repository - Traceability - Requirement Attributes - Prioritization Process - Change Management - Tailoring the Requirements Management Process

2. What are the techniques used in the task Conduct Elicitation Activity?
Evaluate Solution Performance
Business Need - Enterprise Architecture - Organizational Process Assets
Business Need
Data Dictionary & Glossary - Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Prototyping - Requirements Workshops - Survey/Questionnaire

3. What are the inputs to the task Manage Requirements Traceability?
Business Analysis Plan
Solution Approach
Requirements - Requirements Management Plan
They describe what a solution must be capable of doing to meet the needs of one or more stakeholder groups

4. What is the output of the task - Assess Proposed Solution?
Metrics & KPIs
Determine the Process - Who will Authorize Changes - Impact Analysis - Wording of the Request - Coordinate Prioritization of Change
Assessment of Proposed Solution
Throw-away Prototype

5. 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.
Requirements (Allocated)
Organization Modeling
Analogous Estimation
Decision Making

6. What are the tasks in Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring?
Requirements (Verified)
Plan Business Analysis Approach - Conduct Stakeholder Analysis - Plan Business Analysis Activities - Plan Business Analysis Communication - Plan Requirements Management Process - Manage BA Performance
Activity List
Problem Tracking - Risk Analysis

7. What describes how - when and why the business analyst will work with stakeholders?
Stakeholder Matrix - Onion Diagram
The Business Analysis Communication Plan
Compliance with regulatory or other standards
Identified Defects - Mitigating Actions - Solution Validation Assessment

8. Name the 2 types of Software categories that assist in BA productivity.
General Purpose Applications & Specialized Applications
Problem or Vision Statement
Cognitive Conflict
Prepare for Elicitation - Conduct Elicitation Activity - Document Elicitation Results - Confirm Elicitation Results

9. Set of requirements that will be used to choose between multiple solutions.
User Classes - Profiles or Roles; Concepts & Relationships - Events - Processes - Rules
Requirements (Stated - Unconfirmed) - Stakeholder Concerns (Unconfirmed)
Strengths - Weaknesses
Evaluation Criteria

10. A non-actionable directive that supports a business goal.
Requirements Analysis
Scheduled Resources - Supporting Materials
Business Policy
Benchmarking - Brainstorming - Business Rules Analysis - Focus Groups - Functional Decomposition - Root Cause Analysis

11. 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 (Traced)
Personal Organization
Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring
Ongoing Cost versus Initial Investment - Opportunity Costs - Necessity - Sunk Costs

12. What are the techniques used in the task - Evaluate Solution Performance?
Facilitation
Decision Analysis - Focus Groups - Observation - Survey/Questionnaire
Decision Analysis
Vertical Prototype

13. What techniques are used in the task Prepare for Elicitation?
Requirements (Stated) - Stakeholder Concerns
Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Prototyping - Requirements Workshop - Survey/Questionnaire
MoSCoW Analysis
Decision Making

14. Issues that may influence the replacement or elimination decision of a system include:
Ongoing Cost versus Initial Investment - Opportunity Costs - Necessity - Sunk Costs
Identified Defects - Mitigating Actions - Solution Validation Assessment
Document Analysis
Business Rules Analysis - Data Flow Diagrams - Process Modeling - Organization Modeling - Data Modeling

15. What is the output of the task - Assess Capability Gaps?
Benchmarking
Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving
Risk - assumptions - constraints - etc.
Required Capabilities

16. List 3 possible forms of a requirements packages.
SWOT Analysis
Advantages of a Data Dictionary & Glossary
Benchmarking - Brainstorming - Decision Analysis - Estimation - SWOT Analysis - Feasibility Analysis
Formal Documentation - Presentation - Model

17. What are the characteristics of a Problem Record?
Document Elicitation Results task
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Business Rules Analysis - Decision Analysis - Functional Decomposition - Process Modeling - Scenarios & Use Cases
Manage Solution Scope & Requirements - Manage Requirements Traceability - Maintain Requirements for Re-use - Prepare Requirements Package - Communicate Requirements
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

18. What should be considered when establishing a Change Management process?
Determine the Process - Who will Authorize Changes - Impact Analysis - Wording of the Request - Coordinate Prioritization of Change
Compliance with regulatory or other standards
MoSCoW Analysis
Enterprise Analysis

19. What are the techniques used in the task Conduct Stakeholder Analysis?
Problem Tracking
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
Business Need - Solution Scope & Business Case - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities
Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring

20. Communicated Requirements mean what to stakeholders?
Decision Analysis - Problem Tacking - Risk Analysis
Operative Rules
That they understand them and the current state the requirements are in
Requirements - Requirements Management Plan

21. What are some of the key variables used in determining the priority of a requirement?
Share - Enhance - Exploit
Implementation SME
Business Value - Business or Technical Risk - Implementation Difficulty - Likelihood of Success - Regulatory or Policy Compliance - Relationship to Other Requirements - Stakeholder Agreement - Urgency
Assess Organization Readiness

22. What is the output to the task - Evaluate Solution Performance?
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Metrics & KPIs - Prototyping - Risk Analysis - Structured Walkthrough
User Classes - Profiles or Roles; Concepts & Relationships - Events - Processes - Rules
Solution Performance Assessment
Requirements - Requirements Management Plan

23. Approach to decision making that examines and models the possible consequences of different decisions. Make an optimal decision under conditions of uncertainty.
Decision Analysis
Business Rules Analysis
Underlying Competencies
Repository - Traceability - Requirement Attributes - Prioritization Process - Change Management - Tailoring the Requirements Management Process

24. 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.
Data Dictionary
Cognitive Conflict
Assumptions & Constraints
Lessons Learned Process

25. What are the inputs for the task - Maintain Requirements for Re-use?
Requirements (Any Except Stated)
Organizational Process Assets - Requirements
Brainstorming
Requirements (Stated) - Requirements Structure

26. What is the output of the task Conduct Stakeholder Analysis?
Business Need - Organizational Process Assets - Requirements Management Plan - Scheduled Resources - Solution Scope & Business Case - Supporting Materials
Document Elicitation Results task
Business Analysis Performance Metrics - Business Analysis Plan - Organization Performance Standards - Requirements Management Plan
Stakeholder Lists - Roles & Responsibilities

27. Two techniques used in Root Cause Analysis?
Fishbone Diagram - Five Whys
Acceptance Criteria
Oral Communications - Teaching - Written Communication
Assess Organization Readiness

28. What is the output of the task Manage Solution Scope & Requirements?
Business Rule
Bottom-up Estimation
Ongoing Cost versus Initial Investment - Opportunity Costs - Necessity - Sunk Costs
Requirements (Approved)

29. What are the inputs for the task Confirm Elicitation Results?
The Business Analysis Communication Plan
Lessons Learned Process
Necessity - Effort - Subset - Cover - Value
Requirements (Stated - Unconfirmed) - Stakeholder Concerns (Unconfirmed)

30. What is the output of the task - Define Assumptions & Constraints?
Assumptions & Constraints
Decision Analysis - Process Modeling - Structured Walkthrough
A statement of the needs of a particular stakeholder or class of stakeholders
Requirements (Analyzed)

31. What are the inputs to the task - Communicate Requirements?
Data Dictionary & Glossary - Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Prototyping - Requirements Workshops - Survey/Questionnaire
Requirements Structure
Business Analysis Communication Plan - Requirements - Requirements Package
Business Analysis Approach - Business Analysis Plan - Organizational Process Assets - Stakeholder Lists - Roles & Responsibilities

32. Describes the effect a new solution will have on an organization and whether the organization is prepared for the organizational change the solution implementation will cause.
Budgeting
Assess Organization Readiness
Perform tailoring exercises
Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring

33. Business value can be delivered through requirements that support _______________ - alignment with internal standards or policies of the organization - or increased satisfaction for stakeholders - even if those things do not have a direct measurable
Business Rules Analysis
Compliance with regulatory or other standards
Business Principals
Absolute Reference - Author - Complexity - Ownership - Priority - Risks - Source - Stability - Status - Urgency

34. 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
Analogous Estimation
Survey/Questionnaire
BABOK
Root Cause Analysis

35. 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.
Budgeting
Sequence Diagrams
Business Analysis Communication Plan - Requirements - Requirements Package
Name - Value/Meanings - Description

36. What are the inputs to the task - Validate Requirements?
Formal requirements presentation to stakeholders
Decision Analysis - Estimation - Metrics & KPIs - Risk Analysis - SWOT Analysis - Vendor Assessment
Business Case; Stakeholder - Solution or Transition Requirements (Verified)
Personal Organization

37. The minimum set of requirements that must be met in order for a particular solution to be worth implementing.
Solution Scope Definition - Implementation Approach - Dependencies
Decision Making
Decision Analysis - Focus Groups - Observation - Survey/Questionnaire
Acceptance Criteria

38. To assess the ability of a potential vendor to meet commitments regarding a product or service
Business Case; Stakeholder - Solution or Transition Requirements (Verified)
Vendor Assessment
Business Domain - Corporate Culture & Environment - Skills of the Analyst - Requirement Deliverable
Compliance with regulatory or other standards

39. Are written to describe how an actor interacts with a solution to accomplish one or more of that actor's goals - or to respond to an event.
Identified Defects - Mitigating Actions - Solution Validation Assessment
Scenarios & Use Cases
They describe what a solution must be capable of doing to meet the needs of one or more stakeholder groups
Acceptance Criteria

40. Creates a conceptual model of the work that needs to be completed to deliver the new business solution.
Glossary
Prototyping
Confirm Elicitation Results
Functional Decomposition

41. Models a deep - and usually narrow slice of the entire system's functionality.
Vertical Prototype
User Story
Benchmarking
Business Rules Analysis - Data Flow Diagrams - Process Modeling - Organization Modeling - Data Modeling

42. Corrective or preventative measures uncovered while performing a Business Analysis Performance Assessment will result in changes to what plan?
General Purpose Applications & Specialized Applications
Business Analysis Plan
Decision Analysis - Risk Analysis - MoSCoW Analysis - Timeboxing/Budgeting - Voting
Cohesive - Complete - Consistent - Correct - Feasible - Modifiable - Unambiguous - Testable

43. Estimating relies on the expertise of those who have performed the work in the past. These experts can be internal or external to the project team or to the organization.
Expert Judgment
Key Performance Indicator (KPI )
Problem Tracking - Risk Analysis
Industry Knowledge

44. Performed to communicate - verify and validate requirements. Is a working session where invited participants review and discuss a set of requirements
Name - Aliases - Values/Meanings - Description
Structured Walkthrough
Transition Requirements
Scenarios & Use Cases

45. What are the strategies for a positive risk?
Interface Analysis
Organizational Process Assets - Requirements
Share - Enhance - Exploit
Business Case

46. 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.
Learning
Expert Judgment
Throw-away Prototype
Business Need - Enterprise Architecture - Solution Performance Assessment

47. What are the inputs to the task Plan Requirements Management Process?
Business Analysis Performance Metrics - Business Analysis Plan - Organization Performance Standards - Requirements Management Plan
Scope Modeling
Decision Making
Business Analysis Approach - Business Analysis Plan - Organizational Process Assets

48. What are the inputs to the Plan Business Analysis Approach?
Business Need - Solution Scope & Business Case - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities
Decision Analysis
Discounted Cash Flow - Net Present Value - Internal Rate of Return - Average Rate of Return - Pay Back Period - Cost-Benefit Analysis
Business Need - Expert Judgment - Organizational Process Assets

49. Most optimistic estimate; most pessimistic estimate; most likely estimate
Relationship to Time - Relationship to Task Completion - Relationship to Contracts - Relationships to Formal and Informal Authority
Three-point Estimation
Decision Analysis
Creative Thinking - Decision Making - Learning - Problem Solving - Systems Thinking

50. Defines the key terms and data relevant to a business domain.
General Purpose Applications & Specialized Applications
Data Dictionary & Glossary
Specific - Measurable - Achievable - Relevant - Time-bound Objectives must be SMART.
Ethics