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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

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1. What are the techniques used in the task - Communicate Requirements?






2. What is the output of the task Conduct Elicitation Activity?






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






4. 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.






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






6. What are some of the key variables used in determining the priority of a requirement?






7. Define requirements for capabilities needed to move from an existing solution to a new solution.






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






9. What techniques are used in the task Prepare for Elicitation?






10. A systematic approach designed to elicit information from a person or group of people in an informal or formal setting by talking to an interviewee - asking relevant questions and documenting the responses.






11. 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.






12. What is the output of the task Prepare for Elicitation?






13. What factors guide technique selection?






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






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






16. Measures progress towards a strategic goal or objective.






17. An excellent way to foster creative thinking about a problem. The goal is to produce numerous new ideas and to derive themes for further analysis. - Ability to elicit many ideas in a short time period. - - Non-judgmental environment enables creative






18. The goal of this task is to ensure that all requirements support the delivery of value to the business - fulfill its goal and objectives and meet a stakeholder need.






19. What are the inputs for the task - Prepare Requirements Package?






20. What are the elements of the task - Define Solution Scope?






21. What does SMART stand for?






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






23. The purpose is to describe the required qualities of a system - such as its usability and performance characteristics.






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






25. 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.






26. Confidence in the decision analysis process that a decision is correct - new information or alternative that cause a decision to be revisited are new and not simply overlooked - decisions are effective in addressing underlying problem - impact of unc






27. 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






28. What are the Cultural diversity issues that should be taken into account when planning communication?






29. What does RACI stand for?






30. Communicated Requirements mean what to stakeholders?






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






32. What are the techniques used in the task - Validate Solution?






33. 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






34. What are the inputs to the task Conduct Elicitation Activity?






35. Involved motivating people to act in ways that enable them to work together to achieve shared goals and objectives.






36. Knowing the dependencies and relationships between requirements helps when determining the sequence in which requirements are to be addressed. Common relations are:






37. Understanding of the competitive forces that shape an industry - understand the various customer segments that the industry services and the demographic or other characteristics common to that segment.






38. What are the techniques used in the task - Prioritize Requirements?






39. The people involved - the interactions between them - the external forces affecting their behavior and all other relevant elements and factors.






40. A formal written specification with possible walk-thru - an informal one is possibly verbal or email Communication






41. A continuous process of collecting data to determine how well a solution has been implemented compared to expected results.






42. Who is the primary stakeholder in the Define Business Case task?






43. 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 -






44. What are the inputs to the task Plan Requirements Management Process?






45. Prioritizes requirements based on a allocated fixed amount of money.






46. What are the Behavioral Characteristics a BA should exhibit?






47. What are the classifications used to describe requirements






48. List 3 possible forms of a requirements packages.






49. Allocate stakeholder and solution requirements among solution components and releases in order to maximize the possible business value given the options and alternatives generated by the design team.






50. 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