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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

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1. 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.
This person will be involved in monitoring the performance and effectiveness of a solution or its components.
User Story
Influence on the project - organizational - project health and other stakeholders
That they understand them and the current state the requirements are in

2. What are the inputs for the task Confirm Elicitation Results?
Plan Business Analysis Approach - Conduct Stakeholder Analysis - Plan Business Analysis Activities - Plan Business Analysis Communication - Plan Requirements Management Process - Manage BA Performance
Requirements (Stated - Unconfirmed) - Stakeholder Concerns (Unconfirmed)
Specific - Measurable - Achievable - Relevant - Time-bound Objectives must be SMART.
Sequence Diagrams

3. What are the tasks for the knowledge area - Requirements Management & Communication?
Document Analysis
Solution (Constructed) - Requirements (Prioritized and Validated)
Assumptions & Constraints - Requirements (Prioritized and Approved) - Solution Options
Manage Solution Scope & Requirements - Manage Requirements Traceability - Maintain Requirements for Re-use - Prepare Requirements Package - Communicate Requirements

4. What is the output of the task Conduct Elicitation Activity?
Business Requirements - Stakeholder Requirements - Solution Requirements - Transition Requirements
Identified Defects - Mitigating Actions - Solution Validation Assessment
Communicated Requirements
Elicitation Results

5. What are the inputs to the task - Assess Proposed Solution?
Horizontal Prototype
Assess Organization Readiness
Assumptions & Constraints - Requirements (Prioritized and Approved) - Solution Options
Requirements (Verified)

6. Maps the level of stakeholder influence and interest in a project.
Ethics
Analogous Estimation
Stakeholder Matrix
Compliance with regulatory or other standards

7. The goal of this task is to meet with stakeholder(s) to gather information regarding their needs.
Business Value - Business or Technical Risk - Implementation Difficulty - Likelihood of Success - Regulatory or Policy Compliance - Relationship to Other Requirements - Stakeholder Agreement - Urgency
Ethics - Trustworthiness - Personal Organization
Problem Tracking - Baselining - Signoff
Conduct Elicitation Activity

8. What are the characteristics of quality for a requirements?
User Story
Decision Analysis - Process Modeling - Structured Walkthrough
Cohesive - Complete - Consistent - Correct - Feasible - Modifiable - Unambiguous - Testable
Key Performance Indicator (KPI )

9. 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.
Decision Analysis
Solution Assessment & Validation
Data - Ongoing Work - Organizational Change
Data Modeling

10. What are the inputs to the task Manage Requirements Traceability?
Functions - Markets - Matrix
Formal Documentation - Presentation - Model
Required Capabilities
Requirements - Requirements Management Plan

11. Revised process and templates for BA deliverables should be analyzed and documented and lessons learned should be recorded.
Lessons Learned Process
The Sponsor
Organize Requirements
Business Analysis Process Assets

12. What factors guide technique selection?
Solution Approach
Business Domain - Corporate Culture & Environment - Skills of the Analyst - Requirement Deliverable
Business Analysis Approach - Business Analysis Plan - Organizational Process Assets - Stakeholder Lists - Roles & Responsibilities
Sequences - Repetitions - Optional Elements

13. Communication of requirements does what for stakeholders?
Transition Requirements
Organizational Readiness Assessment - Requirements (Stated) - Solution (Deployed) - Solution (Designed)
Brings them to a Communication on understanding
Solution Assessment & Validation

14. What techniques are used in the task Prepare for Elicitation?
Problem Tracking
Problem or Vision Statement
Business Analysis Approach - Business Analysis Plan - Organizational Process Assets
Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Prototyping - Requirements Workshop - Survey/Questionnaire

15. The purpose is to describe the required qualities of a system - such as its usability and performance characteristics.
Tracing Requirements
Business Value - Business or Technical Risk - Implementation Difficulty - Likelihood of Success - Regulatory or Policy Compliance - Relationship to Other Requirements - Stakeholder Agreement - Urgency
Non-functional Requirements Analysis
Assessment of Proposed Solution

16. Limited to "as-is" perspective. - Existing documentation may not be up-to-date or valid. - Can be a time-consuming and even tedious process to locate the relevant information
Allocate Requirements
Evaluation Criteria
Solution Assessment & Validation
Advantages of Document Analysis

17. Communicated Requirements mean what to stakeholders?
That they understand them and the current state the requirements are in
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Decision Analysis - Vendor Assessment
Plan Business Analysis Approach - Conduct Stakeholder Analysis - Plan Business Analysis Activities - Plan Business Analysis Communication - Plan Requirements Management Process - Manage BA Performance
Organizational Knowledge

18. What are the inputs to the task - Verify Requirements?
Facilitation
Historic Analysis
Activity List
Requirements (Any Except Stated)

19. Defines the key terms and data relevant to a business domain.
Ethics
Data Dictionary & Glossary
Stakeholder Lists - Roles & Responsibilities
Strengths - Weaknesses

20. A package should contain a consistent - cohesive and coherent set of requirements. This describes the ____________.
Verify Requirements
Requirements Structure
Business Analysis Plan
Business Case

21. 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.
Fishbone Diagram - Five Whys
Decision Analysis
Business Principles & Practices
Bottom-up Estimation

22. Involves assessing a situation - understanding it as fully as possible - and making judgments about possible solutions to the problem.
Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving
User Story
Facilitation & Negotiation - Leadership & Influencing - Teamwork
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Metrics & KPIs - Prototyping - Risk Analysis - Structured Walkthrough

23. What is the output of the task Prepare for Elicitation?
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Decision Analysis - Vendor Assessment
Business Analysis Communication Plan - Requirements - Requirements Package
Discounted Cash Flow - Net Present Value - Internal Rate of Return - Average Rate of Return - Pay Back Period - Cost-Benefit Analysis
Scheduled Resources - Supporting Materials

24. What are the inputs to the task - Organize Requirements?
Automate or Simplify Work - Improve Access to Information - Reduce Complexity of Interfaces - Increase Consistency of Behavior - Eliminate Redundancy
Organizational Process Assets - Requirements (Stated) - Solution Scope
Decision Making
Decision Analysis - Risk Analysis - MoSCoW Analysis - Timeboxing/Budgeting - Voting

25. Is generally understood to describe just one way that an actor can accomplish a particular goal
Scenario
Ongoing Cost versus Initial Investment - Opportunity Costs - Necessity - Sunk Costs
Benchmarking
Solution Assessment & Validation

26. What is the output of the task - Define Business Case?
Repository - Traceability - Requirement Attributes - Prioritization Process - Change Management - Tailoring the Requirements Management Process
Business Requirements - Stakeholder Requirements - Solution Requirements - Transition Requirements
Advantages of a Data Dictionary & Glossary
Business Case

27. What are the techniques used in the task Manage Business Analysis Performance?
Stakeholder Matrix
Evaluate Solution Performance
Interviews - Lessons Learned Process - Metrics and KPIs - Problem Tracking - Process Modeling - Root Cause Analysis - Survey/Questionnaire - Variance Analysis
Business Analysis Communication Plan - Requirements - Requirements Package

28. What are the inputs to the task - Determine Solution Approach?
Relationships - Impact Analysis - Configuration Management System
Brainstorming
Business Need - Organizational Process Assets - 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

29. This knowledge area describes the tasks that are performed in order to ensure that solutions meet the business need and to facilitate successful implementation.
Requirements - Requirements Management Plan
Solution Assessment & Validation
Budgeting
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Metrics & KPIs - Prototyping - Risk Analysis - Structured Walkthrough

30. Characteristics that are common to all organizations with a similar purpose and structure - whether or not the are in the same industry.
Facilitation & Negotiation - Leadership & Influencing - Teamwork
Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Prototyping - Requirements Workshop - Survey/Questionnaire
Organization Modeling
Business Principals

31. What are the inputs to the task - Communicate Requirements?
Requirements (Verified)
Requirements (Prioritized and Approved) - Solution (Designed) - Solution Scope
Benchmarking
Business Analysis Communication Plan - Requirements - Requirements Package

32. What techniques are used in the task - Prepare Requirements Package?
Requirements Package
Business Analysis Approach - Business Analysis Plan - Organizational Process Assets
Requirements Documentation - Requirements for Vendor Selection
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Data Flow Diagrams - Process Models - Focus Groups - Interviews - Survey/Questionnaire - Organizational Modeling - Problem Tracking - Risk Analysis - SWOT Analysis - Force Field Analysis

33. What is the output of the task - Define Assumptions & Constraints?
Assumptions & Constraints
Repository - Traceability - Requirement Attributes - Prioritization Process - Change Management - Tailoring the Requirements Management Process
Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Prototyping - Requirements Workshop - Survey/Questionnaire
Decision Analysis - Focus Groups - Observation - Survey/Questionnaire

34. 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.
Communicated Requirements
Define Business Need - Access Capability Gaps - Determine Solution Approach - Define Solution Scope - Define Business Case
Validate Requirements
Evaluation Criteria

35. This knowledge area describes the behaviors - knowledge and other characteristics that support the effective performance of a BA.
Underlying Competencies
Acceptance & Evaluation Technique
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Data Flow Diagrams - Process Models - Focus Groups - Interviews - Survey/Questionnaire - Organizational Modeling - Problem Tracking - Risk Analysis - SWOT Analysis - Force Field Analysis
They describe what a solution must be capable of doing to meet the needs of one or more stakeholder groups

36. 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
Necessity - Effort - Subset - Cover - Value
Requirements Structure
Problem or Vision Statement
Survey/Questionnaire

37. What is the output of the task Document Elicitation Results?
Key Performance Indicator (KPI )
Stakeholder Concerns
Requirements (Stated) - Stakeholder Concerns
Horizontal Prototype

38. Models a deep - and usually narrow slice of the entire system's functionality.
Vertical Prototype
Expert Judgment
Bottom-up Estimation
Sequences - Repetitions - Optional Elements

39. What are the inputs to the task - Assess Organizational Readiness?
Enterprise Architecture - Solution Scope - Solution (Designed) - Stakeholder Concerns
Define Business Case
Requirements Structure
Business Rule

40. What are the techniques used in the task - Assess Organizational Readiness?
Facilitation & Negotiation - Leadership & Influencing - Teamwork
Decision Analysis - Focus Groups - Observation - Survey/Questionnaire
Acceptance & Evaluation Technique
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Data Flow Diagrams - Process Models - Focus Groups - Interviews - Survey/Questionnaire - Organizational Modeling - Problem Tracking - Risk Analysis - SWOT Analysis - Force Field Analysis

41. Name some commonly used financial valuation techniques.
Name - Aliases - Values/Meanings - Description
Discounted Cash Flow - Net Present Value - Internal Rate of Return - Average Rate of Return - Pay Back Period - Cost-Benefit Analysis
Business Requirements - Stakeholder Requirements - Solution Requirements - Transition Requirements
Brings them to a Communication on understanding

42. 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
Compliance with regulatory or other standards
Organizational Knowledge
Personal Organization
Key Performance Indicator (KPI )

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
Decision Analysis
Customer
Lessons Learned Process
Metrics & KPIs

44. What are the techniques used in the task - Define Assumptions & Constraints?
Requirements (Prioritized)
Problem Tracking - Risk Analysis
Cohesive - Complete - Consistent - Correct - Feasible - Modifiable - Unambiguous - Testable
Ongoing Cost versus Initial Investment - Opportunity Costs - Necessity - Sunk Costs

45. What is the output of the task - Define Business Need?
Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Problem Tracking - Prototyping - Requirements Workshop - Survey/Questionnaire
Scheduled Resources - Supporting Materials
Business Need
Requirements Structure

46. Define requirements for capabilities needed to move from an existing solution to a new solution.
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Problem Tracking - Root Cause Analysis
Define Transitional Requirements
Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving - Behavioral Characteristics - Business Knowledge - Communication Skills - Interaction Skills - Software Application
Determine the Process - Who will Authorize Changes - Impact Analysis - Wording of the Request - Coordinate Prioritization of Change

47. What are the inputs to the task - Define Business Case?
Assumptions & Constraints - Business Need - Solution Scope - Stakeholder Concerns
Data Flow Diagrams
Requirements Analysis
Requirements Structure

48. What are the elements of the task Plan Requirements Management Process?
Relationships - Impact Analysis - Configuration Management System
Benchmarking - Brainstorming - Business Rules Analysis - Focus Groups - Functional Decomposition - Root Cause Analysis
Repository - Traceability - Requirement Attributes - Prioritization Process - Change Management - Tailoring the Requirements Management Process
Automate or Simplify Work - Improve Access to Information - Reduce Complexity of Interfaces - Increase Consistency of Behavior - Eliminate Redundancy

49. 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.
Interviews
Structural Rules
Decision Analysis
Formal Documentation - Presentation - Model

50. 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
Business Analysis Plan
Evaluate Solution Performance
Allocate Requirements
Facilitation