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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

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1. What is the output of the task - Organize Requirements?






2. Two effective trade-off methods.






3. What is the output of the task - Manage Requirements Traceability?






4. Elements of a Requirements Management Plan include?






5. Two types of conflict.






6. 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.






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






8. This knowledge area describes the tasks that are performed in order to ensure that solutions meet the business need and to facilitate successful implementation.






9. 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






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






11. Using this technique the business analyst has collected the deliverables - activities - tasks - and estimates from all the involved stakeholders and rolls them up to get a total for all the activities and tasks.






12. What are the techniques used in Plan Business Analysis Communication?






13. 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.






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






15. 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






16. What is the output of the task - Maintain Requirements for Re-use?






17. Define the requirements that must be met in order for a solution to be considered acceptable to key stakeholders.






18. 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 -






19. What is the output of the task - Allocate Resources?






20. Communication of requirements does what for stakeholders?






21. Corrective or preventative measures uncovered while performing a Business Analysis Performance Assessment will result in changes to what plan?






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






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






24. What are the internal factors in a SWOT Analysis?






25. What are the Composite Data Elements?






26. What are the tasks in Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring?






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






28. Long-term - ongoing and qualitative statements of a state or condition that the organization is seeking to establish and maintain.






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






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






31. What are the different types of learning styles?






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






33. What is the output of the task Plan Business Analysis Activities?






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






35. What techniques are used in the task - Prepare Requirements Package?






36. The process of informing stakeholders of metrics of indicators in specified formats at specified intervals.






37. What are the inputs to the task - Allocate Resources?






38. How is the Operational Support stakeholder utilized in the Evaluate Solution Performance task?






39. Most optimistic estimate; most pessimistic estimate; most likely estimate






40. 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






41. A package should contain a consistent - cohesive and coherent set of requirements. This describes the ____________.






42. 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






43. 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.






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






45. What are some examples of stakeholder concerns?






46. The minimum set of requirements that must be met in order for a particular solution to be worth implementing.






47. What are the tasks of the Elicitation Knowledge Area?






48. What are the inputs for the task Prepare for Elicitation?






49. A diagram indicating how involved the stakeholder is with the solution.






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