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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

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1. When a requirement is changed - the BA can easily review all the related requirements and software components in order to understand the impact of the change.






2. Name some commonly used financial valuation techniques.






3. Rules that the organization chooses to enforce as a matter of policy. They are intended to guide the actions of people working within the organization. They may oblige people to take certain actions - prevent people from taking actions - or prescribe






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






5. What are the techniques used in the task Manage Solution Scope & Requirements?






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






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






8. Communication of requirements does what for stakeholders?






9. What are the inputs to the task - Determine Solution Approach?






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






11. Two techniques used in Root Cause Analysis?






12. 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.






13. What are the inputs to the task - Validate Solution?






14. Set of requirements that will be used to choose between multiple solutions.






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






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






17. 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






18. What are the inputs to the task - Prioritize Requirements?






19. Defines what must be delivered in order to meet the business need - and the effect of the proposed change initiation on the business and technology operations and infrastructure.






20. To identify and manage areas of uncertainty that can impact an initiative - solution - or organization.






21. 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.






22. 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.






23. What are the likely sources of transition requirements?






24. What is the output of the task Plan Requirements Management Process?






25. Elicitation Results are the inputs for the ____________






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






27. What are the inputs for the task Confirm Elicitation Results?






28. What are the characteristics of Interaction Skills?






29. What are the techniques used in the task - Validate Requirements?






30. What are the techniques used in the task - Define Assumptions & Constraints?






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






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






33. Issues that may influence the replacement or elimination decision of a system include:






34. What are the inputs for the task - Maintain Requirements for Re-use?






35. A requirement that does not deliver direct or indirect value to a stakeholder is a strong candidate for what?






36. 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.






37. What are the Primitive Data Elements?






38. Business rules require a defined glossary of terms and an understanding of the relationships between them - this is known as:






39. Decisions are made with the interest of all stakeholders considered - reasons for a decision are cleared articulated - prompt and full disclosure of conflicts of interest - honesty regarding one's abilities and the performance of one's work.






40. 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.






41. What are the elements of the area - Analytical Thinking and Problem Solving - Successful generation of new ideas - application of new ideas to resolve existing problems - willingness of stakeholders to accept new approaches.






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






43. Two effective trade-off methods.






44. When a conflict arises between stakeholders on one or more documented requirements - the first thing that needs to take place is what?






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






46. 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.






47. A good indicator has 5 characteristics:






48. What are the inputs to the task - Define Business Case?






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






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