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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

Subjects : certifications, business-skills

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1. What are the elements of Communication Skills?
Industry Knowledge
Oral Communications - Teaching - Written Communication
Cognitive Conflict
Requirements Documentation - Requirements for Vendor Selection

2. What are the inputs to the task - Organize Requirements?
Organizational Process Assets - Requirements (Stated) - Solution Scope
Requirements (Any Except Stated)
Stakeholder Matrix - Onion Diagram
Requirements (Analyzed)

3. What are the inputs for the task Plan Business Analysis Activities?
Conduct Elicitation Activity
Business Analysis Approach - BA Performance Assessment - Organizational Process Assets - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities
Benchmarking - Brainstorming - Business Rules Analysis - Focus Groups - Functional Decomposition - Root Cause Analysis
Benchmarking

4. What is the output of the task - Define Assumptions & Constraints?
Business Analysis Plan
Assumptions & Constraints
Leadership
Requirements Structure

5. Details user interface requirements and integrates them with other requirements such as use cases - scenarios - data and business rules. Stakeholders often find this to be a concrete means of identifying - describing and validating their interface ne
Advantages of Document Analysis
Business Domain - Corporate Culture & Environment - Skills of the Analyst - Requirement Deliverable
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
Prototyping

6. What are some examples of stakeholder concerns?
Risk - assumptions - constraints - etc.
Enterprise Architecture - Solution Scope - Solution (Designed) - Stakeholder Concerns
Assumptions & Constraints
Creative Thinking - Decision Making - Learning - Problem Solving - Systems Thinking

7. A good indicator has 5 characteristics:
Clear - Relevant - Economical - Adequate - Quantifiable
Requirements (Maintained and Reusable)
Business Need - Solution Scope & Business Case - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities
Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving - Behavioral Characteristics - Business Knowledge - Communication Skills - Interaction Skills - Software Application

8. Elements of a Requirements Management Plan include?
Bottom-up Estimation
Business Case; Stakeholder - Solution or Transition Requirements (Verified)
Relationships - Impact Analysis - Configuration Management System
Implementation SME

9. 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.
Personal Organization
Observation
Manage Solution Scope & Requirements - Manage Requirements Traceability - Maintain Requirements for Re-use - Prepare Requirements Package - Communicate Requirements
Solution Knowledge

10. Means of eliciting information from many people - sometimes anonymously - in a relatively short period of time
Survey/Questionnaire
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
Business Analysis Approach - Business Analysis Plan - Organizational Process Assets
Scope Modeling

11. 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
Horizontal Prototype
To record the conflict in the Requirements Issues Log.
Rolling Wave
Facilitation & Negotiation - Leadership & Influencing - Teamwork

12. 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
Requirements (Prioritized)
Functions - Markets - Matrix
Requirements Structure
Business Rules Analysis - Data Flow Diagrams - Process Modeling - Organization Modeling - Data Modeling

13. What is the output of the task - Define Transition Requirements?
Interviews - Lessons Learned Process - Metrics and KPIs - Problem Tracking - Process Modeling - Root Cause Analysis - Survey/Questionnaire - Variance Analysis
Stakeholder Matrix
Transition Requirements
Glossary

14. What are the inputs to the task Manage Business Analysis Performance?
Learning
Business Analysis Performance Metrics - Business Analysis Plan - Organization Performance Standards - Requirements Management Plan
Transition Requirements
Monitoring

15. What is the output of the task Manage Solution Scope & Requirements?
Creative Thinking - Decision Making - Learning - Problem Solving - Systems Thinking
Impact Analysis - Requirements Coverage - Requirements Allocation
Requirements (Approved)
Stakeholder Matrix - Onion Diagram

16. 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
Requirements Analysis
Prepare Requirements Package
Requirements (Traced)
Business Need

17. What are the factors of influence by stakeholders on a project?
Analogous Estimation
Document Analysis - SWOT Analysis
Influence on the project - organizational - project health and other stakeholders
Business Rules Analysis - Data Flow Diagrams - Process Modeling - Organization Modeling - Data Modeling

18. Communication of requirements does what for stakeholders?
Brings them to a Communication on understanding
Primary stakeholders in the Organize Requirements task
Requirements (Validated)
Business Case

19. What are the inputs for the task - Maintain Requirements for Re-use?
Vendor Assessment
Business Rules Analysis - Data Flow Diagrams - Data Modeling - Functional Decomposition - Organizational Modeling - Process Modeling - Scenarios & Use Cases - Scope Modeling - User Stories
Organizational Process Assets - Requirements
Requirements Analysis

20. 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 -
Requirements (Stated) - Requirements Structure
Automate or Simplify Work - Improve Access to Information - Reduce Complexity of Interfaces - Increase Consistency of Behavior - Eliminate Redundancy
Interviews - Lessons Learned Process - Metrics and KPIs - Problem Tracking - Process Modeling - Root Cause Analysis - Survey/Questionnaire - Variance Analysis
Share - Enhance - Exploit

21. This technique shows how information is input - processed - stored and output from a system in a visual representation.
Data Flow Diagrams
Impact Analysis
Data Dictionary & Glossary - Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Prototyping - Requirements Workshops - Survey/Questionnaire
Advantages of Document Analysis

22. What are the 3 elements in the Assess Organizational Readiness?
Required Capabilities
Cultural Assessment - Operational or Technical Assessment - Stakeholder Impact Analysis
Perform tailoring exercises
Benchmarking - Brainstorming - Decision Analysis - Estimation - SWOT Analysis - Feasibility Analysis

23. 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
Elimination
Facilitation
Reliability - Validity - Timeliness
Strengths - Weaknesses

24. What is the output of the task - Specify & Model Requirements?
Analogous Estimation
Operative Rules
Requirements Workshop - Structured Walkthrough
Requirements (Analyzed)

25. What are the characteristics of quality for a requirements?
Cohesive - Complete - Consistent - Correct - Feasible - Modifiable - Unambiguous - Testable
Requirements (Stated - Confirmed) - Stakeholder Concerns (Confirmed)
System
Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving

26. Divides requirements into 4 categories - Must - Should - Could - Won't
Business Analysis Approach - Business Analysis Plan - Organizational Process Assets - Stakeholder Lists - Roles & Responsibilities
MoSCoW Analysis
Observation
Business Analysis Approach

27. 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
Throw-away Prototype
Business Need - Enterprise Architecture - Solution Performance Assessment
Assumptions & Constraints
Requirements Management Plan

28. What does RACI stand for?
Customer
Responsible - Accountable - Consulted - Informed
Document Analysis - SWOT Analysis
Reliability - Validity - Timeliness

29. What is the output of the task - Verify Requirements?
Requirements (Validated)
Requirements (Verified)
Enterprise Analysis - often the starting point for initiating a new project
Identified Defects - Mitigating Actions - Solution Validation Assessment

30. What is the output of the task - Assess Capability Gaps?
Required Capabilities
Ethics - Trustworthiness - Personal Organization
Horizontal Prototype
Prepare for Elicitation - Conduct Elicitation Activity - Document Elicitation Results - Confirm Elicitation Results

31. Investigating how a solution is actually used after it is deployed and assessing the effect it has had - both positive and negative.
Business Rules Analysis - Data Flow Diagrams - Data Modeling - Functional Decomposition - Organizational Modeling - Process Modeling - Scenarios & Use Cases - Scope Modeling - User Stories
Requirements Workshop
Evaluate Solution Performance
Onion Diagram

32. The goal of this task is to meet with stakeholder(s) to gather information regarding their needs.
Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring
Horizontal Prototype
Enterprise Analysis - often the starting point for initiating a new project
Conduct Elicitation Activity

33. The purpose is to measure the performance of solutions - solution components - and other matters of interest to stakeholders.
Emotional and Cognitive
Business Analysis Approach - Business Analysis Plan - Organizational Process Assets - Stakeholder Lists - Roles & Responsibilities
Metrics & KPIs
Requirements Management Plan

34. What are the techniques used in the task - Evaluate Solution Performance?
Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Prototyping - Requirements Workshop - Survey/Questionnaire
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Problem Tracking - Root Cause Analysis
Decision Analysis - Focus Groups - Observation - Survey/Questionnaire
Solution Scope Definition - Implementation Approach - Dependencies

35. Uses history as a basis for estimating. It is similar to analogous estimation - but is used not only for the top-down estimate - but for the detailed tasks as well.
Survey/Questionnaire
Historic Analysis
Acceptance - Transfer - Avoidance - Mitigation
Business Analysis Plan

36. Is generally understood to describe just one way that an actor can accomplish a particular goal
Business Goals & Objectives - Requirements (Stated)
Business Analysis Communication Plan - Requirements - Requirements Package
Dependencies
Scenario

37. What are the inputs to the task - Define Business Need?
Visual Learner - Auditory Learner - Kinesthetic Learner
Analogous Estimation
Business Goals & Objectives - Requirements (Stated)
Business Rules Analysis - Data Flow Diagrams - Data Modeling - Functional Decomposition - Organizational Modeling - Process Modeling - Scenarios & Use Cases - Scope Modeling - User Stories

38. What describes how - when and why the business analyst will work with stakeholders?
Term and Fact Model
The Business Analysis Communication Plan
Requirements (Traced)
Underlying Competencies

39. Strengths - Weaknesses - Opportunities - Threats - A valuable tool to quickly analyze various aspects of the current state of the business process undergoing change.
Validate Requirements
SWOT Analysis
Requirements (Prioritized and Approved) - Solution (Designed) - Solution Scope
Impact Analysis - Requirements Coverage - Requirements Allocation

40. Two types of conflict.
Decision Analysis - Estimation - Metrics & KPIs - Risk Analysis - SWOT Analysis - Vendor Assessment
Prototyping
Emotional and Cognitive
Cultural Assessment - Operational or Technical Assessment - Stakeholder Impact Analysis

41. What are the techniques used in Plan Business Analysis Activities?
Estimation - Functional Decomposition - Risk Analysis
Required Capabilities
Solution Assessment & Validation
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Problem Tracking - Root Cause Analysis

42. Approach to decision making that examines and models the possible consequences of different decisions. Make an optimal decision under conditions of uncertainty.
Leadership
Decision Analysis
Perform tailoring exercises
Solution Knowledge

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
Systems Thinking
Requirements Structure
Lessons Learned Process
Interface Analysis

44. What are some of the key variables used in determining the priority of a requirement?
Business Value - Business or Technical Risk - Implementation Difficulty - Likelihood of Success - Regulatory or Policy Compliance - Relationship to Other Requirements - Stakeholder Agreement - Urgency
Formal requirements presentation to stakeholders
Name - Aliases - Values/Meanings - Description
Lessons Learned Process

45. States the business need - identifies key stakeholders and briefly describes the positive impact that meeting the business need will have on those stakeholders.
Relationships - Impact Analysis - Configuration Management System
Business Need - Organizational Process Assets - Requirements Management Plan - Scheduled Resources - Solution Scope & Business Case - Supporting Materials
Scenarios & Use Cases
Problem or Vision Statement

46. The knowledge area that describes how a BA manages conflicts - issues and changes in order to ensure that stakeholders and the project team remain in agreement on the solution scope - how requirements are communicated to stakeholders and how knowledg
Functions - Markets - Matrix
Coverage Matrix - Table or spreadsheet used to manage tracing.
Requirements Management & Communication
Requirements (Verified)

47. A requirement that does not deliver direct or indirect value to a stakeholder is a strong candidate for what?
Organize Requirements
Business Analysis Approach
Elimination
Reporting

48. What are the general modeling concepts that are relevant to business analysis?
User Classes - Profiles or Roles; Concepts & Relationships - Events - Processes - Rules
Communicated Requirements
Requirements Structure
Underlying Competencies

49. Techniques used in the task Plan Requirements Management Process.
Learning
Define Business Need - Access Capability Gaps - Determine Solution Approach - Define Solution Scope - Define Business Case
Communicated Requirements
Decision Analysis - Problem Tacking - Risk Analysis

50. What are the inputs to the task - Prioritize Requirements?
Requirements Management Plan - Solution Scope - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities - Stakeholder/Solution or Transition Requirements (Communicated or Traced)
Manage Solution Scope & Requirements - Manage Requirements Traceability - Maintain Requirements for Re-use - Prepare Requirements Package - Communicate Requirements
Business Case - Business Need - Requirements - Requirements Management Plan - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities
MoSCoW Analysis