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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

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1. What are the inputs to the task - Verify Requirements?






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






3. What factors guide technique selection?






4. What is the output of the task - Define Transition Requirements?






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






6. What are the characteristics of Interaction Skills?






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






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






9. The purpose of _______________ is to ensure that a stakeholder's actual underlying needs are understood - rather than the their stated or superficial desires.






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






11. Forecast the cost and effort involved in pursuing a course of action. Used to develop a better understanding of the possible range of costs and effort associated with any initiative






12. Two techniques used in Root Cause Analysis?






13. What are the strategies for a positive risk?






14. 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.






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






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






17. To define the rules that govern decisions in an organization and that define - constrain or enable organization operations.






18. Divides requirements into 4 categories - Must - Should - Could - Won't






19. What are the elements of the task Plan Requirements Management Process?






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






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






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






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






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






25. What are the inputs for the task - Define Solution Scope?






26. What are the inputs for the task - Define Transitional Requirements?






27. Name some commonly used financial valuation techniques.






28. A non-actionable directive that supports a business goal.






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






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






31. What is the output of the task - Prepare Requirements Package?






32. The goal of tracing is to ensure that requirements are linked back to a business objective. Creation of this relationship helps in what other traceability activities?






33. What are the Composite Data Elements?






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






35. 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.






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






37. The objective of this technique is to determine how companies achieve their superior performance levels and use that information to design projects to improve operations of the enterprise.






38. This prototype extends the initial interface requirements into a fully functioning system and requires a specialized prototyping tool or language.






39. Characteristics that are common to all organizations with a similar purpose and structure - whether or not the are in the same industry.






40. What are the techniques used in the task - Determine Solution Approach?






41. This task ensures that requirement specifications and models meet the necessary standard of quality to allow them to be used effectively to guide further work. Requirements have been defined correctly.






42. Defines the key terms and data relevant to a business domain.






43. What is the output of the task - Communicate Requirements?






44. What are the techniques used in the task - Evaluate Solution Performance?






45. Elements identified for each activity and task.






46. A means to elicit ideas and attitudes about a specific product - service or opportunity in an interactive group environment. The participants share their impressions - preferences and needs - guided by a moderator. - Effective for learning people's a






47. Combination of expert judgment and history. Individual estimates - sharing the estimates with experts - and having several rounds until consensus is reached. An average of the three estimates is used






48. What is the output of the task - Prioritize Requirements?






49. What are the tasks in the knowledge area - Solution Assessment & Validation?






50. Maps the level of stakeholder influence and interest in a project.