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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning
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1. This technique shows how information is input - processed - stored and output from a system in a visual representation.
Requirements Documentation - Requirements for Vendor Selection
Data Flow Diagrams
Confirm Elicitation Results
Decision Analysis - Problem Tacking - Risk Analysis
2. What is the output of the task Plan Business Analysis Activities?
Evaluation Criteria
Business Analysis Plan
Organization Modeling
Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving - Behavioral Characteristics - Business Knowledge - Communication Skills - Interaction Skills - Software Application
3. Define the requirements that must be met in order for a solution to be considered acceptable to key stakeholders.
Acceptance & Evaluation Technique
Parametric Estimation
Stakeholder Matrix
Organize Requirements
4. Useful for ensuring that all stakeholders are in agreement on the format and content of relevant information. Capturing these definitions in a single model ensures that these terms will be used consistently.
Advantages of a Data Dictionary & Glossary
Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring
Enterprise Architecture - Solution Scope - Solution (Designed) - Stakeholder Concerns
Data Dictionary & Glossary
5. 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.
Requirements Analysis
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
Industry Knowledge
Solution Assessment & Validation
6. 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.
Benchmarking
Elimination
Business Rules Analysis - Data Flow Diagrams - Data Modeling - Functional Decomposition - Organizational Modeling - Process Modeling - Scenarios & Use Cases - Scope Modeling - User Stories
Decision Analysis
7. What is the output of the task - Maintain Requirements for Re-use?
Horizontal Prototype
Requirements (Maintained and Reusable)
Systems Thinking
Plan Business Analysis Approach - Conduct Stakeholder Analysis - Plan Business Analysis Activities - Plan Business Analysis Communication - Plan Requirements Management Process - Manage BA Performance
8. 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.
Impact Analysis
Stakeholder Matrix - Onion Diagram
Estimation
Business Rules Analysis
9. What are the techniques used in the task - Prioritize Requirements?
Decision Analysis - Risk Analysis - MoSCoW Analysis - Timeboxing/Budgeting - Voting
Metrics & KPIs
Sequence Diagrams
Term and Fact Model
10. Communicated Requirements mean what to stakeholders?
That they understand them and the current state the requirements are in
Requirements (Stated - Confirmed) - Stakeholder Concerns (Confirmed)
Communicated Requirements
Facilitation
11. What techniques are used in the task - Define Solution Scope?
Data Dictionary
Organizational Readiness Assessment - Requirements (Stated) - Solution (Deployed) - Solution (Designed)
Functional Decomposition - Interface Analysis - Scope Modeling - User Stories - Problem or Vision Statement
Requirements (Stated) - Requirements Structure
12. Defines the key terms and data relevant to a business domain.
Data Dictionary & Glossary
Impact Analysis - Requirements Coverage - Requirements Allocation
Requirements Workshop
Facilitation & Negotiation - Leadership & Influencing - Teamwork
13. What is the output of the task - Communicate Requirements?
Assumptions & Constraints
Interviews
Communicated Requirements
Problem or Vision Statement
14. What are the inputs to the task - Allocate Resources?
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Problem Tracking - Root Cause Analysis
Personal Organization
Organizational Process Assets - Requirements
Requirements (Prioritized and Approved) - Solution (Designed) - Solution Scope
15. According to the BABOK 2.0 - what type of analysis generates STAKEHOLDER requirements?
Trustworthiness
Assumptions & Constraints
Requirements (Allocated)
Requirements Analysis
16. What are the techniques used in the task Define Business Need?
Benchmarking
Acceptance - Transfer - Avoidance - Mitigation
Benchmarking - Brainstorming - Business Rules Analysis - Focus Groups - Functional Decomposition - Root Cause Analysis
Business Need - Expert Judgment - Organizational Process Assets
17. What are the tasks in the knowledge area - Enterprise Analysis?
Specific - Measurable - Achievable - Relevant - Time-bound Objectives must be SMART.
Verify Requirements
Business Need
Define Business Need - Access Capability Gaps - Determine Solution Approach - Define Solution Scope - Define Business Case
18. What are the different types of learning styles?
Historic Analysis
Assess Proposed Solution - Allocate Requirements - Assess Organizational Readiness - Define Transition Requirements - Validate Solution - Evaluate Solution Performance
Oral Communications - Teaching - Written Communication
Visual Learner - Auditory Learner - Kinesthetic Learner
19. 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
MoSCoW Analysis
Estimation
Elicitation Results
Focus Group
20. What are the classifications used to describe requirements
Requirements Structure
Verify Requirements
Business Requirements - Stakeholder Requirements - Solution Requirements - Transition Requirements
Solution Approach
21. This will impose constraints to the effort to deploy the solution - including relationships that may exist between solution components.
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Responsible - Accountable - Consulted - Informed
Dependencies
Structured Walkthrough
22. This knowledge area describes the problem definition and analysis - business case development - feasibility studies and the definition of solution scope.
Enterprise Analysis
Stakeholder Matrix
Scope Modeling
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
23. Models a deep - and usually narrow slice of the entire system's functionality.
Vertical Prototype
Cultural Assessment - Operational or Technical Assessment - Stakeholder Impact Analysis
Business Rules Analysis
Allocate Requirements
24. What are the Behavioral Characteristics a BA should exhibit?
Ethics - Trustworthiness - Personal Organization
Structural Rules
Fishbone Diagram - Five Whys
Formal requirements presentation to stakeholders
25. What are the inputs to the task - Determine Solution Approach?
Throw-away Prototype
Business Need - Organizational Process Assets - Required Capabilities
Business Rules Analysis - Data Flow Diagrams - Data Modeling - Functional Decomposition - Organizational Modeling - Process Modeling - Scenarios & Use Cases - Scope Modeling - User Stories
Onion Diagram
26. What is the output of the task Conduct Stakeholder Analysis?
Organizational Readiness Assessment
Stakeholder Lists - Roles & Responsibilities
Organizational Process Assets - Requirements (Stated) - Solution Scope
Document Analysis
27. What are the inputs to the task Manage Requirements Traceability?
Timeboxing
Requirements (Validated)
Requirements - Requirements Management Plan
Confirm Elicitation Results
28. A non-actionable directive that supports a business goal.
Business Policy
Requirements Structure
Requirements Documentation - Requirements for Vendor Selection
Risk - assumptions - constraints - etc.
29. What are the inputs to the task Plan Requirements Management Process?
Customer
Evaluation
Business Goals & Objectives - Requirements (Stated)
Business Analysis Approach - Business Analysis Plan - Organizational Process Assets
30. What factors guide technique selection?
MoSCoW Analysis
Problem Tracking - Baselining - Signoff
Business Domain - Corporate Culture & Environment - Skills of the Analyst - Requirement Deliverable
Requirements (Traced)
31. 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.
Dependencies
Budgeting
Analogous Estimation
Vertical Prototype
32. 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
Business Principles & Practices
Prototyping
User Story
Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving
33. This knowledge area describes how the BA assesses proposed solutions and determines which solution best fits the business need - identifies gaps and shortcomings to solutions and determines necessary workarounds or changes to the solution.
Solution Assessment & Validation
Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring
Solution Approach
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
34. What are the strategies for a positive risk?
Enterprise Architecture - Solution Scope - Solution (Designed) - Stakeholder Concerns
Share - Enhance - Exploit
Organizational Readiness Assessment - Requirements (Stated) - Solution (Deployed) - Solution (Designed)
Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring
35. The knowledge area that covers how BAs determine which activities are necessary in order to complete a business analysis effort.
Interface Analysis
Problem Solving
Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring
Business Rule
36. Who is the primary stakeholder in the Define Business Case task?
Requirements (Traced)
The Sponsor
Necessity - Effort - Subset - Cover - Value
Benchmarking - Brainstorming - Decision Analysis - Estimation - SWOT Analysis - Feasibility Analysis
37. Allocate stakeholder and solution requirements among solution components and releases in order to maximize the possible business value given the options and alternatives generated by the design team.
Compliance with regulatory or other standards
Allocate Requirements
Validate Solution
Requirements (Allocated)
38. Performed to communicate - verify and validate requirements. Is a working session where invited participants review and discuss a set of requirements
Structured Walkthrough
Business Need - Organizational Process Assets - Requirements Management Plan - Scheduled Resources - Solution Scope & Business Case - Supporting Materials
Functional Decomposition - Interface Analysis - Scope Modeling - User Stories - Problem or Vision Statement
Requirements Package
39. What is the output of the task Plan Business Analysis Communication?
Perform tailoring exercises
Business Analysis Process Assets
Business Analysis Communication Plan
Requirements Documentation - Requirements for Vendor Selection
40. What are the techniques used in the task - Validate Solution?
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Problem Tracking - Root Cause Analysis
Requirements (Stated) - Requirements Structure
Industry Knowledge
Elicitation
41. What are the inputs to the task - Assess Capability Gaps?
Business Need - Enterprise Architecture - Solution Performance Assessment
Perform tailoring exercises
Structured Walkthrough
Unique Number - Activity Description - Assumptions - Dependencies - Milestones
42. Issues that may influence the replacement or elimination decision of a system include:
Clear - Relevant - Economical - Adequate - Quantifiable
Ongoing Cost versus Initial Investment - Opportunity Costs - Necessity - Sunk Costs
Business Analysis Communication Plan - Requirements - Requirements Package
Name - Value/Meanings - Description
43. What are the inputs to the task - Validate Solution?
Solution Assessment & Validation
Determine the Process - Who will Authorize Changes - Impact Analysis - Wording of the Request - Coordinate Prioritization of Change
Requirements Structure
Solution (Constructed) - Requirements (Prioritized and Validated)
44. What are the inputs to the task - Specify & Model Requirements?
Stakeholder Matrix
Business Principals
Sequence Diagrams
Requirements (Stated) - Requirements Structure
45. What are the inputs to the task - Communicate Requirements?
Data Dictionary & Glossary - Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Prototyping - Requirements Workshops - Survey/Questionnaire
Scenario
Business Analysis Communication Plan - Requirements - Requirements Package
Clear - Relevant - Economical - Adequate - Quantifiable
46. What techniques are used in the task Manage Requirements Traceability?
Coverage Matrix - Table or spreadsheet used to manage tracing.
Discounted Cash Flow - Net Present Value - Internal Rate of Return - Average Rate of Return - Pay Back Period - Cost-Benefit Analysis
The Sponsor
Requirements Analysis
47. What are the techniques used in the task Confirm Elicitation Results?
Interviews - Observation
Stakeholder Concerns
Assumptions & Constraints
Identified Defects - Mitigating Actions - Solution Validation Assessment
48. What are the techniques used in the task - Assess Organizational Readiness?
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Data Flow Diagrams - Process Models - Focus Groups - Interviews - Survey/Questionnaire - Organizational Modeling - Problem Tracking - Risk Analysis - SWOT Analysis - Force Field Analysis
Ethics
Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Problem Tracking - Prototyping - Requirements Workshop - Survey/Questionnaire
Formal Documentation - Presentation - Model
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.
Structural Rules
Assumptions & Constraints
Name - Value/Meanings - Description
Personal Organization
50. Means of eliciting information from many people - sometimes anonymously - in a relatively short period of time
Assessment of Proposed Solution
Systems Thinking
Business Case - Business Need - Requirements - Requirements Management Plan - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities
Survey/Questionnaire