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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

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1. What is the output of the task - Define Business Case?






2. What are the techniques used in Plan Business Analysis Activities?






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






4. What is a STAKEHOLDER requirement - according to the BABOK 2.0?






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






6. Involved motivating people to act in ways that enable them to work together to achieve shared goals and objectives.






7. What is the output of the task - Specify & Model Requirements?






8. Organizational culture - Stakeholder preference - complexity - organizational maturity and availability of resources are all factors used to do what?






9. 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






10. This knowledge area involves analyzing stakeholder needs to define solutions that meet those needs - assessing the current state of the business to identify and recommend improvements and the verification and validation of the resulting requirements.






11. This technique represents the types of peoples - places - things and concepts that are important to the business - attributes associated with them and the significant business relationships among them.






12. 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






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






14. Two techniques used in Root Cause Analysis?






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






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






17. What are the general modeling concepts that are relevant to business analysis?






18. Agreement by stakeholders that analysis models effectively and completely describe the domain - identification of related problems or issues from multiple areas in the domain - rapid absorption of new information or new domain.






19. Familiarity with the range of commercially available solutions or suppliers can assist with the identification of possible alternatives.






20. What are the techniques used in the task Conduct Stakeholder Analysis?






21. Provides an organized approach to tracking - management - and resolution of defects - issues - problems - and risks throughout business analysis activities. Management of issues is important so that they can be resolved in a timely manner to ensure s






22. What are the tasks for the knowledge area - Requirements Management & Communication?






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






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






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






26. A means of eliciting requirements by conducting an assessment of the stakeholder's work environment. This technique is appropriate when documenting details about current processes or if the project is intended to enhance or change a current process.






27. 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






28. Communication of requirements does what for stakeholders?






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






30. What are the tasks in the knowledge area - Requirements Analysis?






31. What are the techniques used in the task - Organize Requirements?






32. This will impose constraints to the effort to deploy the solution - including relationships that may exist between solution components.






33. What is the output of the Plan Business Analysis Approach?






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






35. What knowledge area discusses the business analysis activities necessary to identify a business need - problem or opportunity - define the capture of the solution and justify the investment necessary to deliver the solution.






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






37. Name the 2 types of Software categories that assist in BA productivity.






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






39. Understanding of the business architecture of the organization that is being analyzed. Understanding business models (generates profit) - org structure - relationships between business units and the persons who occupy key stakeholder positions.






40. 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






41. What are the inputs to the task - Define Assumption & Constraints?






42. 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.






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






44. What techniques are used in the task - Define Solution Scope?






45. What are the inputs to the task - Assess Capability Gaps?






46. What is the output of the task - Verify Requirements?






47. What are the techniques used in the task Manage Business Analysis Performance?






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






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






50. 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.