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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

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1. 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
That they understand them and the current state the requirements are in
Business Requirements - Identified Defects - Solution Performance Metrics - Solution (Deployed)
Facilitation
Organizational Process Assets - Requirements (Stated) - Solution Scope

2. This technique shows how information is input - processed - stored and output from a system in a visual representation.
Elicitation Results
SWOT Analysis
Assumptions & Constraints - Required Capabilities - Solution Approach
Data Flow Diagrams

3. What are the inputs for the task - Maintain Requirements for Re-use?
Three-point Estimation
Lessons Learned Process
Solution Assessment & Validation
Organizational Process Assets - Requirements

4. What are the inputs to the task - Validate Solution?
Solution (Constructed) - Requirements (Prioritized and Validated)
Business Need - Organizational Process Assets - Required Capabilities
Evolutionary or Functional Prototype
Business Rules Analysis - Data Flow Diagrams - Data Modeling - Functional Decomposition - Organizational Modeling - Process Modeling - Scenarios & Use Cases - Scope Modeling - User Stories

5. What are stakeholder requirements?
Benchmarking - Brainstorming - Decision Analysis - Estimation - SWOT Analysis - Feasibility Analysis
They describe what a solution must be capable of doing to meet the needs of one or more stakeholder groups
Learning
Sequences - Repetitions - Optional Elements

6. Defines the key terms and data relevant to a business domain.
Learning
Requirements Workshop
Name - Value/Meanings - Description
Data Dictionary & Glossary

7. Models a shallow - and possibly wide view of the system's functionality. It typically does not have any business logic running behind the visualization.
Acceptance & Evaluation Technique
Bottom-up Estimation
Horizontal Prototype
Requirements (Stated) - Stakeholder Concerns

8. What is the output of the task - Assess Capability Gaps?
Transition Requirements
Assumptions & Constraints - Required Capabilities - Solution Approach
Required Capabilities
Business Principals

9. An important tool in defining the scope of work and developing estimates. Decomposes the project scope into smaller and smaller pieces - creating a hierarchy of work.
Business Analysis Performance Assessment - Business Analysis Process Assets - Includes a comparison of planned versus actual performance - understanding the root cause of variances from the plan and other information to help understand the level of
Influence on the project - organizational - project health and other stakeholders
Strengths - Weaknesses
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

10. Divides requirements into 4 categories - Must - Should - Could - Won't
Requirements (Approved)
Business Analysis Performance Metrics - Business Analysis Plan - Organization Performance Standards - Requirements Management Plan
Reliability - Validity - Timeliness
MoSCoW Analysis

11. The goal of this task is to meet with stakeholder(s) to gather information regarding their needs.
Solution Knowledge
Conduct Elicitation Activity
Cognitive Conflict
Decision Analysis - Problem Tacking - Risk Analysis

12. What is the output of the task - Determine Solution Approach?
Solution Approach
Decision Analysis - Focus Groups - Observation - Survey/Questionnaire
Allocate Requirements
Elimination of Dominated Alternative - Ranking Objects on a Similar Scale

13. 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.
Data Modeling
Requirements Documentation - Requirements for Vendor Selection
Plan Business Analysis Approach - Conduct Stakeholder Analysis - Plan Business Analysis Activities - Plan Business Analysis Communication - Plan Requirements Management Process - Manage BA Performance
Elimination of Dominated Alternative - Ranking Objects on a Similar Scale

14. To assess the ability of a potential vendor to meet commitments regarding a product or service
Business Requirements - Stakeholder Requirements - Solution Requirements - Transition Requirements
Business Need - Organizational Process Assets - Requirements Management Plan - Scheduled Resources - Solution Scope & Business Case - Supporting Materials
Vendor Assessment
Clear - Relevant - Economical - Adequate - Quantifiable

15. 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.
Reliability - Validity - Timeliness
Reporting
Requirements Analysis
Benchmarking

16. What are the techniques used in the task - Validate Solution?
Prepare for Elicitation - Conduct Elicitation Activity - Document Elicitation Results - Confirm Elicitation Results
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Problem Tracking - Root Cause Analysis
They describe what a solution must be capable of doing to meet the needs of one or more stakeholder groups
Creative Thinking - Decision Making - Learning - Problem Solving - Systems Thinking

17. 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.
Structured Walkthrough
Solution Scope
Organizational Process Assets - Requirements
Sequences - Repetitions - Optional Elements

18. 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.
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Problem Tracking - Root Cause Analysis
Requirements - Requirements Management Plan
Impact Analysis
Allocate Requirements

19. Long-term - ongoing and qualitative statements of a state or condition that the organization is seeking to establish and maintain.
Data Dictionary & Glossary
Monitoring
Goals
Solution Assessment & Validation

20. What are some examples of stakeholder concerns?
Risk - assumptions - constraints - etc.
Determine the Process - Who will Authorize Changes - Impact Analysis - Wording of the Request - Coordinate Prioritization of Change
Solution Assessment & Validation
Reliability - Validity - Timeliness

21. What is the output of the task - Manage Requirements Traceability?
Requirements Workshop - Structured Walkthrough
Problem Tracking
Requirements (Traced)
Solution Approach

22. A requirement that does not deliver direct or indirect value to a stakeholder is a strong candidate for what?
Automate or Simplify Work - Improve Access to Information - Reduce Complexity of Interfaces - Increase Consistency of Behavior - Eliminate Redundancy
Elimination
Systems Thinking
Operative Rules

23. What is the output of the task - Assess Organizational Readiness?
Data Dictionary & Glossary - Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Prototyping - Requirements Workshops - Survey/Questionnaire
Lessons Learned Process
Evaluation
Organizational Readiness Assessment

24. Models a deep - and usually narrow slice of the entire system's functionality.
Vertical Prototype
Requirements Workshop
This person will be involved in monitoring the performance and effectiveness of a solution or its components.
They describe what a solution must be capable of doing to meet the needs of one or more stakeholder groups

25. 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.
Sequences - Repetitions - Optional Elements
Solution Assessment & Validation
Define Business Case
Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Prototyping - Requirements Workshop - Survey/Questionnaire

26. What are some of the commonly used requirement attributes?
Manage Solution Scope & Requirements - Manage Requirements Traceability - Maintain Requirements for Re-use - Prepare Requirements Package - Communicate Requirements
Assumptions & Constraints - Requirements (Prioritized and Approved) - Solution Options
Absolute Reference - Author - Complexity - Ownership - Priority - Risks - Source - Stability - Status - Urgency
Determine the Process - Who will Authorize Changes - Impact Analysis - Wording of the Request - Coordinate Prioritization of Change

27. What is the output of the task - Organize Requirements?
Requirements Structure
BABOK
Share - Enhance - Exploit
Manage Solution Scope & Requirements - Manage Requirements Traceability - Maintain Requirements for Re-use - Prepare Requirements Package - Communicate Requirements

28. The minimum set of requirements that must be met in order for a particular solution to be worth implementing.
Requirements (Approved)
Manage Solution Scope & Requirements - Manage Requirements Traceability - Maintain Requirements for Re-use - Prepare Requirements Package - Communicate Requirements
Acceptance Criteria
Business Analysis Plan

29. What are the characteristics of Interaction Skills?
Elicitation
Problem Tracking
Facilitation & Negotiation - Leadership & Influencing - Teamwork
Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving - Behavioral Characteristics - Business Knowledge - Communication Skills - Interaction Skills - Software Application

30. Issues that may influence the replacement or elimination decision of a system include:
Ongoing Cost versus Initial Investment - Opportunity Costs - Necessity - Sunk Costs
Elicitation Results
Communicated Requirements
Automate or Simplify Work - Improve Access to Information - Reduce Complexity of Interfaces - Increase Consistency of Behavior - Eliminate Redundancy

31. What are the inputs to the task Manage Business Analysis Performance?
Benefits - Costs - Risk Assessment - Results Measurement
Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring
Business Analysis Performance Metrics - Business Analysis Plan - Organization Performance Standards - Requirements Management Plan
Plan Business Analysis Approach - Conduct Stakeholder Analysis - Plan Business Analysis Activities - Plan Business Analysis Communication - Plan Requirements Management Process - Manage BA Performance

32. A specific - actionable - testable directive that is under the control of an organization and supports a business policy.
Business Rule
Systems Thinking
Decision Analysis - Process Modeling - Structured Walkthrough
Cultural Assessment - Operational or Technical Assessment - Stakeholder Impact Analysis

33. What are the inputs for the task Plan Business Analysis Activities?
Interviews - Observation
Business Analysis Process Assets
Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving - Behavioral Characteristics - Business Knowledge - Communication Skills - Interaction Skills - Software Application
Business Analysis Approach - BA Performance Assessment - Organizational Process Assets - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities

34. What is the output of the task Prepare for Elicitation?
Scheduled Resources - Supporting Materials
Business Policy
Requirements (Maintained and Reusable)
Define Business Case

35. What techniques are used in the task Manage Requirements Traceability?
Business Analysis Approach - BA Performance Assessment - Organizational Process Assets - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities
Coverage Matrix - Table or spreadsheet used to manage tracing.
Cognitive Conflict
Glossary

36. Revised process and templates for BA deliverables should be analyzed and documented and lessons learned should be recorded.
Assumptions & Constraints - Requirements (Prioritized and Approved) - Solution Options
Prioritize Requirements - Organize Requirements - Specify & Model Requirements - Define Assumptions & Constraints - Verify Requirements - Validate Requirements
Solution Approach
Business Analysis Process Assets

37. Prioritizes requirements based on the amount of work that the project team is capable of delivering in a set period of time. Approaches include: All-in - All Out - Selective
Solution Scope Definition - Implementation Approach - Dependencies
Influence on the project - organizational - project health and other stakeholders
Timeboxing
Data Modeling

38. Two types of conflict.
Formal requirements presentation to stakeholders
Emotional and Cognitive
Benchmarking - Brainstorming - Decision Analysis - Estimation - SWOT Analysis - Feasibility Analysis
Goals

39. 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.
Requirements (Maintained and Reusable)
Structural Rules
Advantages of Document Analysis
Timeboxing

40. A means to elicit requirements by studying available documentation on existing and comparable solutions and identifying relevant information. - Not starting from a blank page.- Leveraging existing materials to discover and/or confirm requirements. -
Formal requirements presentation to stakeholders
Document Analysis
Assess Proposed Solution - Allocate Requirements - Assess Organizational Readiness - Define Transition Requirements - Validate Solution - Evaluate Solution Performance
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

41. Two techniques used in Root Cause Analysis?
Business Analysis Approach
Name - Value/Meanings - Description
Fishbone Diagram - Five Whys
Business Need - Enterprise Architecture - Solution Performance Assessment

42. What are the techniques used in the task - Define Transition Requirements?
Requirements (Validated)
Business Rules Analysis - Data Flow Diagrams - Process Modeling - Organization Modeling - Data Modeling
Non-functional Requirements Analysis
Timeboxing

43. Name some commonly used financial valuation techniques.
Discounted Cash Flow - Net Present Value - Internal Rate of Return - Average Rate of Return - Pay Back Period - Cost-Benefit Analysis
Organizational Process Assets - Requirements (Stated) - Solution Scope
Structural Rules
Observation

44. 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
System
Vertical Prototype
Decision Making
Leadership

45. This task determines if an organization can justify the investment required to deliver a proposed solution.
Organizational Readiness Assessment - Requirements (Stated) - Solution (Deployed) - Solution (Designed)
Define Business Case
Manage Solution Scope & Requirements - Manage Requirements Traceability - Maintain Requirements for Re-use - Prepare Requirements Package - Communicate Requirements
Repository - Traceability - Requirement Attributes - Prioritization Process - Change Management - Tailoring the Requirements Management Process

46. What are the inputs to the task - Prioritize Requirements?
Conduct Elicitation Activity
MoSCoW Analysis
Business Case - Business Need - Requirements - Requirements Management Plan - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities
SWOT Analysis

47. What are the techniques used in the task Manage Business Analysis Performance?
Solution Performance Assessment
Interviews - Lessons Learned Process - Metrics and KPIs - Problem Tracking - Process Modeling - Root Cause Analysis - Survey/Questionnaire - Variance Analysis
Solution Scope Definition - Implementation Approach - Dependencies
Cohesive - Complete - Consistent - Correct - Feasible - Modifiable - Unambiguous - Testable

48. What are the techniques for the task - Verify Requirements?
Relationships - Impact Analysis - Configuration Management System
Name - Value/Meanings - Description
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Problem Tracking - Structured Walkthrough - Checklists
Solution (Constructed) - Requirements (Prioritized and Validated)

49. Who is the primary stakeholder in the Define Business Case task?
Decision Analysis - Estimation - Metrics & KPIs - Risk Analysis - SWOT Analysis - Vendor Assessment
Problem or Vision Statement
The Sponsor
Facilitation & Negotiation - Leadership & Influencing - Teamwork

50. 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
Monitoring
Data Dictionary & Glossary
Delphi Estimation
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Problem Tracking - Structured Walkthrough - Checklists