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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What are the inputs to the task - Validate Solution?
Solution (Constructed) - Requirements (Prioritized and Validated)
Decision Analysis - Risk Analysis - MoSCoW Analysis - Timeboxing/Budgeting - Voting
Structured Walkthrough
Brainstorming
2. 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.
Business Analysis Performance Metrics - Business Analysis Plan - Organization Performance Standards - Requirements Management Plan
Facilitation
Underlying Competencies
Data Modeling
3. Defines the key terms and data relevant to a business domain.
BABOK
Assumptions & Constraints - Business Need - Solution Scope - Stakeholder Concerns
Data Dictionary & Glossary
Requirements Analysis
4. The minimum set of requirements that must be met in order for a particular solution to be worth implementing.
Decision Analysis
Metrics & KPIs
Business Analysis Process Assets
Acceptance Criteria
5. 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.
Stakeholder Matrix - Onion Diagram
Requirements Analysis
Transition Requirements
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
6. What techniques are used in the task - Prepare Requirements Package?
Business Rules Analysis
Unique Number - Activity Description - Assumptions - Dependencies - Milestones
Requirements Documentation - Requirements for Vendor Selection
Business Analysis Process Assets
7. What are the inputs to the task - Assess Organizational Readiness?
Use Case
Enterprise Architecture - Solution Scope - Solution (Designed) - Stakeholder Concerns
Prioritize Requirements - Organize Requirements - Specify & Model Requirements - Define Assumptions & Constraints - Verify Requirements - Validate Requirements
Implementation SME
8. What is the output of the task Plan Business Analysis Communication?
Business Analysis Communication Plan
Solution Assessment & Validation
Problem Tracking
Business Analysis Approach
9. This task determines if an organization can justify the investment required to deliver a proposed solution.
Data Modeling
Business Analysis Plan
Customer
Define Business Case
10. 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.
Organization Modeling
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
Formal Documentation - Presentation - Model
Structural Rules
11. 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.
Influence on the project - organizational - project health and other stakeholders
Business Analysis Plan
Budgeting
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
12. Creates a conceptual model of the work that needs to be completed to deliver the new business solution.
Requirements Workshop - Structured Walkthrough
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Problem Tracking - Structured Walkthrough - Checklists
Functional Decomposition
Decision Analysis
13. A systematic approach designed to elicit information from a person or group of people in an informal or formal setting by talking to an interviewee - asking relevant questions and documenting the responses.
Interviews
User Classes - Profiles or Roles; Concepts & Relationships - Events - Processes - Rules
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Metrics & KPIs - Prototyping - Risk Analysis - Structured Walkthrough
Business Need - Enterprise Architecture - Organizational Process Assets
14. What is the output of the task - Define Assumptions & Constraints?
Assumptions & Constraints
Prepare Requirements Package
Organizational Readiness Assessment - Requirements (Stated) - Solution (Deployed) - Solution (Designed)
Business Analysis Performance Metrics - Business Analysis Plan - Organization Performance Standards - Requirements Management Plan
15. What are the different types of learning styles?
Visual Learner - Auditory Learner - Kinesthetic Learner
Problem Tracking - Risk 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
Organization Modeling
16. What is the output of the task - Prioritize Requirements?
Rolling Wave
Brings them to a Communication on understanding
Customer
Requirements (Prioritized)
17. What is the output of the task - Assess Proposed Solution?
Business Need - Organizational Process Assets - Required Capabilities
Survey/Questionnaire
Assessment of Proposed Solution
The Business Analysis Communication Plan
18. Industry Knowledge - Organization Knowledge - Solution Knowledge What are the elements of Business Knowledge?
Requirements (Verified)
Business Principles & Practices
Onion Diagram
Perform tailoring exercises
19. What is the output of the task - Prepare Requirements Package?
Requirements Package
User Classes - Profiles or Roles; Concepts & Relationships - Events - Processes - Rules
Structured Walkthrough
Impact Analysis - Requirements Coverage - Requirements Allocation
20. Two types of conflict.
Emotional and Cognitive
Stakeholder Concerns
Confirm Elicitation Results
Scheduled Resources - Supporting Materials
21. Models a shallow - and possibly wide view of the system's functionality. It typically does not have any business logic running behind the visualization.
Throw-away Prototype
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
Horizontal Prototype
Risk - assumptions - constraints - etc.
22. Corrective or preventative measures uncovered while performing a Business Analysis Performance Assessment will result in changes to what plan?
Implementation Approach
Business Need - Enterprise Architecture - Organizational Process Assets
Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving
Business Analysis Plan
23. What are the inputs for the task - Define Transitional Requirements?
Requirements (Verified)
Organizational Readiness Assessment - Requirements (Stated) - Solution (Deployed) - Solution (Designed)
Prototyping
Business Principles & Practices
24. What is the output of the task - Verify Requirements?
Business Analysis Plan
Decision Analysis - Estimation - Metrics & KPIs - Risk Analysis - SWOT Analysis - Vendor Assessment
Sequences - Repetitions - Optional Elements
Requirements (Verified)
25. Means of eliciting information from many people - sometimes anonymously - in a relatively short period of time
Survey/Questionnaire
Bottom-up Estimation
Three-point Estimation
Systems Thinking
26. Three key factors when assessing the quality of indicators and their metrics
Decision Analysis
Brings them to a Communication on understanding
Discounted Cash Flow - Net Present Value - Internal Rate of Return - Average Rate of Return - Pay Back Period - Cost-Benefit Analysis
Reliability - Validity - Timeliness
27. What are the inputs for the task Plan Business Analysis Activities?
Scope Modeling
Business Analysis Approach - BA Performance Assessment - Organizational Process Assets - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities
Assumptions & Constraints - Required Capabilities - Solution Approach
Define Business Need - Access Capability Gaps - Determine Solution Approach - Define Solution Scope - Define Business Case
28. When a conflict arises between stakeholders on one or more documented requirements - the first thing that needs to take place is what?
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Problem Tracking - Root Cause Analysis
Expert Judgment
Business Analysis Approach
To record the conflict in the Requirements Issues Log.
29. What are the techniques used in the task Define Business Need?
Requirements Structure
Benchmarking - Brainstorming - Business Rules Analysis - Focus Groups - Functional Decomposition - Root Cause Analysis
Allocate Requirements
Name - Value/Meanings - Description
30. This prototype extends the initial interface requirements into a fully functioning system and requires a specialized prototyping tool or language.
Evolutionary or Functional Prototype
Observation
Advantages of a Data Dictionary & Glossary
Bottom-up Estimation
31. What is the output of the task Prepare for Elicitation?
Underlying Competencies
Define Transitional Requirements
Scheduled Resources - Supporting Materials
Prioritize Requirements - Organize Requirements - Specify & Model Requirements - Define Assumptions & Constraints - Verify Requirements - Validate Requirements
32. What is the output of the task - Communicate Requirements?
Communicated Requirements
Leadership
Document Analysis - SWOT Analysis
Delphi Estimation
33. Characteristics that are common to all organizations with a similar purpose and structure - whether or not the are in the same industry.
Business Analysis Communication Plan - Organizational Process Assets - Requirements - Requirements Structure
Facilitation & Negotiation - Leadership & Influencing - Teamwork
Business Principals
Business Analysis Approach - BA Performance Assessment - Organizational Process Assets - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities
34. 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
Functional Decomposition
Focus Group
Visual Learner - Auditory Learner - Kinesthetic Learner
Relationships - Impact Analysis - Configuration Management System
35. The purpose is to describe the required qualities of a system - such as its usability and performance characteristics.
Non-functional Requirements Analysis
Requirements (Stated - Confirmed) - Stakeholder Concerns (Confirmed)
Vendor Assessment
Advantages of Document Analysis
36. What is the output of the task - Manage Requirements Traceability?
Decision Analysis
Requirements (Traced)
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Problem Tracking - Structured Walkthrough - Checklists
Business Analysis Approach - BA Performance Assessment - Organizational Process Assets - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities
37. What is the output of the Plan Business Analysis Approach?
Functions - Markets - Matrix
Formal requirements presentation to stakeholders
Survey/Questionnaire
Business Analysis Approach
38. A structured examination of the aspects of a situation to establish the root causes and resulting effects of the problem. A critical element is to ensure that the current business thinking and processes are challenged. The purpose is to determine the
Root Cause Analysis
Interviews
Coverage Matrix - Table or spreadsheet used to manage tracing.
Data Modeling
39. The purpose is to measure the performance of solutions - solution components - and other matters of interest to stakeholders.
Benchmarking
Solution Approach
Metrics & KPIs
Business Case - Business Need - Requirements - Requirements Management Plan - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities
40. What does RACI stand for?
Assess Proposed Solution - Allocate Requirements - Assess Organizational Readiness - Define Transition Requirements - Validate Solution - Evaluate Solution Performance
Responsible - Accountable - Consulted - Informed
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
Three-point Estimation
41. What is the output of the task Conduct Stakeholder Analysis?
Interviews
Business Need - Expert Judgment - Organizational Process Assets
Stakeholder Lists - Roles & Responsibilities
Requirements - Requirements Management Plan
42. What are the attributes of a Data Model?
Monitoring
Interface Analysis
Assumptions & Constraints
Name - Value/Meanings - Description
43. Business rules require a defined glossary of terms and an understanding of the relationships between them - this is known as:
Business Case; Stakeholder - Solution or Transition Requirements (Verified)
Confirm Elicitation Results
Business Analysis Plan
Term and Fact Model
44. What is the output of the task Plan Requirements Management Process?
Identified Defects - Mitigating Actions - Solution Validation Assessment
Organizational Process Assets - Requirements
Coverage Matrix - Table or spreadsheet used to manage tracing.
Requirements Management Plan
45. 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.
Rolling Wave
Business Rules Analysis
Data - Ongoing Work - Organizational Change
Organizational Knowledge
46. What are the Primitive Data Elements?
Interviews
Name - Aliases - Values/Meanings - Description
Requirements (Stated - Unconfirmed) - Stakeholder Concerns (Unconfirmed)
Business Principles & Practices
47. What are the inputs for the task Confirm Elicitation Results?
Decision Analysis - Process Modeling - Structured Walkthrough
Structural Rules
Three-point Estimation
Requirements (Stated - Unconfirmed) - Stakeholder Concerns (Unconfirmed)
48. A requirement that does not deliver direct or indirect value to a stakeholder is a strong candidate for what?
Formal Documentation - Presentation - Model
Elimination
Organizational Process Assets - Requirements
Estimation - Functional Decomposition - Risk Analysis
49. What are the inputs to the task - Define Business Need?
Vertical Prototype
Business Goals & Objectives - Requirements (Stated)
Ethics
BABOK
50. A continuous process of collecting data to determine how well a solution has been implemented compared to expected results.
Transition Requirements
Monitoring
Document Analysis
Requirements Structure