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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

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1. What are the techniques used in the task Confirm Elicitation Results?






2. What techniques are used in the task Manage Requirements Traceability?






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






4. What are the inputs to the Plan Business Analysis Approach?






5. Long-term - ongoing and qualitative statements of a state or condition that the organization is seeking to establish and maintain.






6. What are the techniques used in the task Conduct Elicitation Activity?






7. A diagram indicating how involved the stakeholder is with the solution.






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






9. Elements identified for each activity and task.






10. What are the inputs to the task - Allocate Resources?






11. What are the techniques used in the task Manage Solution Scope & Requirements?






12. Use of parameters - multiplied by the number of hours. (COCOMO II - Function Point Counting - Use Case Points - and Story Points)






13. What are the techniques used in the task - Define Business Case?






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






15. Corrective or preventative measures uncovered while performing a Business Analysis Performance Assessment will result in changes to what plan?






16. What are the Cultural diversity issues that should be taken into account when planning communication?






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






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






19. What is the output of the task Confirm Elicitation Results?






20. What are the tasks of the Elicitation Knowledge Area?






21. What are the inputs for the task Plan Business Analysis Activities?






22. This knowledge area describes the problem definition and analysis - business case development - feasibility studies and the definition of solution scope.






23. Technique involving refinement of estimates. Estimate the details for activities in the current iteration or increment and provide an analogous estimate for the entire scope of work. As the end of the iteration approaches - estimates for the next ite






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






25. What are the strategies for a negative risk?






26. 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.






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






28. Industry Knowledge - Organization Knowledge - Solution Knowledge What are the elements of Business Knowledge?






29. What are the techniques used in the task - Prioritize Requirements?






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






31. What are the inputs to the task Manage Business Analysis Performance?






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






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






34. 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.






35. What are the inputs for the task Prepare for Elicitation?






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






37. What are the Primitive Data Elements?






38. What are some of the ways a BA can help to improve the operations of a business? Acceptance and Evaluation Criteria Definition - Business Rules Analysis - Data Dictionary and Glossary - Data Flow Diagrams - Data Modeling - Functional Decomposition -






39. Ability to find information - on-time completion of tasks - efficiency in the completion of work - ability to easily identify all outstanding work and the status of each work item.






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






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






42. What is the output of the task Plan Requirements Management Process?






43. The systematic and objective assessment of a solution to determine its status and efficacy in meeting objectives over time - and to identify ways to improve the solution to better meet objectives.






44. An excellent way to foster creative thinking about a problem. The goal is to produce numerous new ideas and to derive themes for further analysis. - Ability to elicit many ideas in a short time period. - - Non-judgmental environment enables creative






45. While eliciting requirements it is important to guard against scope creep - This activity will ensure that the requirements should be included since they meet the business goal/objectives.






46. What are the techniques for the task - Verify Requirements?






47. Creates a conceptual model of the work that needs to be completed to deliver the new business solution.






48. What are the characteristics of Interaction Skills?






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






50. What are the inputs to the task Conduct Stakeholder Analysis?