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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

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1. Investigating how a solution is actually used after it is deployed and assessing the effect it has had - both positive and negative.






2. Knowing the dependencies and relationships between requirements helps when determining the sequence in which requirements are to be addressed. Common relations are:






3. 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.






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






5. What should be considered when establishing a Change Management process?






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






7. Uses history as a basis for estimating. It is similar to analogous estimation - but is used not only for the top-down estimate - but for the detailed tasks as well.






8. What are the inputs to the task Manage Requirements Traceability?






9. What are the factors of influence by stakeholders on a project?






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






11. Characteristics that are common to all organizations with a similar purpose and structure - whether or not the are in the same industry.






12. What are the elements of Communication Skills?






13. What are the inputs to the task - Define Business Need?






14. The goal of this task is to create a set of views of the requirements for the new business solution that are comprehensive - complete - consistent and understood from all stakeholder perspectives.






15. Approach to decision making that examines and models the possible consequences of different decisions. Make an optimal decision under conditions of uncertainty.






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






17. What are the techniques used in the task - Define Assumptions & Constraints?






18. 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






19. Means of eliciting information from many people - sometimes anonymously - in a relatively short period of time






20. To assess the ability of a potential vendor to meet commitments regarding a product or service






21. What is the output of the task Conduct Elicitation Activity?






22. What is the output of the task Manage Solution Scope & Requirements?






23. 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.






24. Who is the primary stakeholder in the Define Business Case task?






25. 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.






26. Communicated Requirements mean what to stakeholders?






27. What is the output to the task - Evaluate Solution Performance?






28. Limited to "as-is" perspective. - Existing documentation may not be up-to-date or valid. - Can be a time-consuming and even tedious process to locate the relevant information






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






30. What are stakeholder requirements?






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






32. What are the inputs to the task - Organize Requirements?






33. What is the output of the task - Define Transition Requirements?






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






35. 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






36. Two effective trade-off methods.






37. What are the techniques used in the task - Assess Proposed Solution?






38. What are the characteristics of Interaction Skills?






39. To define the rules that govern decisions in an organization and that define - constrain or enable organization operations.






40. What are the tasks in the knowledge area - Enterprise Analysis?






41. A continuous process of collecting data to determine how well a solution has been implemented compared to expected results.






42. 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.






43. What are the inputs to the task - Assess Organizational Readiness?






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






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






46. Revised process and templates for BA deliverables should be analyzed and documented and lessons learned should be recorded.






47. Performed to communicate - verify and validate requirements. Is a working session where invited participants review and discuss a set of requirements






48. What are the elements to the task - Define Business Case?






49. 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.






50. What are the inputs to the task Plan Requirements Management Process?