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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

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1. Rules that the organization chooses to enforce as a matter of policy. They are intended to guide the actions of people working within the organization. They may oblige people to take certain actions - prevent people from taking actions - or prescribe
Glossary
Assumptions & Constraints - Business Need - Solution Scope - Stakeholder Concerns
Solution (Constructed) - Requirements (Prioritized and Validated)
Operative Rules

2. What is the output of the task Conduct Elicitation Activity?
Business Analysis Plan
Influence on the project - organizational - project health and other stakeholders
Bottom-up Estimation
Elicitation Results

3. What should be considered when establishing a Change Management process?
Manage Solution Scope & Requirements - Manage Requirements Traceability - Maintain Requirements for Re-use - Prepare Requirements Package - Communicate Requirements
Data Dictionary & Glossary
Determine the Process - Who will Authorize Changes - Impact Analysis - Wording of the Request - Coordinate Prioritization of Change
Interviews

4. What is the output to the task - Evaluate Solution Performance?
Solution Performance Assessment
Requirements (Verified)
Discounted Cash Flow - Net Present Value - Internal Rate of Return - Average Rate of Return - Pay Back Period - Cost-Benefit Analysis
State Diagrams

5. 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.
Requirements Management & Communication
Organizational Knowledge
Facilitation
Industry Knowledge

6. What are the characteristics of quality for a requirements?
Business Rules Analysis
Business Analysis Approach - BA Performance Assessment - Organizational Process Assets - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities
Cohesive - Complete - Consistent - Correct - Feasible - Modifiable - Unambiguous - Testable
Decision Making

7. Name some commonly used financial valuation techniques.
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
Observation
Business Need - Expert Judgment - Organizational Process Assets
Discounted Cash Flow - Net Present Value - Internal Rate of Return - Average Rate of Return - Pay Back Period - Cost-Benefit Analysis

8. Industry Knowledge - Organization Knowledge - Solution Knowledge What are the elements of Business Knowledge?
Business Principles & Practices
Transition Requirements
Requirements - Requirements Management Plan
MoSCoW Analysis

9. Name the 2 types of Software categories that assist in BA productivity.
General Purpose Applications & Specialized Applications
Prepare for Elicitation - Conduct Elicitation Activity - Document Elicitation Results - Confirm Elicitation Results
Operative Rules
Requirements (Stated) - Requirements Structure

10. 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.
Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving - Behavioral Characteristics - Business Knowledge - Communication Skills - Interaction Skills - Software Application
User Story
Required Capabilities
Requirements Structure

11. Models a deep - and usually narrow slice of the entire system's functionality.
Vertical Prototype
Acceptance Criteria
Data Dictionary & Glossary - Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Prototyping - Requirements Workshops - Survey/Questionnaire
Business Principals

12. What are the techniques used in Plan Business Analysis Approach?
Decision Analysis - Process Modeling - Structured Walkthrough
User Classes - Profiles or Roles; Concepts & Relationships - Events - Processes - Rules
To record the conflict in the Requirements Issues Log.
Data Modeling

13. Three key factors when assessing the quality of indicators and their metrics
Business Analysis Communication Plan - Organizational Process Assets - Requirements - Requirements Structure
Vertical Prototype
Business Rules Analysis
Reliability - Validity - Timeliness

14. This technique shows how information is input - processed - stored and output from a system in a visual representation.
Acceptance - Transfer - Avoidance - Mitigation
Data Flow Diagrams
Functions - Markets - Matrix
Plan Business Analysis Approach - Conduct Stakeholder Analysis - Plan Business Analysis Activities - Plan Business Analysis Communication - Plan Requirements Management Process - Manage BA Performance

15. Organizational culture - Stakeholder preference - complexity - organizational maturity and availability of resources are all factors used to do what?
Perform tailoring exercises
Decision Analysis - Risk Analysis - MoSCoW Analysis - Timeboxing/Budgeting - Voting
Business Value - Business or Technical Risk - Implementation Difficulty - Likelihood of Success - Regulatory or Policy Compliance - Relationship to Other Requirements - Stakeholder Agreement - Urgency
Business Case - Business Need - Requirements - Requirements Management Plan - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities

16. A package should contain a consistent - cohesive and coherent set of requirements. This describes the ____________.
Visual Learner - Auditory Learner - Kinesthetic Learner
Prioritize Requirements - Organize Requirements - Specify & Model Requirements - Define Assumptions & Constraints - Verify Requirements - Validate Requirements
Requirements Structure
MoSCoW Analysis

17. List 3 possible forms of a requirements packages.
Formal Documentation - Presentation - Model
Reliability - Validity - Timeliness
Trustworthiness
Perform tailoring exercises

18. What is the output of the task - Manage Requirements Traceability?
Automate or Simplify Work - Improve Access to Information - Reduce Complexity of Interfaces - Increase Consistency of Behavior - Eliminate Redundancy
All
Business Rule
Requirements (Traced)

19. A formal written specification with possible walk-thru - an informal one is possibly verbal or email Communication
Formal requirements presentation to stakeholders
Validate Solution
Problem or Vision Statement
Requirements (Approved)

20. What are the Primitive Data Elements?
Structured Walkthrough
Name - Aliases - Values/Meanings - Description
Ethics
Data Dictionary & Glossary - Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Prototyping - Requirements Workshops - Survey/Questionnaire

21. What are the techniques used in the task Manage Business Analysis Performance?
Data Dictionary
Leadership
Prioritize Requirements - Organize Requirements - Specify & Model Requirements - Define Assumptions & Constraints - Verify Requirements - Validate Requirements
Interviews - Lessons Learned Process - Metrics and KPIs - Problem Tracking - Process Modeling - Root Cause Analysis - Survey/Questionnaire - Variance Analysis

22. According to the BABOK 2.0 - what type of analysis generates STAKEHOLDER requirements?
Timeboxing
Business Analysis Communication Plan - Requirements - Requirements Package
Requirements Analysis
Requirements Workshop

23. Elements identified for each activity and task.
Unique Number - Activity Description - Assumptions - Dependencies - Milestones
Compliance with regulatory or other standards
Impact Analysis
Focus Group

24. What is the output of the task - Communicate Requirements?
Emotional and Cognitive
Term and Fact Model
Communicated Requirements
Industry Knowledge

25. What is the output of the task - Determine Solution Approach?
Required Capabilities
Clear - Relevant - Economical - Adequate - Quantifiable
Requirements Management Plan - Solution Scope - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities - Stakeholder/Solution or Transition Requirements (Communicated or Traced)
Solution Approach

26. What techniques are used in the task Prepare for Elicitation?
Rolling Wave
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
Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Prototyping - Requirements Workshop - Survey/Questionnaire
Data Modeling

27. What are the techniques used in the task - Prioritize Requirements?
Decision Analysis - Risk Analysis - MoSCoW Analysis - Timeboxing/Budgeting - Voting
Problem Solving
Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Problem Tracking - Prototyping - Requirements Workshop - Survey/Questionnaire
Facilitation & Negotiation - Leadership & Influencing - Teamwork

28. What are the techniques used in the task - Communicate Requirements?
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Business Rules Analysis - Decision Analysis - Functional Decomposition - Process Modeling - Scenarios & Use Cases
Requirements Workshop - Structured Walkthrough
Requirements Analysis
Throw-away Prototype

29. What are the tasks in Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring?
Evaluation Criteria
The Business Analysis Communication Plan
Plan Business Analysis Approach - Conduct Stakeholder Analysis - Plan Business Analysis Activities - Plan Business Analysis Communication - Plan Requirements Management Process - Manage BA Performance
Benefits - Costs - Risk Assessment - Results Measurement

30. 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.
Elimination
Prioritize Requirements - Organize Requirements - Specify & Model Requirements - Define Assumptions & Constraints - Verify Requirements - Validate Requirements
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Enterprise Analysis - often the starting point for initiating a new project

31. What are the inputs for the task Confirm Elicitation Results?
Business Principles & Practices
Reporting
Impact Analysis
Requirements (Stated - Unconfirmed) - Stakeholder Concerns (Unconfirmed)

32. What does SMART stand for?
Glossary
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Problem Tracking - Root Cause Analysis
Specific - Measurable - Achievable - Relevant - Time-bound Objectives must be SMART.
Decision Analysis - Risk Analysis - MoSCoW Analysis - Timeboxing/Budgeting - Voting

33. A requirement that does not deliver direct or indirect value to a stakeholder is a strong candidate for what?
Primary stakeholders in the Organize Requirements task
Solution Scope
Enterprise Architecture - Solution Scope - Solution (Designed) - Stakeholder Concerns
Elimination

34. What is the output of the task - Validate Requirements?
Business Analysis Approach - BA Performance Assessment - Organizational Process Assets - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities
Business Requirements - Identified Defects - Solution Performance Metrics - Solution (Deployed)
Advantages of Document Analysis
Requirements (Validated)

35. What are the inputs to the task Manage Solution Scope & Requirements?
Solution Scope Definition - Implementation Approach - Dependencies
Business Analysis Approach - Business Analysis Plan - Organizational Process Assets - Stakeholder Lists - Roles & Responsibilities
Dependencies
Requirements Management Plan - Solution Scope - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities - Stakeholder/Solution or Transition Requirements (Communicated or Traced)

36. What are the inputs for the task - Define Solution Scope?
Assumptions & Constraints - Required Capabilities - Solution Approach
Goals
Requirements (Allocated)
Sequence Diagrams

37. What are the inputs to the task - Organize Requirements?
Decision Analysis - Estimation - Metrics & KPIs - Risk Analysis - SWOT Analysis - Vendor Assessment
Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving
Structural Rules
Organizational Process Assets - Requirements (Stated) - Solution Scope

38. Three types of organizational structures
Functions - Markets - Matrix
Plan Business Analysis Approach - Conduct Stakeholder Analysis - Plan Business Analysis Activities - Plan Business Analysis Communication - Plan Requirements Management Process - Manage BA Performance
Verify Requirements
Business Analysis Communication Plan - Organizational Process Assets - Requirements - Requirements Structure

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.
Prepare Requirements Package
Allocate Requirements
Business Analysis Communication Plan
Personal Organization

40. What are the techniques used in the task - Organize Requirements?
Emotional and Cognitive
BABOK
Business Rules Analysis - Data Flow Diagrams - Data Modeling - Functional Decomposition - Organizational Modeling - Process Modeling - Scenarios & Use Cases - Scope Modeling - User Stories
Business Goals & Objectives - Requirements (Stated)

41. What techniques are used in the task - Define Solution Scope?
This person will be involved in monitoring the performance and effectiveness of a solution or its components.
Delphi Estimation
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
Functional Decomposition - Interface Analysis - Scope Modeling - User Stories - Problem or Vision Statement

42. What stakeholder receives noticeable negative impact if information is incorrectly transferred from the old to new solution?
Customer
Organizational Process Assets - Requirements
Term and Fact Model
They describe what a solution must be capable of doing to meet the needs of one or more stakeholder groups

43. What is the output of the task - Verify Requirements?
Decision Analysis - Problem Tacking - Risk Analysis
Decision Making
Acceptance - Transfer - Avoidance - Mitigation
Requirements (Verified)

44. Models a shallow - and possibly wide view of the system's functionality. It typically does not have any business logic running behind the visualization.
Business Need - Organizational Process Assets - Required Capabilities
Horizontal Prototype
Impact Analysis
Confirm Elicitation Results

45. 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
Solution (Constructed) - Requirements (Prioritized and Validated)
A statement of the needs of a particular stakeholder or class of stakeholders
Evaluation Criteria
Root Cause Analysis

46. The minimum set of requirements that must be met in order for a particular solution to be worth implementing.
Business Analysis Communication Plan
Acceptance Criteria
Cultural Assessment - Operational or Technical Assessment - Stakeholder Impact Analysis
Business Need - Organizational Process Assets - Requirements Management Plan - Scheduled Resources - Solution Scope & Business Case - Supporting Materials

47. Issues that may influence the replacement or elimination decision of a system include:
Advantages of Document Analysis
Business Need
Determine the Process - Who will Authorize Changes - Impact Analysis - Wording of the Request - Coordinate Prioritization of Change
Ongoing Cost versus Initial Investment - Opportunity Costs - Necessity - Sunk Costs

48. Describes all the possible outcomes of an attempt to accomplish a particular goal that the solution will support.
Requirements Management Plan
Implementation SME
Use Case
Requirements Structure

49. States the business need - identifies key stakeholders and briefly describes the positive impact that meeting the business need will have on those stakeholders.
Requirements Workshop - Structured Walkthrough
To record the conflict in the Requirements Issues Log.
Requirements (Analyzed)
Problem or Vision Statement

50. What are the techniques used in the task - Define Business Case?
Decision Analysis - Estimation - Metrics & KPIs - Risk Analysis - SWOT Analysis - Vendor Assessment
Assess Proposed Solution - Allocate Requirements - Assess Organizational Readiness - Define Transition Requirements - Validate Solution - Evaluate Solution Performance
Absolute Reference - Author - Complexity - Ownership - Priority - Risks - Source - Stability - Status - Urgency
Elimination of Dominated Alternative - Ranking Objects on a Similar Scale