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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

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1. Agreement by stakeholders that analysis models effectively and completely describe the domain - identification of related problems or issues from multiple areas in the domain - rapid absorption of new information or new domain.
Onion Diagram
Goals
Parametric Estimation
Learning

2. Using this technique the business analyst has collected the deliverables - activities - tasks - and estimates from all the involved stakeholders and rolls them up to get a total for all the activities and tasks.
Facilitation & Negotiation - Leadership & Influencing - Teamwork
Bottom-up Estimation
Business Value - Business or Technical Risk - Implementation Difficulty - Likelihood of Success - Regulatory or Policy Compliance - Relationship to Other Requirements - Stakeholder Agreement - Urgency
Data Dictionary & Glossary

3. Measures progress towards a strategic goal or objective.
Rolling Wave
Business Goals & Objectives - Requirements (Stated)
Responsible - Accountable - Consulted - Informed
Key Performance Indicator (KPI )

4. Most optimistic estimate; most pessimistic estimate; most likely estimate
Organization Modeling
Specific - Measurable - Achievable - Relevant - Time-bound Objectives must be SMART.
Three-point Estimation
Parametric Estimation

5. What are the techniques used in the task - Prioritize Requirements?
Analogous Estimation
Decision Analysis - Risk Analysis - MoSCoW Analysis - Timeboxing/Budgeting - Voting
Evaluation Criteria
Prioritize Requirements - Organize Requirements - Specify & Model Requirements - Define Assumptions & Constraints - Verify Requirements - Validate Requirements

6. What is the output of the task Conduct Elicitation Activity?
Customer
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
Elicitation Results
Business Need - Expert Judgment - Organizational Process Assets

7. This knowledge area describes the tasks that are performed in order to ensure that solutions meet the business need and to facilitate successful implementation.
Data - Ongoing Work - Organizational Change
Requirements (Validated)
Solution Assessment & Validation
Unique Number - Activity Description - Assumptions - Dependencies - Milestones

8. What are the underlying competencies a BA should possess?
Solution Assessment & Validation
Functional Decomposition - Interface Analysis - Scope Modeling - User Stories - Problem or Vision Statement
Plan Business Analysis Approach - Conduct Stakeholder Analysis - Plan Business Analysis Activities - Plan Business Analysis Communication - Plan Requirements Management Process - Manage BA Performance
Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving - Behavioral Characteristics - Business Knowledge - Communication Skills - Interaction Skills - Software Application

9. What are the inputs to the task - Define Business Case?
Business Rule
Assumptions & Constraints - Business Need - Solution Scope - Stakeholder Concerns
Metrics & KPIs
Advantages of a Data Dictionary & Glossary

10. Are used to describe the scope of analysis or the scope of a solution. Serve as a basis for defining and delimiting the scope of business analysis and project work. Allow the definition of a "complete" scopethat is - the boundaries of the scope corr
Throw-away Prototype
Scope Modeling
Requirements (Verified)
Evaluation Criteria

11. What are the inputs to the task Manage Business Analysis Performance?
This person will be involved in monitoring the performance and effectiveness of a solution or its components.
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Problem Tracking - Structured Walkthrough - Checklists
Business Analysis Performance Metrics - Business Analysis Plan - Organization Performance Standards - Requirements Management Plan
Decision Analysis - Process Modeling - Structured Walkthrough

12. Involves assessing a situation - understanding it as fully as possible - and making judgments about possible solutions to the problem.
Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving
Solution Assessment & Validation
Identified Defects - Mitigating Actions - Solution Validation Assessment
Use Case

13. What are the techniques used in Plan Business Analysis Communication?
Structured Walkthrough
Business Need
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
Advantages of a Data Dictionary & Glossary

14. To identify and manage areas of uncertainty that can impact an initiative - solution - or organization.
Interviews
Assumptions & Constraints - Business Need - Solution Scope - Stakeholder Concerns
Risk - assumptions - constraints - etc.
Risk Analysis

15. What is the output of the task - Maintain Requirements for Re-use?
Confirm Elicitation Results
Throw-away Prototype
Share - Enhance - Exploit
Requirements (Maintained and Reusable)

16. What are some examples of stakeholder concerns?
State Diagrams
Business Principles & Practices
Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving - Behavioral Characteristics - Business Knowledge - Communication Skills - Interaction Skills - Software Application
Risk - assumptions - constraints - etc.

17. Business value can be delivered through requirements that support _______________ - alignment with internal standards or policies of the organization - or increased satisfaction for stakeholders - even if those things do not have a direct measurable
Acceptance & Evaluation Technique
Compliance with regulatory or other standards
Requirements (Maintained and Reusable)
Required Capabilities

18. What are the inputs to the task - Prioritize Requirements?
Implementation Approach
Business Case - Business Need - Requirements - Requirements Management Plan - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities
Scheduled Resources - Supporting Materials
Requirements (Stated - Unconfirmed) - Stakeholder Concerns (Unconfirmed)

19. The goal of this task is to meet with stakeholder(s) to gather information regarding their needs.
Advantages of a Data Dictionary & Glossary
Personal Organization
Trustworthiness
Conduct Elicitation Activity

20. What is the output of the task - Assess Capability Gaps?
Requirements (Allocated)
Visual Learner - Auditory Learner - Kinesthetic Learner
Required Capabilities
Organizational Knowledge

21. 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
Onion Diagram
Solution Scope
Verify Requirements
Brainstorming

22. What are the techniques used in the task Conduct Elicitation Activity?
Decision Analysis - Problem Tacking - Risk Analysis
Data Dictionary & Glossary - Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Prototyping - Requirements Workshops - Survey/Questionnaire
Problem Tracking - Risk Analysis
Trustworthiness

23. What is the output of the task - Define Business Need?
Validate Requirements
Key Performance Indicator (KPI )
Organizational Process Assets - Requirements (Stated) - Solution Scope
Business Need

24. What are the elements of the task - Define Solution Scope?
Solution Scope Definition - Implementation Approach - Dependencies
Bottom-up Estimation
Coverage Matrix - Table or spreadsheet used to manage tracing.
Estimation - Functional Decomposition - Risk Analysis

25. When performing root cause analysis as part of the Validate Solution task - what stakeholder may be involved?
Name - Value/Meanings - Description
Implementation SME
Estimation
Verify Requirements

26. What are the inputs to the task Plan Requirements Management Process?
Requirements Structure
Business Analysis Approach - Business Analysis Plan - Organizational Process Assets
Problem Tracking - Baselining - Signoff
Structured Walkthrough

27. What are the tasks in the knowledge area - Enterprise Analysis?
Solution Approach
Business Need - Enterprise Architecture - Solution Performance Assessment
Define Business Need - Access Capability Gaps - Determine Solution Approach - Define Solution Scope - Define Business Case
Formal Documentation - Presentation - Model

28. A continuous process of collecting data to determine how well a solution has been implemented compared to expected results.
Requirements Management Plan
Acceptance - Transfer - Avoidance - Mitigation
Monitoring
Goals

29. Two types of conflict.
Use Case
Enterprise Analysis - often the starting point for initiating a new project
Requirements Management & Communication
Emotional and Cognitive

30. What techniques are used in the task - Prepare Requirements Package?
Acceptance Criteria
Stakeholder Matrix - Onion Diagram
Requirements Documentation - Requirements for Vendor Selection
Decision Analysis - Problem Tacking - Risk Analysis

31. What are the inputs for the task Prepare for Elicitation?
Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Prototyping - Requirements Workshop - Survey/Questionnaire
Benchmarking - Brainstorming - Business Rules Analysis - Focus Groups - Functional Decomposition - Root Cause Analysis
Business Need - Solution Scope & Business Case - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities
Define Business Need - Access Capability Gaps - Determine Solution Approach - Define Solution Scope - Define Business Case

32. What are stakeholder requirements?
Data Modeling
Transition Requirements
Business Analysis Plan
They describe what a solution must be capable of doing to meet the needs of one or more stakeholder groups

33. Organizational culture - Stakeholder preference - complexity - organizational maturity and availability of resources are all factors used to do what?
Prototyping
Decision Analysis - Problem Tacking - Risk Analysis
Assumptions & Constraints - Required Capabilities - Solution Approach
Perform tailoring exercises

34. The people involved - the interactions between them - the external forces affecting their behavior and all other relevant elements and factors.
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Problem Tracking - Structured Walkthrough - Checklists
Formal requirements presentation to stakeholders
System
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Decision Analysis - Vendor Assessment

35. Allocate stakeholder and solution requirements among solution components and releases in order to maximize the possible business value given the options and alternatives generated by the design team.
Business Principals
Allocate Requirements
Glossary
Reliability - Validity - Timeliness

36. 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
Interviews - Observation
Focus Group
Business Need - Expert Judgment - Organizational Process Assets
Advantages of Document Analysis

37. What are the inputs to the task - Define Business Need?
Identified Defects - Mitigating Actions - Solution Validation Assessment
Reporting
Organizational Readiness Assessment - Requirements (Stated) - Solution (Deployed) - Solution (Designed)
Business Goals & Objectives - Requirements (Stated)

38. 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
Underlying Competencies
Business Case - Business Need - Requirements - Requirements Management Plan - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities
State Diagrams

39. Estimating relies on the expertise of those who have performed the work in the past. These experts can be internal or external to the project team or to the organization.
Expert Judgment
Document Analysis
Risk - assumptions - constraints - etc.
Three-point Estimation

40. Elements identified for each activity and task.
Unique Number - Activity Description - Assumptions - Dependencies - Milestones
Decision Analysis - Process Modeling - Structured Walkthrough
Requirements (Validated)
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Metrics & KPIs - Prototyping - Risk Analysis - Structured Walkthrough

41. What are the elements of Communication Skills?
User Classes - Profiles or Roles; Concepts & Relationships - Events - Processes - Rules
Oral Communications - Teaching - Written Communication
Cohesive - Complete - Consistent - Correct - Feasible - Modifiable - Unambiguous - Testable
Decision Analysis - Focus Groups - Observation - Survey/Questionnaire

42. The BA is a stakeholder in ______ business analysis activities.
All
The Business Analysis Communication Plan
Repository - Traceability - Requirement Attributes - Prioritization Process - Change Management - Tailoring the Requirements Management Process
Interviews - Observation

43. What is the output of the task - Verify Requirements?
Requirements (Verified)
BABOK
Solution Approach
Functional Decomposition - Interface Analysis - Scope Modeling - User Stories - Problem or Vision Statement

44. Performed to communicate - verify and validate requirements. Is a working session where invited participants review and discuss a set of requirements
Structured Walkthrough
Solution Scope
Requirements (Analyzed)
Requirements Structure

45. What are the elements of the task Plan Requirements Management Process?
Timeboxing
SWOT Analysis
Repository - Traceability - Requirement Attributes - Prioritization Process - Change Management - Tailoring the Requirements Management Process
Business Need - Solution Scope & Business Case - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities

46. What are the inputs for the task - Define Solution Scope?
Requirements Structure
Prepare Requirements Package
Business Goals & Objectives - Requirements (Stated)
Assumptions & Constraints - Required Capabilities - Solution Approach

47. When a conflict arises between stakeholders on one or more documented requirements - the first thing that needs to take place is what?
Ongoing Cost versus Initial Investment - Opportunity Costs - Necessity - Sunk Costs
Business Analysis Plan
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
To record the conflict in the Requirements Issues Log.

48. The goal of this task is validate that the stated requirements expressed by the stakeholder match the stakeholder's understanding of the problem and the stakeholder's needs. Analyst's understanding conforms to the actual desire or intentions of the s
Benchmarking - Brainstorming - Business Rules Analysis - Focus Groups - Functional Decomposition - Root Cause Analysis
Interviews - Lessons Learned Process - Metrics and KPIs - Problem Tracking - Process Modeling - Root Cause Analysis - Survey/Questionnaire - Variance Analysis
Elicitation Results
Confirm Elicitation Results

49. What are the techniques used in the task - Allocate Resources?
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Business Rules Analysis - Decision Analysis - Functional Decomposition - Process Modeling - Scenarios & Use Cases
Cultural Assessment - Operational or Technical Assessment - Stakeholder Impact Analysis
Requirements Workshop
Requirements - Requirements Management Plan

50. Creates a conceptual model of the work that needs to be completed to deliver the new business solution.
Advantages of a Data Dictionary & Glossary
Functional Decomposition
Vertical Prototype
Business Policy

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