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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

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1. What are the techniques used in the task - Define Business Case?
Requirements (Prioritized and Approved) - Solution (Designed) - Solution Scope
Assumptions & Constraints - Required Capabilities - Solution Approach
Requirements (Stated) - Stakeholder Concerns
Decision Analysis - Estimation - Metrics & KPIs - Risk Analysis - SWOT Analysis - Vendor Assessment

2. What are the techniques used in the task - Prioritize Requirements?
Activity List
Business Analysis Approach - Business Analysis Plan - Organizational Process Assets
Decision Analysis - Risk Analysis - MoSCoW Analysis - Timeboxing/Budgeting - Voting
Oral Communications - Teaching - Written Communication

3. Understanding of how a change to a component affects the system as a whole - identification of reinforcing and compensating feedback loops - understanding of how systems adapt to external pressures and changes - A system as a whole will have properti
Primary stakeholders in the Organize Requirements task
Cultural Assessment - Operational or Technical Assessment - Stakeholder Impact Analysis
Systems Thinking
Evolutionary or Functional Prototype

4. What are the tasks for the knowledge area - Requirements Management & Communication?
Metrics & KPIs
Manage Solution Scope & Requirements - Manage Requirements Traceability - Maintain Requirements for Re-use - Prepare Requirements Package - Communicate Requirements
Solution Knowledge
Business Analysis Communication Plan - Requirements - Requirements Package

5. 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
Implementation SME
Risk Analysis
Data Dictionary & Glossary - Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Prototyping - Requirements Workshops - Survey/Questionnaire
Confirm Elicitation Results

6. What are the inputs for the task Plan Business Analysis Activities?
Requirements (Any Except Stated)
Requirements Package
Business Analysis Approach - BA Performance Assessment - Organizational Process Assets - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities
Assess Organization Readiness

7. What are the inputs to the task Manage Solution Scope & Requirements?
Formal requirements presentation to stakeholders
Scenarios & Use Cases
Requirements Management Plan - Solution Scope - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities - Stakeholder/Solution or Transition Requirements (Communicated or Traced)
Structured Walkthrough

8. What are the techniques used in the task - Assess Proposed Solution?
Requirements Management Plan
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Decision Analysis - Vendor Assessment
Risk - assumptions - constraints - etc.
Necessity - Effort - Subset - Cover - Value

9. Useful for ensuring that all stakeholders are in agreement on the format and content of relevant information. Capturing these definitions in a single model ensures that these terms will be used consistently.
Advantages of a Data Dictionary & Glossary
Requirements Structure
Requirements Analysis
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Business Rules Analysis - Decision Analysis - Functional Decomposition - Process Modeling - Scenarios & Use Cases

10. 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
Unique Number - Activity Description - Assumptions - Dependencies - Milestones
Benchmarking - Brainstorming - Decision Analysis - Estimation - SWOT Analysis - Feasibility Analysis
Operative Rules
Data - Ongoing Work - Organizational Change

11. This knowledge area describes the behaviors - knowledge and other characteristics that support the effective performance of a BA.
Industry Knowledge
Assumptions & Constraints - Required Capabilities - Solution Approach
Underlying Competencies
Requirements (Allocated)

12. What are the inputs for the task - Define Solution Scope?
Emotional and Cognitive
Assumptions & Constraints - Required Capabilities - Solution Approach
Implementation SME
Confirm Elicitation Results

13. What is the output of the task - Specify & Model Requirements?
Necessity - Effort - Subset - Cover - Value
Business Requirements - Stakeholder Requirements - Solution Requirements - Transition Requirements
Decision Analysis - Focus Groups - Observation - Survey/Questionnaire
Requirements (Analyzed)

14. What are the techniques used in the task - Determine Solution Approach?
Benchmarking - Brainstorming - Decision Analysis - Estimation - SWOT Analysis - Feasibility Analysis
Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Prototyping - Requirements Workshop - Survey/Questionnaire
Root Cause Analysis
Document Analysis

15. The purpose is to measure the performance of solutions - solution components - and other matters of interest to stakeholders.
Solution Performance Assessment
Requirements Management & Communication
Verify Requirements
Metrics & KPIs

16. A good indicator has 5 characteristics:
Solution Assessment & Validation
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Decision Analysis - Vendor Assessment
Clear - Relevant - Economical - Adequate - Quantifiable
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Problem Tracking - Root Cause Analysis

17. What are the techniques used in the task Document Elicitation Results?
Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Problem Tracking - Prototyping - Requirements Workshop - Survey/Questionnaire
Risk - assumptions - constraints - etc.
Automate or Simplify Work - Improve Access to Information - Reduce Complexity of Interfaces - Increase Consistency of Behavior - Eliminate Redundancy
Business Principals

18. Provides an organized approach to tracking - management - and resolution of defects - issues - problems - and risks throughout business analysis activities. Management of issues is important so that they can be resolved in a timely manner to ensure s
Requirements (Allocated)
Solution Scope Definition - Implementation Approach - Dependencies
Problem Solving
Problem Tracking

19. Describes the effect a new solution will have on an organization and whether the organization is prepared for the organizational change the solution implementation will cause.
Data Dictionary & Glossary - Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Prototyping - Requirements Workshops - Survey/Questionnaire
Solution Scope Definition - Implementation Approach - Dependencies
Business Analysis Communication Plan - Requirements - Requirements Package
Assess Organization Readiness

20. Combination of expert judgment and history. Individual estimates - sharing the estimates with experts - and having several rounds until consensus is reached. An average of the three estimates is used
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Business Rules Analysis - Decision Analysis - Functional Decomposition - Process Modeling - Scenarios & Use Cases
Horizontal Prototype
Delphi Estimation
Visual Learner - Auditory Learner - Kinesthetic Learner

21. What are the techniques used in the task Conduct Stakeholder Analysis?
Business Analysis Process Assets
Delphi Estimation
Define Business Case
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

22. What are the techniques used in the task - Allocate Resources?
Business Case
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Business Rules Analysis - Decision Analysis - Functional Decomposition - Process Modeling - Scenarios & Use Cases
Use Case
Reporting

23. What are the Cultural diversity issues that should be taken into account when planning communication?
Organizational Readiness Assessment - Requirements (Stated) - Solution (Deployed) - Solution (Designed)
The Business Analysis Communication Plan
Historic Analysis
Relationship to Time - Relationship to Task Completion - Relationship to Contracts - Relationships to Formal and Informal Authority

24. What are the characteristics of quality for a requirements?
Cohesive - Complete - Consistent - Correct - Feasible - Modifiable - Unambiguous - Testable
Necessity - Effort - Subset - Cover - Value
Organizational Knowledge
Elicitation Results

25. List 3 possible forms of a requirements packages.
Conduct Elicitation Activity
Strengths - Weaknesses
Formal Documentation - Presentation - Model
Coverage Matrix - Table or spreadsheet used to manage tracing.

26. What are stakeholder requirements?
Focus Group
They describe what a solution must be capable of doing to meet the needs of one or more stakeholder groups
Analogous Estimation
Business Case; Stakeholder - Solution or Transition Requirements (Verified)

27. 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.
Validate Solution
Allocate Requirements
Rolling Wave
Assumptions & Constraints

28. Familiarity with the range of commercially available solutions or suppliers can assist with the identification of possible alternatives.
Impact Analysis
Requirements Analysis
Business Policy
Solution Knowledge

29. To assess the ability of a potential vendor to meet commitments regarding a product or service
Vendor Assessment
Requirements (Allocated)
Reliability - Performance Efficiency - Operability - Security - Compatibility - Maintainability - Transferability
Confirm Elicitation Results

30. Is generally understood to describe just one way that an actor can accomplish a particular goal
Learning
All
Business Analysis Plan
Scenario

31. Two types of conflict.
Historic Analysis
General Purpose Applications & Specialized Applications
Requirements (Verified)
Emotional and Cognitive

32. What are the techniques used in the task Manage Solution Scope & Requirements?
Benchmarking - Brainstorming - Decision Analysis - Estimation - SWOT Analysis - Feasibility Analysis
Organization Modeling
Implementation Approach
Problem Tracking - Baselining - Signoff

33. This prototype extends the initial interface requirements into a fully functioning system and requires a specialized prototyping tool or language.
Reliability - Validity - Timeliness
Responsible - Accountable - Consulted - Informed
This person will be involved in monitoring the performance and effectiveness of a solution or its components.
Evolutionary or Functional Prototype

34. What are the inputs to the task - Validate Requirements?
Business Case; Stakeholder - Solution or Transition Requirements (Verified)
Scope Modeling
Business Analysis Plan
Requirements (Approved)

35. What are the characteristics of Interaction Skills?
Organization Modeling
Facilitation & Negotiation - Leadership & Influencing - Teamwork
Elimination of Dominated Alternative - Ranking Objects on a Similar Scale
Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving - Behavioral Characteristics - Business Knowledge - Communication Skills - Interaction Skills - Software Application

36. Two effective trade-off methods.
Business Principles & Practices
Elimination of Dominated Alternative - Ranking Objects on a Similar Scale
Specific - Measurable - Achievable - Relevant - Time-bound Objectives must be SMART.
Timeboxing

37. What are the inputs to the task - Assess Organizational Readiness?
Relationships - Impact Analysis - Configuration Management System
Business Analysis Approach - Business Analysis Plan - Organizational Process Assets - Stakeholder Lists - Roles & Responsibilities
Business Case
Enterprise Architecture - Solution Scope - Solution (Designed) - Stakeholder Concerns

38. What are the characteristics of a Problem Record?
Business Analysis Approach
Requirements (Prioritized)
Horizontal Prototype
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

39. The minimum set of requirements that must be met in order for a particular solution to be worth implementing.
Business Rules Analysis
Evolutionary or Functional Prototype
Acceptance Criteria
Requirements (Stated) - Requirements Structure

40. What are the inputs of the task Plan Business Analysis Communication?
Business Analysis Approach - Business Analysis Plan - Organizational Process Assets - Stakeholder Lists - Roles & Responsibilities
Discounted Cash Flow - Net Present Value - Internal Rate of Return - Average Rate of Return - Pay Back Period - Cost-Benefit Analysis
Business Analysis Performance Metrics - Business Analysis Plan - Organization Performance Standards - Requirements Management Plan
Requirements (Allocated)

41. When a conflict arises between stakeholders on one or more documented requirements - the first thing that needs to take place is what?
Requirements (Prioritized and Approved) - Solution (Designed) - Solution Scope
To record the conflict in the Requirements Issues Log.
Organizational Readiness Assessment
Requirements (Maintained and Reusable)

42. A diagram indicating how involved the stakeholder is with the solution.
State Diagrams
Business Rules Analysis
Onion Diagram
Business Principals

43. To identify and manage areas of uncertainty that can impact an initiative - solution - or organization.
Business Need - Expert Judgment - Organizational Process Assets
Risk Analysis
Data Dictionary & Glossary - Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Prototyping - Requirements Workshops - Survey/Questionnaire
Emotional and Cognitive

44. This knowledge area describes the tasks that are performed in order to ensure that solutions meet the business need and to facilitate successful implementation.
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
Elimination
Stakeholder Lists - Roles & Responsibilities
Solution Assessment & Validation

45. This knowledge area describes how the BA assesses proposed solutions and determines which solution best fits the business need - identifies gaps and shortcomings to solutions and determines necessary workarounds or changes to the solution.
All
Requirements (Stated) - Stakeholder Concerns
Goals
Solution Assessment & Validation

46. What are the techniques for the task - Verify Requirements?
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Problem Tracking - Structured Walkthrough - Checklists
Business Value - Business or Technical Risk - Implementation Difficulty - Likelihood of Success - Regulatory or Policy Compliance - Relationship to Other Requirements - Stakeholder Agreement - Urgency
Problem Tracking - Risk Analysis
Throw-away Prototype

47. What are the tasks of the Elicitation Knowledge Area?
Decision Analysis - Focus Groups - Observation - Survey/Questionnaire
Prepare for Elicitation - Conduct Elicitation Activity - Document Elicitation Results - Confirm Elicitation Results
Cohesive - Complete - Consistent - Correct - Feasible - Modifiable - Unambiguous - Testable
Requirements (Stated) - Requirements Structure

48. 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.
Industry Knowledge
Requirements (Prioritized)
Business Rules Analysis - Data Flow Diagrams - Process Modeling - Organization Modeling - Data Modeling
Functional Decomposition - Interface Analysis - Scope Modeling - User Stories - Problem or Vision Statement

49. What are some of the key variables used in determining the priority of a requirement?
Risk Analysis
Interface Analysis
Facilitation & Negotiation - Leadership & Influencing - Teamwork
Business Value - Business or Technical Risk - Implementation Difficulty - Likelihood of Success - Regulatory or Policy Compliance - Relationship to Other Requirements - Stakeholder Agreement - Urgency

50. 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
Assumptions & Constraints - Required Capabilities - Solution Approach
They describe what a solution must be capable of doing to meet the needs of one or more stakeholder groups
Decision Making
Key Performance Indicator (KPI )