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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

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1. Measures progress towards a strategic goal or objective.
Solution Scope Definition - Implementation Approach - Dependencies
Key Performance Indicator (KPI )
This person will be involved in monitoring the performance and effectiveness of a solution or its components.
Requirements Management Plan

2. What are the strategies for a positive risk?
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Requirements Management & Communication
Share - Enhance - Exploit
Reporting

3. What are the inputs to the task Manage Requirements Traceability?
Term and Fact Model
Requirements Workshop
Requirements - Requirements Management Plan
Assess Organization Readiness

4. What are the elements of the area - Analytical Thinking and Problem Solving - Successful generation of new ideas - application of new ideas to resolve existing problems - willingness of stakeholders to accept new approaches.
MoSCoW Analysis
Creative Thinking - Decision Making - Learning - Problem Solving - Systems Thinking
Functions - Markets - Matrix
Prototyping

5. Investigating how a solution is actually used after it is deployed and assessing the effect it has had - both positive and negative.
Data - Ongoing Work - Organizational Change
Evaluate Solution Performance
Interface Analysis
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

6. Communicated Requirements mean what to stakeholders?
Business Analysis Communication Plan
That they understand them and the current state the requirements are in
Relationships - Impact Analysis - Configuration Management System
Business Requirements - Identified Defects - Solution Performance Metrics - Solution (Deployed)

7. What are the techniques used in the task - Assess Capability Gaps?
Identified Defects - Mitigating Actions - Solution Validation Assessment
Timeboxing
Document Analysis - SWOT Analysis
Monitoring

8. Familiarity with the range of commercially available solutions or suppliers can assist with the identification of possible alternatives.
Solution Knowledge
Relationship to Time - Relationship to Task Completion - Relationship to Contracts - Relationships to Formal and Informal Authority
Business Analysis Performance Metrics - Business Analysis Plan - Organization Performance Standards - Requirements Management Plan
Requirements (Stated - Unconfirmed) - Stakeholder Concerns (Unconfirmed)

9. List 3 possible forms of a requirements packages.
Formal Documentation - Presentation - Model
Business Rules Analysis - Data Flow Diagrams - Process Modeling - Organization Modeling - Data Modeling
Enterprise Analysis
Business Analysis Approach - Business Analysis Plan - Organizational Process Assets

10. What is the output of the task Prepare for Elicitation?
Scheduled Resources - Supporting Materials
Benefits - Costs - Risk Assessment - Results Measurement
Requirements (Validated)
Perform tailoring exercises

11. What are stakeholder requirements?
Prototyping
Reliability - Validity - Timeliness
They describe what a solution must be capable of doing to meet the needs of one or more stakeholder groups
Problem Tracking - Baselining - Signoff

12. What are the inputs to the Plan Business Analysis Approach?
Business Need - Expert Judgment - Organizational Process Assets
Goals
Interviews - Lessons Learned Process - Metrics and KPIs - Problem Tracking - Process Modeling - Root Cause Analysis - Survey/Questionnaire - Variance Analysis
Business Rules Analysis

13. 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
Evaluation Criteria
Budgeting
Decision Making
Structured Walkthrough

14. Define the requirements that must be met in order for a solution to be considered acceptable to key stakeholders.
Reliability - Performance Efficiency - Operability - Security - Compatibility - Maintainability - Transferability
Acceptance & Evaluation Technique
Brings them to a Communication on understanding
Business Analysis Plan

15. This prototype seeks to quickly uncover and clarify interface requirements using simple tools - sometimes just paper and pencil. The focus is on functionality that is not easily elicited by other techniques - has conflicting viewpoints - or is diffic
Business Need - Organizational Process Assets - Required Capabilities
Ethics - Trustworthiness - Personal Organization
Stakeholder Concerns
Throw-away Prototype

16. Stakeholders involved the BA in decision making - acceptance of the BA's recommendations - willingness to discuss difficult or controversial topics with the BA - stakeholders willing to support or defend the BA when problems occur.
Validate Solution
Define Transitional Requirements
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
Trustworthiness

17. This knowledge area describes the tasks that are performed in order to ensure that solutions meet the business need and to facilitate successful implementation.
User Classes - Profiles or Roles; Concepts & Relationships - Events - Processes - Rules
Benchmarking
Solution Assessment & Validation
Conduct Elicitation Activity

18. What are the Primitive Data Elements?
Acceptance Criteria
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Problem Tracking - Root Cause Analysis
Name - Aliases - Values/Meanings - Description
Requirements (Approved)

19. What are some of the key variables used in determining the priority of a requirement?
Required Capabilities
Organization Modeling
To record the conflict in the Requirements Issues Log.
Business Value - Business or Technical Risk - Implementation Difficulty - Likelihood of Success - Regulatory or Policy Compliance - Relationship to Other Requirements - Stakeholder Agreement - Urgency

20. A means to elicit ideas and attitudes about a specific product - service or opportunity in an interactive group environment. The participants share their impressions - preferences and needs - guided by a moderator. - Effective for learning people's a
Focus Group
Requirements Structure
Risk Analysis
Relationships - Impact Analysis - Configuration Management System

21. The skill of moderating discussions among a group or enable all participants to effectively articulate their views on a topic under discussion and to further ensure that participants in the discussion are able to recognize and appreciate the differin
Facilitation
Requirements (Prioritized and Approved) - Solution (Designed) - Solution Scope
Requirements (Stated) - Stakeholder Concerns
Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving - Behavioral Characteristics - Business Knowledge - Communication Skills - Interaction Skills - Software Application

22. Business rules require a defined glossary of terms and an understanding of the relationships between them - this is known as:
Prototyping
Requirements (Prioritized and Approved) - Solution (Designed) - Solution Scope
Facilitation
Term and Fact Model

23. What is the output of the task - Define Assumptions & Constraints?
Assumptions & Constraints
Benchmarking - Brainstorming - Business Rules Analysis - Focus Groups - Functional Decomposition - Root Cause Analysis
Problem Tracking - Risk Analysis
Visual Learner - Auditory Learner - Kinesthetic Learner

24. Industry Knowledge - Organization Knowledge - Solution Knowledge What are the elements of Business Knowledge?
Prototyping
Problem Tracking - Baselining - Signoff
Requirements (Any Except Stated)
Business Principles & Practices

25. What are the techniques used in the task Manage Solution Scope & Requirements?
Problem Tracking - Baselining - Signoff
Interface Analysis
Enterprise Analysis
Requirements (Stated) - Stakeholder Concerns

26. What are the techniques used in the task Confirm Elicitation Results?
Business Value - Business or Technical Risk - Implementation Difficulty - Likelihood of Success - Regulatory or Policy Compliance - Relationship to Other Requirements - Stakeholder Agreement - Urgency
Interviews - Observation
Requirements Documentation - Requirements for Vendor Selection
Business Rule

27. What are the techniques used in Plan Business Analysis Communication?
Solution Assessment & Validation
Structured Walkthrough
Focus Group
Identified Defects - Mitigating Actions - Solution Validation Assessment

28. What are the internal factors in a SWOT Analysis?
Acceptance & Evaluation Technique
Discounted Cash Flow - Net Present Value - Internal Rate of Return - Average Rate of Return - Pay Back Period - Cost-Benefit Analysis
Organizational Readiness Assessment - Requirements (Stated) - Solution (Deployed) - Solution (Designed)
Strengths - Weaknesses

29. What are the techniques used in the task Document Elicitation Results?
Interviews
Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Problem Tracking - Prototyping - Requirements Workshop - Survey/Questionnaire
Problem Tracking - Risk Analysis
Relationships - Impact Analysis - Configuration Management System

30. What are the inputs to the task - Assess Capability Gaps?
Trustworthiness
Business Need - Enterprise Architecture - Solution Performance Assessment
Industry Knowledge
General Purpose Applications & Specialized Applications

31. Strengths - Weaknesses - Opportunities - Threats - A valuable tool to quickly analyze various aspects of the current state of the business process undergoing change.
SWOT Analysis
Organizational Readiness Assessment
Document Elicitation Results task
Communicated Requirements

32. To define the rules that govern decisions in an organization and that define - constrain or enable organization operations.
Cultural Assessment - Operational or Technical Assessment - Stakeholder Impact Analysis
Decision Analysis - Risk Analysis - MoSCoW Analysis - Timeboxing/Budgeting - Voting
Business Rules Analysis
Goals

33. Prioritizes requirements based on the amount of work that the project team is capable of delivering in a set period of time. Approaches include: All-in - All Out - Selective
Define Transitional Requirements
Requirements (Traced)
Organizational Process Assets - Requirements (Stated) - Solution Scope
Timeboxing

34. What is the output of the task - Prioritize Requirements?
Root Cause Analysis
Validate Requirements
Trustworthiness
Requirements (Prioritized)

35. The purpose is to measure the performance of solutions - solution components - and other matters of interest to stakeholders.
Metrics & KPIs
Onion Diagram
Problem Solving
Cultural Assessment - Operational or Technical Assessment - Stakeholder Impact Analysis

36. 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
Organizational Process Assets - Requirements
Compliance with regulatory or other standards
Prepare Requirements Package
Assumptions & Constraints - Business Need - Solution Scope - Stakeholder Concerns

37. What are the techniques used in the task - Assess Organizational Readiness?
To record the conflict in the Requirements Issues Log.
Reporting
Assumptions & Constraints - Requirements (Prioritized and Approved) - Solution Options
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Data Flow Diagrams - Process Models - Focus Groups - Interviews - Survey/Questionnaire - Organizational Modeling - Problem Tracking - Risk Analysis - SWOT Analysis - Force Field Analysis

38. What are the techniques used in the task - Determine Solution Approach?
Decision Analysis
Requirements Management Plan - Solution Scope - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities - Stakeholder/Solution or Transition Requirements (Communicated or Traced)
Focus Group
Benchmarking - Brainstorming - Decision Analysis - Estimation - SWOT Analysis - Feasibility Analysis

39. What is the output of the task - Maintain Requirements for Re-use?
Advantages of a Data Dictionary & Glossary
Requirements (Maintained and Reusable)
Scheduled Resources - Supporting Materials
Requirements (Prioritized)

40. An organized structure for the requirements and a documented set of relationships between them. Is used so the analyst and stakeholders know where a specific requirement should be found. Should have a clear implicit scope (clear to the stakeholders w
Decision Analysis - Focus Groups - Observation - Survey/Questionnaire
Budgeting
Requirements Structure
Brings them to a Communication on understanding

41. 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.
Leadership
Requirements (Stated) - Stakeholder Concerns
Reliability - Validity - Timeliness
Learning

42. To identify and manage areas of uncertainty that can impact an initiative - solution - or organization.
Decision Analysis - Estimation - Metrics & KPIs - Risk Analysis - SWOT Analysis - Vendor Assessment
Ethics
Risk Analysis
Compliance with regulatory or other standards

43. What are the Cultural diversity issues that should be taken into account when planning communication?
Relationship to Time - Relationship to Task Completion - Relationship to Contracts - Relationships to Formal and Informal Authority
Requirements (Stated) - Stakeholder Concerns
Validate Requirements
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

44. What is the output of the task Manage Solution Scope & Requirements?
Acceptance Criteria
Decision Analysis - Process Modeling - Structured Walkthrough
Requirements (Approved)
Specific - Measurable - Achievable - Relevant - Time-bound Objectives must be SMART.

45. Means of eliciting information from many people - sometimes anonymously - in a relatively short period of time
Survey/Questionnaire
Functional Decomposition - Interface Analysis - Scope Modeling - User Stories - Problem or Vision Statement
Evaluate Solution Performance
Problem or Vision Statement

46. What are the techniques used in the task - Assess Proposed Solution?
Business Policy
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Decision Analysis - Vendor Assessment
Document Analysis - SWOT Analysis
Historic Analysis

47. 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
Risk Analysis
Confirm Elicitation Results
Assumptions & Constraints - Business Need - Solution Scope - Stakeholder Concerns
Horizontal Prototype

48. What are the inputs to the task - Define Business Case?
Rolling Wave
Assumptions & Constraints - Business Need - Solution Scope - Stakeholder Concerns
Vertical Prototype
Data Modeling

49. 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.
Coverage Matrix - Table or spreadsheet used to manage tracing.
Emotional and Cognitive
Tracing Requirements
Dependencies

50. What are the techniques used in Plan Business Analysis Approach?
Decision Analysis - Process Modeling - Structured Walkthrough
Facilitation
Enterprise Analysis - often the starting point for initiating a new project
Business Domain - Corporate Culture & Environment - Skills of the Analyst - Requirement Deliverable