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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

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1. What are the techniques used in the task - Organize Requirements?






2. What is the output of the task - Assess Proposed Solution?






3. The people involved - the interactions between them - the external forces affecting their behavior and all other relevant elements and factors.






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






5. This prototype extends the initial interface requirements into a fully functioning system and requires a specialized prototyping tool or language.






6. What are the elements of the task - Define Solution Scope?






7. What are the classifications used to describe requirements






8. What factors guide technique selection?






9. What are the inputs to the task - Define Assumption & Constraints?






10. 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.






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






12. What are the 3 elements in the Assess Organizational Readiness?






13. Checklist of characteristics to consider when considering non-functional requirements.






14. What are the inputs to the task Manage Business Analysis Performance?






15. 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






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






17. What are the inputs to the task - Assess Proposed Solution?






18. What are the techniques used in the task - Validate Solution?






19. Documents terms unique to a domain.






20. Technique involving refinement of estimates. Estimate the details for activities in the current iteration or increment and provide an analogous estimate for the entire scope of work. As the end of the iteration approaches - estimates for the next ite






21. What are the techniques used in the task - Assess Organizational Readiness?






22. A good indicator has 5 characteristics:






23. What are the internal factors in a SWOT Analysis?






24. The purpose is to describe the required qualities of a system - such as its usability and performance characteristics.






25. Techniques used in the task Plan Requirements Management Process.






26. What are the strategies for a positive risk?






27. Business rules require a defined glossary of terms and an understanding of the relationships between them - this is known as:






28. What is the output of the task - Specify & Model Requirements?






29. 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






30. 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






31. According to the BABOK 2.0 - what type of analysis generates STAKEHOLDER requirements?






32. What are the tasks in the knowledge area - Solution Assessment & Validation?






33. What is the output of the task - Define Business Need?






34. 7 knowledge areas of ________ : Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring - Elicitation - Requirements Management & Communication - Enterprise Analysis - Requirements Analysis - Solution Assessment & Validation - Underlying Competencies






35. What are the inputs for the task Prepare for Elicitation?






36. Are written to describe how an actor interacts with a solution to accomplish one or more of that actor's goals - or to respond to an event.






37. Use of a similar project as the basis for developing estimates for the current project. Also known as "top-down" estimating. This is usually done at the beginning of the project or project phase and more detailed estimates follow as more is known.






38. What is the output of the Plan Business Analysis Approach?






39. The purpose is to measure the performance of solutions - solution components - and other matters of interest to stakeholders.






40. 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.






41. What are the Composite Data Elements?






42. What are the techniques used in Plan Business Analysis Approach?






43. Two techniques used in Root Cause Analysis?






44. A non-actionable directive that supports a business goal.






45. What are the inputs to the task Conduct Stakeholder Analysis?






46. Defines the key terms and data relevant to a business domain.






47. Strengths - Weaknesses - Opportunities - Threats - A valuable tool to quickly analyze various aspects of the current state of the business process undergoing change.






48. What are some of the ways a BA can help to improve the operations of a business? Acceptance and Evaluation Criteria Definition - Business Rules Analysis - Data Dictionary and Glossary - Data Flow Diagrams - Data Modeling - Functional Decomposition -






49. 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.






50. Communicated Requirements mean what to stakeholders?