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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

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1. A continuous process of collecting data to determine how well a solution has been implemented compared to expected results.






2. What are the Primitive Data Elements?






3. Two effective trade-off methods.






4. What is the output of the task - Determine Solution Approach?






5. Two types of conflict.






6. The knowledge area that describes how a BA manages conflicts - issues and changes in order to ensure that stakeholders and the project team remain in agreement on the solution scope - how requirements are communicated to stakeholders and how knowledg






7. What are the tasks in Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring?






8. This knowledge area involves analyzing stakeholder needs to define solutions that meet those needs - assessing the current state of the business to identify and recommend improvements and the verification and validation of the resulting requirements.






9. What are the inputs to the task - Communicate Requirements?






10. What are the characteristics of quality for a requirements?






11. What are the factors of influence by stakeholders on a project?






12. Used to describe the roles - responsibilities and reporting structures that exist within an organization and to align those structures with the organization's goals.






13. What is the output of the task - Define Assumptions & Constraints?






14. Characteristics that are common to all organizations with a similar purpose and structure - whether or not the are in the same industry.






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






16. Define requirements for capabilities needed to move from an existing solution to a new solution.






17. What techniques are used in the task Manage Requirements Traceability?






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






19. What are the techniques used in the task - Evaluate Solution Performance?






20. 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.






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






22. A diagram indicating how involved the stakeholder is with the solution.






23. Models a deep - and usually narrow slice of the entire system's functionality.






24. What are the inputs for the task Plan Business Analysis Activities?






25. To define the rules that govern decisions in an organization and that define - constrain or enable organization operations.






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






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






28. What are the techniques used in Plan Business Analysis Communication?






29. What are the elements to the task - Define Business Case?






30. The purpose of _______________ is to ensure that a stakeholder's actual underlying needs are understood - rather than the their stated or superficial desires.






31. Who is the primary stakeholder in the Define Business Case task?






32. 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






33. What is the output of the task - Manage Requirements Traceability?






34. Divides requirements into 4 categories - Must - Should - Could - Won't






35. The objective of this technique is to determine how companies achieve their superior performance levels and use that information to design projects to improve operations of the enterprise.






36. The systematic and objective assessment of a solution to determine its status and efficacy in meeting objectives over time - and to identify ways to improve the solution to better meet objectives.






37. 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






38. 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 -






39. What are the elements of Communication Skills?






40. This knowledge area describes the tasks that are performed in order to ensure that solutions meet the business need and to facilitate successful implementation.






41. What is the output of the task - Verify Requirements?






42. Involves assessing a situation - understanding it as fully as possible - and making judgments about possible solutions to the problem.






43. 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






44. Revised process and templates for BA deliverables should be analyzed and documented and lessons learned should be recorded.






45. Name the 2 types of Software categories that assist in BA productivity.






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






47. What are the Composite Data Elements?






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






49. What are some of the commonly used requirement attributes?






50. What are the inputs to the task - Validate Requirements?