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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.
Throw-away Prototype
Impact Analysis
Business Rules Analysis
Learning
2. This knowledge area describes the tasks that are performed in order to ensure that solutions meet the business need and to facilitate successful implementation.
Solution Assessment & Validation
Interviews
Enterprise Analysis - often the starting point for initiating a new project
Solution Scope
3. What is the output of the task Confirm Elicitation Results?
Requirements (Stated - Confirmed) - Stakeholder Concerns (Confirmed)
Requirements (Stated - Unconfirmed) - Stakeholder Concerns (Unconfirmed)
Relationships - Impact Analysis - Configuration Management System
Necessity - Effort - Subset - Cover - Value
4. Includes the standard definition of data elements - their meanings and allowable values.
Data Dictionary
Organizational Process Assets - Requirements
Budgeting
Vertical Prototype
5. What are the tasks in the knowledge area - Enterprise Analysis?
Define Business Need - Access Capability Gaps - Determine Solution Approach - Define Solution Scope - Define Business Case
General Purpose Applications & Specialized Applications
Organizational Readiness Assessment - Requirements (Stated) - Solution (Deployed) - Solution (Designed)
Solution Knowledge
6. What are the classifications used to describe requirements
Required Capabilities
Decision Analysis - Focus Groups - Observation - Survey/Questionnaire
Estimation
Business Requirements - Stakeholder Requirements - Solution Requirements - Transition Requirements
7. According to the BABOK 2.0 - what type of analysis generates STAKEHOLDER requirements?
Scope Modeling
Data - Ongoing Work - Organizational Change
Requirements Analysis
System
8. Documents terms unique to a domain.
Glossary
Business Analysis Process Assets
Organizational Knowledge
Dependencies
9. What are the techniques used in the task Conduct Stakeholder Analysis?
Business Rules Analysis
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
Rolling Wave
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
10. What are the techniques used in the task - Define Assumptions & Constraints?
Problem Tracking - Risk Analysis
Responsible - Accountable - Consulted - Informed
Business Need - Expert Judgment - Organizational Process Assets
Problem Solving
11. What is the output of the task Document Elicitation Results?
Stakeholder Concerns
Specific - Measurable - Achievable - Relevant - Time-bound Objectives must be SMART.
Requirements (Stated) - Stakeholder Concerns
Define Transitional Requirements
12. What are the techniques used in the task Conduct Elicitation Activity?
Rolling Wave
Influence on the project - organizational - project health and other stakeholders
Data Dictionary & Glossary - Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Prototyping - Requirements Workshops - Survey/Questionnaire
Business Need - Organizational Process Assets - Required Capabilities
13. What is the output of the task - Define Assumptions & Constraints?
Industry Knowledge
Budgeting
Assumptions & Constraints
Organizational Readiness Assessment - Requirements (Stated) - Solution (Deployed) - Solution (Designed)
14. What are the techniques used in the task Document Elicitation Results?
Structured Walkthrough
Enterprise Analysis
Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Problem Tracking - Prototyping - Requirements Workshop - Survey/Questionnaire
Scope Modeling
15. How is the Operational Support stakeholder utilized in the Evaluate Solution Performance task?
This person will be involved in monitoring the performance and effectiveness of a solution or its components.
Assumptions & Constraints - Business Need - Solution Scope - Stakeholder Concerns
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
Non-functional Requirements Analysis
16. 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
Elimination
Stakeholder Lists - Roles & Responsibilities
Requirements Structure
Prepare for Elicitation - Conduct Elicitation Activity - Document Elicitation Results - Confirm Elicitation Results
17. Defines the key terms and data relevant to a business domain.
Activity List
Data Dictionary & Glossary
Requirements Structure
Problem or Vision Statement
18. What are the inputs for the task Confirm Elicitation Results?
Requirements (Stated - Unconfirmed) - Stakeholder Concerns (Unconfirmed)
Assumptions & Constraints
Customer
Business Case
19. Define the requirements that must be met in order for a solution to be considered acceptable to key stakeholders.
Stakeholder Lists - Roles & Responsibilities
Business Rule
Acceptance & Evaluation Technique
Benchmarking
20. What are the strategies for a negative risk?
Prepare for Elicitation - Conduct Elicitation Activity - Document Elicitation Results - Confirm Elicitation Results
Solution (Constructed) - Requirements (Prioritized and Validated)
Acceptance - Transfer - Avoidance - Mitigation
Assumptions & Constraints - Business Need - Solution Scope - Stakeholder Concerns
21. Name the 2 types of Stakeholder maps.
Leadership
Throw-away Prototype
Business Analysis Plan
Stakeholder Matrix - Onion Diagram
22. What are the inputs of the task Plan Business Analysis Communication?
Business Analysis Approach - Business Analysis Plan - Organizational Process Assets - Stakeholder Lists - Roles & Responsibilities
Elicitation
Business Case; Stakeholder - Solution or Transition Requirements (Verified)
Requirements Structure
23. The decomposition of activities and tasks creates?
Organizational Process Assets - Requirements
Activity List
Data Dictionary & Glossary - Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Prototyping - Requirements Workshops - Survey/Questionnaire
Business Analysis Communication Plan - Requirements - Requirements Package
24. The purpose is to measure the performance of solutions - solution components - and other matters of interest to stakeholders.
Metrics & KPIs
Prepare Requirements Package
Brings them to a Communication on understanding
Automate or Simplify Work - Improve Access to Information - Reduce Complexity of Interfaces - Increase Consistency of Behavior - Eliminate Redundancy
25. Organizational culture - Stakeholder preference - complexity - organizational maturity and availability of resources are all factors used to do what?
Evaluate Solution Performance
Requirements (Approved)
Structured Walkthrough
Perform tailoring exercises
26. A systematic approach designed to elicit information from a person or group of people in an informal or formal setting by talking to an interviewee - asking relevant questions and documenting the responses.
Interviews
Enterprise Analysis - often the starting point for initiating a new project
Advantages of a Data Dictionary & Glossary
Ongoing Cost versus Initial Investment - Opportunity Costs - Necessity - Sunk Costs
27. Techniques used in the task Plan Requirements Management Process.
Vendor Assessment
Decision Analysis - Problem Tacking - Risk Analysis
Timeboxing
Elicitation
28. Rules that are intended to help determine when something is or is not true - or when things fall into a specific category. They are expressed as rules because they describe categorizations that may change over time.
Define Business Case
Cohesive - Complete - Consistent - Correct - Feasible - Modifiable - Unambiguous - Testable
Structural Rules
User Classes - Profiles or Roles; Concepts & Relationships - Events - Processes - Rules
29. What are the techniques used in the task - Assess Capability Gaps?
Document Analysis - SWOT Analysis
Solution Assessment & Validation
User Story
Problem Solving
30. What should be considered when establishing a Change Management process?
Determine the Process - Who will Authorize Changes - Impact Analysis - Wording of the Request - Coordinate Prioritization of Change
Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving - Behavioral Characteristics - Business Knowledge - Communication Skills - Interaction Skills - Software Application
Document Analysis - SWOT Analysis
Identified Defects - Mitigating Actions - Solution Validation Assessment
31. The goal of tracing is to ensure that requirements are linked back to a business objective. Creation of this relationship helps in what other traceability activities?
Validate Requirements
Business Requirements - Identified Defects - Solution Performance Metrics - Solution (Deployed)
Requirements (Stated) - Stakeholder Concerns
Impact Analysis - Requirements Coverage - Requirements Allocation
32. Use of parameters - multiplied by the number of hours. (COCOMO II - Function Point Counting - Use Case Points - and Story Points)
Parametric Estimation
Brainstorming
Leadership
Tracing Requirements
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
Responsible - Accountable - Consulted - Informed
Scenario
Timeboxing
Brainstorming
34. 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
Decision Analysis - Process Modeling - Structured Walkthrough
Business Goals & Objectives - Requirements (Stated)
Requirements (Validated)
35. What are the inputs to the task Conduct Stakeholder Analysis?
Business Need - Enterprise Architecture - Organizational Process Assets
Benchmarking
Absolute Reference - Author - Complexity - Ownership - Priority - Risks - Source - Stability - Status - Urgency
Requirements Structure
36. What does SMART stand for?
Requirements (Maintained and Reusable)
Interface Analysis
Requirements (Stated) - Stakeholder Concerns
Specific - Measurable - Achievable - Relevant - Time-bound Objectives must be SMART.
37. Two techniques used in Root Cause Analysis?
Fishbone Diagram - Five Whys
BABOK
Responsible - Accountable - Consulted - Informed
Reliability - Validity - Timeliness
38. What are the inputs for the task - Maintain Requirements for Re-use?
Oral Communications - Teaching - Written Communication
Decision Analysis
Organizational Process Assets - Requirements
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Metrics & KPIs - Prototyping - Risk Analysis - Structured Walkthrough
39. Creates a conceptual model of the work that needs to be completed to deliver the new business solution.
Glossary
Historic Analysis
Functional Decomposition
Operative Rules
40. List 3 possible forms of a requirements packages.
Name - Value/Meanings - Description
Formal Documentation - Presentation - Model
Cultural Assessment - Operational or Technical Assessment - Stakeholder Impact Analysis
Reliability - Validity - Timeliness
41. What are the elements of the task - Define Solution Scope?
Solution Scope Definition - Implementation Approach - Dependencies
Primary stakeholders in the Organize Requirements task
Requirements (Maintained and Reusable)
Use Case
42. What is the output of the task Plan Business Analysis Communication?
Requirements Workshop
Business Case; Stakeholder - Solution or Transition Requirements (Verified)
Requirements Management Plan
Business Analysis Communication Plan
43. What are the techniques used in the task - Communicate Requirements?
Requirements Workshop - Structured Walkthrough
Advantages of a Data Dictionary & Glossary
Survey/Questionnaire
Interface Analysis
44. Set of requirements that will be used to choose between multiple solutions.
Requirements Management Plan - Solution Scope - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities - Stakeholder/Solution or Transition Requirements (Communicated or Traced)
Evaluation Criteria
Identified Defects - Mitigating Actions - Solution Validation Assessment
Data - Ongoing Work - Organizational Change
45. A brief description of functionality that users need from a solution to meet a business objective. The goal they are trying to accomplish - and any additional information that may be critical to understanding the scope of the story.
Requirements (Prioritized)
Rolling Wave
Name - Value/Meanings - Description
User Story
46. What are the attributes of a Data Model?
Repository - Traceability - Requirement Attributes - Prioritization Process - Change Management - Tailoring the Requirements Management Process
Solution (Constructed) - Requirements (Prioritized and Validated)
Decision Analysis - Focus Groups - Observation - Survey/Questionnaire
Name - Value/Meanings - Description
47. What are the elements of the task Plan Requirements Management Process?
Repository - Traceability - Requirement Attributes - Prioritization Process - Change Management - Tailoring the Requirements Management Process
Requirements Structure
Specific - Measurable - Achievable - Relevant - Time-bound Objectives must be SMART.
General Purpose Applications & Specialized Applications
48. What are the inputs to the task - Verify Requirements?
Business Rules Analysis - Data Flow Diagrams - Process Modeling - Organization Modeling - Data Modeling
Requirements (Any Except Stated)
Operative Rules
Evaluation
49. 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.
Requirements Analysis
Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving - Behavioral Characteristics - Business Knowledge - Communication Skills - Interaction Skills - Software Application
Trustworthiness
Coverage Matrix - Table or spreadsheet used to manage tracing.
50. What is the output of the task Plan Requirements Management Process?
Requirements Analysis
Key Performance Indicator (KPI )
Requirements Management Plan
Trustworthiness