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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

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1. A structured way to capture requirements. May be used to scope - discover - define - prioritize and reach closure on requirements for the target system. Considered one of the most effective ways to deliver high quality requirements quickly.






2. Describes all the possible outcomes of an attempt to accomplish a particular goal that the solution will support.






3. What is the output of the task - Validate Requirements?






4. What are the tasks of the Elicitation Knowledge Area?






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






6. Industry Knowledge - Organization Knowledge - Solution Knowledge What are the elements of Business Knowledge?






7. A package should contain a consistent - cohesive and coherent set of requirements. This describes the ____________.






8. What are the techniques used in the task Define Business Need?






9. What describes how - when and why the business analyst will work with stakeholders?






10. The purpose is to compile and document successes - opportunities for improvement - failures - and recommendations for improving the performance of future projects or project phases






11. What are the techniques used in the task Manage Solution Scope & Requirements?






12. A good indicator has 5 characteristics:






13. 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 -






14. What are the elements of the task Plan Requirements Management Process?






15. Organizational culture - Stakeholder preference - complexity - organizational maturity and availability of resources are all factors used to do what?






16. 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.






17. What are the techniques used in the task Conduct Stakeholder Analysis?






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






19. What stakeholder receives noticeable negative impact if information is incorrectly transferred from the old to new solution?






20. What techniques are used in the task Prepare for Elicitation?






21. 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






22. The goal of this task is to create a set of views of the requirements for the new business solution that are comprehensive - complete - consistent and understood from all stakeholder perspectives.






23. What are the techniques used in the task Document Elicitation Results?






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






25. What are the general modeling concepts that are relevant to business analysis?






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






27. What are the inputs to the task - Allocate Resources?






28. Requires the team to focus on examining the premises - assumptions - observations and expectations of the team members. This type of conflict can have a beneficial effect of strengthening the foundations of the analysis and the solution.






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






30. This task ensures that requirement specifications and models meet the necessary standard of quality to allow them to be used effectively to guide further work. Requirements have been defined correctly.






31. What are some of the key variables used in determining the priority of a requirement?






32. Documents terms unique to a domain.






33. A means of eliciting requirements by conducting an assessment of the stakeholder's work environment. This technique is appropriate when documenting details about current processes or if the project is intended to enhance or change a current process.






34. To identify and manage areas of uncertainty that can impact an initiative - solution - or organization.






35. 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






36. This task describes the work required to decide which formats are appropriate for a particular project and its stakeholders. The requirements must be clear - concise - accurate and at the appropriate level of detail to assure clear understanding by t






37. What is the output of the task - Assess Organizational Readiness?






38. Involved motivating people to act in ways that enable them to work together to achieve shared goals and objectives.






39. Two types of conflict.






40. What is the output of the task Conduct Stakeholder Analysis?






41. Elicitation Results are the inputs for the ____________






42. Elements of a Requirements Management Plan include?






43. This technique represents the types of peoples - places - things and concepts that are important to the business - attributes associated with them and the significant business relationships among them.






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






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






46. 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.






47. Confidence in the problem solving process that a selected solution is correct - new solution options can be evaluated effectively using the problem solving framework - selected solutions meet the defined objectives and solve the underlying problem -






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






49. What are the techniques used in the task - Assess Capability Gaps?






50. 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.