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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

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1. What are the different types of learning styles?






2. What are the inputs for the task - Maintain Requirements for Re-use?






3. A structured examination of the aspects of a situation to establish the root causes and resulting effects of the problem. A critical element is to ensure that the current business thinking and processes are challenged. The purpose is to determine the






4. Maps the level of stakeholder influence and interest in a project.






5. This knowledge area describes the problem definition and analysis - business case development - feasibility studies and the definition of solution scope.






6. What are the techniques for the task - Verify Requirements?






7. Are used to model the logic of usage scenarios - by showing the information passed between objects in the system through the execution of the scenario. Shows how classes and objects interact during a scenario.






8. Elements of a Requirements Management Plan include?






9. Uses history as a basis for estimating. It is similar to analogous estimation - but is used not only for the top-down estimate - but for the detailed tasks as well.






10. 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.






11. What are the likely sources of transition requirements?






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






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






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






15. What are the tasks in the knowledge area - Requirements Analysis?






16. What are the inputs to the task - Validate Solution?






17. What knowledge area discusses the business analysis activities necessary to identify a business need - problem or opportunity - define the capture of the solution and justify the investment necessary to deliver the solution.






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






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






20. What are the attributes of a Data Model?






21. 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






22. What are the Composite Data Elements?






23. What is the output of the task Plan Requirements Management Process?






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






25. To assess the ability of a potential vendor to meet commitments regarding a product or service






26. 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






27. What are the techniques used in the task Manage Business Analysis Performance?






28. Elements identified for each activity and task.






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






30. Two types of conflict.






31. 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.






32. This task determines if an organization can justify the investment required to deliver a proposed solution.






33. Useful for ensuring that all stakeholders are in agreement on the format and content of relevant information. Capturing these definitions in a single model ensures that these terms will be used consistently.






34. What are the elements of Communication Skills?






35. What are the strategies for a negative risk?






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






37. What are the output(s) of the task - Validate Solution?






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






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






40. What is the output of the task Document Elicitation Results?






41. 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.






42. What does RACI stand for?






43. Means of eliciting information from many people - sometimes anonymously - in a relatively short period of time






44. What is the output of the task - Communicate Requirements?






45. What are the inputs for the task - Define Solution Scope?






46. What are the characteristics of a Problem Record?






47. Allocate stakeholder and solution requirements among solution components and releases in order to maximize the possible business value given the options and alternatives generated by the design team.






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






49. Corrective or preventative measures uncovered while performing a Business Analysis Performance Assessment will result in changes to what plan?






50. Are used to describe the scope of analysis or the scope of a solution. Serve as a basis for defining and delimiting the scope of business analysis and project work. Allow the definition of a "complete" scope—that is - the boundaries of the scope corr