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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning
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1. What is the output of the task Plan Requirements Management Process?
Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving
Document Elicitation Results task
Requirements Management Plan
Assumptions & Constraints
2. What techniques are used in the task Prepare for Elicitation?
Solution (Constructed) - Requirements (Prioritized and Validated)
Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Problem Tracking - Prototyping - Requirements Workshop - Survey/Questionnaire
Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Prototyping - Requirements Workshop - Survey/Questionnaire
Structured Walkthrough
3. What are some examples of stakeholder concerns?
Rolling Wave
Solution Approach
Analogous Estimation
Risk - assumptions - constraints - etc.
4. Checklist of characteristics to consider when considering non-functional requirements.
Strengths - Weaknesses
Root Cause Analysis
Reliability - Performance Efficiency - Operability - Security - Compatibility - Maintainability - Transferability
The Sponsor
5. A good indicator has 5 characteristics:
Problem Tracking
Solution (Constructed) - Requirements (Prioritized and Validated)
Clear - Relevant - Economical - Adequate - Quantifiable
Share - Enhance - Exploit
6. What is the output of the task - Verify Requirements?
Decision Analysis - Focus Groups - Observation - Survey/Questionnaire
Define Business Case
Requirements (Verified)
Confirm Elicitation Results
7. Knowing the dependencies and relationships between requirements helps when determining the sequence in which requirements are to be addressed. Common relations are:
Necessity - Effort - Subset - Cover - Value
Ongoing Cost versus Initial Investment - Opportunity Costs - Necessity - Sunk Costs
Tracing Requirements
Coverage Matrix - Table or spreadsheet used to manage tracing.
8. States the business need - identifies key stakeholders and briefly describes the positive impact that meeting the business need will have on those stakeholders.
Brainstorming
Problem or Vision Statement
Organize Requirements
Structured Walkthrough
9. What are the different types of learning styles?
Visual Learner - Auditory Learner - Kinesthetic Learner
Requirements (Maintained and Reusable)
Prepare for Elicitation - Conduct Elicitation Activity - Document Elicitation Results - Confirm Elicitation Results
Business Analysis Approach - Business Analysis Plan - Organizational Process Assets
10. What are the internal factors in a SWOT Analysis?
They describe what a solution must be capable of doing to meet the needs of one or more stakeholder groups
Strengths - Weaknesses
Business Analysis Performance Metrics - Business Analysis Plan - Organization Performance Standards - Requirements Management Plan
Requirements (Analyzed)
11. What are the techniques used in Plan Business Analysis Communication?
Define Transitional Requirements
Requirements Workshop - Structured Walkthrough
Structured Walkthrough
Business Need
12. What are the techniques used in the task Conduct Stakeholder Analysis?
Business Analysis Communication Plan - Organizational Process Assets - Requirements - Requirements Structure
Requirements Analysis
Interviews - Observation
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
13. What is the output of the task - Allocate Resources?
Requirements (Allocated)
Business Need
Acceptance - Transfer - Avoidance - Mitigation
Business Analysis Approach - Business Analysis Plan - Organizational Process Assets
14. What techniques are used in the task Manage Requirements Traceability?
Solution Performance Assessment
Problem Tracking - Risk Analysis
Clear - Relevant - Economical - Adequate - Quantifiable
Coverage Matrix - Table or spreadsheet used to manage tracing.
15. What should be considered when establishing a Change Management process?
Business Analysis Approach - Business Analysis Plan - Organizational Process Assets
Requirements Structure
Determine the Process - Who will Authorize Changes - Impact Analysis - Wording of the Request - Coordinate Prioritization of Change
Necessity - Effort - Subset - Cover - Value
16. What are the techniques used in the task - Determine Solution Approach?
Data Modeling
Benchmarking - Brainstorming - Decision Analysis - Estimation - SWOT Analysis - Feasibility Analysis
Requirements (Analyzed)
Requirements (Verified)
17. What are the techniques used in the task Confirm Elicitation Results?
Organizational Process Assets - Requirements (Stated) - Solution Scope
Business Requirements - Identified Defects - Solution Performance Metrics - Solution (Deployed)
Interviews - Observation
Benefits - Costs - Risk Assessment - Results Measurement
18. Organizational culture - Stakeholder preference - complexity - organizational maturity and availability of resources are all factors used to do what?
Horizontal Prototype
Requirements Package
Requirements Management Plan
Perform tailoring exercises
19. What are the techniques used in the task Conduct Elicitation Activity?
Plan Business Analysis Approach - Conduct Stakeholder Analysis - Plan Business Analysis Activities - Plan Business Analysis Communication - Plan Requirements Management Process - Manage BA Performance
Business Requirements - Identified Defects - Solution Performance Metrics - Solution (Deployed)
Delphi Estimation
Data Dictionary & Glossary - Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Prototyping - Requirements Workshops - Survey/Questionnaire
20. An important tool in defining the scope of work and developing estimates. Decomposes the project scope into smaller and smaller pieces - creating a hierarchy of work.
Elimination
General Purpose Applications & Specialized Applications
Focus Group
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
21. What are the inputs for the task Plan Business Analysis Activities?
Define Transitional Requirements
Business Principles & Practices
Business Analysis Approach - BA Performance Assessment - Organizational Process Assets - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities
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
22. What are the likely sources of transition requirements?
Business Domain - Corporate Culture & Environment - Skills of the Analyst - Requirement Deliverable
Implementation Approach
Data - Ongoing Work - Organizational Change
That they understand them and the current state the requirements are in
23. The purpose is to describe the required qualities of a system - such as its usability and performance characteristics.
Requirements (Stated - Unconfirmed) - Stakeholder Concerns (Unconfirmed)
Reliability - Validity - Timeliness
Scenario
Non-functional Requirements Analysis
24. 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.
Organizational Readiness Assessment - Requirements (Stated) - Solution (Deployed) - Solution (Designed)
Verify Requirements
Glossary
Requirements Structure
25. Most optimistic estimate; most pessimistic estimate; most likely estimate
Three-point Estimation
Requirements (Prioritized)
Stakeholder Lists - Roles & Responsibilities
Acceptance Criteria
26. What are the elements of the task - Define Solution Scope?
Solution Scope Definition - Implementation Approach - Dependencies
Conduct Elicitation Activity
Organizational Readiness Assessment
Prepare Requirements Package
27. What are the inputs for the task Prepare for Elicitation?
Business Analysis Communication Plan - Organizational Process Assets - Requirements - Requirements Structure
Business Need - Solution Scope & Business Case - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities
Reporting
Requirements (Verified)
28. Models a shallow - and possibly wide view of the system's functionality. It typically does not have any business logic running behind the visualization.
Problem Tracking - Risk Analysis
Horizontal Prototype
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Business Rules Analysis - Decision Analysis - Functional Decomposition - Process Modeling - Scenarios & Use Cases
Business Rule
29. Long-term - ongoing and qualitative statements of a state or condition that the organization is seeking to establish and maintain.
Prioritize Requirements - Organize Requirements - Specify & Model Requirements - Define Assumptions & Constraints - Verify Requirements - Validate Requirements
Goals
Requirements (Traced)
Business Domain - Corporate Culture & Environment - Skills of the Analyst - Requirement Deliverable
30. What are the techniques used in the task - Assess Capability Gaps?
Functional Decomposition - Interface Analysis - Scope Modeling - User Stories - Problem or Vision Statement
Organize Requirements
Document Analysis - SWOT Analysis
Share - Enhance - Exploit
31. Documents terms unique to a domain.
Validate Requirements
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
Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving - Behavioral Characteristics - Business Knowledge - Communication Skills - Interaction Skills - Software Application
Glossary
32. Define requirements for capabilities needed to move from an existing solution to a new solution.
Requirements Analysis
Define Transitional Requirements
Decision Analysis - Focus Groups - Observation - Survey/Questionnaire
Business Analysis Approach - BA Performance Assessment - Organizational Process Assets - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities
33. Elements identified for each activity and task.
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Data Flow Diagrams - Process Models - Focus Groups - Interviews - Survey/Questionnaire - Organizational Modeling - Problem Tracking - Risk Analysis - SWOT Analysis - Force Field Analysis
Requirements (Traced)
Business Analysis Approach - Business Analysis Plan - Organizational Process Assets - Stakeholder Lists - Roles & Responsibilities
Unique Number - Activity Description - Assumptions - Dependencies - Milestones
34. Involves assessing a situation - understanding it as fully as possible - and making judgments about possible solutions to the problem.
Solution Scope Definition - Implementation Approach - Dependencies
Requirements (Validated)
Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving
Business Rules Analysis - Data Flow Diagrams - Data Modeling - Functional Decomposition - Organizational Modeling - Process Modeling - Scenarios & Use Cases - Scope Modeling - User Stories
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.
Relationship to Time - Relationship to Task Completion - Relationship to Contracts - Relationships to Formal and Informal Authority
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Decision Analysis - Vendor Assessment
Verify Requirements
Benchmarking
36. Rules that the organization chooses to enforce as a matter of policy. They are intended to guide the actions of people working within the organization. They may oblige people to take certain actions - prevent people from taking actions - or prescribe
Data Flow Diagrams
Solution Assessment & Validation
Requirements (Allocated)
Operative Rules
37. What is the output of the task Conduct Elicitation Activity?
Elicitation
Operative Rules
Elicitation Results
Three-point Estimation
38. 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
Vendor Assessment
Rolling Wave
Benefits - Costs - Risk Assessment - Results Measurement
Conduct Elicitation Activity
39. Includes the standard definition of data elements - their meanings and allowable values.
Decision Analysis - Focus Groups - Observation - Survey/Questionnaire
Data Dictionary
Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring
Underlying Competencies
40. What are the techniques used in the task - Allocate Resources?
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Business Rules Analysis - Decision Analysis - Functional Decomposition - Process Modeling - Scenarios & Use Cases
Organizational Process Assets - Requirements (Stated) - Solution Scope
Formal requirements presentation to stakeholders
Assumptions & Constraints - Business Need - Solution Scope - Stakeholder Concerns
41. What are the tasks in the knowledge area - Requirements Analysis?
Use Case
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Problem Tracking - Structured Walkthrough - Checklists
Prioritize Requirements - Organize Requirements - Specify & Model Requirements - Define Assumptions & Constraints - Verify Requirements - Validate Requirements
Compliance with regulatory or other standards
42. What does RACI stand for?
Timeboxing
Responsible - Accountable - Consulted - Informed
Specific - Measurable - Achievable - Relevant - Time-bound Objectives must be SMART.
Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Problem Tracking - Prototyping - Requirements Workshop - Survey/Questionnaire
43. 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
Scope Modeling
Requirements - Requirements Management Plan
Requirements (Stated - Unconfirmed) - Stakeholder Concerns (Unconfirmed)
Business Analysis Communication Plan - Organizational Process Assets - Requirements - Requirements Structure
44. What are the inputs to the task Manage Business Analysis Performance?
Risk Analysis
Business Analysis Performance Metrics - Business Analysis Plan - Organization Performance Standards - Requirements Management Plan
Assumptions & Constraints
Cultural Assessment - Operational or Technical Assessment - Stakeholder Impact Analysis
45. What are the inputs to the task - Determine Solution Approach?
Business Need - Organizational Process Assets - Required Capabilities
Business Requirements - Stakeholder Requirements - Solution Requirements - Transition Requirements
Required Capabilities
Throw-away Prototype
46. Set of requirements that will be used to choose between multiple solutions.
Structural Rules
Evaluation Criteria
Solution Assessment & Validation
Requirements (Prioritized and Approved) - Solution (Designed) - Solution Scope
47. What is the output to the task - Evaluate Solution Performance?
Formal Documentation - Presentation - Model
Dependencies
Data Dictionary & Glossary
Solution Performance Assessment
48. What is the output of the task - Define Transition Requirements?
Requirements Management Plan
Acceptance & Evaluation Technique
Solution Assessment & Validation
Transition Requirements
49. 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.
Analogous Estimation
Visual Learner - Auditory Learner - Kinesthetic Learner
Business Goals & Objectives - Requirements (Stated)
Structural Rules
50. 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
Business Rules Analysis - Data Flow Diagrams - Data Modeling - Functional Decomposition - Organizational Modeling - Process Modeling - Scenarios & Use Cases - Scope Modeling - User Stories
Decision Analysis
Glossary
Requirements Management & Communication