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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning
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1. Knowing the dependencies and relationships between requirements helps when determining the sequence in which requirements are to be addressed. Common relations are:
Sequences - Repetitions - Optional Elements
Solution Assessment & Validation
Necessity - Effort - Subset - Cover - Value
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Data Flow Diagrams - Process Models - Focus Groups - Interviews - Survey/Questionnaire - Organizational Modeling - Problem Tracking - Risk Analysis - SWOT Analysis - Force Field Analysis
2. What are the tasks in Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring?
Expert Judgment
Plan Business Analysis Approach - Conduct Stakeholder Analysis - Plan Business Analysis Activities - Plan Business Analysis Communication - Plan Requirements Management Process - Manage BA Performance
Requirements Analysis
Define Business Need - Access Capability Gaps - Determine Solution Approach - Define Solution Scope - Define Business Case
3. What does RACI stand for?
Responsible - Accountable - Consulted - Informed
Underlying Competencies
This person will be involved in monitoring the performance and effectiveness of a solution or its components.
Formal requirements presentation to stakeholders
4. What is the output to the task - Evaluate Solution Performance?
Requirements 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
Data Modeling
Solution Performance Assessment
5. Two techniques used in Root Cause Analysis?
Implementation SME
Requirements (Allocated)
Organize Requirements
Fishbone Diagram - Five Whys
6. This prototype seeks to quickly uncover and clarify interface requirements using simple tools - sometimes just paper and pencil. The focus is on functionality that is not easily elicited by other techniques - has conflicting viewpoints - or is diffic
Business Policy
Enterprise Architecture - Solution Scope - Solution (Designed) - Stakeholder Concerns
Throw-away Prototype
Interface Analysis
7. Gathering information relevant to a decision - breaking down the information relevant to a decision - making comparisons and tradeoffs between similar and dissimilar options and identifying the option that is most desirable.
Reliability - Validity - Timeliness
Decision Analysis
Assessment of Proposed Solution
Elicitation Results
8. 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.
Problem Tracking
Allocate Requirements
Leadership
Advantages of a Data Dictionary & Glossary
9. 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.
Share - Enhance - Exploit
Cognitive Conflict
Allocate Requirements
Facilitation & Negotiation - Leadership & Influencing - Teamwork
10. What is the output of the task Plan Requirements Management Process?
Requirements Management Plan
The Business Analysis Communication Plan
Responsible - Accountable - Consulted - Informed
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
11. What is the output of the task Manage Solution Scope & Requirements?
Requirements (Approved)
Name - Value/Meanings - Description
Ethics
Discounted Cash Flow - Net Present Value - Internal Rate of Return - Average Rate of Return - Pay Back Period - Cost-Benefit Analysis
12. 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.
Impact Analysis
Determine the Process - Who will Authorize Changes - Impact Analysis - Wording of the Request - Coordinate Prioritization of Change
Activity List
Sequence Diagrams
13. 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.
Historic Analysis
Requirements (Stated - Confirmed) - Stakeholder Concerns (Confirmed)
Define Business Case
To record the conflict in the Requirements Issues Log.
14. What are the inputs to the task - Specify & Model Requirements?
Budgeting
Requirements (Stated) - Requirements Structure
Business Goals & Objectives - Requirements (Stated)
Organizational Process Assets - Requirements
15. Investigating how a solution is actually used after it is deployed and assessing the effect it has had - both positive and negative.
Requirements Workshop
Evaluate Solution Performance
Structured Walkthrough
Requirements (Prioritized and Approved) - Solution (Designed) - Solution Scope
16. A means to elicit ideas and attitudes about a specific product - service or opportunity in an interactive group environment. The participants share their impressions - preferences and needs - guided by a moderator. - Effective for learning people's a
Advantages of a Data Dictionary & Glossary
Stakeholder Lists - Roles & Responsibilities
Business Case; Stakeholder - Solution or Transition Requirements (Verified)
Focus Group
17. List 3 possible forms of a requirements packages.
Business Analysis Approach - Business Analysis Plan - Organizational Process Assets
Stakeholder Concerns
Reporting
Formal Documentation - Presentation - Model
18. What is a STAKEHOLDER requirement - according to the BABOK 2.0?
A statement of the needs of a particular stakeholder or class of stakeholders
Reporting
Primary stakeholders in the Organize Requirements task
Assumptions & Constraints
19. What are the inputs to the task Conduct Stakeholder Analysis?
Business Need - Enterprise Architecture - Organizational Process Assets
Decision Analysis - Problem Tacking - Risk Analysis
Oral Communications - Teaching - Written Communication
System
20. What are the factors of influence by stakeholders on a project?
Rolling Wave
Necessity - Effort - Subset - Cover - Value
Influence on the project - organizational - project health and other stakeholders
Three-point Estimation
21. The goal of this task is validate that the stated requirements expressed by the stakeholder match the stakeholder's understanding of the problem and the stakeholder's needs. Analyst's understanding conforms to the actual desire or intentions of the s
Requirements - Requirements Management Plan
Tracing Requirements
Bottom-up Estimation
Confirm Elicitation Results
22. What are the different types of learning styles?
Visual Learner - Auditory Learner - Kinesthetic Learner
Formal requirements presentation to stakeholders
Problem or Vision Statement
Necessity - Effort - Subset - Cover - Value
23. The goal of this task is to meet with stakeholder(s) to gather information regarding their needs.
Opportunity Cost
Conduct Elicitation Activity
Evaluate Solution Performance
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
24. What are the techniques used in the task - Determine Solution Approach?
Tracing Requirements
Benchmarking - Brainstorming - Decision Analysis - Estimation - SWOT Analysis - Feasibility Analysis
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Business Rules Analysis - Decision Analysis - Functional Decomposition - Process Modeling - Scenarios & Use Cases
Repository - Traceability - Requirement Attributes - Prioritization Process - Change Management - Tailoring the Requirements Management Process
25. A requirement that does not deliver direct or indirect value to a stakeholder is a strong candidate for what?
Elimination
Requirements (Any Except Stated)
Requirements (Stated - Confirmed) - Stakeholder Concerns (Confirmed)
The Sponsor
26. When performing root cause analysis as part of the Validate Solution task - what stakeholder may be involved?
Problem Solving
Business Analysis Communication Plan - Organizational Process Assets - Requirements - Requirements Structure
Implementation SME
Decision Analysis - Estimation - Metrics & KPIs - Risk Analysis - SWOT Analysis - Vendor Assessment
27. 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.
Formal Documentation - Presentation - Model
Data Modeling
Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Problem Tracking - Prototyping - Requirements Workshop - Survey/Questionnaire
Opportunity Cost
28. What are the techniques used in the task Manage Business Analysis Performance?
Observation
Interviews - Lessons Learned Process - Metrics and KPIs - Problem Tracking - Process Modeling - Root Cause Analysis - Survey/Questionnaire - Variance Analysis
Organization Modeling
Cohesive - Complete - Consistent - Correct - Feasible - Modifiable - Unambiguous - Testable
29. What are the Composite Data Elements?
Business Rules Analysis
Prepare Requirements Package
Sequences - Repetitions - Optional Elements
Onion Diagram
30. What is the output of the task - Validate Requirements?
Stakeholder Concerns
Enterprise Architecture - Solution Scope - Solution (Designed) - Stakeholder Concerns
Requirements (Validated)
Business Policy
31. What are the characteristics of a Problem Record?
Business Requirements - Identified Defects - Solution Performance Metrics - Solution (Deployed)
Personal Organization
Systems Thinking
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
32. What are the inputs to the task - Allocate Resources?
Requirements (Prioritized and Approved) - Solution (Designed) - Solution Scope
Monitoring
Stakeholder Matrix - Onion Diagram
Problem Solving
33. Includes the standard definition of data elements - their meanings and allowable values.
Data Dictionary
Requirements Workshop - Structured Walkthrough
Business Analysis Plan
Delphi Estimation
34. Techniques used in the task Plan Requirements Management Process.
Business Need - Solution Scope & Business Case - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities
Decision Analysis - Problem Tacking - Risk Analysis
Budgeting
Evolutionary or Functional Prototype
35. This will impose constraints to the effort to deploy the solution - including relationships that may exist between solution components.
Evaluation Criteria
Data - Ongoing Work - Organizational Change
Dependencies
Business Rule
36. What are the inputs to the task - Validate Requirements?
Business Case; Stakeholder - Solution or Transition Requirements (Verified)
Solution Scope
Organizational Readiness Assessment
Requirements (Prioritized)
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
Compliance with regulatory or other standards
Elimination
Decision Analysis
Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Problem Tracking - Prototyping - Requirements Workshop - Survey/Questionnaire
38. What are the inputs to the task - Organize Requirements?
Assess Organization Readiness
Facilitation & Negotiation - Leadership & Influencing - Teamwork
Define Transitional Requirements
Organizational Process Assets - Requirements (Stated) - Solution Scope
39. This knowledge area describes the problem definition and analysis - business case development - feasibility studies and the definition of solution scope.
Business Need - Enterprise Architecture - Organizational Process Assets
Lessons Learned Process
Unique Number - Activity Description - Assumptions - Dependencies - Milestones
Enterprise Analysis
40. What are the techniques used in the task - Validate Solution?
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Problem Tracking - Root Cause Analysis
Impact Analysis
Assumptions & Constraints - Business Need - Solution Scope - Stakeholder Concerns
Glossary
41. What are the likely sources of transition requirements?
A statement of the needs of a particular stakeholder or class of stakeholders
Evaluation
Assumptions & Constraints - Requirements (Prioritized and Approved) - Solution Options
Data - Ongoing Work - Organizational Change
42. What does SMART stand for?
Specific - Measurable - Achievable - Relevant - Time-bound Objectives must be SMART.
Ethics
Organization Modeling
Tracing Requirements
43. What is the output of the task - Specify & Model Requirements?
Interviews
Requirements (Analyzed)
Horizontal Prototype
Requirements (Traced)
44. 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.
Elimination
Analogous Estimation
Solution Assessment & Validation
MoSCoW Analysis
45. A formal written specification with possible walk-thru - an informal one is possibly verbal or email Communication
Cognitive Conflict
Benefits - Costs - Risk Assessment - Results Measurement
Formal requirements presentation to stakeholders
Scenario
46. Industry Knowledge - Organization Knowledge - Solution Knowledge What are the elements of Business Knowledge?
Business Requirements - Identified Defects - Solution Performance Metrics - Solution (Deployed)
Lessons Learned Process
Responsible - Accountable - Consulted - Informed
Business Principles & Practices
47. The purpose is to describe the required qualities of a system - such as its usability and performance characteristics.
Use Case
Advantages of a Data Dictionary & Glossary
Non-functional Requirements Analysis
Evolutionary or Functional Prototype
48. A means to elicit requirements by studying available documentation on existing and comparable solutions and identifying relevant information. - Not starting from a blank page.- Leveraging existing materials to discover and/or confirm requirements. -
Enterprise Architecture - Solution Scope - Solution (Designed) - Stakeholder Concerns
Interviews - Lessons Learned Process - Metrics and KPIs - Problem Tracking - Process Modeling - Root Cause Analysis - Survey/Questionnaire - Variance Analysis
Document Analysis
Business Need - Organizational Process Assets - Required Capabilities
49. 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?
Define Business Case
Required Capabilities
Impact Analysis - Requirements Coverage - Requirements Allocation
Visual Learner - Auditory Learner - Kinesthetic Learner
50. What are some examples of stakeholder concerns?
Share - Enhance - Exploit
Name - Value/Meanings - Description
Data Dictionary
Risk - assumptions - constraints - etc.