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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning
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1. What are the techniques used in the task - Determine Solution Approach?
Term and Fact Model
Requirements Documentation - Requirements for Vendor Selection
Data Dictionary
Benchmarking - Brainstorming - Decision Analysis - Estimation - SWOT Analysis - Feasibility Analysis
2. 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.
Decision Analysis
Business Analysis Plan
Use Case
Timeboxing
3. 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
Requirements - Requirements Management Plan
Operative Rules
Cultural Assessment - Operational or Technical Assessment - Stakeholder Impact Analysis
Decision Analysis
4. 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.
Enterprise Analysis - often the starting point for initiating a new project
Business Rules Analysis
Business Rules Analysis - Data Flow Diagrams - Process Modeling - Organization Modeling - Data Modeling
Business Analysis Performance Metrics - Business Analysis Plan - Organization Performance Standards - Requirements Management Plan
5. Includes the standard definition of data elements - their meanings and allowable values.
Decision Analysis - Focus Groups - Observation - Survey/Questionnaire
Problem Tracking
Data Dictionary
Strengths - Weaknesses
6. When a conflict arises between stakeholders on one or more documented requirements - the first thing that needs to take place is what?
Requirements Analysis
Data Dictionary & Glossary
Requirements (Traced)
To record the conflict in the Requirements Issues Log.
7. Shows how the behavior of a concept - entity or object changes in response to events during its lifetime - and defines which events cause a transition between those states.
Acceptance - Transfer - Avoidance - Mitigation
Delphi Estimation
Benefits - Costs - Risk Assessment - Results Measurement
State Diagrams
8. What are the inputs to the task - Organize Requirements?
Business Need - Enterprise Architecture - Solution Performance Assessment
Underlying Competencies
Organizational Process Assets - Requirements (Stated) - Solution Scope
Organizational Readiness Assessment - Requirements (Stated) - Solution (Deployed) - Solution (Designed)
9. 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.
Transition Requirements
Data Dictionary & Glossary - Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Prototyping - Requirements Workshops - Survey/Questionnaire
Interface Analysis
Organize Requirements
10. Business rules require a defined glossary of terms and an understanding of the relationships between them - this is known as:
Term and Fact Model
Requirements (Stated - Confirmed) - Stakeholder Concerns (Confirmed)
Activity List
Business Analysis Approach - Business Analysis Plan - Organizational Process Assets - Stakeholder Lists - Roles & Responsibilities
11. What are the inputs for the task Confirm Elicitation Results?
Solution Assessment & Validation
Requirements (Stated - Unconfirmed) - Stakeholder Concerns (Unconfirmed)
Operative Rules
Oral Communications - Teaching - Written Communication
12. The goal of this task is to meet with stakeholder(s) to gather information regarding their needs.
Conduct Elicitation Activity
Risk - assumptions - constraints - etc.
Business Analysis Process Assets
Name - Aliases - Values/Meanings - Description
13. Strengths - Weaknesses - Opportunities - Threats - A valuable tool to quickly analyze various aspects of the current state of the business process undergoing change.
Sequences - Repetitions - Optional Elements
Reliability - Validity - Timeliness
SWOT Analysis
Define Business Case
14. What describes how - when and why the business analyst will work with stakeholders?
The Business Analysis Communication Plan
Requirements (Prioritized)
Organizational Knowledge
Observation
15. The minimum set of requirements that must be met in order for a particular solution to be worth implementing.
Estimation
Conduct Elicitation Activity
Acceptance Criteria
Prioritize Requirements - Organize Requirements - Specify & Model Requirements - Define Assumptions & Constraints - Verify Requirements - Validate Requirements
16. What are the Cultural diversity issues that should be taken into account when planning communication?
Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring
Validate Solution
Relationship to Time - Relationship to Task Completion - Relationship to Contracts - Relationships to Formal and Informal Authority
User Story
17. While eliciting requirements it is important to guard against scope creep - This activity will ensure that the requirements should be included since they meet the business goal/objectives.
Sequence Diagrams
Historic Analysis
Requirements (Validated)
Tracing Requirements
18. 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.
Cultural Assessment - Operational or Technical Assessment - Stakeholder Impact Analysis
Expert Judgment
Decision Analysis - Focus Groups - Observation - Survey/Questionnaire
Requirements (Stated) - Requirements Structure
19. What is a STAKEHOLDER requirement - according to the BABOK 2.0?
Document Elicitation Results task
Required Capabilities
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Data Flow Diagrams - Process Models - Focus Groups - Interviews - Survey/Questionnaire - Organizational Modeling - Problem Tracking - Risk Analysis - SWOT Analysis - Force Field Analysis
A statement of the needs of a particular stakeholder or class of stakeholders
20. A specific - actionable - testable directive that is under the control of an organization and supports a business policy.
Business Requirements - Stakeholder Requirements - Solution Requirements - Transition Requirements
Business Analysis Performance Assessment - Business Analysis Process Assets - Includes a comparison of planned versus actual performance - understanding the root cause of variances from the plan and other information to help understand the level of
Business Rule
Cognitive Conflict
21. What are the inputs to the task Manage Business Analysis Performance?
Leadership
Business Analysis Performance Metrics - Business Analysis Plan - Organization Performance Standards - Requirements Management Plan
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Problem Tracking - Root Cause Analysis
Problem Tracking
22. What are the factors of influence by stakeholders on a project?
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Problem Tracking - Structured Walkthrough - Checklists
Influence on the project - organizational - project health and other stakeholders
Requirements Structure
Define Business Case
23. What are the inputs to the task - Assess Organizational Readiness?
Decision Analysis - Process Modeling - Structured Walkthrough
Enterprise Architecture - Solution Scope - Solution (Designed) - Stakeholder Concerns
Requirements Structure
Formal Documentation - Presentation - Model
24. What are the classifications used to describe requirements
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Metrics & KPIs - Prototyping - Risk Analysis - Structured Walkthrough
Business Requirements - Stakeholder Requirements - Solution Requirements - Transition Requirements
Interviews - Lessons Learned Process - Metrics and KPIs - Problem Tracking - Process Modeling - Root Cause Analysis - Survey/Questionnaire - Variance Analysis
Business Analysis Communication Plan
25. What are the general modeling concepts that are relevant to business analysis?
Risk - assumptions - constraints - etc.
User Classes - Profiles or Roles; Concepts & Relationships - Events - Processes - Rules
System
Scenarios & Use Cases
26. Checklist of characteristics to consider when considering non-functional requirements.
Reliability - Performance Efficiency - Operability - Security - Compatibility - Maintainability - Transferability
Business Need - Enterprise Architecture - Organizational Process Assets
They describe what a solution must be capable of doing to meet the needs of one or more stakeholder groups
Solution Scope Definition - Implementation Approach - Dependencies
27. What are the inputs to the task - Allocate Resources?
Requirements (Prioritized and Approved) - Solution (Designed) - Solution Scope
Benchmarking - Brainstorming - Business Rules Analysis - Focus Groups - Functional Decomposition - Root Cause Analysis
Visual Learner - Auditory Learner - Kinesthetic Learner
Risk Analysis
28. 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.
Observation
Clear - Relevant - Economical - Adequate - Quantifiable
Repository - Traceability - Requirement Attributes - Prioritization Process - Change Management - Tailoring the Requirements Management Process
Business Rules Analysis - Data Flow Diagrams - Data Modeling - Functional Decomposition - Organizational Modeling - Process Modeling - Scenarios & Use Cases - Scope Modeling - User Stories
29. What are the techniques used in the task - Evaluate Solution Performance?
Decision Analysis - Focus Groups - Observation - Survey/Questionnaire
Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring
Organize Requirements
Plan Business Analysis Approach - Conduct Stakeholder Analysis - Plan Business Analysis Activities - Plan Business Analysis Communication - Plan Requirements Management Process - Manage BA Performance
30. What are the techniques used in Plan Business Analysis Activities?
Benchmarking
Sequence Diagrams
Reliability - Validity - Timeliness
Estimation - Functional Decomposition - Risk Analysis
31. A non-actionable directive that supports a business goal.
Business Policy
Ethics - Trustworthiness - Personal Organization
Solution Approach
They describe what a solution must be capable of doing to meet the needs of one or more stakeholder groups
32. Knowing the dependencies and relationships between requirements helps when determining the sequence in which requirements are to be addressed. Common relations are:
Acceptance Criteria
Problem or Vision Statement
Necessity - Effort - Subset - Cover - Value
Personal Organization
33. 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.
Sequence Diagrams
Scheduled Resources - Supporting Materials
Advantages of a Data Dictionary & Glossary
Interviews - Lessons Learned Process - Metrics and KPIs - Problem Tracking - Process Modeling - Root Cause Analysis - Survey/Questionnaire - Variance Analysis
34. The BA is a stakeholder in ______ business analysis activities.
All
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Decision Analysis - Vendor Assessment
Clear - Relevant - Economical - Adequate - Quantifiable
Brings them to a Communication on understanding
35. What are the techniques used in the task Document Elicitation Results?
Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Problem Tracking - Prototyping - Requirements Workshop - Survey/Questionnaire
Prepare for Elicitation - Conduct Elicitation Activity - Document Elicitation Results - Confirm Elicitation Results
Document Analysis
Brainstorming
36. Name the 2 types of Software categories that assist in BA productivity.
Define Business Need - Access Capability Gaps - Determine Solution Approach - Define Solution Scope - Define Business Case
General Purpose Applications & Specialized Applications
Impact Analysis
Requirements (Allocated)
37. A formal written specification with possible walk-thru - an informal one is possibly verbal or email Communication
Name - Aliases - Values/Meanings - Description
Formal requirements presentation to stakeholders
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Problem Tracking - Root Cause Analysis
Requirements (Stated - Unconfirmed) - Stakeholder Concerns (Unconfirmed)
38. What are the inputs to the task - Communicate Requirements?
All
Necessity - Effort - Subset - Cover - Value
Business Analysis Communication Plan - Requirements - Requirements Package
Enterprise Analysis
39. Are written to describe how an actor interacts with a solution to accomplish one or more of that actor's goals - or to respond to an event.
Vertical Prototype
Scenarios & Use Cases
Organize Requirements
Dependencies
40. Details user interface requirements and integrates them with other requirements such as use cases - scenarios - data and business rules. Stakeholders often find this to be a concrete means of identifying - describing and validating their interface ne
Primary stakeholders in the Organize Requirements task
Throw-away Prototype
Prototyping
Formal Documentation - Presentation - Model
41. What are the techniques used in the task - Validate Requirements?
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Metrics & KPIs - Prototyping - Risk Analysis - Structured Walkthrough
Interviews
Business Need - Solution Scope & Business Case - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities
Business Case
42. What is the output of the Manage Business Analysis Performance task?
Business Analysis Performance Metrics - Business Analysis Plan - Organization Performance Standards - Requirements Management Plan
Business Analysis Performance Assessment - Business Analysis Process Assets - Includes a comparison of planned versus actual performance - understanding the root cause of variances from the plan and other information to help understand the level of
Creative Thinking - Decision Making - Learning - Problem Solving - Systems Thinking
Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving
43. 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.
Cohesive - Complete - Consistent - Correct - Feasible - Modifiable - Unambiguous - Testable
Learning
Bottom-up Estimation
Benchmarking
44. What are the inputs for the task Plan Business Analysis Activities?
Business Analysis Plan
Responsible - Accountable - Consulted - Informed
Business Analysis Approach - BA Performance Assessment - Organizational Process Assets - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities
Name - Value/Meanings - Description
45. What are the techniques used in the task - Validate Solution?
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Problem Tracking - Root Cause Analysis
Horizontal Prototype
Requirements (Analyzed)
Business Goals & Objectives - Requirements (Stated)
46. What are the techniques used in the task Conduct Elicitation Activity?
Unique Number - Activity Description - Assumptions - Dependencies - Milestones
Data Dictionary & Glossary - Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Prototyping - Requirements Workshops - Survey/Questionnaire
Elimination
Decision Analysis - Problem Tacking - Risk Analysis
47. What are the techniques used in the task - Assess Organizational Readiness?
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Data Flow Diagrams - Process Models - Focus Groups - Interviews - Survey/Questionnaire - Organizational Modeling - Problem Tracking - Risk Analysis - SWOT Analysis - Force Field Analysis
Personal Organization
Scenario
System
48. 7 knowledge areas of ________ : Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring - Elicitation - Requirements Management & Communication - Enterprise Analysis - Requirements Analysis - Solution Assessment & Validation - Underlying Competencies
BABOK
Assumptions & Constraints - Required Capabilities - Solution Approach
Business Case; Stakeholder - Solution or Transition Requirements (Verified)
Requirements (Stated - Confirmed) - Stakeholder Concerns (Confirmed)
49. Domain SME - End User - Implementation SME - and Sponsor: They Affected by analysis techniques used to organize requirements since they need to verify and validate the requirements.
Business Need - Solution Scope & Business Case - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities
Requirements Management Plan - Solution Scope - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities - Stakeholder/Solution or Transition Requirements (Communicated or Traced)
Decision Analysis - Estimation - Metrics & KPIs - Risk Analysis - SWOT Analysis - Vendor Assessment
Primary stakeholders in the Organize Requirements task
50. What are the inputs to the task Manage Solution Scope & Requirements?
Assess Proposed Solution - Allocate Requirements - Assess Organizational Readiness - Define Transition Requirements - Validate Solution - Evaluate Solution Performance
Communicated Requirements
Requirements Management Plan - Solution Scope - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities - Stakeholder/Solution or Transition Requirements (Communicated or Traced)
Interviews - Observation