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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

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1. Techniques used in the task Plan Requirements Management Process.






2. Name the 2 types of Software categories that assist in BA productivity.






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






4. 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.






5. What are the inputs to the task Manage Requirements Traceability?






6. 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.






7. What are the techniques used in Plan Business Analysis Communication?






8. 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.






9. Using this technique the business analyst has collected the deliverables - activities - tasks - and estimates from all the involved stakeholders and rolls them up to get a total for all the activities and tasks.






10. What is the output of the task - Maintain Requirements for Re-use?






11. What is the output of the Plan Business Analysis Approach?






12. The knowledge area that covers how BAs determine which activities are necessary in order to complete a business analysis effort.






13. 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.






14. What are the inputs to the task - Organize Requirements?






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






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






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






18. Approach to decision making that examines and models the possible consequences of different decisions. Make an optimal decision under conditions of uncertainty.






19. What is the output of the task - Determine Solution Approach?






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






21. Three types of organizational structures






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






23. What is the output of the task Plan Business Analysis Activities?






24. What is the output of the Manage Business Analysis Performance task?






25. What is a STAKEHOLDER requirement - according to the BABOK 2.0?






26. What is the output of the task Confirm Elicitation Results?






27. This knowledge area describes how the BA assesses proposed solutions and determines which solution best fits the business need - identifies gaps and shortcomings to solutions and determines necessary workarounds or changes to the solution.






28. Involves assessing a situation - understanding it as fully as possible - and making judgments about possible solutions to the problem.






29. 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.






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






31. What is the output of the task - Assess Capability Gaps?






32. Knowing the dependencies and relationships between requirements helps when determining the sequence in which requirements are to be addressed. Common relations are:






33. What is the output of the task Manage Solution Scope & Requirements?






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






35. What are the Cultural diversity issues that should be taken into account when planning communication?






36. 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






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






38. What are the Behavioral Characteristics a BA should exhibit?






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






40. Elicitation Results are the inputs for the ____________






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






42. 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 -






43. What should be considered when establishing a Change Management process?






44. Two types of conflict.






45. What are the tasks for the knowledge area - Requirements Management & Communication?






46. When a conflict arises between stakeholders on one or more documented requirements - the first thing that needs to take place is what?






47. Name some commonly used financial valuation techniques.






48. What are the inputs to the Plan Business Analysis Approach?






49. This knowledge area describes the behaviors - knowledge and other characteristics that support the effective performance of a BA.






50. 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.