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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

Subjects : certifications, business-skills

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1. What are the techniques used in the task - Assess Proposed Solution?
That they understand them and the current state the requirements are in
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Decision Analysis - Vendor Assessment
Budgeting
Document Analysis - SWOT Analysis

2. A diagram indicating how involved the stakeholder is with the solution.
Absolute Reference - Author - Complexity - Ownership - Priority - Risks - Source - Stability - Status - Urgency
Interviews - Lessons Learned Process - Metrics and KPIs - Problem Tracking - Process Modeling - Root Cause Analysis - Survey/Questionnaire - Variance Analysis
Onion Diagram
Organizational Process Assets - Requirements (Stated) - Solution Scope

3. What are the different types of learning styles?
Visual Learner - Auditory Learner - Kinesthetic Learner
Business Requirements - Stakeholder Requirements - Solution Requirements - Transition Requirements
Automate or Simplify Work - Improve Access to Information - Reduce Complexity of Interfaces - Increase Consistency of Behavior - Eliminate Redundancy
Requirements Workshop

4. What is the output of the task - Assess Organizational Readiness?
Goals
Organizational Readiness Assessment - Requirements (Stated) - Solution (Deployed) - Solution (Designed)
MoSCoW Analysis
Organizational Readiness Assessment

5. When a requirement is changed - the BA can easily review all the related requirements and software components in order to understand the impact of the change.
Functional Decomposition
Metrics & KPIs
Impact Analysis
Business Analysis Approach

6. What are the attributes of a Data Model?
Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Problem Tracking - Prototyping - Requirements Workshop - Survey/Questionnaire
Name - Value/Meanings - Description
Throw-away Prototype
Solution Performance Assessment

7. What is the output of the task - Define Transition Requirements?
Problem Tracking - Baselining - Signoff
Transition Requirements
Assumptions & Constraints
Creative Thinking - Decision Making - Learning - Problem Solving - Systems Thinking

8. 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
Focus Group
Observation
Analogous Estimation
Business Analysis Communication Plan

9. A brief description of functionality that users need from a solution to meet a business objective. The goal they are trying to accomplish - and any additional information that may be critical to understanding the scope of the story.
Business Requirements - Identified Defects - Solution Performance Metrics - Solution (Deployed)
Benchmarking
Enterprise Analysis - often the starting point for initiating a new project
User Story

10. Involved motivating people to act in ways that enable them to work together to achieve shared goals and objectives.
Document Analysis - SWOT Analysis
Onion Diagram
Lessons Learned Process
Leadership

11. What are the tasks in Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring?
Plan Business Analysis Approach - Conduct Stakeholder Analysis - Plan Business Analysis Activities - Plan Business Analysis Communication - Plan Requirements Management Process - Manage BA Performance
Organize Requirements
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 (Prioritized and Approved) - Solution (Designed) - Solution Scope

12. 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.
State Diagrams
Root Cause Analysis
Business Analysis Plan
Business Need - Organizational Process Assets - Required Capabilities

13. 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.
Solution Assessment & Validation
Analogous Estimation
Decision Analysis
Define Business Case

14. This prototype extends the initial interface requirements into a fully functioning system and requires a specialized prototyping tool or language.
Functional Decomposition
Evolutionary or Functional Prototype
Business Goals & Objectives - Requirements (Stated)
The Business Analysis Communication Plan

15. Understanding of the business architecture of the organization that is being analyzed. Understanding business models (generates profit) - org structure - relationships between business units and the persons who occupy key stakeholder positions.
Perform tailoring exercises
Organizational Knowledge
Data Dictionary
Opportunity Cost

16. 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.
Elimination of Dominated Alternative - Ranking Objects on a Similar Scale
Influence on the project - organizational - project health and other stakeholders
Strengths - Weaknesses
Requirements Workshop

17. Three key factors when assessing the quality of indicators and their metrics
Reliability - Validity - Timeliness
Activity List
Solution Scope Definition - Implementation Approach - Dependencies
Cultural Assessment - Operational or Technical Assessment - Stakeholder Impact Analysis

18. Provides an organized approach to tracking - management - and resolution of defects - issues - problems - and risks throughout business analysis activities. Management of issues is important so that they can be resolved in a timely manner to ensure s
Assumptions & Constraints
Prepare for Elicitation - Conduct Elicitation Activity - Document Elicitation Results - Confirm Elicitation Results
Problem Tracking
Elimination of Dominated Alternative - Ranking Objects on a Similar Scale

19. What are the internal factors in a SWOT Analysis?
Scheduled Resources - Supporting Materials
Organizational Readiness Assessment
Strengths - Weaknesses
Assess Organization Readiness

20. 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.
Document Analysis
Prepare Requirements Package
Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Prototyping - Requirements Workshop - Survey/Questionnaire
Advantages of a Data Dictionary & Glossary

21. 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.
Business Analysis Plan
Historic Analysis
Stakeholder Lists - Roles & Responsibilities
Repository - Traceability - Requirement Attributes - Prioritization Process - Change Management - Tailoring the Requirements Management Process

22. What is the output of the task Conduct Stakeholder Analysis?
Problem Tracking - Baselining - Signoff
Requirements (Prioritized and Approved) - Solution (Designed) - Solution Scope
Use Case
Stakeholder Lists - Roles & Responsibilities

23. What are the techniques used in the task - Define Assumptions & Constraints?
Problem Tracking - Risk Analysis
Evaluate Solution Performance
Requirements (Any Except Stated)
Formal Documentation - Presentation - Model

24. What are the Composite Data Elements?
Requirements Structure
Visual Learner - Auditory Learner - Kinesthetic Learner
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
Sequences - Repetitions - Optional Elements

25. The goal of this task is to ensure that all requirements support the delivery of value to the business - fulfill its goal and objectives and meet a stakeholder need.
Validate Requirements
Onion Diagram
Requirements (Maintained and Reusable)
Confirm Elicitation Results

26. What is the output of the task - Verify Requirements?
Business Case; Stakeholder - Solution or Transition Requirements (Verified)
Requirements (Verified)
Customer
Estimation - Functional Decomposition - Risk Analysis

27. Documents terms unique to a domain.
Decision Analysis - Process Modeling - Structured Walkthrough
Requirements Structure
Glossary
Evaluate Solution Performance

28. The goal of this task is to meet with stakeholder(s) to gather information regarding their needs.
Verify Requirements
Conduct Elicitation Activity
Requirements Analysis
Solution Scope

29. Corrective or preventative measures uncovered while performing a Business Analysis Performance Assessment will result in changes to what plan?
General Purpose Applications & Specialized Applications
Activity List
Define Business Need - Access Capability Gaps - Determine Solution Approach - Define Solution Scope - Define Business Case
Business Analysis Plan

30. This technique shows how information is input - processed - stored and output from a system in a visual representation.
Solution Assessment & Validation
Data Flow Diagrams
Requirements (Prioritized)
Sequence Diagrams

31. What is the output of the task - Organize Requirements?
Requirements Structure
Benchmarking
Requirements Workshop
Influence on the project - organizational - project health and other stakeholders

32. What are the inputs to the task - Define Business Need?
Business Goals & Objectives - Requirements (Stated)
Business Analysis Approach - BA Performance Assessment - Organizational Process Assets - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Unique Number - Activity Description - Assumptions - Dependencies - Milestones

33. What are the inputs of the task Plan Business Analysis Communication?
Decision Making
Business Analysis Approach - Business Analysis Plan - Organizational Process Assets - Stakeholder Lists - Roles & Responsibilities
Sequences - Repetitions - Optional Elements
Conduct Elicitation Activity

34. Two effective trade-off methods.
Elimination of Dominated Alternative - Ranking Objects on a Similar Scale
Requirements (Traced)
Decision Analysis - Focus Groups - Observation - Survey/Questionnaire
Validate Requirements

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
They describe what a solution must be capable of doing to meet the needs of one or more stakeholder groups
Evaluation
Problem or Vision Statement

36. What are the elements of Communication Skills?
Oral Communications - Teaching - Written Communication
Analogous Estimation
Organize Requirements
Coverage Matrix - Table or spreadsheet used to manage tracing.

37. What is the output of the task - Assess Proposed Solution?
Assessment of Proposed Solution
Business Domain - Corporate Culture & Environment - Skills of the Analyst - Requirement Deliverable
Organizational Process Assets - Requirements (Stated) - Solution Scope
Business Need - Expert Judgment - Organizational Process Assets

38. This knowledge area describes the problem definition and analysis - business case development - feasibility studies and the definition of solution scope.
Vendor Assessment
Enterprise Analysis
Risk - assumptions - constraints - etc.
Requirements Management & Communication

39. Benefits that could have been achieved with an alternative investment rather than this one.
Required Capabilities
Creative Thinking - Decision Making - Learning - Problem Solving - Systems Thinking
Observation
Opportunity Cost

40. What is the output of the task - Prioritize Requirements?
Benchmarking
Scenarios & Use Cases
Decision Analysis - Risk Analysis - MoSCoW Analysis - Timeboxing/Budgeting - Voting
Requirements (Prioritized)

41. What are the tasks for the knowledge area - Requirements Management & Communication?
Manage Solution Scope & Requirements - Manage Requirements Traceability - Maintain Requirements for Re-use - Prepare Requirements Package - Communicate Requirements
Business Need - Expert Judgment - Organizational Process Assets
Lessons Learned Process
Formal Documentation - Presentation - Model

42. Who is the primary stakeholder in the Define Business Case task?
The Sponsor
Assumptions & Constraints - Business Need - Solution Scope - Stakeholder Concerns
Requirements (Stated) - Stakeholder Concerns
Brings them to a Communication on understanding

43. This knowledge area describes the behaviors - knowledge and other characteristics that support the effective performance of a BA.
Business Analysis Process Assets
Underlying Competencies
Risk - assumptions - constraints - etc.
Impact Analysis

44. What are the techniques used in Plan Business Analysis Approach?
Coverage Matrix - Table or spreadsheet used to manage tracing.
Evaluation
Requirements Analysis
Decision Analysis - Process Modeling - Structured Walkthrough

45. 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
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Data Flow Diagrams - Process Models - Focus Groups - Interviews - Survey/Questionnaire - Organizational Modeling - Problem Tracking - Risk Analysis - SWOT Analysis - Force Field Analysis
Decision Analysis
Timeboxing
Requirements Management & Communication

46. Techniques used in the task Plan Requirements Management Process.
Assumptions & Constraints - Required Capabilities - Solution Approach
Emotional and Cognitive
Decision Analysis - Problem Tacking - Risk Analysis
Requirements (Stated) - Stakeholder Concerns

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.
Transition Requirements
Allocate Requirements
Observation
Rolling Wave

48. What are the inputs to the task - Determine Solution Approach?
Business Need - Organizational Process Assets - Required Capabilities
Problem Tracking - Baselining - Signoff
Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving - Behavioral Characteristics - Business Knowledge - Communication Skills - Interaction Skills - Software Application
Non-functional Requirements Analysis

49. What are the characteristics of quality for a requirements?
Conduct Elicitation Activity
Cohesive - Complete - Consistent - Correct - Feasible - Modifiable - Unambiguous - Testable
Ethics - Trustworthiness - Personal Organization
Oral Communications - Teaching - Written Communication

50. Three types of organizational structures
All
Business Analysis Communication Plan - Requirements - Requirements Package
Functions - Markets - Matrix
Prioritize Requirements - Organize Requirements - Specify & Model Requirements - Define Assumptions & Constraints - Verify Requirements - Validate Requirements