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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

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1. Set of requirements that will be used to choose between multiple solutions.
Evaluation Criteria
Stakeholder Concerns
Requirements - Requirements Management Plan
Problem or Vision Statement

2. What are the inputs to the task - Define Assumption & Constraints?
MoSCoW Analysis
Stakeholder Concerns
Risk Analysis
Brings them to a Communication on understanding

3. What are the inputs to the task - Define Business Case?
State Diagrams
Document Elicitation Results task
Assumptions & Constraints - Business Need - Solution Scope - Stakeholder Concerns
Responsible - Accountable - Consulted - Informed

4. Three types of organizational structures
Solution Scope
Personal Organization
Organizational Readiness Assessment
Functions - Markets - Matrix

5. What are the inputs to the task Manage Solution Scope & Requirements?
Requirements Management Plan - Solution Scope - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities - Stakeholder/Solution or Transition Requirements (Communicated or Traced)
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
Decision Analysis - Estimation - Metrics & KPIs - Risk Analysis - SWOT Analysis - Vendor Assessment
Cognitive Conflict

6. What is the output of the task - Prepare Requirements Package?
Creative Thinking - Decision Making - Learning - Problem Solving - Systems Thinking
Requirements Package
Requirements (Stated) - Requirements Structure
Three-point Estimation

7. What are the tasks for the knowledge area - Requirements Management & Communication?
Repository - Traceability - Requirement Attributes - Prioritization Process - Change Management - Tailoring the Requirements Management Process
Elimination
Problem Tracking
Manage Solution Scope & Requirements - Manage Requirements Traceability - Maintain Requirements for Re-use - Prepare Requirements Package - Communicate Requirements

8. A good indicator has 5 characteristics:
Requirements (Approved)
Glossary
Clear - Relevant - Economical - Adequate - Quantifiable
Interviews - Observation

9. What are the tasks of the Elicitation Knowledge Area?
Specific - Measurable - Achievable - Relevant - Time-bound Objectives must be SMART.
Prepare for Elicitation - Conduct Elicitation Activity - Document Elicitation Results - Confirm Elicitation Results
This person will be involved in monitoring the performance and effectiveness of a solution or its components.
Leadership

10. What are the techniques used in the task Manage Solution Scope & Requirements?
Solution Scope
Decision Analysis - Estimation - Metrics & KPIs - Risk Analysis - SWOT Analysis - Vendor Assessment
Assumptions & Constraints - Business Need - Solution Scope - Stakeholder Concerns
Problem Tracking - Baselining - Signoff

11. What are the inputs for the task - Maintain Requirements for Re-use?
Strengths - Weaknesses
Business Domain - Corporate Culture & Environment - Skills of the Analyst - Requirement Deliverable
Organizational Process Assets - Requirements
Communicated Requirements

12. What are the techniques used in the task Confirm Elicitation Results?
Validate Solution
Interviews - Observation
Requirements Structure
Key Performance Indicator (KPI )

13. What are the techniques used in the task - Allocate Resources?
Learning
Business Principals
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Business Rules Analysis - Decision Analysis - Functional Decomposition - Process Modeling - Scenarios & Use Cases
Assess Proposed Solution - Allocate Requirements - Assess Organizational Readiness - Define Transition Requirements - Validate Solution - Evaluate Solution Performance

14. Includes the standard definition of data elements - their meanings and allowable values.
Requirements Structure
Requirements (Validated)
Decision Analysis - Risk Analysis - MoSCoW Analysis - Timeboxing/Budgeting - Voting
Data Dictionary

15. What is the output of the task - Allocate Resources?
Solution Scope
Requirements (Allocated)
Confirm Elicitation Results
Functions - Markets - Matrix

16. What is the output of the task - Communicate Requirements?
Requirements Management Plan
Specific - Measurable - Achievable - Relevant - Time-bound Objectives must be SMART.
Business Need - Expert Judgment - Organizational Process Assets
Communicated Requirements

17. Two effective trade-off methods.
Trustworthiness
Elimination of Dominated Alternative - Ranking Objects on a Similar Scale
That they understand them and the current state the requirements are in
Root Cause Analysis

18. 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.
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Problem Solving
Evolutionary or Functional Prototype
Assessment of Proposed Solution

19. What are the inputs to the task - Communicate Requirements?
Implementation Approach
Business Analysis Communication Plan - Requirements - Requirements Package
Decision Analysis - Problem Tacking - Risk Analysis
Document Elicitation Results task

20. What are the elements of the task Plan Requirements Management Process?
Data Dictionary & Glossary - Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Prototyping - Requirements Workshops - Survey/Questionnaire
Rolling Wave
Repository - Traceability - Requirement Attributes - Prioritization Process - Change Management - Tailoring the Requirements Management Process
Business Analysis Communication Plan - Organizational Process Assets - Requirements - Requirements Structure

21. What are the techniques used in the task Conduct Elicitation Activity?
Data Dictionary & Glossary - Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Prototyping - Requirements Workshops - Survey/Questionnaire
Business Requirements - Identified Defects - Solution Performance Metrics - Solution (Deployed)
Reliability - Validity - Timeliness
Perform tailoring exercises

22. Three key factors when assessing the quality of indicators and their metrics
Problem Tracking - Risk Analysis
Validate Requirements
Business Analysis Communication Plan - Requirements - Requirements Package
Reliability - Validity - Timeliness

23. What is the output of the task Prepare for Elicitation?
Requirements Analysis
Learning
Scheduled Resources - Supporting Materials
Business Principles & Practices

24. What describes how - when and why the business analyst will work with stakeholders?
Facilitation & Negotiation - Leadership & Influencing - Teamwork
Formal requirements presentation to stakeholders
The Business Analysis Communication Plan
Brings them to a Communication on understanding

25. What are the inputs to the task - Validate Solution?
Data - Ongoing Work - Organizational Change
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Business Rules Analysis - Decision Analysis - Functional Decomposition - Process Modeling - Scenarios & Use Cases
Systems Thinking
Solution (Constructed) - Requirements (Prioritized and Validated)

26. 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.
Organizational Readiness Assessment
Requirements (Validated)
User Story
Evaluation Criteria

27. What are the different types of learning styles?
Absolute Reference - Author - Complexity - Ownership - Priority - Risks - Source - Stability - Status - Urgency
Discounted Cash Flow - Net Present Value - Internal Rate of Return - Average Rate of Return - Pay Back Period - Cost-Benefit Analysis
Organizational Process Assets - Requirements
Visual Learner - Auditory Learner - Kinesthetic Learner

28. What are the techniques used in the task - Organize Requirements?
Stakeholder Concerns
Business Rules Analysis - Data Flow Diagrams - Data Modeling - Functional Decomposition - Organizational Modeling - Process Modeling - Scenarios & Use Cases - Scope Modeling - User Stories
Influence on the project - organizational - project health and other stakeholders
Business Need - Enterprise Architecture - Organizational Process Assets

29. What is the output of the task - Assess Capability Gaps?
Required Capabilities
Requirements (Any Except Stated)
Requirements Workshop - Structured Walkthrough
Organize Requirements

30. What are the characteristics of quality for a requirements?
Business Analysis Approach - Business Analysis Plan - Organizational Process Assets - Stakeholder Lists - Roles & Responsibilities
Cohesive - Complete - Consistent - Correct - Feasible - Modifiable - Unambiguous - Testable
Advantages of Document Analysis
Assess Organization Readiness

31. A requirement that does not deliver direct or indirect value to a stakeholder is a strong candidate for what?
Expert Judgment
Elimination
Acceptance - Transfer - Avoidance - Mitigation
Creative Thinking - Decision Making - Learning - Problem Solving - Systems Thinking

32. What is the output of the task Plan Business Analysis Communication?
Observation
Cohesive - Complete - Consistent - Correct - Feasible - Modifiable - Unambiguous - Testable
Business Analysis Communication Plan
Functions - Markets - Matrix

33. What is the output of the task Manage Solution Scope & Requirements?
Requirements (Approved)
Business Analysis Communication Plan
MoSCoW Analysis
Risk - assumptions - constraints - etc.

34. Is generally understood to describe just one way that an actor can accomplish a particular goal
Decision Analysis
Scenario
Acceptance - Transfer - Avoidance - Mitigation
BABOK

35. What are the inputs of the task Plan Business Analysis Communication?
Solution Performance Assessment
Business Analysis Approach - Business Analysis Plan - Organizational Process Assets - Stakeholder Lists - Roles & Responsibilities
This person will be involved in monitoring the performance and effectiveness of a solution or its components.
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

36. Forecast the cost and effort involved in pursuing a course of action. Used to develop a better understanding of the possible range of costs and effort associated with any initiative
Ethics
Requirements (Prioritized and Approved) - Solution (Designed) - Solution Scope
Estimation
Business Rules Analysis - Data Flow Diagrams - Process Modeling - Organization Modeling - Data Modeling

37. 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.
Elimination of Dominated Alternative - Ranking Objects on a Similar Scale
Acceptance Criteria
Evaluation Criteria
Verify Requirements

38. What are the inputs to the task - Validate Requirements?
Evaluation
Cultural Assessment - Operational or Technical Assessment - Stakeholder Impact Analysis
Business Case; Stakeholder - Solution or Transition Requirements (Verified)
Assess Organization Readiness

39. This technique shows how information is input - processed - stored and output from a system in a visual representation.
Conduct Elicitation Activity
Data Flow Diagrams
Business Rule
Absolute Reference - Author - Complexity - Ownership - Priority - Risks - Source - Stability - Status - Urgency

40. States the business need - identifies key stakeholders and briefly describes the positive impact that meeting the business need will have on those stakeholders.
Business Analysis Communication Plan
Problem or Vision Statement
Focus Group
Bottom-up Estimation

41. What are some examples of stakeholder concerns?
Structured Walkthrough
Risk - assumptions - constraints - etc.
Functions - Markets - Matrix
Emotional and Cognitive

42. 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.
Historic Analysis
Advantages of a Data Dictionary & Glossary
Name - Aliases - Values/Meanings - Description
Interviews - Observation

43. What are the inputs to the task - Assess Capability Gaps?
Define Transitional Requirements
Enterprise Architecture - Solution Scope - Solution (Designed) - Stakeholder Concerns
Business Need - Enterprise Architecture - Solution Performance Assessment
Assess Proposed Solution - Allocate Requirements - Assess Organizational Readiness - Define Transition Requirements - Validate Solution - Evaluate Solution Performance

44. A systematic approach designed to elicit information from a person or group of people in an informal or formal setting by talking to an interviewee - asking relevant questions and documenting the responses.
Scenarios & Use Cases
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Metrics & KPIs - Prototyping - Risk Analysis - Structured Walkthrough
Confirm Elicitation Results
Interviews

45. What are some of the ways a BA can help to improve the operations of a business? Acceptance and Evaluation Criteria Definition - Business Rules Analysis - Data Dictionary and Glossary - Data Flow Diagrams - Data Modeling - Functional Decomposition -
Business Requirements - Identified Defects - Solution Performance Metrics - Solution (Deployed)
Automate or Simplify Work - Improve Access to Information - Reduce Complexity of Interfaces - Increase Consistency of Behavior - Eliminate Redundancy
Requirements Workshop
Coverage Matrix - Table or spreadsheet used to manage tracing.

46. What is the output of the task - Verify Requirements?
Requirements (Prioritized and Approved) - Solution (Designed) - Solution Scope
Requirements Workshop - Structured Walkthrough
Business Goals & Objectives - Requirements (Stated)
Requirements (Verified)

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.
Allocate Requirements
Document Analysis
Facilitation
Influence on the project - organizational - project health and other stakeholders

48. What is the output of the task Confirm Elicitation Results?
Discounted Cash Flow - Net Present Value - Internal Rate of Return - Average Rate of Return - Pay Back Period - Cost-Benefit Analysis
Functional Decomposition - Interface Analysis - Scope Modeling - User Stories - Problem or Vision Statement
Cultural Assessment - Operational or Technical Assessment - Stakeholder Impact Analysis
Requirements (Stated - Confirmed) - Stakeholder Concerns (Confirmed)

49. This knowledge area describes the tasks that are performed in order to ensure that solutions meet the business need and to facilitate successful implementation.
Automate or Simplify Work - Improve Access to Information - Reduce Complexity of Interfaces - Increase Consistency of Behavior - Eliminate Redundancy
Onion Diagram
Solution Assessment & Validation
Organizational Readiness Assessment - Requirements (Stated) - Solution (Deployed) - Solution (Designed)

50. What stakeholder receives noticeable negative impact if information is incorrectly transferred from the old to new solution?
Define Business Case
Customer
Benchmarking - Brainstorming - Business Rules Analysis - Focus Groups - Functional Decomposition - Root Cause Analysis
Functional Decomposition - Interface Analysis - Scope Modeling - User Stories - Problem or Vision Statement