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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning
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1. This knowledge area describes the problem definition and analysis - business case development - feasibility studies and the definition of solution scope.
Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Problem Tracking - Prototyping - Requirements Workshop - Survey/Questionnaire
Benchmarking
Assess Proposed Solution - Allocate Requirements - Assess Organizational Readiness - Define Transition Requirements - Validate Solution - Evaluate Solution Performance
Enterprise Analysis
2. 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 Analysis Approach - Business Analysis Plan - Organizational Process Assets - Stakeholder Lists - Roles & Responsibilities
Prepare for Elicitation - Conduct Elicitation Activity - Document Elicitation Results - Confirm Elicitation Results
Throw-away Prototype
Facilitation
3. What are the inputs to the task Manage Solution Scope & 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
Stakeholder Matrix - Onion Diagram
Requirements Management Plan - Solution Scope - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities - Stakeholder/Solution or Transition Requirements (Communicated or Traced)
Assumptions & Constraints - Required Capabilities - Solution Approach
4. Define requirements for capabilities needed to move from an existing solution to a new solution.
Discounted Cash Flow - Net Present Value - Internal Rate of Return - Average Rate of Return - Pay Back Period - Cost-Benefit Analysis
Business Need - Organizational Process Assets - Required Capabilities
Requirements (Verified)
Define Transitional Requirements
5. What are the different types of learning styles?
Visual Learner - Auditory Learner - Kinesthetic Learner
Opportunity Cost
Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Prototyping - Requirements Workshop - Survey/Questionnaire
Activity List
6. Ensure that the solution meets the business need and determine the most appropriate response to identified defects.
Validate Solution
Solution Scope
Advantages of Document Analysis
Enterprise Analysis - often the starting point for initiating a new project
7. Technique involving refinement of estimates. Estimate the details for activities in the current iteration or increment and provide an analogous estimate for the entire scope of work. As the end of the iteration approaches - estimates for the next ite
A statement of the needs of a particular stakeholder or class of stakeholders
That they understand them and the current state the requirements are in
Structured Walkthrough
Rolling Wave
8. What are the inputs for the task Prepare for Elicitation?
Scenario
Business Analysis Communication Plan - Organizational Process Assets - Requirements - Requirements Structure
Business Need - Solution Scope & Business Case - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities
Interface Analysis
9. Ability to find information - on-time completion of tasks - efficiency in the completion of work - ability to easily identify all outstanding work and the status of each work item.
Historic Analysis
Analogous Estimation
All
Personal Organization
10. What are the inputs for the task - Evaluate Solution Performance?
Risk - assumptions - constraints - etc.
Reliability - Validity - Timeliness
Business Requirements - Identified Defects - Solution Performance Metrics - Solution (Deployed)
Impact Analysis
11. Long-term - ongoing and qualitative statements of a state or condition that the organization is seeking to establish and maintain.
Goals
Reporting
Activity List
Estimation - Functional Decomposition - Risk Analysis
12. What are the techniques used in the task - Allocate Resources?
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Business Rules Analysis - Decision Analysis - Functional Decomposition - Process Modeling - Scenarios & Use Cases
Conduct Elicitation Activity
Specific - Measurable - Achievable - Relevant - Time-bound Objectives must be SMART.
Solution Knowledge
13. What are the Primitive Data Elements?
Influence on the project - organizational - project health and other stakeholders
Name - Aliases - Values/Meanings - Description
Ongoing Cost versus Initial Investment - Opportunity Costs - Necessity - Sunk Costs
Organizational Process Assets - Requirements
14. 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. -
Business Requirements - Stakeholder Requirements - Solution Requirements - Transition Requirements
Organizational Process Assets - Requirements
Data Dictionary & Glossary - Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Prototyping - Requirements Workshops - Survey/Questionnaire
Document Analysis
15. How is the Operational Support stakeholder utilized in the Evaluate Solution Performance task?
This person will be involved in monitoring the performance and effectiveness of a solution or its components.
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Business Rules Analysis - Decision Analysis - Functional Decomposition - Process Modeling - Scenarios & Use Cases
Business Requirements - Stakeholder Requirements - Solution Requirements - Transition Requirements
Evaluation Criteria
16. Understanding of how a change to a component affects the system as a whole - identification of reinforcing and compensating feedback loops - understanding of how systems adapt to external pressures and changes - A system as a whole will have properti
Prioritize Requirements - Organize Requirements - Specify & Model Requirements - Define Assumptions & Constraints - Verify Requirements - Validate Requirements
Systems Thinking
Organizational Readiness Assessment - Requirements (Stated) - Solution (Deployed) - Solution (Designed)
Interviews
17. A diagram indicating how involved the stakeholder is with the solution.
Glossary
Onion Diagram
Perform tailoring exercises
Risk - assumptions - constraints - etc.
18. What are the elements of the area - Analytical Thinking and Problem Solving - Successful generation of new ideas - application of new ideas to resolve existing problems - willingness of stakeholders to accept new approaches.
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Problem Tracking - Root Cause Analysis
Creative Thinking - Decision Making - Learning - Problem Solving - Systems Thinking
Requirements Management Plan - Solution Scope - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities - Stakeholder/Solution or Transition Requirements (Communicated or Traced)
Requirements (Verified)
19. Requires the team to focus on examining the premises - assumptions - observations and expectations of the team members. This type of conflict can have a beneficial effect of strengthening the foundations of the analysis and the solution.
Cognitive Conflict
Business Need - Expert Judgment - Organizational Process Assets
Sequence Diagrams
Requirements Structure
20. What are the factors of influence by stakeholders on a project?
Influence on the project - organizational - project health and other stakeholders
Reporting
Structured Walkthrough
Business Rules Analysis
21. What is the output of the Manage Business Analysis Performance task?
Three-point Estimation
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 Need - Enterprise Architecture - Solution Performance Assessment
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
22. What are the internal factors in a SWOT Analysis?
Organizational Process Assets - Requirements
Scenario
They describe what a solution must be capable of doing to meet the needs of one or more stakeholder groups
Strengths - Weaknesses
23. The purpose is to compile and document successes - opportunities for improvement - failures - and recommendations for improving the performance of future projects or project phases
Lessons Learned Process
Confirm Elicitation Results
Impact Analysis
Requirements (Stated - Confirmed) - Stakeholder Concerns (Confirmed)
24. Defines the key terms and data relevant to a business domain.
Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Prototyping - Requirements Workshop - Survey/Questionnaire
Relationships - Impact Analysis - Configuration Management System
Onion Diagram
Data Dictionary & Glossary
25. What are the inputs to the task - Determine Solution Approach?
Perform tailoring exercises
Implementation Approach
Business Need - Organizational Process Assets - Required Capabilities
Underlying Competencies
26. What are the techniques used in the task - Prioritize Requirements?
Ethics - Trustworthiness - Personal Organization
Business Analysis Plan
Interviews
Decision Analysis - Risk Analysis - MoSCoW Analysis - Timeboxing/Budgeting - Voting
27. States the business need - identifies key stakeholders and briefly describes the positive impact that meeting the business need will have on those stakeholders.
Problem or Vision Statement
Interviews - Observation
Root Cause Analysis
Solution Knowledge
28. What are some examples of stakeholder concerns?
Vertical Prototype
Risk - assumptions - constraints - etc.
Structured Walkthrough
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Problem Tracking - Root Cause Analysis
29. The knowledge area that covers how BAs determine which activities are necessary in order to complete a business analysis effort.
Business Case - Business Need - Requirements - Requirements Management Plan - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities
Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring
Interface Analysis
Manage Solution Scope & Requirements - Manage Requirements Traceability - Maintain Requirements for Re-use - Prepare Requirements Package - Communicate Requirements
30. A continuous process of collecting data to determine how well a solution has been implemented compared to expected results.
General Purpose Applications & Specialized Applications
Unique Number - Activity Description - Assumptions - Dependencies - Milestones
Monitoring
Parametric Estimation
31. What is the output of the task - Maintain Requirements for Re-use?
Requirements (Maintained and Reusable)
Scenario
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Data Flow Diagrams - Process Models - Focus Groups - Interviews - Survey/Questionnaire - Organizational Modeling - Problem Tracking - Risk Analysis - SWOT Analysis - Force Field Analysis
Validate Requirements
32. This task determines if an organization can justify the investment required to deliver a proposed solution.
Define Business Case
Business Principles & Practices
Reporting
Requirements (Approved)
33. What are the techniques used in the task - Define Business Case?
Decision Analysis - Estimation - Metrics & KPIs - Risk Analysis - SWOT Analysis - Vendor Assessment
Assess Proposed Solution - Allocate Requirements - Assess Organizational Readiness - Define Transition Requirements - Validate Solution - Evaluate Solution Performance
Business Analysis Plan
Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring
34. Describes the effect a new solution will have on an organization and whether the organization is prepared for the organizational change the solution implementation will cause.
Assess Organization Readiness
Repository - Traceability - Requirement Attributes - Prioritization Process - Change Management - Tailoring the Requirements Management Process
Assessment of Proposed Solution
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Problem Tracking - Structured Walkthrough - Checklists
35. What is the output of the task - Assess Organizational Readiness?
Enterprise Analysis - often the starting point for initiating a new project
Organizational Readiness Assessment
Bottom-up Estimation
Timeboxing
36. Techniques used in the task Plan Requirements Management Process.
Confirm Elicitation Results
Estimation - Functional Decomposition - Risk Analysis
Formal requirements presentation to stakeholders
Decision Analysis - Problem Tacking - Risk Analysis
37. The goal of this task is to meet with stakeholder(s) to gather information regarding their needs.
Business Principles & Practices
Cohesive - Complete - Consistent - Correct - Feasible - Modifiable - Unambiguous - Testable
Requirements (Prioritized and Approved) - Solution (Designed) - Solution Scope
Conduct Elicitation Activity
38. What is the output of the task Conduct Stakeholder Analysis?
Ethics
Necessity - Effort - Subset - Cover - Value
Compliance with regulatory or other standards
Stakeholder Lists - Roles & Responsibilities
39. What is the output of the task Confirm Elicitation Results?
Requirements (Stated - Confirmed) - Stakeholder Concerns (Confirmed)
Specific - Measurable - Achievable - Relevant - Time-bound Objectives must be SMART.
Fishbone Diagram - Five Whys
Decision Analysis - Process Modeling - Structured Walkthrough
40. To define the rules that govern decisions in an organization and that define - constrain or enable organization operations.
Business Requirements - Stakeholder Requirements - Solution Requirements - Transition Requirements
Requirements (Prioritized and Approved) - Solution (Designed) - Solution Scope
Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Problem Tracking - Prototyping - Requirements Workshop - Survey/Questionnaire
Business Rules Analysis
41. Three types of organizational structures
Data Dictionary & Glossary - Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Prototyping - Requirements Workshops - Survey/Questionnaire
Functions - Markets - Matrix
Assess Organization Readiness
Solution Scope Definition - Implementation Approach - Dependencies
42. What are the inputs to the task Manage Business Analysis Performance?
Assess Proposed Solution - Allocate Requirements - Assess Organizational Readiness - Define Transition Requirements - Validate Solution - Evaluate Solution Performance
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Decision Analysis - Vendor Assessment
Business Analysis Performance Metrics - Business Analysis Plan - Organization Performance Standards - Requirements Management Plan
MoSCoW Analysis
43. Knowing the dependencies and relationships between requirements helps when determining the sequence in which requirements are to be addressed. Common relations are:
Risk - assumptions - constraints - etc.
Necessity - Effort - Subset - Cover - Value
Communicated Requirements
Solution Assessment & Validation
44. What are the inputs to the task - Prioritize Requirements?
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Prototyping
Sequence Diagrams
Business Case - Business Need - Requirements - Requirements Management Plan - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities
45. What are the inputs to the task Conduct Elicitation Activity?
Formal Documentation - Presentation - Model
Business Need - Organizational Process Assets - Requirements Management Plan - Scheduled Resources - Solution Scope & Business Case - Supporting Materials
Requirements (Prioritized and Approved) - Solution (Designed) - Solution Scope
Business Principals
46. What techniques are used in the task Manage Requirements Traceability?
Business Analysis Performance Metrics - Business Analysis Plan - Organization Performance Standards - Requirements Management Plan
Assumptions & Constraints - Business Need - Solution Scope - Stakeholder Concerns
State Diagrams
Coverage Matrix - Table or spreadsheet used to manage tracing.
47. What are the underlying competencies a BA should possess?
Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving - Behavioral Characteristics - Business Knowledge - Communication Skills - Interaction Skills - Software Application
Requirements Analysis
Ethics - Trustworthiness - Personal Organization
Necessity - Effort - Subset - Cover - Value
48. A specific - actionable - testable directive that is under the control of an organization and supports a business policy.
Determine the Process - Who will Authorize Changes - Impact Analysis - Wording of the Request - Coordinate Prioritization of Change
Facilitation
Business Rule
Allocate Requirements
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.
Solution Assessment & Validation
Business Analysis Plan
User Classes - Profiles or Roles; Concepts & Relationships - Events - Processes - Rules
Scope Modeling
50. What are the inputs of the task Plan Business Analysis Communication?
BABOK
Organizational Readiness Assessment
Business Analysis Approach - Business Analysis Plan - Organizational Process Assets - Stakeholder Lists - Roles & Responsibilities
Interface Analysis
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