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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning
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1. Limited to "as-is" perspective. - Existing documentation may not be up-to-date or valid. - Can be a time-consuming and even tedious process to locate the relevant information
Term and Fact Model
Formal requirements presentation to stakeholders
Acceptance & Evaluation Technique
Advantages of Document Analysis
2. 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.
Requirements (Traced)
Primary stakeholders in the Organize Requirements task
Impact Analysis - Requirements Coverage - Requirements Allocation
Solution (Constructed) - Requirements (Prioritized and Validated)
3. 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.
Document Analysis
Scope Modeling
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Decision Analysis - Vendor Assessment
Expert Judgment
4. What are the elements of the task Plan Requirements Management Process?
Required Capabilities
Perform tailoring exercises
Problem or Vision Statement
Repository - Traceability - Requirement Attributes - Prioritization Process - Change Management - Tailoring the Requirements Management Process
5. A good indicator has 5 characteristics:
Responsible - Accountable - Consulted - Informed
Solution Approach
Clear - Relevant - Economical - Adequate - Quantifiable
A statement of the needs of a particular stakeholder or class of stakeholders
6. What are the inputs for the task Prepare for Elicitation?
General Purpose Applications & Specialized Applications
Solution Assessment & Validation
Business Need - Solution Scope & Business Case - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Brainstorming - Interviews - Organizational Modeling - Process Modeling - Requirements Workshop - Risk Analysis - Scenarios & Use Cases - User Stories - Scope Modeling - Survey/Questionnaire - RACI Matrix
7. What are the inputs to the task - Assess Proposed Solution?
Implementation SME
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
Absolute Reference - Author - Complexity - Ownership - Priority - Risks - Source - Stability - Status - Urgency
Assumptions & Constraints - Requirements (Prioritized and Approved) - Solution Options
8. What is the output of the task - Validate Requirements?
Elimination of Dominated Alternative - Ranking Objects on a Similar Scale
Business Goals & Objectives - Requirements (Stated)
Transition Requirements
Requirements (Validated)
9. This will impose constraints to the effort to deploy the solution - including relationships that may exist between solution components.
Coverage Matrix - Table or spreadsheet used to manage tracing.
Dependencies
Relationship to Time - Relationship to Task Completion - Relationship to Contracts - Relationships to Formal and Informal Authority
Organizational Readiness Assessment
10. What are the different types of learning styles?
Parametric Estimation
Structured Walkthrough
Visual Learner - Auditory Learner - Kinesthetic Learner
Automate or Simplify Work - Improve Access to Information - Reduce Complexity of Interfaces - Increase Consistency of Behavior - Eliminate Redundancy
11. What are the factors of influence by stakeholders on a project?
Requirements (Traced)
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Influence on the project - organizational - project health and other stakeholders
Business Rules Analysis
12. 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
Business Rules Analysis - Data Flow Diagrams - Process Modeling - Organization Modeling - Data Modeling
Throw-away Prototype
Estimation
Non-functional Requirements Analysis
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.
Requirements Workshop
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Decision Analysis - Vendor Assessment
Ongoing Cost versus Initial Investment - Opportunity Costs - Necessity - Sunk Costs
Advantages of Document Analysis
14. What are the tasks for the knowledge area - Requirements Management & Communication?
Organizational Process Assets - Requirements (Stated) - Solution Scope
Manage Solution Scope & Requirements - Manage Requirements Traceability - Maintain Requirements for Re-use - Prepare Requirements Package - Communicate Requirements
Timeboxing
Solution Approach
15. What is the output of the task - Allocate Resources?
Monitoring
Organizational Readiness Assessment
Requirements (Allocated)
That they understand them and the current state the requirements are in
16. 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.
Decision Analysis - Focus Groups - Observation - Survey/Questionnaire
Solution Assessment & Validation
Impact Analysis
Requirements (Maintained and Reusable)
17. Models a deep - and usually narrow slice of the entire system's functionality.
Requirements (Analyzed)
Vertical Prototype
Assess Organization Readiness
Learning
18. What are the inputs to the task - Organize Requirements?
Organizational Process Assets - Requirements (Stated) - Solution Scope
Requirements (Stated) - Stakeholder Concerns
Problem Tracking
Define Business Case
19. Communication of requirements does what for stakeholders?
Facilitation & Negotiation - Leadership & Influencing - Teamwork
Brings them to a Communication on understanding
Allocate Requirements
Business Analysis Communication Plan - Requirements - Requirements Package
20. This technique shows how information is input - processed - stored and output from a system in a visual representation.
Data Dictionary & Glossary
Advantages of Document Analysis
Business Analysis Communication Plan - Requirements - Requirements Package
Data Flow Diagrams
21. This knowledge area describes the behaviors - knowledge and other characteristics that support the effective performance of a BA.
Validate Solution
Fishbone Diagram - Five Whys
Underlying Competencies
Conduct Elicitation Activity
22. What is the output of the task Prepare for Elicitation?
Solution Assessment & Validation
Business Analysis Process Assets
Scheduled Resources - Supporting Materials
Requirements (Allocated)
23. 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
Business Need - Organizational Process Assets - Requirements Management Plan - Scheduled Resources - Solution Scope & Business Case - Supporting Materials
Data Modeling
Focus Group
Business Need
24. What are the classifications used to describe requirements
Business Requirements - Stakeholder Requirements - Solution Requirements - Transition Requirements
Industry Knowledge
Requirements (Approved)
Strengths - Weaknesses
25. Name some commonly used financial valuation techniques.
Discounted Cash Flow - Net Present Value - Internal Rate of Return - Average Rate of Return - Pay Back Period - Cost-Benefit Analysis
Assumptions & Constraints - Required Capabilities - Solution Approach
Interviews - Observation
Transition Requirements
26. Name the 2 types of Stakeholder maps.
Scheduled Resources - Supporting Materials
Benchmarking - Brainstorming - Decision Analysis - Estimation - SWOT Analysis - Feasibility Analysis
Stakeholder Matrix - Onion Diagram
Confirm Elicitation Results
27. What are the Primitive Data Elements?
Name - Aliases - Values/Meanings - Description
User Classes - Profiles or Roles; Concepts & Relationships - Events - Processes - Rules
Clear - Relevant - Economical - Adequate - Quantifiable
Requirements Documentation - Requirements for Vendor Selection
28. What are the inputs to the Plan Business Analysis Approach?
Business Need - Expert Judgment - Organizational Process Assets
Business Requirements - Stakeholder Requirements - Solution Requirements - Transition Requirements
SWOT Analysis
Systems Thinking
29. 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 -
Primary stakeholders in the Organize Requirements task
Root Cause Analysis
Problem Solving
Name - Value/Meanings - Description
30. What are the inputs to the task - Validate Solution?
Solution Knowledge
Interface Analysis
Solution (Constructed) - Requirements (Prioritized and Validated)
Relationship to Time - Relationship to Task Completion - Relationship to Contracts - Relationships to Formal and Informal Authority
31. What factors guide technique selection?
Business Domain - Corporate Culture & Environment - Skills of the Analyst - Requirement Deliverable
Functional Decomposition - Interface Analysis - Scope Modeling - User Stories - Problem or Vision Statement
Business Need - Enterprise Architecture - Solution Performance Assessment
Solution (Constructed) - Requirements (Prioritized and Validated)
32. A requirement that does not deliver direct or indirect value to a stakeholder is a strong candidate for what?
Stakeholder Matrix
Data Dictionary
Budgeting
Elimination
33. Confidence in the decision analysis process that a decision is correct - new information or alternative that cause a decision to be revisited are new and not simply overlooked - decisions are effective in addressing underlying problem - impact of unc
Benchmarking
Decision Making
Required Capabilities
SWOT Analysis
34. 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.
Business Value - Business or Technical Risk - Implementation Difficulty - Likelihood of Success - Regulatory or Policy Compliance - Relationship to Other Requirements - Stakeholder Agreement - Urgency
Requirements (Stated - Confirmed) - Stakeholder Concerns (Confirmed)
Validate Requirements
Cognitive Conflict
35. 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. -
Solution Approach
Evaluation
Document Analysis
Identified Defects - Mitigating Actions - Solution Validation Assessment
36. What are the inputs for the task Plan Business Analysis Activities?
Organize Requirements
Business Need - Enterprise Architecture - Solution Performance Assessment
Problem Tracking - Risk Analysis
Business Analysis Approach - BA Performance Assessment - Organizational Process Assets - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities
37. What is the output of the Plan Business Analysis Approach?
The Sponsor
Business Analysis Approach
Requirements (Stated - Confirmed) - Stakeholder Concerns (Confirmed)
Problem Tracking
38. What is the output of the task - Maintain Requirements for Re-use?
Structured Walkthrough
Estimation - Functional Decomposition - Risk Analysis
Prototyping
Requirements (Maintained and Reusable)
39. What are the inputs to the task - Allocate Resources?
Sequence Diagrams
Budgeting
Relationship to Time - Relationship to Task Completion - Relationship to Contracts - Relationships to Formal and Informal Authority
Requirements (Prioritized and Approved) - Solution (Designed) - Solution Scope
40. The systematic and objective assessment of a solution to determine its status and efficacy in meeting objectives over time - and to identify ways to improve the solution to better meet objectives.
Define Business Need - Access Capability Gaps - Determine Solution Approach - Define Solution Scope - Define Business Case
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Problem Tracking - Structured Walkthrough - Checklists
Evaluation
Benchmarking - Brainstorming - Business Rules Analysis - Focus Groups - Functional Decomposition - Root Cause Analysis
41. Are used to describe the scope of analysis or the scope of a solution. Serve as a basis for defining and delimiting the scope of business analysis and project work. Allow the definition of a "complete" scope—that is - the boundaries of the scope corr
Elicitation
Parametric Estimation
Personal Organization
Scope Modeling
42. Two techniques used in Root Cause Analysis?
Structured Walkthrough
Fishbone Diagram - Five Whys
Estimation
Business Analysis Approach
43. The purpose is to describe the required qualities of a system - such as its usability and performance characteristics.
Unique Number - Activity Description - Assumptions - Dependencies - Milestones
Systems Thinking
Enterprise Analysis - often the starting point for initiating a new project
Non-functional Requirements Analysis
44. Characteristics that are common to all organizations with a similar purpose and structure - whether or not the are in the same industry.
Visual Learner - Auditory Learner - Kinesthetic Learner
Relationship to Time - Relationship to Task Completion - Relationship to Contracts - Relationships to Formal and Informal Authority
Assumptions & Constraints - Required Capabilities - Solution Approach
Business Principals
45. The goal of tracing is to ensure that requirements are linked back to a business objective. Creation of this relationship helps in what other traceability activities?
Business Need - Solution Scope & Business Case - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities
Impact Analysis - Requirements Coverage - Requirements Allocation
Oral Communications - Teaching - Written Communication
Absolute Reference - Author - Complexity - Ownership - Priority - Risks - Source - Stability - Status - Urgency
46. What are the tasks in Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring?
Organizational Process Assets - Requirements (Stated) - Solution Scope
Business Analysis Approach - BA Performance Assessment - Organizational Process Assets - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities
Structured Walkthrough
Plan Business Analysis Approach - Conduct Stakeholder Analysis - Plan Business Analysis Activities - Plan Business Analysis Communication - Plan Requirements Management Process - Manage BA Performance
47. 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
Throw-away Prototype
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 Domain - Corporate Culture & Environment - Skills of the Analyst - Requirement Deliverable
Required Capabilities
48. What are the techniques used in the task Manage Business Analysis Performance?
Formal requirements presentation to stakeholders
Interviews - Lessons Learned Process - Metrics and KPIs - Problem Tracking - Process Modeling - Root Cause Analysis - Survey/Questionnaire - Variance Analysis
Business Analysis Approach - Business Analysis Plan - Organizational Process Assets
Business Policy
49. 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.
Organize Requirements
Leadership
Opportunity Cost
Requirements (Prioritized)
50. Stakeholders involved the BA in decision making - acceptance of the BA's recommendations - willingness to discuss difficult or controversial topics with the BA - stakeholders willing to support or defend the BA when problems occur.
Trustworthiness
Share - Enhance - Exploit
Solution (Constructed) - Requirements (Prioritized and Validated)
Expert Judgment