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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

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1. Creates a conceptual model of the work that needs to be completed to deliver the new business solution.
Advantages of Document Analysis
Requirements (Stated) - Requirements Structure
Functional Decomposition
Business Rule

2. Most optimistic estimate; most pessimistic estimate; most likely estimate
Advantages of a Data Dictionary & Glossary
Business Analysis Communication Plan - Organizational Process Assets - Requirements - Requirements Structure
Three-point Estimation
Decision Analysis - Problem Tacking - Risk Analysis

3. What are the Composite Data Elements?
Decision Analysis
Elicitation Results
Sequences - Repetitions - Optional Elements
Benefits - Costs - Risk Assessment - Results Measurement

4. Communicated Requirements mean what to stakeholders?
Requirements Analysis
That they understand them and the current state the requirements are in
Define Business Case
Benchmarking

5. What are the strategies for a negative risk?
Acceptance - Transfer - Avoidance - Mitigation
Data Flow Diagrams
Oral Communications - Teaching - Written Communication
A statement of the needs of a particular stakeholder or class of stakeholders

6. What are the classifications used to describe requirements
Repository - Traceability - Requirement Attributes - Prioritization Process - Change Management - Tailoring the Requirements Management Process
Business Requirements - Stakeholder Requirements - Solution Requirements - Transition Requirements
Expert Judgment
Decision Analysis - Estimation - Metrics & KPIs - Risk Analysis - SWOT Analysis - Vendor Assessment

7. What are the inputs for the task Confirm Elicitation Results?
Impact Analysis - Requirements Coverage - Requirements Allocation
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
To record the conflict in the Requirements Issues Log.
Requirements (Stated - Unconfirmed) - Stakeholder Concerns (Unconfirmed)

8. Used to describe the roles - responsibilities and reporting structures that exist within an organization and to align those structures with the organization's goals.
Business Analysis Approach
Reliability - Performance Efficiency - Operability - Security - Compatibility - Maintainability - Transferability
Organization Modeling
Allocate Requirements

9. What are the inputs to the task - Assess Organizational Readiness?
Decision Analysis
System
Reliability - Validity - Timeliness
Enterprise Architecture - Solution Scope - Solution (Designed) - Stakeholder Concerns

10. What are the elements of the task Plan Requirements Management Process?
Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving - Behavioral Characteristics - Business Knowledge - Communication Skills - Interaction Skills - Software Application
Three-point Estimation
Repository - Traceability - Requirement Attributes - Prioritization Process - Change Management - Tailoring the Requirements Management Process
Formal Documentation - Presentation - Model

11. 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
Focus Group
Problem Tracking
Structured Walkthrough
All

12. Rules that the organization chooses to enforce as a matter of policy. They are intended to guide the actions of people working within the organization. They may oblige people to take certain actions - prevent people from taking actions - or prescribe
Business Analysis Plan
Unique Number - Activity Description - Assumptions - Dependencies - Milestones
Organizational Readiness Assessment
Operative Rules

13. 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 -
Allocate Requirements
Automate or Simplify Work - Improve Access to Information - Reduce Complexity of Interfaces - Increase Consistency of Behavior - Eliminate Redundancy
Responsible - Accountable - Consulted - Informed
Lessons Learned Process

14. Checklist of characteristics to consider when considering non-functional requirements.
Parametric Estimation
Reliability - Performance Efficiency - Operability - Security - Compatibility - Maintainability - Transferability
Business Analysis Approach
Acceptance & Evaluation Technique

15. Defines the key terms and data relevant to a business domain.
Perform tailoring exercises
MoSCoW Analysis
Interviews - Observation
Data Dictionary & Glossary

16. 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.
A statement of the needs of a particular stakeholder or class of stakeholders
Assess Proposed Solution - Allocate Requirements - Assess Organizational Readiness - Define Transition Requirements - Validate Solution - Evaluate Solution Performance
Oral Communications - Teaching - Written Communication
Historic Analysis

17. A specific - actionable - testable directive that is under the control of an organization and supports a business policy.
Problem Solving
Business Need
A statement of the needs of a particular stakeholder or class of stakeholders
Business Rule

18. What are the output(s) of the task - Validate Solution?
Requirements (Stated) - Stakeholder Concerns
Confirm Elicitation Results
Identified Defects - Mitigating Actions - Solution Validation Assessment
Business Need

19. What are the techniques used in the task - Determine Solution Approach?
Document Analysis
Business Analysis Approach - Business Analysis Plan - Organizational Process Assets - Stakeholder Lists - Roles & Responsibilities
Benchmarking - Brainstorming - Decision Analysis - Estimation - SWOT Analysis - Feasibility Analysis
Business Analysis Performance Metrics - Business Analysis Plan - Organization Performance Standards - Requirements Management Plan

20. What are some of the key variables used in determining the priority of a requirement?
Business Value - Business or Technical Risk - Implementation Difficulty - Likelihood of Success - Regulatory or Policy Compliance - Relationship to Other Requirements - Stakeholder Agreement - Urgency
All
Requirements Structure
Requirements Management Plan

21. What techniques are used in the task Prepare for Elicitation?
Trustworthiness
Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Prototyping - Requirements Workshop - Survey/Questionnaire
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Data Flow Diagrams - Process Models - Focus Groups - Interviews - Survey/Questionnaire - Organizational Modeling - Problem Tracking - Risk Analysis - SWOT Analysis - Force Field Analysis
Onion Diagram

22. List 3 possible forms of a requirements packages.
Metrics & KPIs
Requirements Management Plan
Formal Documentation - Presentation - Model
Define Business Case

23. 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 -
Requirements Workshop - Structured Walkthrough
Problem Solving
Use Case
To record the conflict in the Requirements Issues Log.

24. 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
Reliability - Validity - Timeliness
Use Case
Term and Fact Model

25. 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.
Specific - Measurable - Achievable - Relevant - Time-bound Objectives must be SMART.
Primary stakeholders in the Organize Requirements task
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
Industry Knowledge

26. What are the inputs for the task - Define Solution Scope?
Assumptions & Constraints
Timeboxing
Assumptions & Constraints - Required Capabilities - Solution Approach
Solution Knowledge

27. What is the output of the task - Maintain Requirements for Re-use?
Business Need - Organizational Process Assets - Requirements Management Plan - Scheduled Resources - Solution Scope & Business Case - Supporting Materials
Requirements (Maintained and Reusable)
Assess Proposed Solution - Allocate Requirements - Assess Organizational Readiness - Define Transition Requirements - Validate Solution - Evaluate Solution Performance
Survey/Questionnaire

28. Combination of expert judgment and history. Individual estimates - sharing the estimates with experts - and having several rounds until consensus is reached. An average of the three estimates is used
Delphi Estimation
Solution Performance Assessment
Business Case
To record the conflict in the Requirements Issues Log.

29. What are the techniques used in the task - Evaluate Solution Performance?
Throw-away Prototype
Decision Analysis - Focus Groups - Observation - Survey/Questionnaire
Enterprise Architecture - Solution Scope - Solution (Designed) - Stakeholder Concerns
Observation

30. What are the tasks of the Elicitation Knowledge Area?
Business Rules Analysis - Data Flow Diagrams - Process Modeling - Organization Modeling - Data Modeling
Requirements Workshop
Prepare for Elicitation - Conduct Elicitation Activity - Document Elicitation Results - Confirm Elicitation Results
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Business Rules Analysis - Decision Analysis - Functional Decomposition - Process Modeling - Scenarios & Use Cases

31. What are the inputs of the task Plan Business Analysis Communication?
Business Analysis Approach - Business Analysis Plan - Organizational Process Assets - Stakeholder Lists - Roles & Responsibilities
Problem or Vision Statement
Solution Knowledge
Problem Tracking - Risk Analysis

32. Models a deep - and usually narrow slice of the entire system's functionality.
Business Principles & Practices
Assumptions & Constraints - Business Need - Solution Scope - Stakeholder Concerns
Vertical Prototype
Business Analysis Process Assets

33. What are the factors of influence by stakeholders on a project?
Business Analysis Plan
Influence on the project - organizational - project health and other stakeholders
Enterprise Analysis
Requirements (Approved)

34. What are the inputs for the task - Prepare Requirements Package?
Prepare for Elicitation - Conduct Elicitation Activity - Document Elicitation Results - Confirm Elicitation Results
Facilitation
Business Analysis Communication Plan - Organizational Process Assets - Requirements - Requirements Structure
A statement of the needs of a particular stakeholder or class of stakeholders

35. What is the output of the Manage Business Analysis Performance task?
Requirements (Stated) - Stakeholder Concerns
A statement of the needs of a particular stakeholder or class of stakeholders
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
Visual Learner - Auditory Learner - Kinesthetic Learner

36. What are the inputs to the Plan Business Analysis Approach?
Requirements (Stated) - Requirements Structure
Requirements Management Plan - Solution Scope - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities - Stakeholder/Solution or Transition Requirements (Communicated or Traced)
Business Need - Expert Judgment - Organizational Process Assets
Formal requirements presentation to stakeholders

37. To define the rules that govern decisions in an organization and that define - constrain or enable organization operations.
Business Rules Analysis
Benchmarking - Brainstorming - Business Rules Analysis - Focus Groups - Functional Decomposition - Root Cause Analysis
General Purpose Applications & Specialized Applications
Stakeholder Matrix - Onion Diagram

38. What are the attributes of a Data Model?
Name - Value/Meanings - Description
Glossary
Requirements Structure
Business Requirements - Identified Defects - Solution Performance Metrics - Solution (Deployed)

39. Name some commonly used financial valuation techniques.
Requirements (Validated)
Discounted Cash Flow - Net Present Value - Internal Rate of Return - Average Rate of Return - Pay Back Period - Cost-Benefit Analysis
User Classes - Profiles or Roles; Concepts & Relationships - Events - Processes - Rules
Requirements Structure

40. What is the output of the task - Validate Requirements?
Facilitation
Requirements (Validated)
Allocate Requirements
General Purpose Applications & Specialized Applications

41. This task determines if an organization can justify the investment required to deliver a proposed solution.
Brainstorming
Define Business Case
Benefits - Costs - Risk Assessment - Results Measurement
Reliability - Validity - Timeliness

42. What are the techniques used in the task - Assess Organizational Readiness?
Document Analysis
Business Rules Analysis - Data Flow Diagrams - Process Modeling - Organization Modeling - Data Modeling
Requirements Management & Communication
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Data Flow Diagrams - Process Models - Focus Groups - Interviews - Survey/Questionnaire - Organizational Modeling - Problem Tracking - Risk Analysis - SWOT Analysis - Force Field Analysis

43. A continuous process of collecting data to determine how well a solution has been implemented compared to expected results.
Solution Scope Definition - Implementation Approach - Dependencies
Monitoring
Systems Thinking
Impact Analysis

44. What is the output of the task Conduct Stakeholder Analysis?
Organization Modeling
Leadership
Stakeholder Lists - Roles & Responsibilities
Decision Analysis - Problem Tacking - Risk Analysis

45. 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.
Lessons Learned Process
Analogous Estimation
Assess Organization Readiness
Rolling Wave

46. The purpose is to compile and document successes - opportunities for improvement - failures - and recommendations for improving the performance of future projects or project phases
Define Transitional Requirements
Primary stakeholders in the Organize Requirements task
Lessons Learned Process
Problem Tracking - Risk Analysis

47. The process of informing stakeholders of metrics of indicators in specified formats at specified intervals.
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Metrics & KPIs - Prototyping - Risk Analysis - Structured Walkthrough
Creative Thinking - Decision Making - Learning - Problem Solving - Systems Thinking
Reporting
Requirements Management Plan - Solution Scope - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities - Stakeholder/Solution or Transition Requirements (Communicated or Traced)

48. The decomposition of activities and tasks creates?
Prepare for Elicitation - Conduct Elicitation Activity - Document Elicitation Results - Confirm Elicitation Results
Business Analysis Approach - Business Analysis Plan - Organizational Process Assets - Stakeholder Lists - Roles & Responsibilities
Assumptions & Constraints - Required Capabilities - Solution Approach
Activity List

49. What are the inputs to the task - Define Business Case?
Formal Documentation - Presentation - Model
Expert Judgment
State Diagrams
Assumptions & Constraints - Business Need - Solution Scope - Stakeholder Concerns

50. What is the output of the task - Define Assumptions & Constraints?
Business Requirements - Stakeholder Requirements - Solution Requirements - Transition Requirements
Interviews
Assumptions & Constraints
Business Need - Enterprise Architecture - Organizational Process Assets