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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

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1. What is the output of the task Manage Solution Scope & Requirements?






2. The BA is a stakeholder in ______ business analysis activities.






3. Divides requirements into 4 categories - Must - Should - Could - Won't






4. What are the 3 elements in the Assess Organizational Readiness?






5. This knowledge area describes the behaviors - knowledge and other characteristics that support the effective performance of a BA.






6. What is the output of the task Confirm Elicitation Results?






7. What are the inputs to the task - Determine Solution Approach?






8. The decomposition of activities and tasks creates?






9. Knowing the dependencies and relationships between requirements helps when determining the sequence in which requirements are to be addressed. Common relations are:






10. Corrective or preventative measures uncovered while performing a Business Analysis Performance Assessment will result in changes to what plan?






11. 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.






12. What are the factors of influence by stakeholders on a project?






13. Decisions are made with the interest of all stakeholders considered - reasons for a decision are cleared articulated - prompt and full disclosure of conflicts of interest - honesty regarding one's abilities and the performance of one's work.






14. Business rules require a defined glossary of terms and an understanding of the relationships between them - this is known as:






15. What is the output of the task - Assess Proposed Solution?






16. Models a deep - and usually narrow slice of the entire system's functionality.






17. The purpose is to describe the required qualities of a system - such as its usability and performance characteristics.






18. What are the strategies for a positive risk?






19. What is the output of the task Plan Business Analysis Activities?






20. Communication of requirements does what for stakeholders?






21. What are the internal factors in a SWOT Analysis?






22. What are the inputs for the task - Evaluate Solution Performance?






23. Details user interface requirements and integrates them with other requirements such as use cases - scenarios - data and business rules. Stakeholders often find this to be a concrete means of identifying - describing and validating their interface ne






24. States the business need - identifies key stakeholders and briefly describes the positive impact that meeting the business need will have on those stakeholders.






25. While eliciting requirements it is important to guard against scope creep - This activity will ensure that the requirements should be included since they meet the business goal/objectives.






26. What are the inputs of the task Plan Business Analysis Communication?






27. What are the techniques used in the task Confirm Elicitation Results?






28. 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.






29. Understanding of the competitive forces that shape an industry - understand the various customer segments that the industry services and the demographic or other characteristics common to that segment.






30. When a conflict arises between stakeholders on one or more documented requirements - the first thing that needs to take place is what?






31. 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.






32. The skill of moderating discussions among a group or enable all participants to effectively articulate their views on a topic under discussion and to further ensure that participants in the discussion are able to recognize and appreciate the differin






33. What is the output of the task - Define Assumptions & Constraints?






34. The people involved - the interactions between them - the external forces affecting their behavior and all other relevant elements and factors.






35. What are some of the commonly used requirement attributes?






36. What is the output of the task Plan Requirements Management Process?






37. What stakeholder receives noticeable negative impact if information is incorrectly transferred from the old to new solution?






38. What are the techniques used in the task - Validate Solution?






39. A non-actionable directive that supports a business goal.






40. What are the different types of learning styles?






41. Use of a similar project as the basis for developing estimates for the current project. Also known as "top-down" estimating. This is usually done at the beginning of the project or project phase and more detailed estimates follow as more is known.






42. What are the inputs to the task - Define Business Need?






43. Characteristics that are common to all organizations with a similar purpose and structure - whether or not the are in the same industry.






44. 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






45. What are the techniques used in the task - Organize Requirements?






46. What should be considered when establishing a Change Management process?






47. What are the techniques used in Plan Business Analysis Approach?






48. Benefits that could have been achieved with an alternative investment rather than this one.






49. Name the 2 types of Software categories that assist in BA productivity.






50. Two effective trade-off methods.