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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning
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1. What is the output of the Manage Business Analysis Performance 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
Business Case; Stakeholder - Solution or Transition Requirements (Verified)
Business Goals & Objectives - Requirements (Stated)
Risk - assumptions - constraints - etc.
2. What are the inputs to the task - Communicate Requirements?
Manage Solution Scope & Requirements - Manage Requirements Traceability - Maintain Requirements for Re-use - Prepare Requirements Package - Communicate Requirements
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Decision Analysis - Vendor Assessment
Business Analysis Communication Plan - Requirements - Requirements Package
Business Requirements - Identified Defects - Solution Performance Metrics - Solution (Deployed)
3. What are the techniques used in the task - Communicate Requirements?
Determine the Process - Who will Authorize Changes - Impact Analysis - Wording of the Request - Coordinate Prioritization of Change
Necessity - Effort - Subset - Cover - Value
Stakeholder Lists - Roles & Responsibilities
Requirements Workshop - Structured Walkthrough
4. What are the output(s) of the task - Validate Solution?
Plan Business Analysis Approach - Conduct Stakeholder Analysis - Plan Business Analysis Activities - Plan Business Analysis Communication - Plan Requirements Management Process - Manage BA Performance
Requirements Package
Conduct Elicitation Activity
Identified Defects - Mitigating Actions - Solution Validation Assessment
5. 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
Strengths - Weaknesses
Rolling Wave
Elicitation Results
Verify Requirements
6. Investigating how a solution is actually used after it is deployed and assessing the effect it has had - both positive and negative.
Benchmarking - Brainstorming - Decision Analysis - Estimation - SWOT Analysis - Feasibility Analysis
Business Analysis Plan
Ethics
Evaluate Solution Performance
7. What are the techniques used in the task - Validate Solution?
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Problem Tracking - Root Cause Analysis
Define Transitional Requirements
Business Need
Business Goals & Objectives - Requirements (Stated)
8. What are the inputs to the task Manage Requirements Traceability?
Validate Requirements
Functional Decomposition - Interface Analysis - Scope Modeling - User Stories - Problem or Vision Statement
Requirements Structure
Requirements - Requirements Management Plan
9. What are stakeholder requirements?
Requirements Package
Requirements (Prioritized and Approved) - Solution (Designed) - Solution Scope
Evaluation
They describe what a solution must be capable of doing to meet the needs of one or more stakeholder groups
10. What is the output of the task - Communicate Requirements?
Implementation Approach
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Focus Group
Communicated Requirements
11. This task determines if an organization can justify the investment required to deliver a proposed solution.
Define Business Case
Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving - Behavioral Characteristics - Business Knowledge - Communication Skills - Interaction Skills - Software Application
Requirements Structure
Estimation
12. What factors guide technique selection?
Requirements (Any Except Stated)
Advantages of a Data Dictionary & Glossary
Business Domain - Corporate Culture & Environment - Skills of the Analyst - Requirement Deliverable
Business Need - Expert Judgment - Organizational Process Assets
13. What are the characteristics of Interaction Skills?
Facilitation & Negotiation - Leadership & Influencing - Teamwork
Historic Analysis
Prepare Requirements Package
Clear - Relevant - Economical - Adequate - Quantifiable
14. 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.
Unique Number - Activity Description - Assumptions - Dependencies - Milestones
Reliability - Validity - Timeliness
Creative Thinking - Decision Making - Learning - Problem Solving - Systems Thinking
Impact Analysis - Requirements Coverage - Requirements Allocation
15. 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
Dependencies
Business Analysis Performance Metrics - Business Analysis Plan - Organization Performance Standards - Requirements Management Plan
Estimation
Solution Knowledge
16. What are the techniques used in the task - Define Transition Requirements?
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Problem Tracking - Structured Walkthrough - Checklists
Business Rules Analysis - Data Flow Diagrams - Process Modeling - Organization Modeling - Data Modeling
Survey/Questionnaire
Requirements Analysis
17. Defines the key terms and data relevant to a business domain.
Data Dictionary & Glossary
Define Business Case
Business Analysis Approach - BA Performance Assessment - Organizational Process Assets - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities
Requirements (Stated - Confirmed) - Stakeholder Concerns (Confirmed)
18. What is the output of the task - Define Transition Requirements?
Transition Requirements
Stakeholder Concerns
Unique Number - Activity Description - Assumptions - Dependencies - Milestones
Business Rule
19. A means of eliciting requirements by conducting an assessment of the stakeholder's work environment. This technique is appropriate when documenting details about current processes or if the project is intended to enhance or change a current process.
Observation
Business Case; Stakeholder - Solution or Transition Requirements (Verified)
Requirements (Stated - Confirmed) - Stakeholder Concerns (Confirmed)
Determine the Process - Who will Authorize Changes - Impact Analysis - Wording of the Request - Coordinate Prioritization of Change
20. This technique represents the types of peoples - places - things and concepts that are important to the business - attributes associated with them and the significant business relationships among them.
Data Modeling
Business Rules Analysis
Confirm Elicitation Results
Term and Fact Model
21. Describes all the possible outcomes of an attempt to accomplish a particular goal that the solution will support.
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Business Rules Analysis - Decision Analysis - Functional Decomposition - Process Modeling - Scenarios & Use Cases
Use Case
Requirements (Allocated)
Requirements Package
22. What are the characteristics of quality for a requirements?
Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Prototyping - Requirements Workshop - Survey/Questionnaire
Cohesive - Complete - Consistent - Correct - Feasible - Modifiable - Unambiguous - Testable
Requirements (Approved)
Requirements Analysis
23. A specific - actionable - testable directive that is under the control of an organization and supports a business policy.
Requirements (Analyzed)
Business Rule
Functional Decomposition - Interface Analysis - Scope Modeling - User Stories - Problem or Vision Statement
Personal Organization
24. What are the inputs for the task - Evaluate Solution Performance?
Business Requirements - Identified Defects - Solution Performance Metrics - Solution (Deployed)
State Diagrams
Requirements (Stated - Unconfirmed) - Stakeholder Concerns (Unconfirmed)
Validate Solution
25. A continuous process of collecting data to determine how well a solution has been implemented compared to expected results.
Repository - Traceability - Requirement Attributes - Prioritization Process - Change Management - Tailoring the Requirements Management Process
BABOK
Lessons Learned Process
Monitoring
26. This knowledge area describes the behaviors - knowledge and other characteristics that support the effective performance of a BA.
They describe what a solution must be capable of doing to meet the needs of one or more stakeholder groups
Requirements Structure
Goals
Underlying Competencies
27. Business value can be delivered through requirements that support _______________ - alignment with internal standards or policies of the organization - or increased satisfaction for stakeholders - even if those things do not have a direct measurable
Focus Group
Document Analysis - SWOT Analysis
Compliance with regulatory or other standards
Solution (Constructed) - Requirements (Prioritized and Validated)
28. Who is the primary stakeholder in the Define Business Case task?
The Sponsor
Scope Modeling
Evolutionary or Functional Prototype
Business Requirements - Stakeholder Requirements - Solution Requirements - Transition Requirements
29. What are the elements of the task - Define Solution Scope?
Evolutionary or Functional Prototype
Sequences - Repetitions - Optional Elements
Solution Scope Definition - Implementation Approach - Dependencies
Operative Rules
30. A requirement that does not deliver direct or indirect value to a stakeholder is a strong candidate for what?
Analogous Estimation
Elimination
Business Principals
Activity List
31. What are the inputs to the task Conduct Stakeholder Analysis?
Leadership
Business Need - Enterprise Architecture - Organizational Process Assets
Business Analysis Communication Plan - Requirements - Requirements Package
Evaluation Criteria
32. Performed to communicate - verify and validate requirements. Is a working session where invited participants review and discuss a set of requirements
Business Rules Analysis - Data Flow Diagrams - Process Modeling - Organization Modeling - Data Modeling
Coverage Matrix - Table or spreadsheet used to manage tracing.
Structured Walkthrough
Assumptions & Constraints
33. What is the output to the task - Evaluate Solution Performance?
Business Analysis Communication Plan
Solution Performance Assessment
Stakeholder Matrix - Onion Diagram
Prioritize Requirements - Organize Requirements - Specify & Model Requirements - Define Assumptions & Constraints - Verify Requirements - Validate Requirements
34. 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 -
BABOK
Business Analysis Approach - Business Analysis Plan - Organizational Process Assets - Stakeholder Lists - Roles & Responsibilities
Automate or Simplify Work - Improve Access to Information - Reduce Complexity of Interfaces - Increase Consistency of Behavior - Eliminate Redundancy
Impact Analysis
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. -
Share - Enhance - Exploit
Expert Judgment
Document Analysis
Business Analysis Approach
36. 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
Requirements Structure
Throw-away Prototype
Determine the Process - Who will Authorize Changes - Impact Analysis - Wording of the Request - Coordinate Prioritization of Change
Business Analysis Communication Plan - Requirements - Requirements Package
37. What does SMART stand for?
Assess Organization Readiness
Specific - Measurable - Achievable - Relevant - Time-bound Objectives must be SMART.
User Story
Requirements (Stated - Confirmed) - Stakeholder Concerns (Confirmed)
38. 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
Problem Tracking - Baselining - Signoff
Advantages of Document Analysis
Operative Rules
Goals
39. Elements identified for each activity and task.
Cultural Assessment - Operational or Technical Assessment - Stakeholder Impact Analysis
Solution (Constructed) - Requirements (Prioritized and Validated)
Unique Number - Activity Description - Assumptions - Dependencies - Milestones
Business Principals
40. What are the inputs to the task - Organize Requirements?
Creative Thinking - Decision Making - Learning - Problem Solving - Systems Thinking
Organizational Process Assets - Requirements (Stated) - Solution Scope
Business Need - Organizational Process Assets - Required Capabilities
Tracing Requirements
41. What are the techniques used in the task Manage Business Analysis Performance?
Impact Analysis
Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving
Ongoing Cost versus Initial Investment - Opportunity Costs - Necessity - Sunk Costs
Interviews - Lessons Learned Process - Metrics and KPIs - Problem Tracking - Process Modeling - Root Cause Analysis - Survey/Questionnaire - Variance Analysis
42. Long-term - ongoing and qualitative statements of a state or condition that the organization is seeking to establish and maintain.
Goals
Solution Performance Assessment
Tracing Requirements
Emotional and Cognitive
43. Three types of organizational structures
Use Case
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Data Flow Diagrams - Process Models - Focus Groups - Interviews - Survey/Questionnaire - Organizational Modeling - Problem Tracking - Risk Analysis - SWOT Analysis - Force Field Analysis
Business Value - Business or Technical Risk - Implementation Difficulty - Likelihood of Success - Regulatory or Policy Compliance - Relationship to Other Requirements - Stakeholder Agreement - Urgency
Functions - Markets - Matrix
44. A good indicator has 5 characteristics:
Sequence Diagrams
Clear - Relevant - Economical - Adequate - Quantifiable
Oral Communications - Teaching - Written Communication
Requirements Structure
45. What are the techniques used in Plan Business Analysis Approach?
Document Elicitation Results task
Elimination of Dominated Alternative - Ranking Objects on a Similar Scale
Decision Analysis - Process Modeling - Structured Walkthrough
Business Analysis Performance Metrics - Business Analysis Plan - Organization Performance Standards - Requirements Management Plan
46. 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.
Verify Requirements
System
Expert Judgment
Prioritize Requirements - Organize Requirements - Specify & Model Requirements - Define Assumptions & Constraints - Verify Requirements - Validate Requirements
47. A formal written specification with possible walk-thru - an informal one is possibly verbal or email Communication
Throw-away Prototype
Formal requirements presentation to stakeholders
Problem Tracking - Risk Analysis
Business Rules Analysis
48. Ensure that the solution meets the business need and determine the most appropriate response to identified defects.
Facilitation
Coverage Matrix - Table or spreadsheet used to manage tracing.
Glossary
Validate Solution
49. 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
Horizontal Prototype
Timeboxing
Business Requirements - Identified Defects - Solution Performance Metrics - Solution (Deployed)
Organizational Process Assets - Requirements (Stated) - Solution Scope
50. 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
Requirements Analysis
Requirements (Any Except Stated)
Stakeholder Matrix