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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning
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1. Issues that may influence the replacement or elimination decision of a system include:
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
Ongoing Cost versus Initial Investment - Opportunity Costs - Necessity - Sunk Costs
Interface Analysis
Data Flow Diagrams
2. Approach to decision making that examines and models the possible consequences of different decisions. Make an optimal decision under conditions of uncertainty.
Historic Analysis
Facilitation & Negotiation - Leadership & Influencing - Teamwork
Solution Scope
Decision Analysis
3. A non-actionable directive that supports a business goal.
Business Analysis Communication Plan - Organizational Process Assets - Requirements - Requirements Structure
Requirements Workshop - Structured Walkthrough
Structural Rules
Business Policy
4. What is the output of the task Document Elicitation Results?
Parametric Estimation
Sequences - Repetitions - Optional Elements
Decision Analysis - Estimation - Metrics & KPIs - Risk Analysis - SWOT Analysis - Vendor Assessment
Requirements (Stated) - Stakeholder Concerns
5. What techniques are used in the task - Prepare Requirements Package?
Define Business Case
Requirements Documentation - Requirements for Vendor Selection
Decision Analysis - Focus Groups - Observation - Survey/Questionnaire
Ongoing Cost versus Initial Investment - Opportunity Costs - Necessity - Sunk Costs
6. Gathering information relevant to a decision - breaking down the information relevant to a decision - making comparisons and tradeoffs between similar and dissimilar options and identifying the option that is most desirable.
Organizational Readiness Assessment - Requirements (Stated) - Solution (Deployed) - Solution (Designed)
Decision Analysis
They describe what a solution must be capable of doing to meet the needs of one or more stakeholder groups
Structured Walkthrough
7. 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 -
Creative Thinking - Decision Making - Learning - Problem Solving - Systems Thinking
Survey/Questionnaire
Problem Solving
Business Value - Business or Technical Risk - Implementation Difficulty - Likelihood of Success - Regulatory or Policy Compliance - Relationship to Other Requirements - Stakeholder Agreement - Urgency
8. Set of requirements that will be used to choose between multiple solutions.
Evaluation Criteria
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Problem Tracking - Structured Walkthrough - Checklists
Repository - Traceability - Requirement Attributes - Prioritization Process - Change Management - Tailoring the Requirements Management Process
Validate Solution
9. Name the 2 types of Stakeholder maps.
Coverage Matrix - Table or spreadsheet used to manage tracing.
Assumptions & Constraints - Requirements (Prioritized and Approved) - Solution Options
Requirements (Stated - Confirmed) - Stakeholder Concerns (Confirmed)
Stakeholder Matrix - Onion Diagram
10. What are the elements of Communication Skills?
Verify Requirements
Focus Group
Oral Communications - Teaching - Written Communication
Assess Organization Readiness
11. What are the techniques used in the task - Evaluate Solution Performance?
Decision Analysis - Focus Groups - Observation - Survey/Questionnaire
Requirements Package
Scenario
Acceptance - Transfer - Avoidance - Mitigation
12. Three key factors when assessing the quality of indicators and their metrics
Business Principals
Solution Assessment & Validation
Ethics
Reliability - Validity - Timeliness
13. 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
Requirements (Approved)
Requirements Structure
Operative Rules
Requirements (Prioritized)
14. 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.
User Story
Requirements Workshop
Decision Analysis - Problem Tacking - Risk Analysis
Solution Assessment & Validation
15. What is the output of the task - Verify Requirements?
MoSCoW Analysis
Organizational Process Assets - Requirements (Stated) - Solution Scope
Requirements (Verified)
This person will be involved in monitoring the performance and effectiveness of a solution or its components.
16. What are the techniques used in Plan Business Analysis Approach?
Oral Communications - Teaching - Written Communication
Decision Analysis - Process Modeling - Structured Walkthrough
Interviews
Decision Analysis - Problem Tacking - Risk Analysis
17. Who is the primary stakeholder in the Define Business Case task?
The Sponsor
Glossary
User Story
Reliability - Performance Efficiency - Operability - Security - Compatibility - Maintainability - Transferability
18. What are the techniques used in the task - Define Assumptions & Constraints?
Three-point Estimation
Name - Value/Meanings - Description
Problem Tracking - Risk Analysis
Elicitation
19. Name the 2 types of Software categories that assist in BA productivity.
Risk - assumptions - constraints - etc.
Decision Analysis
Interviews - Observation
General Purpose Applications & Specialized Applications
20. What are the inputs to the task Manage Requirements Traceability?
Business Analysis Approach - Business Analysis Plan - Organizational Process Assets - Stakeholder Lists - Roles & Responsibilities
Requirements - Requirements Management Plan
Prioritize Requirements - Organize Requirements - Specify & Model Requirements - Define Assumptions & Constraints - Verify Requirements - Validate Requirements
Reliability - Validity - Timeliness
21. What are the factors of influence by stakeholders on a project?
They describe what a solution must be capable of doing to meet the needs of one or more stakeholder groups
Influence on the project - organizational - project health and other stakeholders
Risk Analysis
Requirements (Stated - Confirmed) - Stakeholder Concerns (Confirmed)
22. What techniques are used in the task Manage Requirements Traceability?
Coverage Matrix - Table or spreadsheet used to manage tracing.
Business Need
Problem Tracking
Requirements (Approved)
23. 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
Document Analysis - SWOT Analysis
Timeboxing
Business Analysis Approach
Emotional and Cognitive
24. What are the Cultural diversity issues that should be taken into account when planning communication?
Requirements (Allocated)
Relationship to Time - Relationship to Task Completion - Relationship to Contracts - Relationships to Formal and Informal Authority
Impact Analysis - Requirements Coverage - Requirements Allocation
Business Case; Stakeholder - Solution or Transition Requirements (Verified)
25. What are the tasks of the Elicitation Knowledge Area?
Business Need - Organizational Process Assets - Requirements Management Plan - Scheduled Resources - Solution Scope & Business Case - Supporting Materials
System
Business Analysis Plan
Prepare for Elicitation - Conduct Elicitation Activity - Document Elicitation Results - Confirm Elicitation Results
26. Is generally understood to describe just one way that an actor can accomplish a particular goal
Functional Decomposition - Interface Analysis - Scope Modeling - User Stories - Problem or Vision Statement
Throw-away Prototype
Unique Number - Activity Description - Assumptions - Dependencies - Milestones
Scenario
27. What are the inputs to the task - Communicate Requirements?
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 - Organizational Process Assets - Requirements Management Plan - Scheduled Resources - Solution Scope & Business Case - Supporting Materials
Business Analysis Communication Plan - Requirements - Requirements Package
Requirements (Traced)
28. What is the output of the task - Specify & Model Requirements?
Decision Analysis - Focus Groups - Observation - Survey/Questionnaire
Business Rules Analysis - Data Flow Diagrams - Data Modeling - Functional Decomposition - Organizational Modeling - Process Modeling - Scenarios & Use Cases - Scope Modeling - User Stories
Requirements (Analyzed)
Evolutionary or Functional Prototype
29. What are the techniques used in the task - Organize Requirements?
Emotional and Cognitive
Business Rules Analysis - Data Flow Diagrams - Data Modeling - Functional Decomposition - Organizational Modeling - Process Modeling - Scenarios & Use Cases - Scope Modeling - User Stories
Prototyping
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Decision Analysis - Vendor Assessment
30. Defines what must be delivered in order to meet the business need - and the effect of the proposed change initiation on the business and technology operations and infrastructure.
Requirements Management Plan - Solution Scope - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities - Stakeholder/Solution or Transition Requirements (Communicated or Traced)
Term and Fact Model
Solution Scope
Requirements (Stated) - Stakeholder Concerns
31. What are the inputs to the task - Verify Requirements?
Requirements Management Plan
Requirements (Any Except Stated)
Vendor Assessment
Data - Ongoing Work - Organizational Change
32. What knowledge area discusses the business analysis activities necessary to identify a business need - problem or opportunity - define the capture of the solution and justify the investment necessary to deliver the solution.
Vertical Prototype
Compliance with regulatory or other standards
Enterprise Analysis - often the starting point for initiating a new project
Requirements (Validated)
33. 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.
Requirements Management & Communication
Personal Organization
Interface Analysis
Creative Thinking - Decision Making - Learning - Problem Solving - Systems Thinking
34. What are stakeholder requirements?
They describe what a solution must be capable of doing to meet the needs of one or more stakeholder groups
Benchmarking
Reporting
Oral Communications - Teaching - Written Communication
35. This prototype extends the initial interface requirements into a fully functioning system and requires a specialized prototyping tool or language.
Survey/Questionnaire
Evolutionary or Functional Prototype
Decision Analysis
Assumptions & Constraints - Required Capabilities - Solution Approach
36. What are the elements of the task Plan Requirements Management Process?
Document Elicitation Results task
Business Rule
Repository - Traceability - Requirement Attributes - Prioritization Process - Change Management - Tailoring the Requirements Management Process
Ethics
37. What are the attributes of a Data Model?
Name - Value/Meanings - Description
Vertical Prototype
Requirements Management & Communication
A statement of the needs of a particular stakeholder or class of stakeholders
38. What is the output of the task Plan Business Analysis Communication?
Business Need - Expert Judgment - Organizational Process Assets
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Data Flow Diagrams - Process Models - Focus Groups - Interviews - Survey/Questionnaire - Organizational Modeling - Problem Tracking - Risk Analysis - SWOT Analysis - Force Field Analysis
Data - Ongoing Work - Organizational Change
Business Analysis Communication Plan
39. Models a shallow - and possibly wide view of the system's functionality. It typically does not have any business logic running behind the visualization.
Assumptions & Constraints
Horizontal Prototype
Perform tailoring exercises
Bottom-up Estimation
40. What is the output to the task - Evaluate Solution Performance?
Required Capabilities
Solution Performance Assessment
Business Analysis Approach
Solution Assessment & Validation
41. The people involved - the interactions between them - the external forces affecting their behavior and all other relevant elements and factors.
Problem Solving
Coverage Matrix - Table or spreadsheet used to manage tracing.
Brings them to a Communication on understanding
System
42. What are the techniques used in the task - Determine Solution Approach?
Name - Value/Meanings - Description
Benchmarking - Brainstorming - Decision Analysis - Estimation - SWOT Analysis - Feasibility Analysis
A statement of the needs of a particular stakeholder or class of stakeholders
Business Need - Enterprise Architecture - Solution Performance Assessment
43. What are some examples of stakeholder concerns?
Solution Performance Assessment
Prepare for Elicitation - Conduct Elicitation Activity - Document Elicitation Results - Confirm Elicitation Results
Brainstorming
Risk - assumptions - constraints - etc.
44. What are the characteristics of quality for a requirements?
Cohesive - Complete - Consistent - Correct - Feasible - Modifiable - Unambiguous - Testable
Problem Solving
Solution (Constructed) - Requirements (Prioritized and Validated)
Organizational Readiness Assessment
45. What are the inputs to the task - Define Business Need?
Requirements (Analyzed)
Risk - assumptions - constraints - etc.
Three-point Estimation
Business Goals & Objectives - Requirements (Stated)
46. The purpose is to describe the required qualities of a system - such as its usability and performance characteristics.
Business Case; Stakeholder - Solution or Transition Requirements (Verified)
Communicated Requirements
Non-functional Requirements Analysis
Acceptance Criteria
47. The purpose of _______________ is to ensure that a stakeholder's actual underlying needs are understood - rather than the their stated or superficial desires.
Business Analysis Approach - Business Analysis Plan - Organizational Process Assets - Stakeholder Lists - Roles & Responsibilities
Elicitation
Business Need - Organizational Process Assets - Requirements Management Plan - Scheduled Resources - Solution Scope & Business Case - Supporting Materials
BABOK
48. Elements of a Requirements Management Plan include?
Requirements Package
Assessment of Proposed Solution
Goals
Relationships - Impact Analysis - Configuration Management System
49. Two techniques used in Root Cause Analysis?
Reliability - Validity - Timeliness
Fishbone Diagram - Five Whys
Cognitive Conflict
Sequences - Repetitions - Optional Elements
50. Familiarity with the range of commercially available solutions or suppliers can assist with the identification of possible alternatives.
Cohesive - Complete - Consistent - Correct - Feasible - Modifiable - Unambiguous - Testable
Solution Knowledge
Budgeting
Reporting