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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

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1. The purpose is to measure the performance of solutions - solution components - and other matters of interest to stakeholders.






2. 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






3. What is the output of the task - Verify Requirements?






4. What is the output of the task - Specify & Model Requirements?






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






6. How is the Operational Support stakeholder utilized in the Evaluate Solution Performance task?






7. What are the techniques used in the task - Evaluate Solution Performance?






8. What are the tasks in Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring?






9. What are the Composite Data Elements?






10. 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.






11. What are the inputs for the task - Define Transitional Requirements?






12. To identify interfaces between solutions and/or solution components and define requirements that describe how they will interact.






13. What are the inputs for the task - Define Solution Scope?






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






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






16. What are the tasks in the knowledge area - Requirements Analysis?






17. Rules that are intended to help determine when something is or is not true - or when things fall into a specific category. They are expressed as rules because they describe categorizations that may change over time.






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






19. Useful for ensuring that all stakeholders are in agreement on the format and content of relevant information. Capturing these definitions in a single model ensures that these terms will be used consistently.






20. 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






21. A brief description of functionality that users need from a solution to meet a business objective. The goal they are trying to accomplish - and any additional information that may be critical to understanding the scope of the story.






22. What are the inputs for the task Confirm Elicitation Results?






23. What is the output of the task - Define Business Need?






24. 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.






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






26. 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.






27. Use of parameters - multiplied by the number of hours. (COCOMO II - Function Point Counting - Use Case Points - and Story Points)






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






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






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






31. Most optimistic estimate; most pessimistic estimate; most likely estimate






32. What is the output of the task - Prepare Requirements Package?






33. 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.






34. Agreement by stakeholders that analysis models effectively and completely describe the domain - identification of related problems or issues from multiple areas in the domain - rapid absorption of new information or new domain.






35. List 3 possible forms of a requirements packages.






36. 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.






37. Name some commonly used financial valuation techniques.






38. Measures progress towards a strategic goal or objective.






39. 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.






40. 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






41. The goal of this task is to meet with stakeholder(s) to gather information regarding their needs.






42. 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.






43. What is the output of the Plan Business Analysis Approach?






44. Shows how the behavior of a concept - entity or object changes in response to events during its lifetime - and defines which events cause a transition between those states.






45. Checklist of characteristics to consider when considering non-functional requirements.






46. What describes how - when and why the business analyst will work with stakeholders?






47. 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






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






49. 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






50. An excellent way to foster creative thinking about a problem. The goal is to produce numerous new ideas and to derive themes for further analysis. - Ability to elicit many ideas in a short time period. - - Non-judgmental environment enables creative