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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

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1. What are the tasks of the Elicitation Knowledge Area?
Stakeholder Matrix
Solution Scope Definition - Implementation Approach - Dependencies
Prioritize Requirements - Organize Requirements - Specify & Model Requirements - Define Assumptions & Constraints - Verify Requirements - Validate Requirements
Prepare for Elicitation - Conduct Elicitation Activity - Document Elicitation Results - Confirm Elicitation Results

2. What is the output of the task Confirm Elicitation Results?
Name - Value/Meanings - Description
Requirements (Stated - Confirmed) - Stakeholder Concerns (Confirmed)
Structured Walkthrough
Solution Scope Definition - Implementation Approach - Dependencies

3. To assess the ability of a potential vendor to meet commitments regarding a product or service
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
Vendor Assessment
Risk - assumptions - constraints - etc.
Business Value - Business or Technical Risk - Implementation Difficulty - Likelihood of Success - Regulatory or Policy Compliance - Relationship to Other Requirements - Stakeholder Agreement - Urgency

4. What is the output of the Manage Business Analysis Performance task?
Business Policy
Data Dictionary
Cultural Assessment - Operational or Technical Assessment - Stakeholder Impact Analysis
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

5. This will impose constraints to the effort to deploy the solution - including relationships that may exist between solution components.
Three-point Estimation
Dependencies
Business Case
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

6. 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.
Facilitation & Negotiation - Leadership & Influencing - Teamwork
Industry Knowledge
Interface Analysis
Communicated Requirements

7. What is the output of the task Conduct Stakeholder Analysis?
Stakeholder Lists - Roles & Responsibilities
Requirements (Stated - Unconfirmed) - Stakeholder Concerns (Unconfirmed)
Business Need
Benchmarking - Brainstorming - Business Rules Analysis - Focus Groups - Functional Decomposition - Root Cause Analysis

8. What techniques are used in the task Manage Requirements Traceability?
Survey/Questionnaire
Business Goals & Objectives - Requirements (Stated)
Coverage Matrix - Table or spreadsheet used to manage tracing.
Influence on the project - organizational - project health and other stakeholders

9. Using this technique the business analyst has collected the deliverables - activities - tasks - and estimates from all the involved stakeholders and rolls them up to get a total for all the activities and tasks.
Business Need - Solution Scope & Business Case - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities
Underlying Competencies
Bottom-up Estimation
Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Problem Tracking - Prototyping - Requirements Workshop - Survey/Questionnaire

10. What are the general modeling concepts that are relevant to business analysis?
Requirements (Analyzed)
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Metrics & KPIs - Prototyping - Risk Analysis - Structured Walkthrough
User Classes - Profiles or Roles; Concepts & Relationships - Events - Processes - Rules
Decision Analysis

11. Corrective or preventative measures uncovered while performing a Business Analysis Performance Assessment will result in changes to what plan?
Business Policy
Business Analysis Plan
Three-point Estimation
Cohesive - Complete - Consistent - Correct - Feasible - Modifiable - Unambiguous - Testable

12. What are the inputs to the task - Define Business Need?
Business Goals & Objectives - Requirements (Stated)
Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving
Business Analysis Approach - Business Analysis Plan - Organizational Process Assets - Stakeholder Lists - Roles & Responsibilities
Interviews

13. 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.
Business Analysis Plan
User Story
Acceptance & Evaluation Technique
Elimination

14. List 3 possible forms of a requirements packages.
Opportunity Cost
Formal Documentation - Presentation - Model
This person will be involved in monitoring the performance and effectiveness of a solution or its components.
Reliability - Performance Efficiency - Operability - Security - Compatibility - Maintainability - Transferability

15. Define requirements for capabilities needed to move from an existing solution to a new solution.
Responsible - Accountable - Consulted - Informed
Define Transitional Requirements
Decision Analysis - Process Modeling - Structured Walkthrough
Historic Analysis

16. Three key factors when assessing the quality of indicators and their metrics
Interviews
Requirements (Allocated)
Reliability - Validity - Timeliness
Solution Scope Definition - Implementation Approach - Dependencies

17. States the business need - identifies key stakeholders and briefly describes the positive impact that meeting the business need will have on those stakeholders.
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Data Flow Diagrams - Process Models - Focus Groups - Interviews - Survey/Questionnaire - Organizational Modeling - Problem Tracking - Risk Analysis - SWOT Analysis - Force Field Analysis
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Decision Analysis - Vendor Assessment
That they understand them and the current state the requirements are in
Problem or Vision Statement

18. To identify and manage areas of uncertainty that can impact an initiative - solution - or organization.
Perform tailoring exercises
Assess Proposed Solution - Allocate Requirements - Assess Organizational Readiness - Define Transition Requirements - Validate Solution - Evaluate Solution Performance
State Diagrams
Risk Analysis

19. Models a deep - and usually narrow slice of the entire system's functionality.
Solution Performance Assessment
Business Analysis Process Assets
Analogous Estimation
Vertical Prototype

20. The goal of this task is to meet with stakeholder(s) to gather information regarding their needs.
Conduct Elicitation Activity
Assess Proposed Solution - Allocate Requirements - Assess Organizational Readiness - Define Transition Requirements - Validate Solution - Evaluate Solution Performance
Benchmarking
Validate Solution

21. What are the inputs to the task Conduct Elicitation Activity?
Facilitation & Negotiation - Leadership & Influencing - Teamwork
Business Need - Organizational Process Assets - Requirements Management Plan - Scheduled Resources - Solution Scope & Business Case - Supporting Materials
Solution (Constructed) - Requirements (Prioritized and Validated)
Observation

22. Name some commonly used financial valuation techniques.
Discounted Cash Flow - Net Present Value - Internal Rate of Return - Average Rate of Return - Pay Back Period - Cost-Benefit Analysis
Clear - Relevant - Economical - Adequate - Quantifiable
Business Analysis Performance Metrics - Business Analysis Plan - Organization Performance Standards - Requirements Management Plan
Solution Scope

23. Elements identified for each activity and task.
Decision Analysis
Automate or Simplify Work - Improve Access to Information - Reduce Complexity of Interfaces - Increase Consistency of Behavior - Eliminate Redundancy
Unique Number - Activity Description - Assumptions - Dependencies - Milestones
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

24. Organizational culture - Stakeholder preference - complexity - organizational maturity and availability of resources are all factors used to do what?
Manage Solution Scope & Requirements - Manage Requirements Traceability - Maintain Requirements for Re-use - Prepare Requirements Package - Communicate Requirements
Perform tailoring exercises
Communicated Requirements
Validate Requirements

25. Characteristics that are common to all organizations with a similar purpose and structure - whether or not the are in the same industry.
Interviews - Lessons Learned Process - Metrics and KPIs - Problem Tracking - Process Modeling - Root Cause Analysis - Survey/Questionnaire - Variance Analysis
Business Principals
Delphi Estimation
Unique Number - Activity Description - Assumptions - Dependencies - Milestones

26. What are the likely sources of transition requirements?
Three-point Estimation
Benchmarking
Data - Ongoing Work - Organizational Change
SWOT Analysis

27. 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
Monitoring
Elimination of Dominated Alternative - Ranking Objects on a Similar Scale
Facilitation
Assess Organization Readiness

28. What are the inputs for the task - Prepare Requirements Package?
Budgeting
Requirements Management Plan
Business Analysis Communication Plan - Organizational Process Assets - Requirements - Requirements Structure
Ethics - Trustworthiness - Personal Organization

29. What is the output of the task Plan Business Analysis Activities?
Discounted Cash Flow - Net Present Value - Internal Rate of Return - Average Rate of Return - Pay Back Period - Cost-Benefit Analysis
Business Analysis Plan
Prototyping
Absolute Reference - Author - Complexity - Ownership - Priority - Risks - Source - Stability - Status - Urgency

30. 7 knowledge areas of ________ : Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring - Elicitation - Requirements Management & Communication - Enterprise Analysis - Requirements Analysis - Solution Assessment & Validation - Underlying Competencies
BABOK
Enterprise Analysis - often the starting point for initiating a new project
Assumptions & Constraints - Requirements (Prioritized and Approved) - Solution Options
Name - Value/Meanings - Description

31. What techniques are used in the task - Prepare Requirements Package?
Business Analysis Communication Plan
Elicitation
Requirements Documentation - Requirements for Vendor Selection
Bottom-up Estimation

32. The goal of this task is validate that the stated requirements expressed by the stakeholder match the stakeholder's understanding of the problem and the stakeholder's needs. Analyst's understanding conforms to the actual desire or intentions of the s
Assess Organization Readiness
Requirements (Prioritized)
Confirm Elicitation Results
Budgeting

33. What are the inputs to the task - Communicate Requirements?
Business Analysis Communication Plan - Requirements - Requirements Package
Stakeholder Matrix - Onion Diagram
Facilitation
Requirements (Stated - Confirmed) - Stakeholder Concerns (Confirmed)

34. Means of eliciting information from many people - sometimes anonymously - in a relatively short period of time
Evaluate Solution Performance
This person will be involved in monitoring the performance and effectiveness of a solution or its components.
Risk - assumptions - constraints - etc.
Survey/Questionnaire

35. 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.
Business Principals
Tracing Requirements
Primary stakeholders in the Organize Requirements task
Assess Organization Readiness

36. 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.
Problem Tracking - Baselining - Signoff
Functional Decomposition
Interviews
Identified Defects - Mitigating Actions - Solution Validation Assessment

37. Use of parameters - multiplied by the number of hours. (COCOMO II - Function Point Counting - Use Case Points - and Story Points)
Reporting
Business Analysis Communication Plan - Organizational Process Assets - Requirements - Requirements Structure
Estimation - Functional Decomposition - Risk Analysis
Parametric Estimation

38. Performed to communicate - verify and validate requirements. Is a working session where invited participants review and discuss a set of requirements
Automate or Simplify Work - Improve Access to Information - Reduce Complexity of Interfaces - Increase Consistency of Behavior - Eliminate Redundancy
Plan Business Analysis Approach - Conduct Stakeholder Analysis - Plan Business Analysis Activities - Plan Business Analysis Communication - Plan Requirements Management Process - Manage BA Performance
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
Structured Walkthrough

39. What are the tasks in the knowledge area - Solution Assessment & Validation?
Requirements Workshop - Structured Walkthrough
Determine the Process - Who will Authorize Changes - Impact Analysis - Wording of the Request - Coordinate Prioritization of Change
Requirements (Allocated)
Assess Proposed Solution - Allocate Requirements - Assess Organizational Readiness - Define Transition Requirements - Validate Solution - Evaluate Solution Performance

40. Define the requirements that must be met in order for a solution to be considered acceptable to key stakeholders.
Vertical Prototype
Allocate Requirements
Acceptance & Evaluation Technique
Specific - Measurable - Achievable - Relevant - Time-bound Objectives must be SMART.

41. What are the inputs to the task - Validate Requirements?
Sequences - Repetitions - Optional Elements
Business Case; Stakeholder - Solution or Transition Requirements (Verified)
Business Policy
Requirements (Any Except Stated)

42. 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 -
Name - Aliases - Values/Meanings - Description
Problem Solving
Manage Solution Scope & Requirements - Manage Requirements Traceability - Maintain Requirements for Re-use - Prepare Requirements Package - Communicate Requirements
Ongoing Cost versus Initial Investment - Opportunity Costs - Necessity - Sunk Costs

43. A continuous process of collecting data to determine how well a solution has been implemented compared to expected results.
Risk Analysis
Manage Solution Scope & Requirements - Manage Requirements Traceability - Maintain Requirements for Re-use - Prepare Requirements Package - Communicate Requirements
Monitoring
Evolutionary or Functional Prototype

44. What are the inputs for the task Plan Business Analysis Activities?
Business Analysis Approach - BA Performance Assessment - Organizational Process Assets - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities
Organizational Knowledge
Unique Number - Activity Description - Assumptions - Dependencies - Milestones
Requirements (Verified)

45. The knowledge area that describes how a BA manages conflicts - issues and changes in order to ensure that stakeholders and the project team remain in agreement on the solution scope - how requirements are communicated to stakeholders and how knowledg
Requirements (Traced)
Industry Knowledge
Benchmarking
Requirements Management & Communication

46. 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
Sequence Diagrams
Observation
Brainstorming
Throw-away Prototype

47. What is the output of the task Plan Business Analysis Communication?
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
Elicitation
Business Analysis Communication Plan
Solution Knowledge

48. What are the strategies for a negative risk?
Rolling Wave
Acceptance - Transfer - Avoidance - Mitigation
Identified Defects - Mitigating Actions - Solution Validation Assessment
Advantages of Document Analysis

49. 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
Compliance with regulatory or other standards
Document Elicitation Results task
Enterprise Architecture - Solution Scope - Solution (Designed) - Stakeholder Concerns
Business Analysis Process Assets

50. What are the output(s) of the task - Validate Solution?
Identified Defects - Mitigating Actions - Solution Validation Assessment
Scheduled Resources - Supporting Materials
Emotional and Cognitive
Data - Ongoing Work - Organizational Change