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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

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1. A good indicator has 5 characteristics:






2. What are the Behavioral Characteristics a BA should exhibit?






3. 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.






4. What are the techniques used in the task Conduct Stakeholder Analysis?






5. What are the Composite Data Elements?






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






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 -






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






9. What techniques are used in the task Prepare for Elicitation?






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






11. What are the inputs to the task Conduct Stakeholder Analysis?






12. Allocate stakeholder and solution requirements among solution components and releases in order to maximize the possible business value given the options and alternatives generated by the design team.






13. What are the strategies for a positive risk?






14. What are the techniques used in the task Manage Solution Scope & Requirements?






15. What is a STAKEHOLDER requirement - according to the BABOK 2.0?






16. 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.






17. When a requirement is changed - the BA can easily review all the related requirements and software components in order to understand the impact of the change.






18. This knowledge area describes the problem definition and analysis - business case development - feasibility studies and the definition of solution scope.






19. What are the inputs to the task Manage Solution Scope & Requirements?






20. What techniques are used in the task Manage Requirements Traceability?






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






22. A continuous process of collecting data to determine how well a solution has been implemented compared to expected results.






23. Are used to describe the scope of analysis or the scope of a solution. Serve as a basis for defining and delimiting the scope of business analysis and project work. Allow the definition of a "complete" scope—that is - the boundaries of the scope corr






24. The goal of this task is to create a set of views of the requirements for the new business solution that are comprehensive - complete - consistent and understood from all stakeholder perspectives.






25. What are the techniques used in the task - Validate Requirements?






26. What are the inputs for the task Plan Business Analysis Activities?






27. A package should contain a consistent - cohesive and coherent set of requirements. This describes the ____________.






28. What are the inputs to the task - Define Assumption & Constraints?






29. Involves assessing a situation - understanding it as fully as possible - and making judgments about possible solutions to the problem.






30. What techniques are used in the task - Define Solution Scope?






31. 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. -






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






33. Confidence in the decision analysis process that a decision is correct - new information or alternative that cause a decision to be revisited are new and not simply overlooked - decisions are effective in addressing underlying problem - impact of unc






34. Ensure that the solution meets the business need and determine the most appropriate response to identified defects.






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






36. What is the output of the task Plan Business Analysis Communication?






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






38. Three key factors when assessing the quality of indicators and their metrics






39. What techniques are used in the task - Prepare Requirements Package?






40. The goal of tracing is to ensure that requirements are linked back to a business objective. Creation of this relationship helps in what other traceability activities?






41. A requirement that does not deliver direct or indirect value to a stakeholder is a strong candidate for what?






42. Combination of expert judgment and history. Individual estimates - sharing the estimates with experts - and having several rounds until consensus is reached. An average of the three estimates is used






43. This knowledge area involves analyzing stakeholder needs to define solutions that meet those needs - assessing the current state of the business to identify and recommend improvements and the verification and validation of the resulting requirements.






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






45. 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






46. The purpose is to compile and document successes - opportunities for improvement - failures - and recommendations for improving the performance of future projects or project phases






47. The minimum set of requirements that must be met in order for a particular solution to be worth implementing.






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






49. Communication of requirements does what for stakeholders?






50. What are the Primitive Data Elements?