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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

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1. What is the output of the task - Assess Organizational Readiness?






2. To define the rules that govern decisions in an organization and that define - constrain or enable organization operations.






3. What are the tasks for the knowledge area - Requirements Management & Communication?






4. What are the inputs to the task - Define Business Need?






5. 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.






6. 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.






7. Name the 2 types of Stakeholder maps.






8. What are the techniques used in the task Document Elicitation Results?






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






10. What are the elements of the task Plan Requirements Management Process?






11. The goal of this task is to ensure that all requirements support the delivery of value to the business - fulfill its goal and objectives and meet a stakeholder need.






12. 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.






13. Characteristics that are common to all organizations with a similar purpose and structure - whether or not the are in the same industry.






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






15. 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.






16. What is the output of the task - Assess Proposed Solution?






17. 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






18. According to the BABOK 2.0 - what type of analysis generates STAKEHOLDER requirements?






19. Are written to describe how an actor interacts with a solution to accomplish one or more of that actor's goals - or to respond to an event.






20. What are the inputs to the task Manage Requirements Traceability?






21. This technique shows how information is input - processed - stored and output from a system in a visual representation.






22. What are the inputs to the task - Organize Requirements?






23. 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.






24. 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.






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






26. What are the inputs for the task - Prepare Requirements Package?






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






28. What are the techniques used in the task - Communicate Requirements?






29. What are the characteristics of a Problem Record?






30. This knowledge area describes the tasks that are performed in order to ensure that solutions meet the business need and to facilitate successful implementation.






31. 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.






32. 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






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






34. The people involved - the interactions between them - the external forces affecting their behavior and all other relevant elements and factors.






35. What are the inputs to the task - Define Business Case?






36. The objective of this technique is to determine how companies achieve their superior performance levels and use that information to design projects to improve operations of the enterprise.






37. What are the elements of Communication Skills?






38. 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.






39. 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.






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






41. What are the inputs to the task - Specify & Model Requirements?






42. 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






43. What are the likely sources of transition requirements?






44. 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?






45. This describes how the chosen solution will deliver the solution scope - may break delivery down into releases or provide a roadmap that indicates the timeframe in which a capability is expected.






46. Two types of conflict.






47. Elements of a Requirements Management Plan include?






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






49. Business rules require a defined glossary of terms and an understanding of the relationships between them - this is known as:






50. What are the techniques used in the task - Define Transition Requirements?