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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

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1. What is the output of the task Plan Requirements Management Process?
Prepare Requirements Package
Clear - Relevant - Economical - Adequate - Quantifiable
Business Analysis Communication Plan - Requirements - Requirements Package
Requirements Management Plan

2. What are some of the ways a BA can help to improve the operations of a business? Acceptance and Evaluation Criteria Definition - Business Rules Analysis - Data Dictionary and Glossary - Data Flow Diagrams - Data Modeling - Functional Decomposition -
Goals
Relationship to Time - Relationship to Task Completion - Relationship to Contracts - Relationships to Formal and Informal Authority
Automate or Simplify Work - Improve Access to Information - Reduce Complexity of Interfaces - Increase Consistency of Behavior - Eliminate Redundancy
Prioritize Requirements - Organize Requirements - Specify & Model Requirements - Define Assumptions & Constraints - Verify Requirements - Validate Requirements

3. What are some examples of stakeholder concerns?
Ethics
Relationship to Time - Relationship to Task Completion - Relationship to Contracts - Relationships to Formal and Informal Authority
Risk - assumptions - constraints - etc.
Functional Decomposition - Interface Analysis - Scope Modeling - User Stories - Problem or Vision Statement

4. What are the techniques used in the task - Determine Solution Approach?
Impact Analysis
Delphi Estimation
Interface Analysis
Benchmarking - Brainstorming - Decision Analysis - Estimation - SWOT Analysis - Feasibility Analysis

5. 7 knowledge areas of ________ : Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring - Elicitation - Requirements Management & Communication - Enterprise Analysis - Requirements Analysis - Solution Assessment & Validation - Underlying Competencies
Lessons Learned Process
Oral Communications - Teaching - Written Communication
BABOK
Requirements (Validated)

6. This technique shows how information is input - processed - stored and output from a system in a visual representation.
Budgeting
Data Flow Diagrams
Functional Decomposition
Solution Scope

7. What are the techniques for the task - Verify Requirements?
Business Analysis Performance Metrics - Business Analysis Plan - Organization Performance Standards - Requirements Management Plan
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Problem Tracking - Structured Walkthrough - Checklists
Opportunity Cost
Estimation

8. What are the inputs for the task Plan Business Analysis Activities?
Oral Communications - Teaching - Written Communication
Requirements Workshop
Business Analysis Approach - BA Performance Assessment - Organizational Process Assets - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities
Requirements (Verified)

9. What are the characteristics of a Problem Record?
Solution Assessment & Validation
Description - Raised by - Date Identified - Impact - Priority - Need by Date - Owner - Status - Action Needed to be Resolved - Responsible for Action - Completion Date of Action - Outcome
Lessons Learned Process
Business Analysis Communication Plan

10. What are stakeholder requirements?
Repository - Traceability - Requirement Attributes - Prioritization Process - Change Management - Tailoring the Requirements Management Process
They describe what a solution must be capable of doing to meet the needs of one or more stakeholder groups
Business Need - Organizational Process Assets - Requirements Management Plan - Scheduled Resources - Solution Scope & Business Case - Supporting Materials
Requirements (Traced)

11. Measures progress towards a strategic goal or objective.
Key Performance Indicator (KPI )
Business Need - Enterprise Architecture - Solution Performance Assessment
Prototyping
Elimination

12. Communication of requirements does what for stakeholders?
Solution Knowledge
Survey/Questionnaire
Business Rules Analysis
Brings them to a Communication on understanding

13. What is the output of the task - Prepare Requirements Package?
Requirements Package
The Sponsor
Risk Analysis
State Diagrams

14. What is the output of the task - Prioritize Requirements?
Operative Rules
Business Analysis Communication Plan
Requirements (Prioritized)
Decision Analysis

15. Elements identified for each activity and task.
Decision Making
Facilitation
Advantages of Document Analysis
Unique Number - Activity Description - Assumptions - Dependencies - Milestones

16. Three key factors when assessing the quality of indicators and their metrics
Solution Knowledge
Term and Fact Model
Requirements (Stated - Confirmed) - Stakeholder Concerns (Confirmed)
Reliability - Validity - Timeliness

17. Describes the effect a new solution will have on an organization and whether the organization is prepared for the organizational change the solution implementation will cause.
Document Analysis - SWOT Analysis
Facilitation
Decision Analysis - Focus Groups - Observation - Survey/Questionnaire
Assess Organization Readiness

18. Name the 2 types of Software categories that assist in BA productivity.
General Purpose Applications & Specialized Applications
Fishbone Diagram - Five Whys
Requirements Analysis
Dependencies

19. The purpose is to compile and document successes - opportunities for improvement - failures - and recommendations for improving the performance of future projects or project phases
Business Rules Analysis - Data Flow Diagrams - Data Modeling - Functional Decomposition - Organizational Modeling - Process Modeling - Scenarios & Use Cases - Scope Modeling - User Stories
Reliability - Performance Efficiency - Operability - Security - Compatibility - Maintainability - Transferability
Name - Aliases - Values/Meanings - Description
Lessons Learned Process

20. 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.
The Sponsor
Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring
User Story
Dependencies

21. What should be considered when establishing a Change Management process?
Acceptance - Transfer - Avoidance - Mitigation
They describe what a solution must be capable of doing to meet the needs of one or more stakeholder groups
Advantages of a Data Dictionary & Glossary
Determine the Process - Who will Authorize Changes - Impact Analysis - Wording of the Request - Coordinate Prioritization of Change

22. What is the output of the task - Define Assumptions & Constraints?
Analogous Estimation
Business Need - Enterprise Architecture - Organizational Process Assets
Assumptions & Constraints
Responsible - Accountable - Consulted - Informed

23. This task describes the work required to decide which formats are appropriate for a particular project and its stakeholders. The requirements must be clear - concise - accurate and at the appropriate level of detail to assure clear understanding by t
Requirements (Verified)
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
Prepare Requirements Package
Requirements Management & Communication

24. 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.
Verify Requirements
Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Prototyping - Requirements Workshop - Survey/Questionnaire
Requirements Workshop
Solution Performance Assessment

25. Name the 2 types of Stakeholder maps.
Solution Knowledge
Interviews
Stakeholder Matrix - Onion Diagram
Organizational Process Assets - Requirements (Stated) - Solution Scope

26. Is generally understood to describe just one way that an actor can accomplish a particular goal
Vertical Prototype
Glossary
Rolling Wave
Scenario

27. 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
SWOT Analysis
Compliance with regulatory or other standards
Operative Rules
Analogous Estimation

28. Ensure that the solution meets the business need and determine the most appropriate response to identified defects.
Implementation SME
Solution Performance Assessment
Business Analysis Approach - BA Performance Assessment - Organizational Process Assets - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities
Validate Solution

29. What is the output of the task - Verify Requirements?
Business Analysis Plan
Data Flow Diagrams
Business Case
Requirements (Verified)

30. What are the tasks of the Elicitation Knowledge Area?
Visual Learner - Auditory Learner - Kinesthetic Learner
Prepare for Elicitation - Conduct Elicitation Activity - Document Elicitation Results - Confirm Elicitation Results
Business Analysis Communication Plan - Organizational Process Assets - Requirements - Requirements Structure
Requirements Analysis

31. This task determines if an organization can justify the investment required to deliver a proposed solution.
User Classes - Profiles or Roles; Concepts & Relationships - Events - Processes - Rules
Define Business Case
Personal Organization
Non-functional Requirements Analysis

32. List 3 possible forms of a requirements packages.
A statement of the needs of a particular stakeholder or class of stakeholders
Budgeting
Formal Documentation - Presentation - Model
Manage Solution Scope & Requirements - Manage Requirements Traceability - Maintain Requirements for Re-use - Prepare Requirements Package - Communicate Requirements

33. What are the techniques used in Plan Business Analysis Communication?
Solution Assessment & Validation
MoSCoW Analysis
Tracing Requirements
Structured Walkthrough

34. What are the techniques used in the task - Assess Proposed Solution?
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Decision Analysis - Vendor Assessment
Evaluate Solution Performance
Requirements (Prioritized)
State Diagrams

35. Includes the standard definition of data elements - their meanings and allowable values.
Assessment of Proposed Solution
User Classes - Profiles or Roles; Concepts & Relationships - Events - Processes - Rules
System
Data Dictionary

36. What is the output of the task Plan Business Analysis Communication?
Fishbone Diagram - Five Whys
Business Analysis Communication Plan
Scheduled Resources - Supporting Materials
Requirements (Approved)

37. Stakeholders involved the BA in decision making - acceptance of the BA's recommendations - willingness to discuss difficult or controversial topics with the BA - stakeholders willing to support or defend the BA when problems occur.
Solution (Constructed) - Requirements (Prioritized and Validated)
Sequence Diagrams
Trustworthiness
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Data Flow Diagrams - Process Models - Focus Groups - Interviews - Survey/Questionnaire - Organizational Modeling - Problem Tracking - Risk Analysis - SWOT Analysis - Force Field Analysis

38. A diagram indicating how involved the stakeholder is with the solution.
Onion Diagram
Elicitation Results
Scheduled Resources - Supporting Materials
Business Rules Analysis - Data Flow Diagrams - Process Modeling - Organization Modeling - Data Modeling

39. Most optimistic estimate; most pessimistic estimate; most likely estimate
Business Rules Analysis - Data Flow Diagrams - Data Modeling - Functional Decomposition - Organizational Modeling - Process Modeling - Scenarios & Use Cases - Scope Modeling - User Stories
Three-point Estimation
Responsible - Accountable - Consulted - Informed
Organizational Readiness Assessment

40. 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
Advantages of Document Analysis
Business Analysis Communication Plan - Organizational Process Assets - Requirements - Requirements Structure
Requirements (Stated) - Stakeholder Concerns
Benchmarking - Brainstorming - Decision Analysis - Estimation - SWOT Analysis - Feasibility Analysis

41. What are the inputs to the Plan Business Analysis Approach?
This person will be involved in monitoring the performance and effectiveness of a solution or its components.
Structured Walkthrough
Business Need - Expert Judgment - Organizational Process Assets
Visual Learner - Auditory Learner - Kinesthetic Learner

42. Decisions are made with the interest of all stakeholders considered - reasons for a decision are cleared articulated - prompt and full disclosure of conflicts of interest - honesty regarding one's abilities and the performance of one's work.
Ethics
Data Modeling
Business Principals
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

43. 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
Operative Rules
Prototyping
Tracing Requirements
Budgeting

44. What are the inputs for the task - Define Transitional Requirements?
Non-functional Requirements Analysis
Risk Analysis
Cultural Assessment - Operational or Technical Assessment - Stakeholder Impact Analysis
Organizational Readiness Assessment - Requirements (Stated) - Solution (Deployed) - Solution (Designed)

45. Describes all the possible outcomes of an attempt to accomplish a particular goal that the solution will support.
Sequence Diagrams
Use Case
To record the conflict in the Requirements Issues Log.
Sequences - Repetitions - Optional Elements

46. What is the output of the task Manage Solution Scope & Requirements?
Transition Requirements
Requirements (Approved)
Emotional and Cognitive
Learning

47. Means of eliciting information from many people - sometimes anonymously - in a relatively short period of time
Systems Thinking
Problem or Vision Statement
Survey/Questionnaire
Benefits - Costs - Risk Assessment - Results Measurement

48. What is the output of the task - Determine Solution Approach?
Solution Approach
Allocate Requirements
Scenario
Estimation - Functional Decomposition - Risk Analysis

49. What are the techniques used in the task - Define Assumptions & Constraints?
Business Need - Organizational Process Assets - Required Capabilities
Document Analysis - SWOT Analysis
Prepare for Elicitation - Conduct Elicitation Activity - Document Elicitation Results - Confirm Elicitation Results
Problem Tracking - Risk Analysis

50. What is the output of the task - Manage Requirements Traceability?
Requirements (Traced)
Requirements (Stated) - Stakeholder Concerns
Requirements (Verified)
Sequence Diagrams