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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

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






2. What are the strategies for a positive risk?






3. 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






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






5. 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






6. What are the strategies for a negative risk?






7. Approach to decision making that examines and models the possible consequences of different decisions. Make an optimal decision under conditions of uncertainty.






8. The knowledge area that covers how BAs determine which activities are necessary in order to complete a business analysis effort.






9. To identify and manage areas of uncertainty that can impact an initiative - solution - or organization.






10. What factors guide technique selection?






11. What is the output of the task - Define Assumptions & Constraints?






12. What is the output of the Manage Business Analysis Performance task?






13. 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






14. Familiarity with the range of commercially available solutions or suppliers can assist with the identification of possible alternatives.






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






16. What are the techniques used in the task Define Business Need?






17. What is the output of the task Plan Business Analysis Activities?






18. Is generally understood to describe just one way that an actor can accomplish a particular goal






19. What are the tasks in the knowledge area - Solution Assessment & Validation?






20. 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?






21. Uses history as a basis for estimating. It is similar to analogous estimation - but is used not only for the top-down estimate - but for the detailed tasks as well.






22. What are the inputs to the task Plan Requirements Management Process?






23. To assess the ability of a potential vendor to meet commitments regarding a product or service






24. Means of eliciting information from many people - sometimes anonymously - in a relatively short period of time






25. Name some commonly used financial valuation techniques.






26. 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






27. What are the underlying competencies a BA should possess?






28. What is the output of the task - Manage Requirements Traceability?






29. What are the likely sources of transition requirements?






30. This task determines if an organization can justify the investment required to deliver a proposed solution.






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






32. What are the Primitive Data Elements?






33. What is the output of the task - Define Transition Requirements?






34. 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.






35. Industry Knowledge - Organization Knowledge - Solution Knowledge What are the elements of Business Knowledge?






36. 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.






37. What are the inputs of the task Plan Business Analysis Communication?






38. The process of informing stakeholders of metrics of indicators in specified formats at specified intervals.






39. 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 -






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






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






42. What are the inputs to the task Manage Business Analysis Performance?






43. 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






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






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






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






47. Strengths - Weaknesses - Opportunities - Threats - A valuable tool to quickly analyze various aspects of the current state of the business process undergoing change.






48. Elements identified for each activity and task.






49. An organized structure for the requirements and a documented set of relationships between them. Is used so the analyst and stakeholders know where a specific requirement should be found. Should have a clear implicit scope (clear to the stakeholders w






50. Divides requirements into 4 categories - Must - Should - Could - Won't