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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

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1. Rules that are intended to help determine when something is or is not true - or when things fall into a specific category. They are expressed as rules because they describe categorizations that may change over time.






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






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






4. An important tool in defining the scope of work and developing estimates. Decomposes the project scope into smaller and smaller pieces - creating a hierarchy of work.






5. 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.






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






7. Issues that may influence the replacement or elimination decision of a system include:






8. What is the output of the task - Assess Capability Gaps?






9. What is the output of the task - Validate Requirements?






10. 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.






11. Organizational culture - Stakeholder preference - complexity - organizational maturity and availability of resources are all factors used to do what?






12. Defines the key terms and data relevant to a business domain.






13. What is the output of the task - Maintain Requirements for Re-use?






14. What are the tasks in the knowledge area - Requirements Analysis?






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






16. 7 knowledge areas of ________ : Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring - Elicitation - Requirements Management & Communication - Enterprise Analysis - Requirements Analysis - Solution Assessment & Validation - Underlying Competencies






17. What are the inputs for the task - Maintain Requirements for Re-use?






18. Name some commonly used financial valuation techniques.






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






20. What is the output of the task Conduct Elicitation Activity?






21. 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 -






22. The purpose is to describe the required qualities of a system - such as its usability and performance characteristics.






23. List 3 possible forms of a requirements packages.






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






25. Defines what must be delivered in order to meet the business need - and the effect of the proposed change initiation on the business and technology operations and infrastructure.






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






27. The BA is a stakeholder in ______ business analysis activities.






28. What are the tasks in the knowledge area - Enterprise Analysis?






29. This prototype extends the initial interface requirements into a fully functioning system and requires a specialized prototyping tool or language.






30. Shows how the behavior of a concept - entity or object changes in response to events during its lifetime - and defines which events cause a transition between those states.






31. Gathering information relevant to a decision - breaking down the information relevant to a decision - making comparisons and tradeoffs between similar and dissimilar options and identifying the option that is most desirable.






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






33. What is the output of the task - Prioritize Requirements?






34. What is the output of the task - Define Business Case?






35. When a conflict arises between stakeholders on one or more documented requirements - the first thing that needs to take place is what?






36. The goal of this task is to meet with stakeholder(s) to gather information regarding their needs.






37. Use of parameters - multiplied by the number of hours. (COCOMO II - Function Point Counting - Use Case Points - and Story Points)






38. 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.






39. 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






40. 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






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






42. What is the output of the task - Determine Solution Approach?






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






44. 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






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






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






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






48. 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.






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






50. What are the techniques used in Plan Business Analysis Communication?