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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

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1. 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.






2. 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.






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






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






5. 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.






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






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






8. Benefits that could have been achieved with an alternative investment rather than this one.






9. What are the techniques used in Plan Business Analysis Activities?






10. 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 -






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






12. What are the techniques used in the task - Assess Capability Gaps?






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






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






15. What are the elements of the area - Analytical Thinking and Problem Solving - Successful generation of new ideas - application of new ideas to resolve existing problems - willingness of stakeholders to accept new approaches.






16. Corrective or preventative measures uncovered while performing a Business Analysis Performance Assessment will result in changes to what plan?






17. Elicitation Results are the inputs for the ____________






18. The decomposition of activities and tasks creates?






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






20. Understanding of how a change to a component affects the system as a whole - identification of reinforcing and compensating feedback loops - understanding of how systems adapt to external pressures and changes - A system as a whole will have properti






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






22. 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






23. What are the inputs to the task - Determine Solution Approach?






24. Who is the primary stakeholder in the Define Business Case task?






25. Measures progress towards a strategic goal or objective.






26. Elements identified for each activity and task.






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






28. What is the output to the task - Evaluate Solution Performance?






29. What are the inputs to the task - Verify Requirements?






30. What is the output of the task Document Elicitation Results?






31. Ability to find information - on-time completion of tasks - efficiency in the completion of work - ability to easily identify all outstanding work and the status of each work item.






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






33. What are the inputs for the task - Evaluate Solution Performance?






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






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






36. What describes how - when and why the business analyst will work with stakeholders?






37. 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.






38. 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. -






39. 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






40. What are the classifications used to describe requirements






41. 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.






42. States the business need - identifies key stakeholders and briefly describes the positive impact that meeting the business need will have on those stakeholders.






43. What are the techniques used in the task - Define Assumptions & Constraints?






44. What are the Composite Data Elements?






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






46. A non-actionable directive that supports a business goal.






47. What are the inputs to the task - Communicate Requirements?






48. 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.






49. 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.






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