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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

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1. Involved motivating people to act in ways that enable them to work together to achieve shared goals and objectives.






2. This knowledge area describes the problem definition and analysis - business case development - feasibility studies and the definition of solution scope.






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






4. 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.






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. What are the inputs to the task - Assess Organizational Readiness?






7. Define the requirements that must be met in order for a solution to be considered acceptable to key stakeholders.






8. What are the Cultural diversity issues that should be taken into account when planning communication?






9. Name the 2 types of Software categories that assist in BA productivity.






10. Measures progress towards a strategic goal or objective.






11. Use of a similar project as the basis for developing estimates for the current project. Also known as "top-down" estimating. This is usually done at the beginning of the project or project phase and more detailed estimates follow as more is known.






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






13. Long-term - ongoing and qualitative statements of a state or condition that the organization is seeking to establish and maintain.






14. This prototype seeks to quickly uncover and clarify interface requirements using simple tools - sometimes just paper and pencil. The focus is on functionality that is not easily elicited by other techniques - has conflicting viewpoints - or is diffic






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






16. What are the inputs to the task - Validate Solution?






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






18. This knowledge area describes how the BA assesses proposed solutions and determines which solution best fits the business need - identifies gaps and shortcomings to solutions and determines necessary workarounds or changes to the solution.






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






20. 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.






21. 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.






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






23. A formal written specification with possible walk-thru - an informal one is possibly verbal or email Communication






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






25. A good indicator has 5 characteristics:






26. Prioritizes requirements based on a allocated fixed amount of money.






27. What are the strategies for a positive risk?






28. What techniques are used in the task Manage Requirements Traceability?






29. What is the output of the task Prepare for Elicitation?






30. Communicated Requirements mean what to stakeholders?






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






32. Three types of organizational structures






33. Two types of conflict.






34. What are stakeholder requirements?






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






36. 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.






37. What is the output of the task - Communicate Requirements?






38. A specific - actionable - testable directive that is under the control of an organization and supports a business policy.






39. What are the strategies for a negative risk?






40. What are some of the key variables used in determining the priority of a requirement?






41. What are the techniques used in the task - Prioritize Requirements?






42. 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.






43. 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






44. 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.






45. Are used to model the logic of usage scenarios - by showing the information passed between objects in the system through the execution of the scenario. Shows how classes and objects interact during a scenario.






46. 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






47. 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.






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






49. Maps the level of stakeholder influence and interest in a project.






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