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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

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






2. What are the tasks in Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring?






3. What does RACI stand for?






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






5. Two techniques used in Root Cause Analysis?






6. 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






7. 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.






8. 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.






9. Allocate stakeholder and solution requirements among solution components and releases in order to maximize the possible business value given the options and alternatives generated by the design team.






10. What is the output of the task Plan Requirements Management Process?






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






12. 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.






13. 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.






14. What are the inputs to the task - Specify & Model Requirements?






15. Investigating how a solution is actually used after it is deployed and assessing the effect it has had - both positive and negative.






16. 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






17. List 3 possible forms of a requirements packages.






18. What is a STAKEHOLDER requirement - according to the BABOK 2.0?






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






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






21. 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






22. What are the different types of learning styles?






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






24. What are the techniques used in the task - Determine Solution Approach?






25. A requirement that does not deliver direct or indirect value to a stakeholder is a strong candidate for what?






26. When performing root cause analysis as part of the Validate Solution task - what stakeholder may be involved?






27. This technique represents the types of peoples - places - things and concepts that are important to the business - attributes associated with them and the significant business relationships among them.






28. What are the techniques used in the task Manage Business Analysis Performance?






29. What are the Composite Data Elements?






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






31. What are the characteristics of a Problem Record?






32. What are the inputs to the task - Allocate Resources?






33. Includes the standard definition of data elements - their meanings and allowable values.






34. Techniques used in the task Plan Requirements Management Process.






35. This will impose constraints to the effort to deploy the solution - including relationships that may exist between solution components.






36. What are the inputs to the task - Validate Requirements?






37. 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






38. What are the inputs to the task - Organize Requirements?






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






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






41. What are the likely sources of transition requirements?






42. What does SMART stand for?






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






44. 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.






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






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






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






48. 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. -






49. 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?






50. What are some examples of stakeholder concerns?