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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

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






2. What are the techniques used in Plan Business Analysis Approach?






3. What are some examples of stakeholder concerns?






4. 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.






5. 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.






6. 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.






7. 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 -






8. Two techniques used in Root Cause Analysis?






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






10. What are the inputs to the task Manage Requirements Traceability?






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






12. Understanding of the business architecture of the organization that is being analyzed. Understanding business models (generates profit) - org structure - relationships between business units and the persons who occupy key stakeholder positions.






13. A structured way to capture requirements. May be used to scope - discover - define - prioritize and reach closure on requirements for the target system. Considered one of the most effective ways to deliver high quality requirements quickly.






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






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






16. 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






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






18. 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.






19. 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.






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






21. What are the inputs for the task - Define Solution Scope?






22. What are the techniques used in the task - Organize Requirements?






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






24. Models a shallow - and possibly wide view of the system's functionality. It typically does not have any business logic running behind the visualization.






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






26. The minimum set of requirements that must be met in order for a particular solution to be worth implementing.






27. Two effective trade-off methods.






28. Measures progress towards a strategic goal or objective.






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






30. Elements identified for each activity and task.






31. What are the tasks of the Elicitation Knowledge Area?






32. 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






33. What are the 3 elements in the Assess Organizational Readiness?






34. What are the elements to the task - Define Business Case?






35. What are the strategies for a negative risk?






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






37. Understanding of the competitive forces that shape an industry - understand the various customer segments that the industry services and the demographic or other characteristics common to that segment.






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






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






40. Technique involving refinement of estimates. Estimate the details for activities in the current iteration or increment and provide an analogous estimate for the entire scope of work. As the end of the iteration approaches - estimates for the next ite






41. 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






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 techniques are used in the task Manage Requirements Traceability?






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






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






46. The purpose of _______________ is to ensure that a stakeholder's actual underlying needs are understood - rather than the their stated or superficial desires.






47. Describes the effect a new solution will have on an organization and whether the organization is prepared for the organizational change the solution implementation will cause.






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






49. What are the inputs to the Plan Business Analysis Approach?






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