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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

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1. What factors guide technique selection?
Business Domain - Corporate Culture & Environment - Skills of the Analyst - Requirement Deliverable
Requirements (Validated)
Verify Requirements
Scheduled Resources - Supporting Materials

2. 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.
Data Modeling
Sequences - Repetitions - Optional Elements
Decision Analysis
Acceptance & Evaluation Technique

3. What are the classifications used to describe requirements
Observation
Business Requirements - Stakeholder Requirements - Solution Requirements - Transition Requirements
Plan Business Analysis Approach - Conduct Stakeholder Analysis - Plan Business Analysis Activities - Plan Business Analysis Communication - Plan Requirements Management Process - Manage BA Performance
All

4. What are the techniques used in the task - Evaluate Solution Performance?
Lessons Learned Process
Decision Analysis - Focus Groups - Observation - Survey/Questionnaire
Business Requirements - Stakeholder Requirements - Solution Requirements - Transition Requirements
Enterprise Architecture - Solution Scope - Solution (Designed) - Stakeholder Concerns

5. What are the techniques used in the task - Define Assumptions & Constraints?
Delphi Estimation
Risk Analysis
Problem Tracking - Risk Analysis
Necessity - Effort - Subset - Cover - Value

6. What are the tasks of the Elicitation Knowledge Area?
Document Analysis
Industry Knowledge
Dependencies
Prepare for Elicitation - Conduct Elicitation Activity - Document Elicitation Results - Confirm Elicitation Results

7. What are the inputs for the task - Prepare Requirements Package?
Industry Knowledge
Business Analysis Communication Plan - Organizational Process Assets - Requirements - Requirements Structure
Lessons Learned Process
Transition Requirements

8. Describes all the possible outcomes of an attempt to accomplish a particular goal that the solution will support.
Business Need - Enterprise Architecture - Solution Performance Assessment
Use Case
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Solution Assessment & Validation

9. A structured examination of the aspects of a situation to establish the root causes and resulting effects of the problem. A critical element is to ensure that the current business thinking and processes are challenged. The purpose is to determine the
Root Cause Analysis
Advantages of Document Analysis
Decision Analysis - Process Modeling - Structured Walkthrough
Trustworthiness

10. What are the inputs to the task - Define Assumption & Constraints?
Stakeholder Concerns
Business Analysis Plan
System
Specific - Measurable - Achievable - Relevant - Time-bound Objectives must be SMART.

11. What are the Cultural diversity issues that should be taken into account when planning communication?
Assumptions & Constraints
Relationship to Time - Relationship to Task Completion - Relationship to Contracts - Relationships to Formal and Informal Authority
Primary stakeholders in the Organize Requirements task
Communicated Requirements

12. Elements of a Requirements Management Plan include?
Use Case
The Sponsor
Relationships - Impact Analysis - Configuration Management System
Data Modeling

13. What are the factors of influence by stakeholders on a project?
Decision Analysis - Estimation - Metrics & KPIs - Risk Analysis - SWOT Analysis - Vendor Assessment
Horizontal Prototype
Influence on the project - organizational - project health and other stakeholders
Advantages of a Data Dictionary & Glossary

14. What does RACI stand for?
Responsible - Accountable - Consulted - Informed
Requirements (Approved)
Business Case; Stakeholder - Solution or Transition Requirements (Verified)
Tracing Requirements

15. 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.
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Benchmarking - Brainstorming - Business Rules Analysis - Focus Groups - Functional Decomposition - Root Cause Analysis
Assumptions & Constraints - Requirements (Prioritized and Approved) - Solution Options
Scope Modeling

16. This task ensures that requirement specifications and models meet the necessary standard of quality to allow them to be used effectively to guide further work. Requirements have been defined correctly.
Advantages of Document Analysis
Verify Requirements
Cultural Assessment - Operational or Technical Assessment - Stakeholder Impact Analysis
Data Dictionary

17. What does SMART stand for?
Business Analysis Communication Plan - Organizational Process Assets - Requirements - Requirements Structure
Specific - Measurable - Achievable - Relevant - Time-bound Objectives must be SMART.
Business Analysis Approach - Business Analysis Plan - Organizational Process Assets - Stakeholder Lists - Roles & Responsibilities
Business Analysis Performance Assessment - Business Analysis Process Assets - Includes a comparison of planned versus actual performance - understanding the root cause of variances from the plan and other information to help understand the level of

18. What are the output(s) of the task - Validate Solution?
Elimination
Identified Defects - Mitigating Actions - Solution Validation Assessment
Requirements (Analyzed)
Evaluation

19. 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.
Ethics
User Story
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Business Rules Analysis - Decision Analysis - Functional Decomposition - Process Modeling - Scenarios & Use Cases
Sequences - Repetitions - Optional Elements

20. What are the tasks in Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring?
Requirements Analysis
Solution (Constructed) - Requirements (Prioritized and Validated)
Plan Business Analysis Approach - Conduct Stakeholder Analysis - Plan Business Analysis Activities - Plan Business Analysis Communication - Plan Requirements Management Process - Manage BA Performance
Business Domain - Corporate Culture & Environment - Skills of the Analyst - Requirement Deliverable

21. 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.
Use Case
Scope Modeling
Estimation
Personal Organization

22. Characteristics that are common to all organizations with a similar purpose and structure - whether or not the are in the same industry.
Interface Analysis
Non-functional Requirements Analysis
Business Principals
Business Case; Stakeholder - Solution or Transition Requirements (Verified)

23. What are some of the key variables used in determining the priority of a requirement?
Decision Analysis - Estimation - Metrics & KPIs - Risk Analysis - SWOT Analysis - Vendor Assessment
Business Analysis Approach - Business Analysis Plan - Organizational Process Assets - Stakeholder Lists - Roles & Responsibilities
Responsible - Accountable - Consulted - Informed
Business Value - Business or Technical Risk - Implementation Difficulty - Likelihood of Success - Regulatory or Policy Compliance - Relationship to Other Requirements - Stakeholder Agreement - Urgency

24. What are the inputs to the task - Prioritize Requirements?
Business Case - Business Need - Requirements - Requirements Management Plan - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities
Leadership
Business Principles & Practices
Survey/Questionnaire

25. What is the output of the task - Assess Organizational Readiness?
Enterprise Analysis
Conduct Elicitation Activity
Requirements (Maintained and Reusable)
Organizational Readiness Assessment

26. What techniques are used in the task Manage Requirements Traceability?
Interviews - Lessons Learned Process - Metrics and KPIs - Problem Tracking - Process Modeling - Root Cause Analysis - Survey/Questionnaire - Variance Analysis
Coverage Matrix - Table or spreadsheet used to manage tracing.
Focus Group
Solution (Constructed) - Requirements (Prioritized and Validated)

27. What are the inputs to the task Conduct Elicitation Activity?
Share - Enhance - Exploit
Business Need - Organizational Process Assets - Requirements Management Plan - Scheduled Resources - Solution Scope & Business Case - Supporting Materials
Interviews - Observation
Data Dictionary & Glossary

28. The minimum set of requirements that must be met in order for a particular solution to be worth implementing.
Share - Enhance - Exploit
Requirements (Stated - Unconfirmed) - Stakeholder Concerns (Unconfirmed)
Acceptance Criteria
Analogous Estimation

29. What is the output of the task - Maintain Requirements for Re-use?
Requirements (Maintained and Reusable)
Requirements (Stated - Unconfirmed) - Stakeholder Concerns (Unconfirmed)
Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring
Problem Tracking - Baselining - Signoff

30. Ensure that the solution meets the business need and determine the most appropriate response to identified defects.
Requirements (Verified)
Data Dictionary & Glossary - Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Prototyping - Requirements Workshops - Survey/Questionnaire
Transition Requirements
Validate Solution

31. 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.
Problem Tracking - Risk Analysis
Benchmarking
Problem Solving
Requirements Documentation - Requirements for Vendor Selection

32. The knowledge area that describes how a BA manages conflicts - issues and changes in order to ensure that stakeholders and the project team remain in agreement on the solution scope - how requirements are communicated to stakeholders and how knowledg
Requirements Management & Communication
Requirements (Prioritized)
Requirements Workshop - Structured Walkthrough
Requirements Analysis

33. What are the elements of Communication Skills?
Solution Scope
Allocate Requirements
This person will be involved in monitoring the performance and effectiveness of a solution or its components.
Oral Communications - Teaching - Written Communication

34. This task determines if an organization can justify the investment required to deliver a proposed solution.
Requirements (Stated) - Requirements Structure
Document Analysis - SWOT Analysis
Define Business Case
Relationship to Time - Relationship to Task Completion - Relationship to Contracts - Relationships to Formal and Informal Authority

35. What are the techniques used in the task - Prioritize Requirements?
Structured Walkthrough
Business Requirements - Identified Defects - Solution Performance Metrics - Solution (Deployed)
Name - Value/Meanings - Description
Decision Analysis - Risk Analysis - MoSCoW Analysis - Timeboxing/Budgeting - Voting

36. What is the output of the task - Assess Proposed Solution?
Problem Solving
Assessment of Proposed Solution
Organizational Readiness Assessment
Business Analysis Approach - BA Performance Assessment - Organizational Process Assets - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities

37. Techniques used in the task Plan Requirements Management Process.
Decision Analysis - Problem Tacking - Risk Analysis
Plan Business Analysis Approach - Conduct Stakeholder Analysis - Plan Business Analysis Activities - Plan Business Analysis Communication - Plan Requirements Management Process - Manage BA Performance
Functional Decomposition
Oral Communications - Teaching - Written Communication

38. Two effective trade-off methods.
Business Analysis Approach
Requirements Management Plan
Elimination of Dominated Alternative - Ranking Objects on a Similar Scale
Business Goals & Objectives - Requirements (Stated)

39. Elicitation Results are the inputs for the ____________
Requirements (Traced)
Name - Value/Meanings - Description
Document Elicitation Results task
Structured Walkthrough

40. Business rules require a defined glossary of terms and an understanding of the relationships between them - this is known as:
Compliance with regulatory or other standards
Term and Fact Model
Solution Scope Definition - Implementation Approach - Dependencies
Assessment of Proposed Solution

41. What are the techniques for the task - Verify Requirements?
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Metrics & KPIs - Prototyping - Risk Analysis - Structured Walkthrough
Solution (Constructed) - Requirements (Prioritized and Validated)
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Problem Tracking - Structured Walkthrough - Checklists
Decision Analysis - Problem Tacking - Risk Analysis

42. To identify and manage areas of uncertainty that can impact an initiative - solution - or organization.
Risk Analysis
Dependencies
Impact Analysis
Scenarios & Use Cases

43. What are the inputs to the task - Validate Requirements?
Primary stakeholders in the Organize Requirements task
Business Case; Stakeholder - Solution or Transition Requirements (Verified)
Requirements Structure
Visual Learner - Auditory Learner - Kinesthetic Learner

44. What are the techniques used in Plan Business Analysis Communication?
Structured Walkthrough
Cultural Assessment - Operational or Technical Assessment - Stakeholder Impact Analysis
Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving - Behavioral Characteristics - Business Knowledge - Communication Skills - Interaction Skills - Software Application
Structural Rules

45. What are the techniques used in the task - Define Business Case?
Decision Analysis - Estimation - Metrics & KPIs - Risk Analysis - SWOT Analysis - Vendor Assessment
Elimination
Enterprise Analysis
Evaluation

46. What is the output of the task - Communicate Requirements?
Communicated Requirements
Define Transitional Requirements
Scheduled Resources - Supporting Materials
Horizontal Prototype

47. Models a deep - and usually narrow slice of the entire system's functionality.
Vertical Prototype
Fishbone Diagram - Five Whys
Validate Requirements
Budgeting

48. To assess the ability of a potential vendor to meet commitments regarding a product or service
Specific - Measurable - Achievable - Relevant - Time-bound Objectives must be SMART.
Define Business Case
Vendor Assessment
Opportunity Cost

49. Define requirements for capabilities needed to move from an existing solution to a new solution.
Estimation - Functional Decomposition - Risk Analysis
Decision Analysis
Define Transitional Requirements
Solution Assessment & Validation

50. What are the elements to the task - Define Business Case?
Benefits - Costs - Risk Assessment - Results Measurement
Problem Tracking - Baselining - Signoff
Evaluation
Requirements Workshop