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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

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1. What are the techniques used in the task - Allocate Resources?






2. What is the output of the task - Define Assumptions & Constraints?






3. What are the inputs for the task Prepare for Elicitation?






4. What is the output of the task - Define Business Need?






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






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






7. What are the underlying competencies a BA should possess?






8. Used to describe the roles - responsibilities and reporting structures that exist within an organization and to align those structures with the organization's goals.






9. According to the BABOK 2.0 - what type of analysis generates STAKEHOLDER requirements?






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






11. 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.






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






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






14. What are the elements of the task Plan Requirements Management Process?






15. What techniques are used in the task - Prepare Requirements Package?






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






18. What are the inputs for the task - Define Transitional Requirements?






19. What are the likely sources of transition requirements?






20. What are the inputs for the task Plan Business Analysis Activities?






21. 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.






22. Name some commonly used financial valuation techniques.






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






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






25. What are the inputs to the task Manage Business Analysis Performance?






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






27. Communication of requirements does what for stakeholders?






28. A good indicator has 5 characteristics:






29. What are the techniques used in the task - Assess Organizational Readiness?






30. Ensure that the solution meets the business need and determine the most appropriate response to identified defects.






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






32. An organized structure for the requirements and a documented set of relationships between them. Is used so the analyst and stakeholders know where a specific requirement should be found. Should have a clear implicit scope (clear to the stakeholders w






33. What are the characteristics of quality for a requirements?






34. What are the Behavioral Characteristics a BA should exhibit?






35. The goal of this task is to ensure that all requirements support the delivery of value to the business - fulfill its goal and objectives and meet a stakeholder need.






36. What are the inputs to the task Manage Solution Scope & Requirements?






37. What are the Primitive Data Elements?






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






39. This task describes the work required to decide which formats are appropriate for a particular project and its stakeholders. The requirements must be clear - concise - accurate and at the appropriate level of detail to assure clear understanding by t






40. What are the different types of learning styles?






41. What does SMART stand for?






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






43. 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






44. What are the inputs for the task - Maintain Requirements for Re-use?






45. 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






46. Revised process and templates for BA deliverables should be analyzed and documented and lessons learned should be recorded.






47. The purpose is to measure the performance of solutions - solution components - and other matters of interest to stakeholders.






48. What are the techniques used in the task Conduct Elicitation Activity?






49. Models a deep - and usually narrow slice of the entire system's functionality.






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