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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

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1. The people involved - the interactions between them - the external forces affecting their behavior and all other relevant elements and factors.
System
Organize Requirements
Opportunity Cost
Interviews - Lessons Learned Process - Metrics and KPIs - Problem Tracking - Process Modeling - Root Cause Analysis - Survey/Questionnaire - Variance Analysis

2. What are the 3 elements in the Assess Organizational Readiness?
Fishbone Diagram - Five Whys
Cultural Assessment - Operational or Technical Assessment - Stakeholder Impact Analysis
Business Analysis Communication Plan
Requirements (Allocated)

3. What are the inputs to the task Manage Solution Scope & Requirements?
Solution (Constructed) - Requirements (Prioritized and Validated)
Business Requirements - Identified Defects - Solution Performance Metrics - Solution (Deployed)
Requirements Management Plan - Solution Scope - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities - Stakeholder/Solution or Transition Requirements (Communicated or Traced)
Business Rules Analysis - Data Flow Diagrams - Data Modeling - Functional Decomposition - Organizational Modeling - Process Modeling - Scenarios & Use Cases - Scope Modeling - User Stories

4. To define the rules that govern decisions in an organization and that define - constrain or enable organization operations.
Relationship to Time - Relationship to Task Completion - Relationship to Contracts - Relationships to Formal and Informal Authority
Elimination
Business Rules Analysis
Conduct Elicitation Activity

5. What are the techniques used in Plan Business Analysis Approach?
Activity List
Vendor Assessment
Requirements Structure
Decision Analysis - Process Modeling - Structured Walkthrough

6. What are the inputs for the task Plan Business Analysis Activities?
Identified Defects - Mitigating Actions - Solution Validation Assessment
Business Need - Solution Scope & Business Case - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities
Business Need - Organizational Process Assets - Required Capabilities
Business Analysis Approach - BA Performance Assessment - Organizational Process Assets - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities

7. Using this technique the business analyst has collected the deliverables - activities - tasks - and estimates from all the involved stakeholders and rolls them up to get a total for all the activities and tasks.
Bottom-up Estimation
Business Case; Stakeholder - Solution or Transition Requirements (Verified)
Verify Requirements
Non-functional Requirements Analysis

8. Characteristics that are common to all organizations with a similar purpose and structure - whether or not the are in the same industry.
Cultural Assessment - Operational or Technical Assessment - Stakeholder Impact Analysis
Business Principals
Evaluate Solution Performance
Interviews - Observation

9. What is the output of the Manage Business Analysis Performance task?
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
Business Goals & Objectives - Requirements (Stated)
Benchmarking - Brainstorming - Business Rules Analysis - Focus Groups - Functional Decomposition - Root Cause Analysis
Creative Thinking - Decision Making - Learning - Problem Solving - Systems Thinking

10. What is the output to the task - Evaluate Solution Performance?
Solution Performance Assessment
To record the conflict in the Requirements Issues Log.
Assess Organization Readiness
Benchmarking - Brainstorming - Business Rules Analysis - Focus Groups - Functional Decomposition - Root Cause Analysis

11. The minimum set of requirements that must be met in order for a particular solution to be worth implementing.
Acceptance Criteria
Risk Analysis
Decision Analysis - Problem Tacking - Risk Analysis
Historic Analysis

12. Long-term - ongoing and qualitative statements of a state or condition that the organization is seeking to establish and maintain.
Evaluation Criteria
Goals
The Business Analysis Communication Plan
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Problem Tracking - Structured Walkthrough - Checklists

13. 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.
Systems Thinking
Solution Assessment & Validation
Specific - Measurable - Achievable - Relevant - Time-bound Objectives must be SMART.
Horizontal Prototype

14. 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.
User Story
Interviews
Cohesive - Complete - Consistent - Correct - Feasible - Modifiable - Unambiguous - Testable
Assess Proposed Solution - Allocate Requirements - Assess Organizational Readiness - Define Transition Requirements - Validate Solution - Evaluate Solution Performance

15. Means of eliciting information from many people - sometimes anonymously - in a relatively short period of time
Document Analysis
Survey/Questionnaire
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Problem Tracking - Structured Walkthrough - Checklists
Fishbone Diagram - Five Whys

16. What are the tasks of the Elicitation Knowledge Area?
Interviews - Lessons Learned Process - Metrics and KPIs - Problem Tracking - Process Modeling - Root Cause Analysis - Survey/Questionnaire - Variance Analysis
The Business Analysis Communication Plan
Prepare for Elicitation - Conduct Elicitation Activity - Document Elicitation Results - Confirm Elicitation Results
Problem Tracking

17. Communication of requirements does what for stakeholders?
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Decision Analysis - Vendor Assessment
Organizational Process Assets - Requirements
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
Brings them to a Communication on understanding

18. What is the output of the task - Define Business Case?
Name - Aliases - Values/Meanings - Description
Business Case
Validate Solution
That they understand them and the current state the requirements are in

19. Documents terms unique to a domain.
Business Case - Business Need - Requirements - Requirements Management Plan - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities
Manage Solution Scope & Requirements - Manage Requirements Traceability - Maintain Requirements for Re-use - Prepare Requirements Package - Communicate Requirements
Glossary
Acceptance Criteria

20. Involved motivating people to act in ways that enable them to work together to achieve shared goals and objectives.
Data Dictionary
Bottom-up Estimation
Requirements Structure
Leadership

21. What are the techniques used in the task Manage Business Analysis Performance?
Name - Aliases - Values/Meanings - Description
Formal Documentation - Presentation - Model
State Diagrams
Interviews - Lessons Learned Process - Metrics and KPIs - Problem Tracking - Process Modeling - Root Cause Analysis - Survey/Questionnaire - Variance Analysis

22. What are the inputs to the task Plan Requirements Management Process?
Requirements Documentation - Requirements for Vendor Selection
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Business Rules Analysis - Decision Analysis - Functional Decomposition - Process Modeling - Scenarios & Use Cases
Assess Organization Readiness
Business Analysis Approach - Business Analysis Plan - Organizational Process Assets

23. What are the inputs for the task - Define Transitional Requirements?
Requirements Documentation - Requirements for Vendor Selection
Organizational Readiness Assessment - Requirements (Stated) - Solution (Deployed) - Solution (Designed)
Share - Enhance - Exploit
Define Business Case

24. What is the output of the task Plan Business Analysis Activities?
Stakeholder Matrix - Onion Diagram
Business Analysis Plan
Survey/Questionnaire
State Diagrams

25. What is the output of the task - Organize Requirements?
Requirements Structure
Influence on the project - organizational - project health and other stakeholders
Functional Decomposition - Interface Analysis - Scope Modeling - User Stories - Problem or Vision Statement
Requirements Workshop - Structured Walkthrough

26. 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
Name - Aliases - Values/Meanings - Description
Compliance with regulatory or other standards
Requirements Structure
Vendor Assessment

27. To identify and manage areas of uncertainty that can impact an initiative - solution - or organization.
Assumptions & Constraints - Business Need - Solution Scope - Stakeholder Concerns
Risk Analysis
Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving
Organizational Process Assets - Requirements (Stated) - Solution Scope

28. A requirement that does not deliver direct or indirect value to a stakeholder is a strong candidate for what?
Use Case
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Brainstorming - Interviews - Organizational Modeling - Process Modeling - Requirements Workshop - Risk Analysis - Scenarios & Use Cases - User Stories - Scope Modeling - Survey/Questionnaire - RACI Matrix
Vertical Prototype
Elimination

29. Is generally understood to describe just one way that an actor can accomplish a particular goal
Business Analysis Communication Plan - Requirements - Requirements Package
Scenario
Activity List
Business Analysis Approach - BA Performance Assessment - Organizational Process Assets - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities

30. What are the techniques used in the task - Evaluate Solution Performance?
Reliability - Performance Efficiency - Operability - Security - Compatibility - Maintainability - Transferability
Business Case - Business Need - Requirements - Requirements Management Plan - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities
Advantages of a Data Dictionary & Glossary
Decision Analysis - Focus Groups - Observation - Survey/Questionnaire

31. What is the output of the task Conduct Elicitation Activity?
Organizational Process Assets - Requirements (Stated) - Solution Scope
Data Modeling
Elicitation Results
Validate Solution

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
Problem Solving
Formal Documentation - Presentation - Model
Dependencies
Focus Group

33. What are the inputs to the task - Determine Solution Approach?
Business Need - Organizational Process Assets - Required Capabilities
Interviews
Organizational Knowledge
Decision Analysis

34. What are the techniques used in the task - Organize Requirements?
Implementation Approach
Data Dictionary
Strengths - Weaknesses
Business Rules Analysis - Data Flow Diagrams - Data Modeling - Functional Decomposition - Organizational Modeling - Process Modeling - Scenarios & Use Cases - Scope Modeling - User Stories

35. This will impose constraints to the effort to deploy the solution - including relationships that may exist between solution components.
Elimination of Dominated Alternative - Ranking Objects on a Similar Scale
Dependencies
Requirements (Approved)
Requirements (Prioritized and Approved) - Solution (Designed) - Solution Scope

36. Knowing the dependencies and relationships between requirements helps when determining the sequence in which requirements are to be addressed. Common relations are:
Data Flow Diagrams
Unique Number - Activity Description - Assumptions - Dependencies - Milestones
Requirements Workshop
Necessity - Effort - Subset - Cover - Value

37. 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
Requirements Structure
Requirements (Prioritized)
Primary stakeholders in the Organize Requirements task
Ongoing Cost versus Initial Investment - Opportunity Costs - Necessity - Sunk Costs

38. Prioritizes requirements based on a allocated fixed amount of money.
Budgeting
Personal Organization
Organizational Knowledge
Clear - Relevant - Economical - Adequate - Quantifiable

39. What are the Composite Data Elements?
Allocate Requirements
Requirements (Stated - Unconfirmed) - Stakeholder Concerns (Unconfirmed)
Automate or Simplify Work - Improve Access to Information - Reduce Complexity of Interfaces - Increase Consistency of Behavior - Eliminate Redundancy
Sequences - Repetitions - Optional Elements

40. What are the techniques used in the task - Validate Requirements?
That they understand them and the current state the requirements are in
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Metrics & KPIs - Prototyping - Risk Analysis - Structured Walkthrough
Functional Decomposition
To record the conflict in the Requirements Issues Log.

41. A non-actionable directive that supports a business goal.
Business Need - Enterprise Architecture - Solution Performance Assessment
Business Policy
Decision Analysis
Business Analysis Approach

42. What are the techniques used in the task - Define Assumptions & Constraints?
Problem Tracking - Risk Analysis
Interviews - Observation
Plan Business Analysis Approach - Conduct Stakeholder Analysis - Plan Business Analysis Activities - Plan Business Analysis Communication - Plan Requirements Management Process - Manage BA Performance
Cultural Assessment - Operational or Technical Assessment - Stakeholder Impact Analysis

43. The systematic and objective assessment of a solution to determine its status and efficacy in meeting objectives over time - and to identify ways to improve the solution to better meet objectives.
Opportunity Cost
Evaluation
Prepare for Elicitation - Conduct Elicitation Activity - Document Elicitation Results - Confirm Elicitation Results
Requirements Management & Communication

44. What are the techniques used in the task - Assess Proposed Solution?
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Decision Analysis - Vendor Assessment
Throw-away Prototype
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Business Rules Analysis - Decision Analysis - Functional Decomposition - Process Modeling - Scenarios & Use Cases
Business Case

45. Used to describe the roles - responsibilities and reporting structures that exist within an organization and to align those structures with the organization's goals.
Decision Making
Cohesive - Complete - Consistent - Correct - Feasible - Modifiable - Unambiguous - Testable
Organization Modeling
Primary stakeholders in the Organize Requirements task

46. The goal of this task is to create a set of views of the requirements for the new business solution that are comprehensive - complete - consistent and understood from all stakeholder perspectives.
Requirements (Approved)
Elicitation
Organize Requirements
Requirements (Maintained and Reusable)

47. Define the requirements that must be met in order for a solution to be considered acceptable to key stakeholders.
State Diagrams
Business Need - Organizational Process Assets - Required Capabilities
Business Case - Business Need - Requirements - Requirements Management Plan - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities
Acceptance & Evaluation Technique

48. What are the attributes of a Data Model?
Name - Value/Meanings - Description
Creative Thinking - Decision Making - Learning - Problem Solving - Systems Thinking
Responsible - Accountable - Consulted - Informed
Prioritize Requirements - Organize Requirements - Specify & Model Requirements - Define Assumptions & Constraints - Verify Requirements - Validate Requirements

49. What are the general modeling concepts that are relevant to business analysis?
Interface Analysis
User Classes - Profiles or Roles; Concepts & Relationships - Events - Processes - Rules
Cognitive Conflict
Structured Walkthrough

50. Two effective trade-off methods.
Requirements (Allocated)
Elimination of Dominated Alternative - Ranking Objects on a Similar Scale
Requirements (Verified)
Analogous Estimation