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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

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






2. The knowledge area that covers how BAs determine which activities are necessary in order to complete a business analysis effort.






3. What are the techniques used in Plan Business Analysis Communication?






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






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






6. What are the techniques used in the task - Validate Requirements?






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






8. Are written to describe how an actor interacts with a solution to accomplish one or more of that actor's goals - or to respond to an event.






9. 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






10. Corrective or preventative measures uncovered while performing a Business Analysis Performance Assessment will result in changes to what plan?






11. What is the output of the task - Communicate Requirements?






12. What is the output of the Manage Business Analysis Performance task?






13. 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






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






15. What is the output of the task - Define Transition Requirements?






16. What is the output of the Plan Business Analysis Approach?






17. What are the tasks in the knowledge area - Requirements Analysis?






18. What are the tasks in the knowledge area - Enterprise Analysis?






19. What are some examples of stakeholder concerns?






20. What is the output of the task - Verify Requirements?






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






22. What is the output of the task Plan Business Analysis Communication?






23. What are the techniques used in the task - Prioritize Requirements?






24. 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.






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






26. What describes how - when and why the business analyst will work with stakeholders?






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






28. A good indicator has 5 characteristics:






29. Creates a conceptual model of the work that needs to be completed to deliver the new business solution.






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






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






32. 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






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






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






35. 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?






36. What is the output of the task - Prepare Requirements Package?






37. What are the inputs to the task Plan Requirements Management Process?






38. The skill of moderating discussions among a group or enable all participants to effectively articulate their views on a topic under discussion and to further ensure that participants in the discussion are able to recognize and appreciate the differin






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






40. What stakeholder receives noticeable negative impact if information is incorrectly transferred from the old to new solution?






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






42. What are the inputs to the task - Assess Proposed Solution?






43. Name the 2 types of Stakeholder maps.






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






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






46. 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






47. What is the output of the task Document Elicitation Results?






48. The people involved - the interactions between them - the external forces affecting their behavior and all other relevant elements and factors.






49. 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.






50. 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