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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

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1. What are the techniques used in the task - Communicate Requirements?
Solution Knowledge
Requirements Workshop - Structured Walkthrough
Elimination of Dominated Alternative - Ranking Objects on a Similar Scale
Parametric Estimation

2. To assess the ability of a potential vendor to meet commitments regarding a product or service
Rolling Wave
Perform tailoring exercises
Vendor Assessment
Necessity - Effort - Subset - Cover - Value

3. Involves assessing a situation - understanding it as fully as possible - and making judgments about possible solutions to the problem.
Data Dictionary
Organizational Readiness Assessment
Elicitation Results
Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving

4. What are the tasks of the Elicitation Knowledge Area?
Relationship to Time - Relationship to Task Completion - Relationship to Contracts - Relationships to Formal and Informal Authority
Stakeholder Lists - Roles & Responsibilities
Prepare for Elicitation - Conduct Elicitation Activity - Document Elicitation Results - Confirm Elicitation Results
Requirements Package

5. What are the inputs to the task - Define Business Case?
Prioritize Requirements - Organize Requirements - Specify & Model Requirements - Define Assumptions & Constraints - Verify Requirements - Validate Requirements
Emotional and Cognitive
Assumptions & Constraints - Business Need - Solution Scope - Stakeholder Concerns
Functions - Markets - Matrix

6. Requires the team to focus on examining the premises - assumptions - observations and expectations of the team members. This type of conflict can have a beneficial effect of strengthening the foundations of the analysis and the solution.
Lessons Learned Process
Cognitive Conflict
Advantages of a Data Dictionary & Glossary
Unique Number - Activity Description - Assumptions - Dependencies - Milestones

7. Familiarity with the range of commercially available solutions or suppliers can assist with the identification of possible alternatives.
Problem Tracking - Baselining - Signoff
Solution Knowledge
Define Business Case
Determine the Process - Who will Authorize Changes - Impact Analysis - Wording of the Request - Coordinate Prioritization of Change

8. What is the output of the task - Assess Capability Gaps?
Required Capabilities
Business Analysis Plan
Structured Walkthrough
Timeboxing

9. A diagram indicating how involved the stakeholder is with the solution.
Problem Solving
Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Problem Tracking - Prototyping - Requirements Workshop - Survey/Questionnaire
Onion Diagram
Budgeting

10. 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.
Metrics & KPIs
Requirements Management Plan
Requirements Management & Communication
Industry Knowledge

11. The decomposition of activities and tasks creates?
Activity List
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Problem Tracking - Root Cause Analysis
Monitoring
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Decision Analysis - Vendor Assessment

12. What are the underlying competencies a BA should possess?
Functional Decomposition
Requirements (Prioritized and Approved) - Solution (Designed) - Solution Scope
Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving - Behavioral Characteristics - Business Knowledge - Communication Skills - Interaction Skills - Software Application
Implementation SME

13. An excellent way to foster creative thinking about a problem. The goal is to produce numerous new ideas and to derive themes for further analysis. - Ability to elicit many ideas in a short time period. - - Non-judgmental environment enables creative
Requirements (Traced)
Impact Analysis - Requirements Coverage - Requirements Allocation
Brainstorming
Business Case; Stakeholder - Solution or Transition Requirements (Verified)

14. What are the strategies for a positive risk?
Share - Enhance - Exploit
Benefits - Costs - Risk Assessment - Results Measurement
User Classes - Profiles or Roles; Concepts & Relationships - Events - Processes - Rules
Required Capabilities

15. This technique shows how information is input - processed - stored and output from a system in a visual representation.
Requirements (Maintained and Reusable)
The Business Analysis Communication Plan
Interviews
Data Flow Diagrams

16. What are the inputs to the task - Prioritize Requirements?
Focus Group
Business Case - Business Need - Requirements - Requirements Management Plan - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities
Business Analysis Communication Plan
Estimation

17. The people involved - the interactions between them - the external forces affecting their behavior and all other relevant elements and factors.
System
Estimation - Functional Decomposition - Risk Analysis
Organization Modeling
Organizational Knowledge

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.
Enterprise Analysis
Survey/Questionnaire
Enterprise Analysis - often the starting point for initiating a new project
Brings them to a Communication on understanding

19. 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
Delphi Estimation
Verify Requirements
Reliability - Validity - Timeliness
Interviews

20. What are the tasks in the knowledge area - Enterprise Analysis?
Assess Organization Readiness
Onion Diagram
Define Business Need - Access Capability Gaps - Determine Solution Approach - Define Solution Scope - Define Business Case
Root Cause Analysis

21. What is the output of the task Confirm Elicitation Results?
Requirements (Stated - Confirmed) - Stakeholder Concerns (Confirmed)
Decision Analysis - Estimation - Metrics & KPIs - Risk Analysis - SWOT Analysis - Vendor Assessment
Required Capabilities
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

22. 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.
Requirements (Approved)
Business Case - Business Need - Requirements - Requirements Management Plan - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities
User Story
Business Analysis Approach - Business Analysis Plan - Organizational Process Assets - Stakeholder Lists - Roles & Responsibilities

23. What are the techniques used in the task - Define Assumptions & Constraints?
Business Analysis Approach
Problem Tracking - Risk Analysis
Problem Tracking
Solution Knowledge

24. Prioritizes requirements based on a allocated fixed amount of money.
Budgeting
Ongoing Cost versus Initial Investment - Opportunity Costs - Necessity - Sunk Costs
Problem Tracking
Assumptions & Constraints

25. What are the inputs of the task Plan Business Analysis Communication?
Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Prototyping - Requirements Workshop - Survey/Questionnaire
Business Analysis Approach - Business Analysis Plan - Organizational Process Assets - Stakeholder Lists - Roles & Responsibilities
Decision Analysis - Problem Tacking - Risk Analysis
Decision Analysis

26. What are the inputs to the task - Assess Proposed Solution?
Assumptions & Constraints - Requirements (Prioritized and Approved) - Solution Options
Reporting
Business Analysis Performance Metrics - Business Analysis Plan - Organization Performance Standards - Requirements Management Plan
Advantages of Document Analysis

27. What are the inputs for the task - Maintain Requirements for Re-use?
Organizational Process Assets - Requirements
Assess Organization Readiness
Use Case
Observation

28. What are the general modeling concepts that are relevant to business analysis?
Bottom-up Estimation
Problem Tracking - Risk Analysis
User Classes - Profiles or Roles; Concepts & Relationships - Events - Processes - Rules
Functional Decomposition - Interface Analysis - Scope Modeling - User Stories - Problem or Vision Statement

29. Shows how the behavior of a concept - entity or object changes in response to events during its lifetime - and defines which events cause a transition between those states.
Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Problem Tracking - Prototyping - Requirements Workshop - Survey/Questionnaire
Business Need - Enterprise Architecture - Solution Performance Assessment
Data Dictionary & Glossary - Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Prototyping - Requirements Workshops - Survey/Questionnaire
State Diagrams

30. What is the output of the Plan Business Analysis Approach?
Requirements Management Plan
Delphi Estimation
Assess Proposed Solution - Allocate Requirements - Assess Organizational Readiness - Define Transition Requirements - Validate Solution - Evaluate Solution Performance
Business Analysis Approach

31. What are the internal factors in a SWOT Analysis?
Operative Rules
Requirements Workshop - Structured Walkthrough
Ethics
Strengths - Weaknesses

32. Includes the standard definition of data elements - their meanings and allowable values.
Data Dictionary
Decision Analysis
Survey/Questionnaire
Learning

33. What are the attributes of a Data Model?
Business Rules Analysis
Scenarios & Use Cases
Name - Value/Meanings - Description
Observation

34. According to the BABOK 2.0 - what type of analysis generates STAKEHOLDER requirements?
Requirements Analysis
Evaluation Criteria
Requirements - Requirements Management Plan
Business Analysis Communication Plan

35. The purpose is to compile and document successes - opportunities for improvement - failures - and recommendations for improving the performance of future projects or project phases
Lessons Learned Process
Elicitation Results
Data Dictionary & Glossary
Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Prototyping - Requirements Workshop - Survey/Questionnaire

36. What are the inputs for the task Confirm Elicitation Results?
BABOK
Requirements (Stated - Unconfirmed) - Stakeholder Concerns (Unconfirmed)
Organizational Readiness Assessment
Problem or Vision Statement

37. The BA is a stakeholder in ______ business analysis activities.
Business Case - Business Need - Requirements - Requirements Management Plan - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities
Requirements Analysis
Assumptions & Constraints
All

38. Name the 2 types of Stakeholder maps.
Stakeholder Matrix - Onion Diagram
Brainstorming
Risk Analysis
Data Flow Diagrams

39. The purpose is to describe the required qualities of a system - such as its usability and performance characteristics.
Problem or Vision Statement
Specific - Measurable - Achievable - Relevant - Time-bound Objectives must be SMART.
Monitoring
Non-functional Requirements Analysis

40. What are the inputs for the task - Define Solution Scope?
Acceptance - Transfer - Avoidance - Mitigation
Timeboxing
Assumptions & Constraints - Required Capabilities - Solution Approach
Fishbone Diagram - Five Whys

41. 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.
MoSCoW Analysis
Communicated Requirements
Reliability - Performance Efficiency - Operability - Security - Compatibility - Maintainability - Transferability
Evaluation

42. A systematic approach designed to elicit information from a person or group of people in an informal or formal setting by talking to an interviewee - asking relevant questions and documenting the responses.
Underlying Competencies
Term and Fact Model
Interviews
Elicitation Results

43. 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.
Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving
Description - Raised by - Date Identified - Impact - Priority - Need by Date - Owner - Status - Action Needed to be Resolved - Responsible for Action - Completion Date of Action - Outcome
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Vertical Prototype

44. Confidence in the problem solving process that a selected solution is correct - new solution options can be evaluated effectively using the problem solving framework - selected solutions meet the defined objectives and solve the underlying problem -
Business Principals
Reporting
That they understand them and the current state the requirements are in
Problem Solving

45. Define requirements for capabilities needed to move from an existing solution to a new solution.
Define Transitional Requirements
Industry Knowledge
Delphi Estimation
Cultural Assessment - Operational or Technical Assessment - Stakeholder Impact Analysis

46. What are the inputs for the task - Evaluate Solution Performance?
Acceptance - Transfer - Avoidance - Mitigation
A statement of the needs of a particular stakeholder or class of stakeholders
Document Analysis - SWOT Analysis
Business Requirements - Identified Defects - Solution Performance Metrics - Solution (Deployed)

47. The goal of this task is to meet with stakeholder(s) to gather information regarding their needs.
Document Analysis - SWOT Analysis
Operative Rules
Conduct Elicitation Activity
All

48. What are the inputs to the task - Define Business Need?
Functional Decomposition
Trustworthiness
Business Goals & Objectives - Requirements (Stated)
Transition Requirements

49. 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
Compliance with regulatory or other standards
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Requirements Documentation - Requirements for Vendor Selection
Impact Analysis

50. Ensure that the solution meets the business need and determine the most appropriate response to identified defects.
Unique Number - Activity Description - Assumptions - Dependencies - Milestones
Benefits - Costs - Risk Assessment - Results Measurement
Validate Solution
Acceptance & Evaluation Technique