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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

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1. What are the inputs to the task - Organize Requirements?
Elicitation Results
Discounted Cash Flow - Net Present Value - Internal Rate of Return - Average Rate of Return - Pay Back Period - Cost-Benefit Analysis
Implementation Approach
Organizational Process Assets - Requirements (Stated) - Solution Scope

2. Is generally understood to describe just one way that an actor can accomplish a particular goal
Scenario
Facilitation
Business Goals & Objectives - Requirements (Stated)
Acceptance Criteria

3. What are the techniques used in Plan Business Analysis Approach?
Decision Analysis - Process Modeling - Structured Walkthrough
Risk - assumptions - constraints - etc.
Requirements (Stated) - Stakeholder Concerns
Solution Performance Assessment

4. Prioritizes requirements based on the amount of work that the project team is capable of delivering in a set period of time. Approaches include: All-in - All Out - Selective
Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Prototyping - Requirements Workshop - Survey/Questionnaire
Cultural Assessment - Operational or Technical Assessment - Stakeholder Impact Analysis
Timeboxing
Sequences - Repetitions - Optional Elements

5. What are the output(s) of the task - Validate Solution?
Business Domain - Corporate Culture & Environment - Skills of the Analyst - Requirement Deliverable
Problem Tracking
Identified Defects - Mitigating Actions - Solution Validation Assessment
Requirements Structure

6. Two effective trade-off methods.
Scope Modeling
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
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Problem Tracking - Structured Walkthrough - Checklists
Elimination of Dominated Alternative - Ranking Objects on a Similar Scale

7. What are the inputs to the task Manage Requirements Traceability?
Responsible - Accountable - Consulted - Informed
Assess Organization Readiness
Requirements - Requirements Management Plan
Prepare for Elicitation - Conduct Elicitation Activity - Document Elicitation Results - Confirm Elicitation Results

8. What are the techniques used in the task - Assess Capability Gaps?
Data Dictionary
Discounted Cash Flow - Net Present Value - Internal Rate of Return - Average Rate of Return - Pay Back Period - Cost-Benefit Analysis
Expert Judgment
Document Analysis - SWOT Analysis

9. What are the inputs to the task - Validate Solution?
User Story
Solution (Constructed) - Requirements (Prioritized and Validated)
Analogous Estimation
Scenario

10. Industry Knowledge - Organization Knowledge - Solution Knowledge What are the elements of Business Knowledge?
Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring
Assessment of Proposed Solution
Business Principles & Practices
Risk Analysis

11. What are the tasks in the knowledge area - Enterprise Analysis?
A statement of the needs of a particular stakeholder or class of stakeholders
Define Business Need - Access Capability Gaps - Determine Solution Approach - Define Solution Scope - Define Business Case
Acceptance Criteria
Fishbone Diagram - Five Whys

12. What are the elements to the task - Define Business Case?
Organizational Process Assets - Requirements (Stated) - Solution Scope
Benefits - Costs - Risk Assessment - Results Measurement
Term and Fact Model
Delphi Estimation

13. 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
Lessons Learned Process
Requirements Structure
Business Need - Enterprise Architecture - Solution Performance Assessment
Business Analysis Communication Plan

14. Who is the primary stakeholder in the Define Business Case task?
The Sponsor
Determine the Process - Who will Authorize Changes - Impact Analysis - Wording of the Request - Coordinate Prioritization of Change
Interviews - Observation
Data Flow Diagrams

15. List 3 possible forms of a requirements packages.
Transition Requirements
Formal Documentation - Presentation - Model
Requirements (Approved)
Prioritize Requirements - Organize Requirements - Specify & Model Requirements - Define Assumptions & Constraints - Verify Requirements - Validate Requirements

16. Used to describe the roles - responsibilities and reporting structures that exist within an organization and to align those structures with the organization's goals.
Repository - Traceability - Requirement Attributes - Prioritization Process - Change Management - Tailoring the Requirements Management Process
Validate Requirements
Organization Modeling
Advantages of a Data Dictionary & Glossary

17. A means of eliciting requirements by conducting an assessment of the stakeholder's work environment. This technique is appropriate when documenting details about current processes or if the project is intended to enhance or change a current process.
Name - Value/Meanings - Description
Data Flow Diagrams
Observation
Share - Enhance - Exploit

18. What are the inputs to the task Conduct Stakeholder Analysis?
Interviews - Lessons Learned Process - Metrics and KPIs - Problem Tracking - Process Modeling - Root Cause Analysis - Survey/Questionnaire - Variance Analysis
Business Need - Enterprise Architecture - Organizational Process Assets
Facilitation
Elicitation

19. While eliciting requirements it is important to guard against scope creep - This activity will ensure that the requirements should be included since they meet the business goal/objectives.
The Business Analysis Communication Plan
Reliability - Validity - Timeliness
Evaluation Criteria
Tracing Requirements

20. This task determines if an organization can justify the investment required to deliver a proposed solution.
Define Business Case
Observation
Requirements (Stated) - Stakeholder Concerns
Operative Rules

21. Forecast the cost and effort involved in pursuing a course of action. Used to develop a better understanding of the possible range of costs and effort associated with any initiative
Advantages of Document Analysis
They describe what a solution must be capable of doing to meet the needs of one or more stakeholder groups
Non-functional Requirements Analysis
Estimation

22. What are the inputs to the task Manage Business Analysis Performance?
Business Analysis Performance Metrics - Business Analysis Plan - Organization Performance Standards - Requirements Management Plan
Evolutionary or Functional Prototype
Structured Walkthrough
Prototyping

23. A continuous process of collecting data to determine how well a solution has been implemented compared to expected results.
Term and Fact Model
Leadership
Monitoring
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Decision Analysis - Vendor Assessment

24. What are the techniques used in the task - Communicate Requirements?
Solution Knowledge
Requirements Workshop - Structured Walkthrough
Validate Requirements
Activity List

25. What is the output to the task - Evaluate Solution Performance?
Elimination
Assumptions & Constraints - Requirements (Prioritized and Approved) - Solution Options
Evolutionary or Functional Prototype
Solution Performance Assessment

26. What is the output of the task Manage Solution Scope & Requirements?
Problem or Vision Statement
Requirements (Approved)
General Purpose Applications & Specialized Applications
To record the conflict in the Requirements Issues Log.

27. 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
Requirements (Approved)
Reporting
Solution Approach
Throw-away Prototype

28. What are the inputs for the task - Evaluate Solution Performance?
Relationship to Time - Relationship to Task Completion - Relationship to Contracts - Relationships to Formal and Informal Authority
Opportunity Cost
Business Need - Enterprise Architecture - Solution Performance Assessment
Business Requirements - Identified Defects - Solution Performance Metrics - Solution (Deployed)

29. To assess the ability of a potential vendor to meet commitments regarding a product or service
Requirements Management Plan - Solution Scope - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities - Stakeholder/Solution or Transition Requirements (Communicated or Traced)
Stakeholder Matrix - Onion Diagram
Solution Approach
Vendor Assessment

30. What are the classifications used to describe requirements
Business Requirements - Stakeholder Requirements - Solution Requirements - Transition Requirements
Interviews
Document Elicitation Results task
Elimination

31. What are some examples of stakeholder concerns?
Observation
Risk - assumptions - constraints - etc.
Requirements Management & Communication
Business Principals

32. Name some commonly used financial valuation techniques.
Discounted Cash Flow - Net Present Value - Internal Rate of Return - Average Rate of Return - Pay Back Period - Cost-Benefit Analysis
Requirements (Stated - Unconfirmed) - Stakeholder Concerns (Unconfirmed)
Determine the Process - Who will Authorize Changes - Impact Analysis - Wording of the Request - Coordinate Prioritization of Change
Learning

33. This technique shows how information is input - processed - stored and output from a system in a visual representation.
Repository - Traceability - Requirement Attributes - Prioritization Process - Change Management - Tailoring the Requirements Management Process
Data Flow Diagrams
Assumptions & Constraints
Conduct Elicitation Activity

34. 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.
Organizational Knowledge
Structured Walkthrough
Absolute Reference - Author - Complexity - Ownership - Priority - Risks - Source - Stability - Status - Urgency
MoSCoW Analysis

35. 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.
Specific - Measurable - Achievable - Relevant - Time-bound Objectives must be SMART.
Advantages of a Data Dictionary & Glossary
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Problem Tracking - Root Cause Analysis
Decision Making

36. Three types of organizational structures
Name - Aliases - Values/Meanings - Description
Functions - Markets - Matrix
Functional Decomposition - Interface Analysis - Scope Modeling - User Stories - Problem or Vision Statement
Tracing Requirements

37. What are the elements of the task - Define Solution Scope?
Vertical Prototype
Fishbone Diagram - Five Whys
Solution Scope Definition - Implementation Approach - Dependencies
Analogous Estimation

38. Business rules require a defined glossary of terms and an understanding of the relationships between them - this is known as:
Decision Analysis
Leadership
Business Domain - Corporate Culture & Environment - Skills of the Analyst - Requirement Deliverable
Term and Fact Model

39. What are some of the ways a BA can help to improve the operations of a business? Acceptance and Evaluation Criteria Definition - Business Rules Analysis - Data Dictionary and Glossary - Data Flow Diagrams - Data Modeling - Functional Decomposition -
Business Analysis Process Assets
Automate or Simplify Work - Improve Access to Information - Reduce Complexity of Interfaces - Increase Consistency of Behavior - Eliminate Redundancy
Name - Value/Meanings - Description
Business Value - Business or Technical Risk - Implementation Difficulty - Likelihood of Success - Regulatory or Policy Compliance - Relationship to Other Requirements - Stakeholder Agreement - Urgency

40. What is a STAKEHOLDER requirement - according to the BABOK 2.0?
Interviews - Lessons Learned Process - Metrics and KPIs - Problem Tracking - Process Modeling - Root Cause Analysis - Survey/Questionnaire - Variance Analysis
A statement of the needs of a particular stakeholder or class of stakeholders
Solution Scope Definition - Implementation Approach - Dependencies
Evaluation Criteria

41. Includes the standard definition of data elements - their meanings and allowable values.
Advantages of a Data Dictionary & Glossary
Elicitation
Data Dictionary
Focus Group

42. What is the output of the task - Manage Requirements Traceability?
Requirements (Traced)
Key Performance Indicator (KPI )
Business Need - Solution Scope & Business Case - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities
Influence on the project - organizational - project health and other stakeholders

43. What techniques are used in the task - Define Solution Scope?
Functional Decomposition - Interface Analysis - Scope Modeling - User Stories - Problem or Vision Statement
Business Goals & Objectives - Requirements (Stated)
User Classes - Profiles or Roles; Concepts & Relationships - Events - Processes - Rules
Decision Analysis - Focus Groups - Observation - Survey/Questionnaire

44. 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.
Personal Organization
Data - Ongoing Work - Organizational Change
Verify Requirements
Estimation - Functional Decomposition - Risk Analysis

45. What is the output of the Manage Business Analysis Performance task?
Requirements Management Plan - Solution Scope - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities - Stakeholder/Solution or Transition Requirements (Communicated or Traced)
Assess Organization Readiness
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 Analysis Communication Plan - Organizational Process Assets - Requirements - Requirements Structure

46. What are the strategies for a negative risk?
Acceptance - Transfer - Avoidance - Mitigation
Prioritize Requirements - Organize Requirements - Specify & Model Requirements - Define Assumptions & Constraints - Verify Requirements - Validate Requirements
Reporting
Advantages of Document Analysis

47. Maps the level of stakeholder influence and interest in a project.
Stakeholder Matrix
Term and Fact Model
Customer
Identified Defects - Mitigating Actions - Solution Validation Assessment

48. Describes the effect a new solution will have on an organization and whether the organization is prepared for the organizational change the solution implementation will cause.
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
Requirements Analysis
Assess Organization Readiness
Requirements Workshop - Structured Walkthrough

49. Benefits that could have been achieved with an alternative investment rather than this one.
Repository - Traceability - Requirement Attributes - Prioritization Process - Change Management - Tailoring the Requirements Management Process
Assumptions & Constraints - Business Need - Solution Scope - Stakeholder Concerns
Industry Knowledge
Opportunity Cost

50. What are the techniques used in the task Manage Business Analysis Performance?
Interface Analysis
Business Analysis Communication Plan
Interviews - Lessons Learned Process - Metrics and KPIs - Problem Tracking - Process Modeling - Root Cause Analysis - Survey/Questionnaire - Variance Analysis
Structured Walkthrough