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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

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1. 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






2. To identify and manage areas of uncertainty that can impact an initiative - solution - or organization.






3. 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.






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






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






6. What are the inputs of the task Plan Business Analysis Communication?






7. What is the output of the task - Validate Requirements?






8. What are the inputs to the task - Define Assumption & Constraints?






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






10. Who is the primary stakeholder in the Define Business Case task?






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






12. What are stakeholder requirements?






13. States the business need - identifies key stakeholders and briefly describes the positive impact that meeting the business need will have on those stakeholders.






14. Describes all the possible outcomes of an attempt to accomplish a particular goal that the solution will support.






15. Investigating how a solution is actually used after it is deployed and assessing the effect it has had - both positive and negative.






16. What are the elements of the area - Analytical Thinking and Problem Solving - Successful generation of new ideas - application of new ideas to resolve existing problems - willingness of stakeholders to accept new approaches.






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






18. Defines what must be delivered in order to meet the business need - and the effect of the proposed change initiation on the business and technology operations and infrastructure.






19. This knowledge area describes the behaviors - knowledge and other characteristics that support the effective performance of a BA.






20. A continuous process of collecting data to determine how well a solution has been implemented compared to expected results.






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






22. What are the techniques used in the task - Assess Proposed Solution?






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






24. 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?






25. This knowledge area involves analyzing stakeholder needs to define solutions that meet those needs - assessing the current state of the business to identify and recommend improvements and the verification and validation of the resulting requirements.






26. This knowledge area describes the tasks that are performed in order to ensure that solutions meet the business need and to facilitate successful implementation.






27. Allocate stakeholder and solution requirements among solution components and releases in order to maximize the possible business value given the options and alternatives generated by the design team.






28. 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






29. Domain SME - End User - Implementation SME - and Sponsor: They Affected by analysis techniques used to organize requirements since they need to verify and validate the requirements.






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






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






32. Most optimistic estimate; most pessimistic estimate; most likely estimate






33. Two techniques used in Root Cause Analysis?






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






35. What should be considered when establishing a Change Management process?






36. A means to elicit requirements by studying available documentation on existing and comparable solutions and identifying relevant information. - Not starting from a blank page.- Leveraging existing materials to discover and/or confirm requirements. -






37. What are the inputs to the task - Assess Organizational Readiness?






38. Communication of requirements does what for stakeholders?






39. When a conflict arises between stakeholders on one or more documented requirements - the first thing that needs to take place is what?






40. What is a STAKEHOLDER requirement - according to the BABOK 2.0?






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






42. Maps the level of stakeholder influence and interest in a project.






43. This task determines if an organization can justify the investment required to deliver a proposed solution.






44. Elements of a Requirements Management Plan include?






45. 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.






46. What are the techniques for the task - Verify Requirements?






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






48. What is the output of the task - Maintain Requirements for Re-use?






49. Decisions are made with the interest of all stakeholders considered - reasons for a decision are cleared articulated - prompt and full disclosure of conflicts of interest - honesty regarding one's abilities and the performance of one's work.






50. Approach to decision making that examines and models the possible consequences of different decisions. Make an optimal decision under conditions of uncertainty.