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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

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






2. 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






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






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






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






6. Prioritizes requirements based on a allocated fixed amount of money.






7. 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 -






8. 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






9. What is the output of the task - Assess Organizational Readiness?






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






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






12. What are some of the commonly used requirement attributes?






13. Divides requirements into 4 categories - Must - Should - Could - Won't






14. 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.






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






16. 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.






17. What are the tasks in Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring?






18. What are the inputs to the task - Validate Solution?






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






20. 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?






21. What are some of the key variables used in determining the priority of a requirement?






22. What are the Primitive Data Elements?






23. Benefits that could have been achieved with an alternative investment rather than this one.






24. Agreement by stakeholders that analysis models effectively and completely describe the domain - identification of related problems or issues from multiple areas in the domain - rapid absorption of new information or new domain.






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






26. 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.






27. What is the output of the task - Assess Proposed Solution?






28. A structured way to capture requirements. May be used to scope - discover - define - prioritize and reach closure on requirements for the target system. Considered one of the most effective ways to deliver high quality requirements quickly.






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






30. Used to describe the roles - responsibilities and reporting structures that exist within an organization and to align those structures with the organization's goals.






31. To assess the ability of a potential vendor to meet commitments regarding a product or service






32. What are the inputs to the task - Organize Requirements?






33. What are the inputs to the Plan Business Analysis Approach?






34. 7 knowledge areas of ________ : Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring - Elicitation - Requirements Management & Communication - Enterprise Analysis - Requirements Analysis - Solution Assessment & Validation - Underlying Competencies






35. 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.






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






37. What is the output of the task - Specify & Model Requirements?






38. A specific - actionable - testable directive that is under the control of an organization and supports a business policy.






39. List 3 possible forms of a requirements packages.






40. 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






41. 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.






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.






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






44. What techniques are used in the task - Define Solution Scope?






45. What are the techniques used in the task Conduct Stakeholder Analysis?






46. Two types of conflict.






47. What are the 3 elements in the Assess Organizational Readiness?






48. The goal of this task is to ensure that all requirements support the delivery of value to the business - fulfill its goal and objectives and meet a stakeholder need.






49. Techniques used in the task Plan Requirements Management Process.






50. The purpose is to compile and document successes - opportunities for improvement - failures - and recommendations for improving the performance of future projects or project phases