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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

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1. What are the inputs to the task - Define Business Need?






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






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






4. Uses history as a basis for estimating. It is similar to analogous estimation - but is used not only for the top-down estimate - but for the detailed tasks as well.






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






6. What are the elements of the task - Define Solution Scope?






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






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






9. What are the inputs to the task - Allocate Resources?






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






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






12. Provides an organized approach to tracking - management - and resolution of defects - issues - problems - and risks throughout business analysis activities. Management of issues is important so that they can be resolved in a timely manner to ensure s






13. Includes the standard definition of data elements - their meanings and allowable values.






14. The knowledge area that describes how a BA manages conflicts - issues and changes in order to ensure that stakeholders and the project team remain in agreement on the solution scope - how requirements are communicated to stakeholders and how knowledg






15. Defines the key terms and data relevant to a business domain.






16. Organizational culture - Stakeholder preference - complexity - organizational maturity and availability of resources are all factors used to do what?






17. What does RACI stand for?






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






19. 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.






20. What are the inputs for the task - Evaluate Solution Performance?






21. A non-actionable directive that supports a business goal.






22. What are the techniques used in the task Manage Business Analysis Performance?






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






24. What is the output of the task Plan Requirements Management Process?






25. 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.






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






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






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






29. What are some examples of stakeholder concerns?






30. What are the inputs to the task - Determine Solution Approach?






31. What are the inputs for the task - Maintain Requirements for Re-use?






32. Are used to model the logic of usage scenarios - by showing the information passed between objects in the system through the execution of the scenario. Shows how classes and objects interact during a scenario.






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






34. A package should contain a consistent - cohesive and coherent set of requirements. This describes the ____________.






35. Stakeholders involved the BA in decision making - acceptance of the BA's recommendations - willingness to discuss difficult or controversial topics with the BA - stakeholders willing to support or defend the BA when problems occur.






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






37. 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.






38. 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






39. Rules that are intended to help determine when something is or is not true - or when things fall into a specific category. They are expressed as rules because they describe categorizations that may change over time.






40. 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






41. 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






42. A requirement that does not deliver direct or indirect value to a stakeholder is a strong candidate for what?






43. What are the inputs to the task - Communicate Requirements?






44. 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






45. Business rules require a defined glossary of terms and an understanding of the relationships between them - this is known as:






46. Knowing the dependencies and relationships between requirements helps when determining the sequence in which requirements are to be addressed. Common relations are:






47. Three types of organizational structures






48. Define requirements for capabilities needed to move from an existing solution to a new solution.






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






50. What are the elements to the task - Define Business Case?