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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

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1. What are the techniques used in the task Document Elicitation Results?






2. Details user interface requirements and integrates them with other requirements such as use cases - scenarios - data and business rules. Stakeholders often find this to be a concrete means of identifying - describing and validating their interface ne






3. What are the Behavioral Characteristics a BA should exhibit?






4. 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.






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






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






7. What are the techniques used in the task Conduct Elicitation Activity?






8. Using this technique the business analyst has collected the deliverables - activities - tasks - and estimates from all the involved stakeholders and rolls them up to get a total for all the activities and tasks.






9. Technique involving refinement of estimates. Estimate the details for activities in the current iteration or increment and provide an analogous estimate for the entire scope of work. As the end of the iteration approaches - estimates for the next ite






10. This prototype extends the initial interface requirements into a fully functioning system and requires a specialized prototyping tool or language.






11. 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.






12. Use of parameters - multiplied by the number of hours. (COCOMO II - Function Point Counting - Use Case Points - and Story Points)






13. 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 -






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






15. A formal written specification with possible walk-thru - an informal one is possibly verbal or email Communication






16. What are the tasks in the knowledge area - Solution Assessment & Validation?






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






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






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






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






21. What are the likely sources of transition requirements?






22. What is the output of the Manage Business Analysis Performance task?






23. 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?






24. What is the output of the task Conduct Elicitation Activity?






25. 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






26. The decomposition of activities and tasks creates?






27. Measures progress towards a strategic goal or objective.






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






29. 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.






30. Two techniques used in Root Cause Analysis?






31. 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






32. 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.






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






34. 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.






35. 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.






36. What are the underlying competencies a BA should possess?






37. 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.






38. The minimum set of requirements that must be met in order for a particular solution to be worth implementing.






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






40. What are the inputs to the task Manage Solution Scope & Requirements?






41. What is the output of the task - Determine Solution Approach?






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






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






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






45. Checklist of characteristics to consider when considering non-functional requirements.






46. What is the output of the Plan Business Analysis Approach?






47. 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.






48. What are the inputs to the task - Specify & Model Requirements?






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






50. What are the techniques used in the task - Assess Capability Gaps?