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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

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1. Documents terms unique to a domain.






2. 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






3. Are written to describe how an actor interacts with a solution to accomplish one or more of that actor's goals - or to respond to an event.






4. This task describes the work required to decide which formats are appropriate for a particular project and its stakeholders. The requirements must be clear - concise - accurate and at the appropriate level of detail to assure clear understanding by t






5. 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 -






6. Communication of requirements does what for stakeholders?






7. Models a deep - and usually narrow slice of the entire system's functionality.






8. What are the techniques used in the task Manage Solution Scope & Requirements?






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






10. Name the 2 types of Software categories that assist in BA productivity.






11. What are the tasks for the knowledge area - Requirements Management & Communication?






12. Set of requirements that will be used to choose between multiple solutions.






13. The BA is a stakeholder in ______ business analysis activities.






14. What are the elements of the task Plan Requirements Management Process?






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






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






17. What are the characteristics of Interaction Skills?






18. 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.






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






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






21. Long-term - ongoing and qualitative statements of a state or condition that the organization is seeking to establish and maintain.






22. Involves assessing a situation - understanding it as fully as possible - and making judgments about possible solutions to the problem.






23. This describes how the chosen solution will deliver the solution scope - may break delivery down into releases or provide a roadmap that indicates the timeframe in which a capability is expected.






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






25. Define the requirements that must be met in order for a solution to be considered acceptable to key stakeholders.






26. What are the inputs to the task Manage Requirements Traceability?






27. Communicated Requirements mean what to stakeholders?






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






29. 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.






30. What are the inputs for the task Confirm Elicitation Results?






31. The decomposition of activities and tasks creates?






32. Creates a conceptual model of the work that needs to be completed to deliver the new business solution.






33. 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






34. Performed to communicate - verify and validate requirements. Is a working session where invited participants review and discuss a set of requirements






35. What are the inputs to the task Conduct Elicitation Activity?






36. What is the output of the task - Allocate Resources?






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






38. Characteristics that are common to all organizations with a similar purpose and structure - whether or not the are in the same industry.






39. The objective of this technique is to determine how companies achieve their superior performance levels and use that information to design projects to improve operations of the enterprise.






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






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






42. What does SMART stand for?






43. The systematic and objective assessment of a solution to determine its status and efficacy in meeting objectives over time - and to identify ways to improve the solution to better meet objectives.






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






45. 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






46. 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.






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






48. Understanding of how a change to a component affects the system as a whole - identification of reinforcing and compensating feedback loops - understanding of how systems adapt to external pressures and changes - A system as a whole will have properti






49. 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.






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