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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

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1. What are the elements of Communication Skills?






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






3. 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






4. What are the factors of influence by stakeholders on a project?






5. 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.






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






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






8. What are the techniques used in the task - Define Assumptions & Constraints?






9. 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.






10. When performing root cause analysis as part of the Validate Solution task - what stakeholder may be involved?






11. What are the Cultural diversity issues that should be taken into account when planning communication?






12. Is generally understood to describe just one way that an actor can accomplish a particular goal






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






14. This technique shows how information is input - processed - stored and output from a system in a visual representation.






15. Ensure that the solution meets the business need and determine the most appropriate response to identified defects.






16. What are the attributes of a Data Model?






17. 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.






18. The purpose of _______________ is to ensure that a stakeholder's actual underlying needs are understood - rather than the their stated or superficial desires.






19. What are the techniques used in the task - Define Business Case?






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






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






22. 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.






23. 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.






24. A brief description of functionality that users need from a solution to meet a business objective. The goal they are trying to accomplish - and any additional information that may be critical to understanding the scope of the story.






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






26. 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.






27. Issues that may influence the replacement or elimination decision of a system include:






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






29. The decomposition of activities and tasks creates?






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






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






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






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






34. What is the output of the task - Define Business Case?






35. Confidence in the decision analysis process that a decision is correct - new information or alternative that cause a decision to be revisited are new and not simply overlooked - decisions are effective in addressing underlying problem - impact of unc






36. Two techniques used in Root Cause Analysis?






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






38. Two types of conflict.






39. 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






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






41. What are stakeholder requirements?






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






43. What are the characteristics of Interaction Skills?






44. What are the techniques used in the task - Organize Requirements?






45. What is the output to the task - Evaluate Solution Performance?






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






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






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






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






50. 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.