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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

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1. What are the techniques used in Plan Business Analysis Communication?






2. What are the techniques for the task - Verify Requirements?






3. Use of a similar project as the basis for developing estimates for the current project. Also known as "top-down" estimating. This is usually done at the beginning of the project or project phase and more detailed estimates follow as more is known.






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






5. Rules that the organization chooses to enforce as a matter of policy. They are intended to guide the actions of people working within the organization. They may oblige people to take certain actions - prevent people from taking actions - or prescribe






6. 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






7. 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.






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






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






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






11. Industry Knowledge - Organization Knowledge - Solution Knowledge What are the elements of Business Knowledge?






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






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






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






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






16. 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.






17. What are the techniques used in the task Confirm Elicitation Results?






18. What techniques are used in the task - Prepare Requirements Package?






19. What are the tasks of the Elicitation Knowledge Area?






20. What is the output of the task Prepare for Elicitation?






21. Measures progress towards a strategic goal or objective.






22. Name some commonly used financial valuation techniques.






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. Three key factors when assessing the quality of indicators and their metrics






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






26. 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






27. What is the output of the task - Organize Requirements?






28. Elicitation Results are the inputs for the ____________






29. Who is the primary stakeholder in the Define Business Case task?






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






31. What are the attributes of a Data Model?






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






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






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






35. What are the internal factors in a SWOT Analysis?






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






37. What are some of the ways a BA can help to improve the operations of a business? Acceptance and Evaluation Criteria Definition - Business Rules Analysis - Data Dictionary and Glossary - Data Flow Diagrams - Data Modeling - Functional Decomposition -






38. Ability to find information - on-time completion of tasks - efficiency in the completion of work - ability to easily identify all outstanding work and the status of each work item.






39. 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.






40. What are the techniques used in the task - Assess Proposed Solution?






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






42. Two types of conflict.






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






44. What factors guide technique selection?






45. This task ensures that requirement specifications and models meet the necessary standard of quality to allow them to be used effectively to guide further work. Requirements have been defined correctly.






46. How is the Operational Support stakeholder utilized in the Evaluate Solution Performance task?






47. 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.






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






49. 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.






50. What are the tasks in the knowledge area - Requirements Analysis?