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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

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1. What are the inputs to the task - Prioritize Requirements?
Business Requirements - Identified Defects - Solution Performance Metrics - Solution (Deployed)
Business Case - Business Need - Requirements - Requirements Management Plan - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities
Manage Solution Scope & Requirements - Manage Requirements Traceability - Maintain Requirements for Re-use - Prepare Requirements Package - Communicate Requirements
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Brainstorming - Interviews - Organizational Modeling - Process Modeling - Requirements Workshop - Risk Analysis - Scenarios & Use Cases - User Stories - Scope Modeling - Survey/Questionnaire - RACI Matrix

2. 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.
Business Rules Analysis
Use Case
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Creative Thinking - Decision Making - Learning - Problem Solving - Systems Thinking

3. 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
Business Analysis Plan
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Brainstorming - Interviews - Organizational Modeling - Process Modeling - Requirements Workshop - Risk Analysis - Scenarios & Use Cases - User Stories - Scope Modeling - Survey/Questionnaire - RACI Matrix
Systems Thinking
Acceptance & Evaluation Technique

4. Documents terms unique to a domain.
Focus Group
Requirements (Traced)
Glossary
Operative Rules

5. 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.
Evaluation
Business Analysis Approach - Business Analysis Plan - Organizational Process Assets - Stakeholder Lists - Roles & Responsibilities
Define Transitional Requirements
Description - Raised by - Date Identified - Impact - Priority - Need by Date - Owner - Status - Action Needed to be Resolved - Responsible for Action - Completion Date of Action - Outcome

6. Techniques used in the task Plan Requirements Management Process.
Acceptance Criteria
Decision Analysis - Problem Tacking - Risk Analysis
Decision Analysis
Business Analysis Process Assets

7. What are the techniques used in the task - Prioritize Requirements?
Stakeholder Matrix
Trustworthiness
Use Case
Decision Analysis - Risk Analysis - MoSCoW Analysis - Timeboxing/Budgeting - Voting

8. An excellent way to foster creative thinking about a problem. The goal is to produce numerous new ideas and to derive themes for further analysis. - Ability to elicit many ideas in a short time period. - - Non-judgmental environment enables creative
Functional Decomposition
Requirements Structure
Enterprise Analysis
Brainstorming

9. 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
Requirements (Maintained and Reusable)
Primary stakeholders in the Organize Requirements task
Requirements (Approved)
Estimation

10. This prototype extends the initial interface requirements into a fully functioning system and requires a specialized prototyping tool or language.
Advantages of a Data Dictionary & Glossary
Organizational Readiness Assessment - Requirements (Stated) - Solution (Deployed) - Solution (Designed)
Activity List
Evolutionary or Functional Prototype

11. What does RACI stand for?
Identified Defects - Mitigating Actions - Solution Validation Assessment
Responsible - Accountable - Consulted - Informed
Facilitation & Negotiation - Leadership & Influencing - Teamwork
Data Dictionary & Glossary - Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Prototyping - Requirements Workshops - Survey/Questionnaire

12. What are the techniques used in the task - Define Business Case?
Decision Analysis - Estimation - Metrics & KPIs - Risk Analysis - SWOT Analysis - Vendor Assessment
Decision Analysis - Focus Groups - Observation - Survey/Questionnaire
The Sponsor
Requirements (Maintained and Reusable)

13. What techniques are used in the task - Define Solution Scope?
Rolling Wave
Decision Analysis - Focus Groups - Observation - Survey/Questionnaire
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Business Rules Analysis - Decision Analysis - Functional Decomposition - Process Modeling - Scenarios & Use Cases
Functional Decomposition - Interface Analysis - Scope Modeling - User Stories - Problem or Vision Statement

14. A non-actionable directive that supports a business goal.
Vendor Assessment
Business Policy
Visual Learner - Auditory Learner - Kinesthetic Learner
Business Principals

15. Revised process and templates for BA deliverables should be analyzed and documented and lessons learned should be recorded.
Horizontal Prototype
Determine the Process - Who will Authorize Changes - Impact Analysis - Wording of the Request - Coordinate Prioritization of Change
Functional Decomposition - Interface Analysis - Scope Modeling - User Stories - Problem or Vision Statement
Business Analysis Process Assets

16. The purpose is to compile and document successes - opportunities for improvement - failures - and recommendations for improving the performance of future projects or project phases
Relationships - Impact Analysis - Configuration Management System
Define Transitional Requirements
Metrics & KPIs
Lessons Learned Process

17. What techniques are used in the task Manage Requirements Traceability?
Data - Ongoing Work - Organizational Change
Reporting
Document Analysis
Coverage Matrix - Table or spreadsheet used to manage tracing.

18. Two techniques used in Root Cause Analysis?
Name - Aliases - Values/Meanings - Description
Enterprise Analysis - often the starting point for initiating a new project
Fishbone Diagram - Five Whys
Business Analysis Approach

19. What are the inputs of the task Plan Business Analysis Communication?
Business Analysis Approach - Business Analysis Plan - Organizational Process Assets - Stakeholder Lists - Roles & Responsibilities
Organization Modeling
Budgeting
Organizational Readiness Assessment

20. The knowledge area that covers how BAs determine which activities are necessary in order to complete a business analysis effort.
Elicitation
Requirements (Approved)
Estimation - Functional Decomposition - Risk Analysis
Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring

21. What are the inputs for the task Plan Business Analysis Activities?
Data Dictionary & Glossary
Business Analysis Approach - BA Performance Assessment - Organizational Process Assets - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities
Document Analysis
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Data Flow Diagrams - Process Models - Focus Groups - Interviews - Survey/Questionnaire - Organizational Modeling - Problem Tracking - Risk Analysis - SWOT Analysis - Force Field Analysis

22. What are the techniques used in the task - Assess Capability Gaps?
To record the conflict in the Requirements Issues Log.
Business Need - Organizational Process Assets - Required Capabilities
Document Analysis - SWOT Analysis
Ethics

23. The decomposition of activities and tasks creates?
Business Need - Expert Judgment - Organizational Process Assets
Activity List
Interface Analysis
Prepare for Elicitation - Conduct Elicitation Activity - Document Elicitation Results - Confirm Elicitation Results

24. What is the output of the task Plan Business Analysis Communication?
Absolute Reference - Author - Complexity - Ownership - Priority - Risks - Source - Stability - Status - Urgency
Fishbone Diagram - Five Whys
Share - Enhance - Exploit
Business Analysis Communication Plan

25. What are the techniques used in the task - Communicate Requirements?
Verify Requirements
Requirements Workshop - Structured Walkthrough
Data Dictionary & Glossary
Evaluation

26. Three key factors when assessing the quality of indicators and their metrics
Solution Performance Assessment
Solution Assessment & Validation
Reliability - Validity - Timeliness
Opportunity Cost

27. To identify and manage areas of uncertainty that can impact an initiative - solution - or organization.
Risk Analysis
Business Rule
Business Principles & Practices
Business Case - Business Need - Requirements - Requirements Management Plan - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities

28. The minimum set of requirements that must be met in order for a particular solution to be worth implementing.
Prepare Requirements Package
Functions - Markets - Matrix
Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Problem Tracking - Prototyping - Requirements Workshop - Survey/Questionnaire
Acceptance Criteria

29. What are the inputs to the task - Define Business Need?
Business Goals & Objectives - Requirements (Stated)
Business Value - Business or Technical Risk - Implementation Difficulty - Likelihood of Success - Regulatory or Policy Compliance - Relationship to Other Requirements - Stakeholder Agreement - Urgency
Requirements Workshop - Structured Walkthrough
Stakeholder Matrix - Onion Diagram

30. What are the inputs for the task Confirm Elicitation Results?
Assumptions & Constraints
Sequences - Repetitions - Optional Elements
Customer
Requirements (Stated - Unconfirmed) - Stakeholder Concerns (Unconfirmed)

31. What is the output of the task Document Elicitation Results?
Requirements (Stated) - Stakeholder Concerns
Solution Scope
Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Prototyping - Requirements Workshop - Survey/Questionnaire
Business Analysis Plan

32. An organized structure for the requirements and a documented set of relationships between them. Is used so the analyst and stakeholders know where a specific requirement should be found. Should have a clear implicit scope (clear to the stakeholders w
To record the conflict in the Requirements Issues Log.
Functions - Markets - Matrix
Requirements Structure
Acceptance - Transfer - Avoidance - Mitigation

33. What are the techniques used in the task - Define Assumptions & Constraints?
Visual Learner - Auditory Learner - Kinesthetic Learner
Decision Analysis
Problem Tracking - Risk Analysis
General Purpose Applications & Specialized Applications

34. What is the output of the task Conduct Stakeholder Analysis?
Decision Analysis - Risk Analysis - MoSCoW Analysis - Timeboxing/Budgeting - Voting
Necessity - Effort - Subset - Cover - Value
Business Analysis Plan
Stakeholder Lists - Roles & Responsibilities

35. What are the elements of the task Plan Requirements Management Process?
Interviews - Observation
Business Need - Organizational Process Assets - Requirements Management Plan - Scheduled Resources - Solution Scope & Business Case - Supporting Materials
Repository - Traceability - Requirement Attributes - Prioritization Process - Change Management - Tailoring the Requirements Management Process
Data Dictionary & Glossary

36. What is the output of the task - Define Business Case?
Solution Performance Assessment
Requirements (Any Except Stated)
Brings them to a Communication on understanding
Business Case

37. What are the techniques used in the task - Organize Requirements?
Business Analysis Communication Plan - Organizational Process Assets - Requirements - Requirements Structure
Requirements Documentation - Requirements for Vendor Selection
Business Rules Analysis - Data Flow Diagrams - Data Modeling - Functional Decomposition - Organizational Modeling - Process Modeling - Scenarios & Use Cases - Scope Modeling - User Stories
Survey/Questionnaire

38. What are the inputs to the task Conduct Elicitation Activity?
Solution Knowledge
Business Need - Organizational Process Assets - Requirements Management Plan - Scheduled Resources - Solution Scope & Business Case - Supporting Materials
Absolute Reference - Author - Complexity - Ownership - Priority - Risks - Source - Stability - Status - Urgency
Implementation Approach

39. Limited to "as-is" perspective. - Existing documentation may not be up-to-date or valid. - Can be a time-consuming and even tedious process to locate the relevant information
Scope Modeling
Advantages of Document Analysis
Reporting
Functional Decomposition - Interface Analysis - Scope Modeling - User Stories - Problem or Vision Statement

40. What are the inputs to the Plan Business Analysis Approach?
Business Need - Expert Judgment - Organizational Process Assets
Operative Rules
Data Dictionary & Glossary - Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Prototyping - Requirements Workshops - Survey/Questionnaire
Goals

41. 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.
To record the conflict in the Requirements Issues Log.
Organize Requirements
Formal requirements presentation to stakeholders
They describe what a solution must be capable of doing to meet the needs of one or more stakeholder groups

42. Combination of expert judgment and history. Individual estimates - sharing the estimates with experts - and having several rounds until consensus is reached. An average of the three estimates is used
Problem Tracking - Baselining - Signoff
Stakeholder Concerns
Activity List
Delphi Estimation

43. 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.
Enterprise Architecture - Solution Scope - Solution (Designed) - Stakeholder Concerns
Advantages of Document Analysis
Structural Rules
Historic Analysis

44. 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.
Business Rule
Solution Scope Definition - Implementation Approach - Dependencies
Goals
Verify Requirements

45. Most optimistic estimate; most pessimistic estimate; most likely estimate
Problem Tracking
Solution Assessment & Validation
Systems Thinking
Three-point Estimation

46. What is the output of the task - Prioritize Requirements?
Perform tailoring exercises
Benefits - Costs - Risk Assessment - Results Measurement
Requirements (Prioritized)
Business Analysis Plan

47. What is the output of the task - Assess Proposed Solution?
Assessment of Proposed Solution
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Influence on the project - organizational - project health and other stakeholders
Term and Fact Model

48. A specific - actionable - testable directive that is under the control of an organization and supports a business policy.
Requirements - Requirements Management Plan
Specific - Measurable - Achievable - Relevant - Time-bound Objectives must be SMART.
Onion Diagram
Business Rule

49. 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
Creative Thinking - Decision Making - Learning - Problem Solving - Systems Thinking
Requirements Management & Communication
Document Analysis
Business Need

50. Communication of requirements does what for stakeholders?
Creative Thinking - Decision Making - Learning - Problem Solving - Systems Thinking
Business Analysis Performance Metrics - Business Analysis Plan - Organization Performance Standards - Requirements Management Plan
Brings them to a Communication on understanding
Problem Tracking - Baselining - Signoff