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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

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1. What are the techniques used in the task - Allocate Resources?






2. This knowledge area describes how the BA assesses proposed solutions and determines which solution best fits the business need - identifies gaps and shortcomings to solutions and determines necessary workarounds or changes to the solution.






3. A means of eliciting requirements by conducting an assessment of the stakeholder's work environment. This technique is appropriate when documenting details about current processes or if the project is intended to enhance or change a current process.






4. What techniques are used in the task - Define Solution Scope?






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






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






7. What factors guide technique selection?






8. What does SMART stand for?






9. Measures progress towards a strategic goal or objective.






10. 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.






11. What are the different types of learning styles?






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






13. Are used to describe the scope of analysis or the scope of a solution. Serve as a basis for defining and delimiting the scope of business analysis and project work. Allow the definition of a "complete" scope—that is - the boundaries of the scope corr






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






15. When a requirement is changed - the BA can easily review all the related requirements and software components in order to understand the impact of the change.






16. What are the techniques used in the task - Validate Solution?






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






18. 7 knowledge areas of ________ : Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring - Elicitation - Requirements Management & Communication - Enterprise Analysis - Requirements Analysis - Solution Assessment & Validation - Underlying Competencies






19. The purpose is to describe the required qualities of a system - such as its usability and performance characteristics.






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






21. What is the output of the task Plan Requirements Management Process?






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






23. This knowledge area describes the problem definition and analysis - business case development - feasibility studies and the definition of solution scope.






24. What is the output of the task - Define Business Need?






25. Maps the level of stakeholder influence and interest in a project.






26. What is the output of the task - Assess Proposed Solution?






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






28. Two techniques used in Root Cause Analysis?






29. What are the tasks in Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring?






30. 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






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






32. What are the inputs for the task - Define Transitional Requirements?






33. A good indicator has 5 characteristics:






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






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






36. What are the inputs to the task Conduct Stakeholder Analysis?






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






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






39. What are the elements of the task - Define Solution Scope?






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






41. 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.






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






43. What are the Composite Data Elements?






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






45. 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.






46. Are used to model the logic of usage scenarios - by showing the information passed between objects in the system through the execution of the scenario. Shows how classes and objects interact during a scenario.






47. 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






48. This will impose constraints to the effort to deploy the solution - including relationships that may exist between solution components.






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






50. What is the output of the task - Maintain Requirements for Re-use?