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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

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1. What are the elements to the task - Define Business Case?
Benefits - Costs - Risk Assessment - Results Measurement
Manage Solution Scope & Requirements - Manage Requirements Traceability - Maintain Requirements for Re-use - Prepare Requirements Package - Communicate Requirements
Requirements (Stated) - Requirements Structure
Root Cause Analysis

2. This prototype seeks to quickly uncover and clarify interface requirements using simple tools - sometimes just paper and pencil. The focus is on functionality that is not easily elicited by other techniques - has conflicting viewpoints - or is diffic
Term and Fact Model
Throw-away Prototype
Sequences - Repetitions - Optional Elements
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Problem Tracking - Structured Walkthrough - Checklists

3. 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.
Evolutionary or Functional Prototype
Decision Analysis
Requirements (Analyzed)
Solution Scope

4. Creates a conceptual model of the work that needs to be completed to deliver the new business solution.
Benchmarking - Brainstorming - Business Rules Analysis - Focus Groups - Functional Decomposition - Root Cause Analysis
Functional Decomposition
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Cognitive Conflict

5. Involves assessing a situation - understanding it as fully as possible - and making judgments about possible solutions to the problem.
Decision Analysis - Problem Tacking - Risk Analysis
Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving
The Business Analysis Communication Plan
Bottom-up Estimation

6. What is the output of the task - Assess Capability Gaps?
Problem Solving
Cultural Assessment - Operational or Technical Assessment - Stakeholder Impact Analysis
Glossary
Required Capabilities

7. The purpose is to compile and document successes - opportunities for improvement - failures - and recommendations for improving the performance of future projects or project phases
Lessons Learned Process
This person will be involved in monitoring the performance and effectiveness of a solution or its components.
Decision Analysis - Problem Tacking - Risk Analysis
Acceptance - Transfer - Avoidance - Mitigation

8. 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.
Business Analysis Approach - Business Analysis Plan - Organizational Process Assets - Stakeholder Lists - Roles & Responsibilities
Business Requirements - Identified Defects - Solution Performance Metrics - Solution (Deployed)
Observation
Analogous Estimation

9. Elements of a Requirements Management Plan include?
Business Need - Solution Scope & Business Case - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities
All
Relationships - Impact Analysis - Configuration Management System
State Diagrams

10. 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
Prototyping
Requirements Management & Communication
Evolutionary or Functional Prototype
Structured Walkthrough

11. According to the BABOK 2.0 - what type of analysis generates STAKEHOLDER requirements?
Requirements Analysis
Solution Assessment & Validation
Business Analysis Process Assets
Strengths - Weaknesses

12. 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.
Personal Organization
Share - Enhance - Exploit
Systems Thinking
Specific - Measurable - Achievable - Relevant - Time-bound Objectives must be SMART.

13. What are the techniques used in Plan Business Analysis Communication?
Structured Walkthrough
Elimination
Manage Solution Scope & Requirements - Manage Requirements Traceability - Maintain Requirements for Re-use - Prepare Requirements Package - Communicate Requirements
Assumptions & Constraints - Required Capabilities - Solution Approach

14. A good indicator has 5 characteristics:
Document Elicitation Results task
Focus Group
Clear - Relevant - Economical - Adequate - Quantifiable
Evaluation Criteria

15. What are the inputs to the task - Prioritize Requirements?
Solution Assessment & Validation
Business Case - Business Need - Requirements - Requirements Management Plan - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities
Requirements Workshop - Structured Walkthrough
To record the conflict in the Requirements Issues Log.

16. What is the output of the task - Determine Solution Approach?
Solution Approach
Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Problem Tracking - Prototyping - Requirements Workshop - Survey/Questionnaire
Delphi Estimation
Specific - Measurable - Achievable - Relevant - Time-bound Objectives must be SMART.

17. What are the characteristics of Interaction Skills?
Interface Analysis
Decision Analysis - Risk Analysis - MoSCoW Analysis - Timeboxing/Budgeting - Voting
Use Case
Facilitation & Negotiation - Leadership & Influencing - Teamwork

18. What are the characteristics of a Problem Record?
Relationship to Time - Relationship to Task Completion - Relationship to Contracts - Relationships to Formal and Informal Authority
Throw-away Prototype
Benchmarking - Brainstorming - Business Rules Analysis - Focus Groups - Functional Decomposition - Root Cause Analysis
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

19. What is the output of the task - Assess Proposed Solution?
Assessment of Proposed Solution
Assumptions & Constraints - Requirements (Prioritized and Approved) - Solution Options
A statement of the needs of a particular stakeholder or class of stakeholders
Activity List

20. Revised process and templates for BA deliverables should be analyzed and documented and lessons learned should be recorded.
Business Analysis Process Assets
Term and Fact Model
Business Analysis Communication Plan - Requirements - Requirements Package
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

21. Set of requirements that will be used to choose between multiple solutions.
Define Business Case
Decision Analysis - Process Modeling - Structured Walkthrough
Evaluation Criteria
Business Need - Expert Judgment - Organizational Process Assets

22. Business value can be delivered through requirements that support _______________ - alignment with internal standards or policies of the organization - or increased satisfaction for stakeholders - even if those things do not have a direct measurable
Compliance with regulatory or other standards
Stakeholder Concerns
Root Cause Analysis
Trustworthiness

23. 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
Prioritize Requirements - Organize Requirements - Specify & Model Requirements - Define Assumptions & Constraints - Verify Requirements - Validate Requirements
Vertical Prototype
Requirements Structure
Define Transitional Requirements

24. What is the output of the task - Define Business Case?
Business Case
Assess Organization Readiness
Automate or Simplify Work - Improve Access to Information - Reduce Complexity of Interfaces - Increase Consistency of Behavior - Eliminate Redundancy
Communicated Requirements

25. This knowledge area describes the problem definition and analysis - business case development - feasibility studies and the definition of solution scope.
Cognitive Conflict
Creative Thinking - Decision Making - Learning - Problem Solving - Systems Thinking
Onion Diagram
Enterprise Analysis

26. What is the output of the task Document Elicitation Results?
Organizational Knowledge
Interface Analysis
Budgeting
Requirements (Stated) - Stakeholder Concerns

27. Techniques used in the task Plan Requirements Management Process.
Strengths - Weaknesses
Decision Analysis - Problem Tacking - Risk Analysis
Business Requirements - Identified Defects - Solution Performance Metrics - Solution (Deployed)
Problem Tracking

28. What are the inputs for the task - Prepare Requirements Package?
Validate Requirements
Business Analysis Approach - Business Analysis Plan - Organizational Process Assets - Stakeholder Lists - Roles & Responsibilities
Specific - Measurable - Achievable - Relevant - Time-bound Objectives must be SMART.
Business Analysis Communication Plan - Organizational Process Assets - Requirements - Requirements Structure

29. What are the techniques used in the task - Define Transition 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
General Purpose Applications & Specialized Applications
Business Rules Analysis - Data Flow Diagrams - Process Modeling - Organization Modeling - Data Modeling
Requirements (Stated) - Requirements Structure

30. What is the output of the task Manage Solution Scope & Requirements?
Prepare for Elicitation - Conduct Elicitation Activity - Document Elicitation Results - Confirm Elicitation Results
Prioritize Requirements - Organize Requirements - Specify & Model Requirements - Define Assumptions & Constraints - Verify Requirements - Validate Requirements
Requirements (Approved)
Business Analysis Approach - Business Analysis Plan - Organizational Process Assets - Stakeholder Lists - Roles & Responsibilities

31. What is the output of the task - Manage Requirements Traceability?
Requirements (Traced)
Requirements Analysis
Ethics
Stakeholder Matrix - Onion Diagram

32. What are the inputs for the task Plan Business Analysis Activities?
Identified Defects - Mitigating Actions - Solution Validation Assessment
Manage Solution Scope & Requirements - Manage Requirements Traceability - Maintain Requirements for Re-use - Prepare Requirements Package - Communicate Requirements
Verify Requirements
Business Analysis Approach - BA Performance Assessment - Organizational Process Assets - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities

33. The BA is a stakeholder in ______ business analysis activities.
Oral Communications - Teaching - Written Communication
All
Identified Defects - Mitigating Actions - Solution Validation Assessment
Assess Organization Readiness

34. What are the inputs to the task - Determine Solution Approach?
Reliability - Performance Efficiency - Operability - Security - Compatibility - Maintainability - Transferability
Goals
Requirements (Allocated)
Business Need - Organizational Process Assets - Required Capabilities

35. What is the output of the task - Prioritize Requirements?
Solution Knowledge
Requirements (Prioritized)
Advantages of a Data Dictionary & Glossary
Facilitation

36. A requirement that does not deliver direct or indirect value to a stakeholder is a strong candidate for what?
Vertical Prototype
Discounted Cash Flow - Net Present Value - Internal Rate of Return - Average Rate of Return - Pay Back Period - Cost-Benefit Analysis
Elimination
Define Business Case

37. 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.
Solution Assessment & Validation
Interviews - Lessons Learned Process - Metrics and KPIs - Problem Tracking - Process Modeling - Root Cause Analysis - Survey/Questionnaire - Variance Analysis
Requirements (Prioritized and Approved) - Solution (Designed) - Solution Scope
Requirements (Stated - Unconfirmed) - Stakeholder Concerns (Unconfirmed)

38. 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
Focus Group
Decision Analysis - Risk Analysis - MoSCoW Analysis - Timeboxing/Budgeting - Voting
Non-functional Requirements Analysis
Decision Analysis - Problem Tacking - Risk Analysis

39. What are the techniques used in the task Manage Business Analysis Performance?
Clear - Relevant - Economical - Adequate - Quantifiable
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
Interviews - Lessons Learned Process - Metrics and KPIs - Problem Tracking - Process Modeling - Root Cause Analysis - Survey/Questionnaire - Variance Analysis
User Classes - Profiles or Roles; Concepts & Relationships - Events - Processes - Rules

40. 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
Structured Walkthrough
Prepare Requirements Package
Problem Solving
Requirements (Stated - Unconfirmed) - Stakeholder Concerns (Unconfirmed)

41. A continuous process of collecting data to determine how well a solution has been implemented compared to expected results.
Onion Diagram
Monitoring
Business Analysis Communication Plan - Organizational Process Assets - Requirements - Requirements Structure
Business Domain - Corporate Culture & Environment - Skills of the Analyst - Requirement Deliverable

42. 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.
Organizational Process Assets - Requirements
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Problem Tracking - Structured Walkthrough - Checklists
Requirements (Maintained and Reusable)
Sequence Diagrams

43. What are the inputs of the task Plan Business Analysis Communication?
Business Analysis Plan
Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring
Define Business Need - Access Capability Gaps - Determine Solution Approach - Define Solution Scope - Define Business Case
Business Analysis Approach - Business Analysis Plan - Organizational Process Assets - Stakeholder Lists - Roles & Responsibilities

44. A non-actionable directive that supports a business goal.
Opportunity Cost
Evaluation
Conduct Elicitation Activity
Business Policy

45. What are the inputs to the task Conduct Stakeholder Analysis?
Business Need - Enterprise Architecture - Organizational Process Assets
Primary stakeholders in the Organize Requirements task
Solution Performance Assessment
User Story

46. Communication of requirements does what for stakeholders?
Strengths - Weaknesses
Brings them to a Communication on understanding
Business Need - Organizational Process Assets - Requirements Management Plan - Scheduled Resources - Solution Scope & Business Case - Supporting Materials
Business Rules Analysis

47. When a conflict arises between stakeholders on one or more documented requirements - the first thing that needs to take place is what?
To record the conflict in the Requirements Issues Log.
Requirements Workshop - Structured Walkthrough
Decision Making
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Metrics & KPIs - Prototyping - Risk Analysis - Structured Walkthrough

48. What is the output of the task - Define Business Need?
Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Prototyping - Requirements Workshop - Survey/Questionnaire
Business Need
Organize Requirements
Prototyping

49. What are the 3 elements in the Assess Organizational Readiness?
Customer
Trustworthiness
Requirements (Validated)
Cultural Assessment - Operational or Technical Assessment - Stakeholder Impact Analysis

50. Details user interface requirements and integrates them with other requirements such as use cases - scenarios - data and business rules. Stakeholders often find this to be a concrete means of identifying - describing and validating their interface ne
Coverage Matrix - Table or spreadsheet used to manage tracing.
Solution Scope Definition - Implementation Approach - Dependencies
Share - Enhance - Exploit
Prototyping