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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

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1. To assess the ability of a potential vendor to meet commitments regarding a product or service






2. What are the tasks for the knowledge area - Requirements Management & Communication?






3. Confidence in the problem solving process that a selected solution is correct - new solution options can be evaluated effectively using the problem solving framework - selected solutions meet the defined objectives and solve the underlying problem -






4. 7 knowledge areas of ________ : Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring - Elicitation - Requirements Management & Communication - Enterprise Analysis - Requirements Analysis - Solution Assessment & Validation - Underlying Competencies






5. 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.






6. What are the inputs for the task Prepare for Elicitation?






7. What are the inputs to the task - Verify Requirements?






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






9. What are the inputs for the task - Evaluate Solution Performance?






10. What are the inputs to the task - Assess Capability Gaps?






11. What is the output of the task - Define Assumptions & Constraints?






12. What are the characteristics of quality for a requirements?






13. A systematic approach designed to elicit information from a person or group of people in an informal or formal setting by talking to an interviewee - asking relevant questions and documenting the responses.






14. Involved motivating people to act in ways that enable them to work together to achieve shared goals and objectives.






15. What are the techniques used in the task - Evaluate Solution Performance?






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






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






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






19. What are the inputs for the task - Prepare Requirements Package?






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






21. Describes the effect a new solution will have on an organization and whether the organization is prepared for the organizational change the solution implementation will cause.






22. 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






23. A means to elicit requirements by studying available documentation on existing and comparable solutions and identifying relevant information. - Not starting from a blank page.- Leveraging existing materials to discover and/or confirm requirements. -






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






25. 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






26. Two types of conflict.






27. What is a STAKEHOLDER requirement - according to the BABOK 2.0?






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






29. The goal of this task is validate that the stated requirements expressed by the stakeholder match the stakeholder's understanding of the problem and the stakeholder's needs. Analyst's understanding conforms to the actual desire or intentions of the s






30. Understanding of the competitive forces that shape an industry - understand the various customer segments that the industry services and the demographic or other characteristics common to that segment.






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






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






33. What are the elements of Communication Skills?






34. 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.






35. What stakeholder receives noticeable negative impact if information is incorrectly transferred from the old to new solution?






36. What are the strategies for a negative risk?






37. What is the output of the task Conduct Stakeholder Analysis?






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






39. When a conflict arises between stakeholders on one or more documented requirements - the first thing that needs to take place is what?






40. 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






41. 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






42. Define requirements for capabilities needed to move from an existing solution to a new solution.






43. Documents terms unique to a domain.






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






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






46. Elements of a Requirements Management Plan include?






47. Shows how the behavior of a concept - entity or object changes in response to events during its lifetime - and defines which events cause a transition between those states.






48. 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.






49. Long-term - ongoing and qualitative statements of a state or condition that the organization is seeking to establish and maintain.






50. What is the output of the task Confirm Elicitation Results?