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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

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1. When performing root cause analysis as part of the Validate Solution task - what stakeholder may be involved?






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






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






4. 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






5. Two effective trade-off methods.






6. What is the output of the task - Define Business Case?






7. Elements of a Requirements Management Plan include?






8. What techniques are used in the task Prepare for Elicitation?






9. While eliciting requirements it is important to guard against scope creep - This activity will ensure that the requirements should be included since they meet the business goal/objectives.






10. Most optimistic estimate; most pessimistic estimate; most likely estimate






11. 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






12. Understanding of the business architecture of the organization that is being analyzed. Understanding business models (generates profit) - org structure - relationships between business units and the persons who occupy key stakeholder positions.






13. 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






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






15. 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.






16. Estimating relies on the expertise of those who have performed the work in the past. These experts can be internal or external to the project team or to the organization.






17. 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.






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






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






20. What is the output of the task - Manage Requirements Traceability?






21. Measures progress towards a strategic goal or objective.






22. The minimum set of requirements that must be met in order for a particular solution to be worth implementing.






23. This prototype extends the initial interface requirements into a fully functioning system and requires a specialized prototyping tool or language.






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






25. What are the Primitive Data Elements?






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






27. 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






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






29. This technique represents the types of peoples - places - things and concepts that are important to the business - attributes associated with them and the significant business relationships among them.






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






31. What is the output of the task Manage Solution Scope & Requirements?






32. What are the techniques used in the task - Organize Requirements?






33. 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






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






35. What is the output of the task - Specify & Model Requirements?






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






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






38. Use of parameters - multiplied by the number of hours. (COCOMO II - Function Point Counting - Use Case Points - and Story Points)






39. Decisions are made with the interest of all stakeholders considered - reasons for a decision are cleared articulated - prompt and full disclosure of conflicts of interest - honesty regarding one's abilities and the performance of one's work.






40. What are the attributes of a Data Model?






41. What are the techniques used in Plan Business Analysis Activities?






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






43. 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. -






44. 7 knowledge areas of ________ : Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring - Elicitation - Requirements Management & Communication - Enterprise Analysis - Requirements Analysis - Solution Assessment & Validation - Underlying Competencies






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






46. Are written to describe how an actor interacts with a solution to accomplish one or more of that actor's goals - or to respond to an event.






47. What are the techniques used in the task - Communicate Requirements?






48. What are the inputs for the task Confirm Elicitation Results?






49. A diagram indicating how involved the stakeholder is with the solution.






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