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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning
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1. The goal of this task is to ensure that all requirements support the delivery of value to the business - fulfill its goal and objectives and meet a stakeholder need.
Validate Requirements
Facilitation
Expert Judgment
Determine the Process - Who will Authorize Changes - Impact Analysis - Wording of the Request - Coordinate Prioritization of Change
2. 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.
Requirements (Stated) - Stakeholder Concerns
Implementation Approach
Interviews
Compliance with regulatory or other standards
3. What are some examples of stakeholder concerns?
Opportunity Cost
Ethics
Decision Analysis - Focus Groups - Observation - Survey/Questionnaire
Risk - assumptions - constraints - etc.
4. What is the output of the task - Verify Requirements?
Business Analysis Performance Assessment - Business Analysis Process Assets - Includes a comparison of planned versus actual performance - understanding the root cause of variances from the plan and other information to help understand the level of
Cohesive - Complete - Consistent - Correct - Feasible - Modifiable - Unambiguous - Testable
Requirements (Verified)
Rolling Wave
5. Prioritizes requirements based on a allocated fixed amount of money.
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Problem Tracking - Structured Walkthrough - Checklists
Learning
Budgeting
Requirements - Requirements Management Plan
6. What factors guide technique selection?
Relationships - Impact Analysis - Configuration Management System
Business Domain - Corporate Culture & Environment - Skills of the Analyst - Requirement Deliverable
Facilitation
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
7. A structured examination of the aspects of a situation to establish the root causes and resulting effects of the problem. A critical element is to ensure that the current business thinking and processes are challenged. The purpose is to determine the
Root Cause Analysis
Requirements (Verified)
Define Business Case
Name - Aliases - Values/Meanings - Description
8. 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.
Compliance with regulatory or other standards
Lessons Learned Process
Personal Organization
Term and Fact Model
9. What are some of the key variables used in determining the priority of a requirement?
Business Analysis Communication Plan
Evolutionary or Functional Prototype
Business Value - Business or Technical Risk - Implementation Difficulty - Likelihood of Success - Regulatory or Policy Compliance - Relationship to Other Requirements - Stakeholder Agreement - Urgency
Document Elicitation Results task
10. Name the 2 types of Software categories that assist in BA productivity.
General Purpose Applications & Specialized Applications
Business Rules Analysis - Data Flow Diagrams - Process Modeling - Organization Modeling - Data Modeling
Business Need - Expert Judgment - Organizational Process Assets
Assumptions & Constraints - Requirements (Prioritized and Approved) - Solution Options
11. What are the techniques used in the task - Allocate Resources?
Dependencies
All
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Business Rules Analysis - Decision Analysis - Functional Decomposition - Process Modeling - Scenarios & Use Cases
Business Analysis Plan
12. What techniques are used in the task Manage Requirements Traceability?
Acceptance - Transfer - Avoidance - Mitigation
Business Analysis Communication Plan - Requirements - Requirements Package
Coverage Matrix - Table or spreadsheet used to manage tracing.
Prototyping
13. What are the inputs to the task - Assess Capability Gaps?
Evaluation
Business Need - Enterprise Architecture - Solution Performance Assessment
Three-point Estimation
Onion Diagram
14. Long-term - ongoing and qualitative statements of a state or condition that the organization is seeking to establish and maintain.
Document Elicitation Results task
Goals
Benchmarking
Data - Ongoing Work - Organizational Change
15. Ensure that the solution meets the business need and determine the most appropriate response to identified defects.
Validate Solution
Business Analysis Communication Plan
Rolling Wave
Assumptions & Constraints - Required Capabilities - Solution Approach
16. Stakeholders involved the BA in decision making - acceptance of the BA's recommendations - willingness to discuss difficult or controversial topics with the BA - stakeholders willing to support or defend the BA when problems occur.
Throw-away Prototype
Data Dictionary & Glossary - Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Prototyping - Requirements Workshops - Survey/Questionnaire
Trustworthiness
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Problem Tracking - Root Cause Analysis
17. What are the characteristics of quality for a requirements?
Cohesive - Complete - Consistent - Correct - Feasible - Modifiable - Unambiguous - Testable
They describe what a solution must be capable of doing to meet the needs of one or more stakeholder groups
Discounted Cash Flow - Net Present Value - Internal Rate of Return - Average Rate of Return - Pay Back Period - Cost-Benefit Analysis
Systems Thinking
18. Strengths - Weaknesses - Opportunities - Threats - A valuable tool to quickly analyze various aspects of the current state of the business process undergoing change.
SWOT Analysis
Absolute Reference - Author - Complexity - Ownership - Priority - Risks - Source - Stability - Status - Urgency
Requirements - Requirements Management Plan
Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Problem Tracking - Prototyping - Requirements Workshop - Survey/Questionnaire
19. A package should contain a consistent - cohesive and coherent set of requirements. This describes the ____________.
Requirements (Any Except Stated)
Business Analysis Performance Metrics - Business Analysis Plan - Organization Performance Standards - Requirements Management Plan
Business Analysis Approach
Requirements Structure
20. What is the output of the Plan Business Analysis Approach?
Business Analysis Approach
Business Goals & Objectives - Requirements (Stated)
Root Cause Analysis
Scenario
21. Issues that may influence the replacement or elimination decision of a system include:
Requirements (Maintained and Reusable)
Structured Walkthrough
Ongoing Cost versus Initial Investment - Opportunity Costs - Necessity - Sunk Costs
Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving
22. What are stakeholder requirements?
They describe what a solution must be capable of doing to meet the needs of one or more stakeholder groups
Key Performance Indicator (KPI )
Solution Scope
Systems Thinking
23. What are the inputs for the task - Define Solution Scope?
Assumptions & Constraints - Required Capabilities - Solution Approach
Assumptions & Constraints - Business Need - Solution Scope - Stakeholder Concerns
Evaluation Criteria
Assumptions & Constraints
24. What are the different types of learning styles?
Reliability - Performance Efficiency - Operability - Security - Compatibility - Maintainability - Transferability
Business Requirements - Stakeholder Requirements - Solution Requirements - Transition Requirements
Implementation SME
Visual Learner - Auditory Learner - Kinesthetic Learner
25. What are the characteristics of Interaction Skills?
Sequences - Repetitions - Optional Elements
Automate or Simplify Work - Improve Access to Information - Reduce Complexity of Interfaces - Increase Consistency of Behavior - Eliminate Redundancy
Facilitation & Negotiation - Leadership & Influencing - Teamwork
Enterprise Architecture - Solution Scope - Solution (Designed) - Stakeholder Concerns
26. Two effective trade-off methods.
Business Need - Solution Scope & Business Case - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities
Data Dictionary & Glossary - Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Prototyping - Requirements Workshops - Survey/Questionnaire
Discounted Cash Flow - Net Present Value - Internal Rate of Return - Average Rate of Return - Pay Back Period - Cost-Benefit Analysis
Elimination of Dominated Alternative - Ranking Objects on a Similar Scale
27. Two types of conflict.
Business Principles & Practices
Requirements Structure
Business Need - Organizational Process Assets - Requirements Management Plan - Scheduled Resources - Solution Scope & Business Case - Supporting Materials
Emotional and Cognitive
28. Prioritizes requirements based on the amount of work that the project team is capable of delivering in a set period of time. Approaches include: All-in - All Out - Selective
Business Analysis Plan
Timeboxing
Stakeholder Concerns
Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Problem Tracking - Prototyping - Requirements Workshop - Survey/Questionnaire
29. Techniques used in the task Plan Requirements Management Process.
Benchmarking
Decision Analysis - Problem Tacking - Risk Analysis
Cohesive - Complete - Consistent - Correct - Feasible - Modifiable - Unambiguous - Testable
Requirements (Stated - Confirmed) - Stakeholder Concerns (Confirmed)
30. What are the internal factors in a SWOT Analysis?
Lessons Learned Process
Strengths - Weaknesses
Enterprise Architecture - Solution Scope - Solution (Designed) - Stakeholder Concerns
Requirements (Validated)
31. What are the inputs to the task Plan Requirements Management Process?
Share - Enhance - Exploit
Bottom-up Estimation
Business Analysis Approach - Business Analysis Plan - Organizational Process Assets
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Data Flow Diagrams - Process Models - Focus Groups - Interviews - Survey/Questionnaire - Organizational Modeling - Problem Tracking - Risk Analysis - SWOT Analysis - Force Field Analysis
32. What describes how - when and why the business analyst will work with stakeholders?
Assumptions & Constraints - Required Capabilities - Solution Approach
The Business Analysis Communication Plan
Evaluation Criteria
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Problem Tracking - Root Cause Analysis
33. What are the techniques used in the task - Validate Solution?
Requirements Analysis
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Problem Tracking - Root Cause Analysis
Cognitive Conflict
Enterprise Analysis - often the starting point for initiating a new project
34. What are the Composite Data Elements?
Define Business Case
Formal requirements presentation to stakeholders
Sequences - Repetitions - Optional Elements
Business Analysis Communication Plan - Requirements - Requirements Package
35. What are the inputs to the task - Prioritize Requirements?
Business Case - Business Need - Requirements - Requirements Management Plan - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities
Primary stakeholders in the Organize Requirements task
Metrics & KPIs
Business Analysis Performance Metrics - Business Analysis Plan - Organization Performance Standards - Requirements Management Plan
36. What are the inputs to the Plan Business Analysis Approach?
Business Principals
Business Need - Expert Judgment - Organizational Process Assets
Solution Knowledge
The Sponsor
37. What are the elements of the task Plan Requirements Management Process?
Risk - assumptions - constraints - etc.
Acceptance Criteria
Evolutionary or Functional Prototype
Repository - Traceability - Requirement Attributes - Prioritization Process - Change Management - Tailoring the Requirements Management Process
38. What is the output of the task - Allocate Resources?
Problem or Vision Statement
Requirements Workshop - Structured Walkthrough
Requirements (Allocated)
Business Case; Stakeholder - Solution or Transition Requirements (Verified)
39. This knowledge area describes the tasks that are performed in order to ensure that solutions meet the business need and to facilitate successful implementation.
Fishbone Diagram - Five Whys
Organizational Readiness Assessment
Solution Assessment & Validation
That they understand them and the current state the requirements are in
40. Characteristics that are common to all organizations with a similar purpose and structure - whether or not the are in the same industry.
Delphi Estimation
Advantages of Document Analysis
Organize Requirements
Business Principals
41. What are the inputs to the task - Assess Organizational Readiness?
Scenarios & Use Cases
Confirm Elicitation Results
Requirements Management Plan
Enterprise Architecture - Solution Scope - Solution (Designed) - Stakeholder Concerns
42. What is the output of the task Prepare for Elicitation?
Requirements Workshop
Elicitation
Specific - Measurable - Achievable - Relevant - Time-bound Objectives must be SMART.
Scheduled Resources - Supporting Materials
43. To assess the ability of a potential vendor to meet commitments regarding a product or service
Organizational Process Assets - Requirements (Stated) - Solution Scope
Risk Analysis
Business Analysis Approach
Vendor Assessment
44. Divides requirements into 4 categories - Must - Should - Could - Won't
MoSCoW Analysis
Solution Scope Definition - Implementation Approach - Dependencies
Elimination
Business Analysis Communication Plan - Requirements - Requirements Package
45. 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.
Visual Learner - Auditory Learner - Kinesthetic Learner
Organizational Process Assets - Requirements (Stated) - Solution Scope
Sequence Diagrams
Solution Performance Assessment
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.
Solution Scope
Three-point Estimation
User Classes - Profiles or Roles; Concepts & Relationships - Events - Processes - Rules
Scenarios & Use Cases
47. 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
Facilitation & Negotiation - Leadership & Influencing - Teamwork
User Classes - Profiles or Roles; Concepts & Relationships - Events - Processes - Rules
Non-functional Requirements Analysis
Requirements Structure
48. What are the tasks in the knowledge area - Requirements Analysis?
Root Cause Analysis
Document Elicitation Results task
Prioritize Requirements - Organize Requirements - Specify & Model Requirements - Define Assumptions & Constraints - Verify Requirements - Validate Requirements
Requirements (Traced)
49. The skill of moderating discussions among a group or enable all participants to effectively articulate their views on a topic under discussion and to further ensure that participants in the discussion are able to recognize and appreciate the differin
Facilitation
Business Analysis Approach - BA Performance Assessment - Organizational Process Assets - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities
Metrics & KPIs
Structured Walkthrough
50. What are the Primitive Data Elements?
Identified Defects - Mitigating Actions - Solution Validation Assessment
Name - Aliases - Values/Meanings - Description
Prioritize Requirements - Organize Requirements - Specify & Model Requirements - Define Assumptions & Constraints - Verify Requirements - Validate Requirements
Expert Judgment
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