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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning
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1. What is the output of the task - Determine Solution Approach?
Business Need - Organizational Process Assets - Required Capabilities
Solution Approach
Business Rules Analysis - Data Flow Diagrams - Data Modeling - Functional Decomposition - Organizational Modeling - Process Modeling - Scenarios & Use Cases - Scope Modeling - User Stories
Focus Group
2. What techniques are used in the task - Define Solution Scope?
Glossary
Relationship to Time - Relationship to Task Completion - Relationship to Contracts - Relationships to Formal and Informal Authority
Functional Decomposition - Interface Analysis - Scope Modeling - User Stories - Problem or Vision Statement
Requirements (Verified)
3. What are the inputs to the task Manage Solution Scope & Requirements?
Risk - assumptions - constraints - etc.
Solution Performance Assessment
Requirements Management Plan - Solution Scope - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities - Stakeholder/Solution or Transition Requirements (Communicated or Traced)
Scope Modeling
4. Industry Knowledge - Organization Knowledge - Solution Knowledge What are the elements of Business Knowledge?
Risk - assumptions - constraints - etc.
Emotional and Cognitive
Business Principles & Practices
Stakeholder Matrix - Onion Diagram
5. Approach to decision making that examines and models the possible consequences of different decisions. Make an optimal decision under conditions of uncertainty.
Throw-away Prototype
Business Need - Enterprise Architecture - Organizational Process Assets
A statement of the needs of a particular stakeholder or class of stakeholders
Decision Analysis
6. What are the techniques used in the task - Validate Requirements?
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Metrics & KPIs - Prototyping - Risk Analysis - Structured Walkthrough
Scheduled Resources - Supporting Materials
Prioritize Requirements - Organize Requirements - Specify & Model Requirements - Define Assumptions & Constraints - Verify Requirements - Validate Requirements
Name - Aliases - Values/Meanings - Description
7. Use of parameters - multiplied by the number of hours. (COCOMO II - Function Point Counting - Use Case Points - and Story Points)
Customer
Requirements - Requirements Management Plan
Expert Judgment
Parametric Estimation
8. What are the 3 elements in the Assess Organizational Readiness?
Cultural Assessment - Operational or Technical Assessment - Stakeholder Impact Analysis
Impact Analysis
Sequences - Repetitions - Optional Elements
Operative Rules
9. When a conflict arises between stakeholders on one or more documented requirements - the first thing that needs to take place is what?
Organizational Readiness Assessment - Requirements (Stated) - Solution (Deployed) - Solution (Designed)
Cohesive - Complete - Consistent - Correct - Feasible - Modifiable - Unambiguous - Testable
Cognitive Conflict
To record the conflict in the Requirements Issues Log.
10. Business rules require a defined glossary of terms and an understanding of the relationships between them - this is known as:
General Purpose Applications & Specialized Applications
Problem Solving
Confirm Elicitation Results
Term and Fact Model
11. 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.
Trustworthiness
Requirements Documentation - Requirements for Vendor Selection
Business Need - Organizational Process Assets - Requirements Management Plan - Scheduled Resources - Solution Scope & Business Case - Supporting Materials
Organizational Readiness Assessment - Requirements (Stated) - Solution (Deployed) - Solution (Designed)
12. 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
Coverage Matrix - Table or spreadsheet used to manage tracing.
Benchmarking - Brainstorming - Business Rules Analysis - Focus Groups - Functional Decomposition - Root Cause Analysis
Problem Tracking
Data Dictionary
13. What are the techniques used in the task - Assess Proposed Solution?
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Decision Analysis - Vendor Assessment
Requirements (Stated) - Stakeholder Concerns
Solution Approach
Delphi Estimation
14. The systematic and objective assessment of a solution to determine its status and efficacy in meeting objectives over time - and to identify ways to improve the solution to better meet objectives.
Problem Tracking - Risk Analysis
Assessment of Proposed Solution
To record the conflict in the Requirements Issues Log.
Evaluation
15. Familiarity with the range of commercially available solutions or suppliers can assist with the identification of possible alternatives.
Automate or Simplify Work - Improve Access to Information - Reduce Complexity of Interfaces - Increase Consistency of Behavior - Eliminate Redundancy
Cultural Assessment - Operational or Technical Assessment - Stakeholder Impact Analysis
Solution Knowledge
Implementation Approach
16. How is the Operational Support stakeholder utilized in the Evaluate Solution Performance task?
Requirements (Stated - Confirmed) - Stakeholder Concerns (Confirmed)
This person will be involved in monitoring the performance and effectiveness of a solution or its components.
Expert Judgment
Acceptance & Evaluation Technique
17. Communication of requirements does what for stakeholders?
Problem or Vision Statement
Fishbone Diagram - Five Whys
Data Dictionary & Glossary - Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Prototyping - Requirements Workshops - Survey/Questionnaire
Brings them to a Communication on understanding
18. What is the output of the task Manage Solution Scope & Requirements?
Requirements (Approved)
Requirements Workshop - Structured Walkthrough
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Business Rules Analysis - Decision Analysis - Functional Decomposition - Process Modeling - Scenarios & Use Cases
This person will be involved in monitoring the performance and effectiveness of a solution or its components.
19. Define requirements for capabilities needed to move from an existing solution to a new solution.
Define Transitional Requirements
Requirements Workshop - Structured Walkthrough
Ethics - Trustworthiness - Personal Organization
Document Analysis - SWOT Analysis
20. What are the inputs for the task Plan Business Analysis Activities?
Benchmarking
Business Analysis Approach - BA Performance Assessment - Organizational Process Assets - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Decision Analysis - Vendor Assessment
Business Principles & Practices
21. What are the underlying competencies a BA should possess?
Elimination
Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving - Behavioral Characteristics - Business Knowledge - Communication Skills - Interaction Skills - Software Application
Document Analysis
Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring
22. Three types of organizational structures
Activity List
Requirements Structure
Functions - Markets - Matrix
Cohesive - Complete - Consistent - Correct - Feasible - Modifiable - Unambiguous - Testable
23. 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
Timeboxing
Business Case
Three-point Estimation
Facilitation & Negotiation - Leadership & Influencing - Teamwork
24. 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.
Expert Judgment
Validate Solution
Requirements (Approved)
Advantages of a Data Dictionary & Glossary
25. What are the inputs to the task - Allocate Resources?
Business Analysis Plan
Requirements (Prioritized and Approved) - Solution (Designed) - Solution Scope
Influence on the project - organizational - project health and other stakeholders
Evaluation Criteria
26. Defines the key terms and data relevant to a business domain.
Problem Tracking - Risk Analysis
Decision Analysis - Estimation - Metrics & KPIs - Risk Analysis - SWOT Analysis - Vendor Assessment
Horizontal Prototype
Data Dictionary & Glossary
27. 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.
Advantages of Document Analysis
Key Performance Indicator (KPI )
Visual Learner - Auditory Learner - Kinesthetic Learner
Assess Organization Readiness
28. 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.
Solution Assessment & Validation
Structural Rules
Business Need
Historic Analysis
29. What techniques are used in the task Manage Requirements Traceability?
Coverage Matrix - Table or spreadsheet used to manage tracing.
Industry Knowledge
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
Reliability - Performance Efficiency - Operability - Security - Compatibility - Maintainability - Transferability
30. The goal of tracing is to ensure that requirements are linked back to a business objective. Creation of this relationship helps in what other traceability activities?
Implementation Approach
Impact Analysis - Requirements Coverage - Requirements Allocation
Solution (Constructed) - Requirements (Prioritized and Validated)
Goals
31. What are the techniques used in the task Confirm Elicitation Results?
That they understand them and the current state the requirements are in
Use Case
Requirements (Validated)
Interviews - Observation
32. What is the output of the task - Prioritize Requirements?
This person will be involved in monitoring the performance and effectiveness of a solution or its components.
Key Performance Indicator (KPI )
Solution Assessment & Validation
Requirements (Prioritized)
33. Name the 2 types of Software categories that assist in BA productivity.
Functions - Markets - Matrix
General Purpose Applications & Specialized Applications
Unique Number - Activity Description - Assumptions - Dependencies - Milestones
Implementation SME
34. What is the output of the task - Define Business Need?
Allocate Requirements
Scenarios & Use Cases
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Business Need
35. To define the rules that govern decisions in an organization and that define - constrain or enable organization operations.
Influence on the project - organizational - project health and other stakeholders
Assumptions & Constraints - Requirements (Prioritized and Approved) - Solution Options
Business Rules Analysis
Business Need
36. The goal of this task is to create a set of views of the requirements for the new business solution that are comprehensive - complete - consistent and understood from all stakeholder perspectives.
Business Case
Risk Analysis
Organize Requirements
Validate Solution
37. What are the elements of the task - Define Solution Scope?
Requirements (Validated)
Solution Scope Definition - Implementation Approach - Dependencies
Interviews
Problem Tracking
38. An excellent way to foster creative thinking about a problem. The goal is to produce numerous new ideas and to derive themes for further analysis. - Ability to elicit many ideas in a short time period. - - Non-judgmental environment enables creative
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Problem Tracking - Root Cause Analysis
Scheduled Resources - Supporting Materials
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Data Flow Diagrams - Process Models - Focus Groups - Interviews - Survey/Questionnaire - Organizational Modeling - Problem Tracking - Risk Analysis - SWOT Analysis - Force Field Analysis
Brainstorming
39. Two techniques used in Root Cause Analysis?
Verify Requirements
Fishbone Diagram - Five Whys
Business Need - Enterprise Architecture - Solution Performance Assessment
Cognitive Conflict
40. When performing root cause analysis as part of the Validate Solution task - what stakeholder may be involved?
General Purpose Applications & Specialized Applications
Conduct Elicitation Activity
Implementation SME
Benchmarking - Brainstorming - Decision Analysis - Estimation - SWOT Analysis - Feasibility Analysis
41. What does RACI stand for?
Organization Modeling
Leadership
Responsible - Accountable - Consulted - Informed
Evaluation
42. What are some of the ways a BA can help to improve the operations of a business? Acceptance and Evaluation Criteria Definition - Business Rules Analysis - Data Dictionary and Glossary - Data Flow Diagrams - Data Modeling - Functional Decomposition -
Benefits - Costs - Risk Assessment - Results Measurement
Business Need - Enterprise Architecture - Solution Performance Assessment
Automate or Simplify Work - Improve Access to Information - Reduce Complexity of Interfaces - Increase Consistency of Behavior - Eliminate Redundancy
Business Domain - Corporate Culture & Environment - Skills of the Analyst - Requirement Deliverable
43. Models a shallow - and possibly wide view of the system's functionality. It typically does not have any business logic running behind the visualization.
Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Prototyping - Requirements Workshop - Survey/Questionnaire
Horizontal Prototype
Interviews - Lessons Learned Process - Metrics and KPIs - Problem Tracking - Process Modeling - Root Cause Analysis - Survey/Questionnaire - Variance Analysis
Metrics & KPIs
44. What is the output of the task - Organize Requirements?
Necessity - Effort - Subset - Cover - Value
Requirements Structure
Facilitation & Negotiation - Leadership & Influencing - Teamwork
MoSCoW Analysis
45. What are the Cultural diversity issues that should be taken into account when planning communication?
Budgeting
Relationship to Time - Relationship to Task Completion - Relationship to Contracts - Relationships to Formal and Informal Authority
Business Analysis Communication Plan
Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Prototyping - Requirements Workshop - Survey/Questionnaire
46. Most optimistic estimate; most pessimistic estimate; most likely estimate
Glossary
Key Performance Indicator (KPI )
Three-point Estimation
Problem Tracking - Baselining - Signoff
47. Combination of expert judgment and history. Individual estimates - sharing the estimates with experts - and having several rounds until consensus is reached. An average of the three estimates is used
Rolling Wave
Delphi Estimation
Customer
Necessity - Effort - Subset - Cover - Value
48. 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
Solution Assessment & Validation
Reliability - Performance Efficiency - Operability - Security - Compatibility - Maintainability - Transferability
Business Rule
Systems Thinking
49. To identify and manage areas of uncertainty that can impact an initiative - solution - or organization.
Coverage Matrix - Table or spreadsheet used to manage tracing.
Stakeholder Matrix
Risk Analysis
Data Flow Diagrams
50. Corrective or preventative measures uncovered while performing a Business Analysis Performance Assessment will result in changes to what plan?
Scope Modeling
Rolling Wave
Business Analysis Process Assets
Business Analysis Plan