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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

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






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






3. What are the elements of Communication Skills?






4. What are the inputs to the task - Prioritize Requirements?






5. What are the inputs to the task Manage Solution Scope & Requirements?






6. What is the output of the task - Assess Capability Gaps?






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






8. 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.






9. Industry Knowledge - Organization Knowledge - Solution Knowledge What are the elements of Business Knowledge?






10. What are the Composite Data Elements?






11. 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.






12. What are some examples of stakeholder concerns?






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






14. The knowledge area that covers how BAs determine which activities are necessary in order to complete a business analysis effort.






15. The process of informing stakeholders of metrics of indicators in specified formats at specified intervals.






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






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






18. The purpose of _______________ is to ensure that a stakeholder's actual underlying needs are understood - rather than the their stated or superficial desires.






19. What are the inputs to the task - Communicate Requirements?






20. 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






21. What are the Cultural diversity issues that should be taken into account when planning communication?






22. Limited to "as-is" perspective. - Existing documentation may not be up-to-date or valid. - Can be a time-consuming and even tedious process to locate the relevant information






23. Checklist of characteristics to consider when considering non-functional requirements.






24. 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.






25. What are the elements to the task - Define Business Case?






26. Defines the key terms and data relevant to a business domain.






27. Issues that may influence the replacement or elimination decision of a system include:






28. 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 -






29. What are the inputs for the task Plan Business Analysis Activities?






30. The purpose is to measure the performance of solutions - solution components - and other matters of interest to stakeholders.






31. Using this technique the business analyst has collected the deliverables - activities - tasks - and estimates from all the involved stakeholders and rolls them up to get a total for all the activities and tasks.






32. 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.






33. Strengths - Weaknesses - Opportunities - Threats - A valuable tool to quickly analyze various aspects of the current state of the business process undergoing change.






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






35. What are the techniques used in Plan Business Analysis Approach?






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






37. What are the techniques used in the task Manage Business Analysis Performance?






38. 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






39. 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






40. Performed to communicate - verify and validate requirements. Is a working session where invited participants review and discuss a set of requirements






41. What is the output of the task - Define Business Need?






42. Allocate stakeholder and solution requirements among solution components and releases in order to maximize the possible business value given the options and alternatives generated by the design team.






43. Two techniques used in Root Cause Analysis?






44. Domain SME - End User - Implementation SME - and Sponsor: They Affected by analysis techniques used to organize requirements since they need to verify and validate the requirements.






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






46. What are the characteristics of a Problem Record?






47. What are the tasks of the Elicitation Knowledge Area?






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






49. A non-actionable directive that supports a business goal.






50. Investigating how a solution is actually used after it is deployed and assessing the effect it has had - both positive and negative.