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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

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1. 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.






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






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






4. What is the output of the task - Prioritize Requirements?






5. Defines what must be delivered in order to meet the business need - and the effect of the proposed change initiation on the business and technology operations and infrastructure.






6. Gathering information relevant to a decision - breaking down the information relevant to a decision - making comparisons and tradeoffs between similar and dissimilar options and identifying the option that is most desirable.






7. 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






8. 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.






9. This will impose constraints to the effort to deploy the solution - including relationships that may exist between solution components.






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






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






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






13. What are the techniques used in the task Define Business Need?






14. What are the inputs to the task - Assess Proposed Solution?






15. The BA is a stakeholder in ______ business analysis activities.






16. What factors guide technique selection?






17. What is the output of the task Plan Requirements Management Process?






18. Useful for ensuring that all stakeholders are in agreement on the format and content of relevant information. Capturing these definitions in a single model ensures that these terms will be used consistently.






19. What does RACI stand for?






20. States the business need - identifies key stakeholders and briefly describes the positive impact that meeting the business need will have on those stakeholders.






21. Describes all the possible outcomes of an attempt to accomplish a particular goal that the solution will support.






22. Three types of organizational structures






23. What are the techniques used in the task Conduct Elicitation Activity?






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






25. What are the techniques used in the task - Determine Solution Approach?






26. What are the inputs to the task - Allocate Resources?






27. 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






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






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






30. Creates a conceptual model of the work that needs to be completed to deliver the new business solution.






31. Used to describe the roles - responsibilities and reporting structures that exist within an organization and to align those structures with the organization's goals.






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






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






34. A continuous process of collecting data to determine how well a solution has been implemented compared to expected results.






35. 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






36. Corrective or preventative measures uncovered while performing a Business Analysis Performance Assessment will result in changes to what plan?






37. Benefits that could have been achieved with an alternative investment rather than this one.






38. What are the internal factors in a SWOT Analysis?






39. Means of eliciting information from many people - sometimes anonymously - in a relatively short period of time






40. A means of eliciting requirements by conducting an assessment of the stakeholder's work environment. This technique is appropriate when documenting details about current processes or if the project is intended to enhance or change a current process.






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






42. To identify interfaces between solutions and/or solution components and define requirements that describe how they will interact.






43. To define the rules that govern decisions in an organization and that define - constrain or enable organization operations.






44. A means to elicit ideas and attitudes about a specific product - service or opportunity in an interactive group environment. The participants share their impressions - preferences and needs - guided by a moderator. - Effective for learning people's a






45. The objective of this technique is to determine how companies achieve their superior performance levels and use that information to design projects to improve operations of the enterprise.






46. What are the elements of the area - Analytical Thinking and Problem Solving - Successful generation of new ideas - application of new ideas to resolve existing problems - willingness of stakeholders to accept new approaches.






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






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






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






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