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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

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1. What are the techniques used in the task - Allocate Resources?
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Business Rules Analysis - Decision Analysis - Functional Decomposition - Process Modeling - Scenarios & Use Cases
Creative Thinking - Decision Making - Learning - Problem Solving - Systems Thinking
Data Dictionary & Glossary
Problem Tracking - Risk Analysis

2. 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.
Tracing Requirements
Scope Modeling
Business Need - Expert Judgment - Organizational Process Assets
Solution Assessment & Validation

3. 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.
Observation
Cohesive - Complete - Consistent - Correct - Feasible - Modifiable - Unambiguous - Testable
Requirements (Prioritized and Approved) - Solution (Designed) - Solution Scope
Organizational Process Assets - Requirements (Stated) - Solution Scope

4. What techniques are used in the task - Define Solution Scope?
Underlying Competencies
Sequences - Repetitions - Optional Elements
Functional Decomposition - Interface Analysis - Scope Modeling - User Stories - Problem or Vision Statement
Evaluation

5. What is the output of the task - Determine Solution Approach?
Document Elicitation Results task
Solution Approach
Scenario
Decision Analysis - Estimation - Metrics & KPIs - Risk Analysis - SWOT Analysis - Vendor Assessment

6. A package should contain a consistent - cohesive and coherent set of requirements. This describes the ____________.
Stakeholder Concerns
Data Flow Diagrams
Requirements Structure
Visual Learner - Auditory Learner - Kinesthetic Learner

7. What factors guide technique selection?
Problem Tracking - Risk Analysis
Systems Thinking
Business Domain - Corporate Culture & Environment - Skills of the Analyst - Requirement Deliverable
The Sponsor

8. What does SMART stand for?
Business Analysis Plan
Interviews
Assumptions & Constraints - Requirements (Prioritized and Approved) - Solution Options
Specific - Measurable - Achievable - Relevant - Time-bound Objectives must be SMART.

9. Measures progress towards a strategic goal or objective.
Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Problem Tracking - Prototyping - Requirements Workshop - Survey/Questionnaire
Key Performance Indicator (KPI )
Customer
Business Need - Enterprise Architecture - Organizational Process Assets

10. 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.
Requirements - Requirements Management Plan
Scope Modeling
Historic Analysis
Ethics - Trustworthiness - Personal Organization

11. What are the different types of learning styles?
Assumptions & Constraints
Confirm Elicitation Results
Absolute Reference - Author - Complexity - Ownership - Priority - Risks - Source - Stability - Status - Urgency
Visual Learner - Auditory Learner - Kinesthetic Learner

12. Issues that may influence the replacement or elimination decision of a system include:
Scenario
Root Cause Analysis
Ongoing Cost versus Initial Investment - Opportunity Costs - Necessity - Sunk Costs
Coverage Matrix - Table or spreadsheet used to manage tracing.

13. Are used to describe the scope of analysis or the scope of a solution. Serve as a basis for defining and delimiting the scope of business analysis and project work. Allow the definition of a "complete" scope—that is - the boundaries of the scope corr
Scope Modeling
Acceptance - Transfer - Avoidance - Mitigation
Three-point Estimation
Benefits - Costs - Risk Assessment - Results Measurement

14. How is the Operational Support stakeholder utilized in the Evaluate Solution Performance task?
This person will be involved in monitoring the performance and effectiveness of a solution or its components.
Solution Approach
Relationships - Impact Analysis - Configuration Management System
Bottom-up Estimation

15. When a requirement is changed - the BA can easily review all the related requirements and software components in order to understand the impact of the change.
Data Modeling
Requirements Workshop - Structured Walkthrough
Requirements (Allocated)
Impact Analysis

16. What are the techniques used in the task - Validate Solution?
Acceptance & Evaluation Technique
Ongoing Cost versus Initial Investment - Opportunity Costs - Necessity - Sunk Costs
Requirements Workshop - Structured Walkthrough
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Problem Tracking - Root Cause Analysis

17. What are the inputs to the task - Allocate Resources?
Solution Approach
Requirements (Prioritized and Approved) - Solution (Designed) - Solution Scope
The Business Analysis Communication Plan
Requirements (Approved)

18. 7 knowledge areas of ________ : Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring - Elicitation - Requirements Management & Communication - Enterprise Analysis - Requirements Analysis - Solution Assessment & Validation - Underlying Competencies
BABOK
Horizontal Prototype
Identified Defects - Mitigating Actions - Solution Validation Assessment
The Business Analysis Communication Plan

19. The purpose is to describe the required qualities of a system - such as its usability and performance characteristics.
Customer
Solution Assessment & Validation
Non-functional Requirements Analysis
Business Rules Analysis - Data Flow Diagrams - Process Modeling - Organization Modeling - Data Modeling

20. What are the inputs to the Plan Business Analysis Approach?
Structured Walkthrough
Assumptions & Constraints - Required Capabilities - Solution Approach
Business Need - Expert Judgment - Organizational Process Assets
Learning

21. What is the output of the task Plan Requirements Management Process?
Business Principles & Practices
SWOT Analysis
Requirements Management Plan
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

22. What are the tasks in the knowledge area - Enterprise Analysis?
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Prepare for Elicitation - Conduct Elicitation Activity - Document Elicitation Results - Confirm Elicitation Results
Decision Making
Define Business Need - Access Capability Gaps - Determine Solution Approach - Define Solution Scope - Define Business Case

23. This knowledge area describes the problem definition and analysis - business case development - feasibility studies and the definition of solution scope.
Prepare Requirements Package
Enterprise Analysis
Business Rules Analysis
Determine the Process - Who will Authorize Changes - Impact Analysis - Wording of the Request - Coordinate Prioritization of Change

24. What is the output of the task - Define Business Need?
Strengths - Weaknesses
Business Need
Assess Proposed Solution - Allocate Requirements - Assess Organizational Readiness - Define Transition Requirements - Validate Solution - Evaluate Solution Performance
Metrics & KPIs

25. Maps the level of stakeholder influence and interest in a project.
Requirements (Prioritized and Approved) - Solution (Designed) - Solution Scope
General Purpose Applications & Specialized Applications
Stakeholder Concerns
Stakeholder Matrix

26. What is the output of the task - Assess Proposed Solution?
All
Assessment of Proposed Solution
Solution Scope Definition - Implementation Approach - Dependencies
Interviews - Observation

27. What are the inputs to the task Conduct Elicitation Activity?
Determine the Process - Who will Authorize Changes - Impact Analysis - Wording of the Request - Coordinate Prioritization of Change
Decision Analysis
Business Need - Organizational Process Assets - Requirements Management Plan - Scheduled Resources - Solution Scope & Business Case - Supporting Materials
Advantages of Document Analysis

28. Two techniques used in Root Cause Analysis?
Identified Defects - Mitigating Actions - Solution Validation Assessment
Activity List
Decision Making
Fishbone Diagram - Five Whys

29. What are the tasks in Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring?
Assessment of Proposed Solution
Primary stakeholders in the Organize Requirements task
Vendor Assessment
Plan Business Analysis Approach - Conduct Stakeholder Analysis - Plan Business Analysis Activities - Plan Business Analysis Communication - Plan Requirements Management Process - Manage BA Performance

30. 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
Activity List
Scheduled Resources - Supporting Materials
Benchmarking - Brainstorming - Decision Analysis - Estimation - SWOT Analysis - Feasibility Analysis
Prepare Requirements Package

31. What is the output of the task - Define Transition Requirements?
Enterprise Analysis - often the starting point for initiating a new project
Requirements Management Plan - Solution Scope - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities - Stakeholder/Solution or Transition Requirements (Communicated or Traced)
Transition Requirements
Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving

32. What are the inputs for the task - Define Transitional Requirements?
Solution Approach
Monitoring
Elimination of Dominated Alternative - Ranking Objects on a Similar Scale
Organizational Readiness Assessment - Requirements (Stated) - Solution (Deployed) - Solution (Designed)

33. A good indicator has 5 characteristics:
Lessons Learned Process
Timeboxing
Clear - Relevant - Economical - Adequate - Quantifiable
Activity List

34. This knowledge area describes the behaviors - knowledge and other characteristics that support the effective performance of a BA.
Evaluate Solution Performance
Data Dictionary & Glossary
Requirements Analysis
Underlying Competencies

35. What are the techniques used in the task - Assess Proposed Solution?
Advantages of Document Analysis
Repository - Traceability - Requirement Attributes - Prioritization Process - Change Management - Tailoring the Requirements Management Process
Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving - Behavioral Characteristics - Business Knowledge - Communication Skills - Interaction Skills - Software Application
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Decision Analysis - Vendor Assessment

36. What are the inputs to the task Conduct Stakeholder Analysis?
Impact Analysis
Functions - Markets - Matrix
Unique Number - Activity Description - Assumptions - Dependencies - Milestones
Business Need - Enterprise Architecture - Organizational Process Assets

37. Ensure that the solution meets the business need and determine the most appropriate response to identified defects.
Bottom-up Estimation
Acceptance Criteria
Customer
Validate Solution

38. What are the inputs to the task Manage Requirements Traceability?
Requirements - Requirements Management Plan
Requirements (Stated - Unconfirmed) - Stakeholder Concerns (Unconfirmed)
Elimination
Business Principles & Practices

39. What are the elements of the task - Define Solution Scope?
Data Dictionary
Solution Scope Definition - Implementation Approach - Dependencies
Problem Solving
Personal Organization

40. Techniques used in the task Plan Requirements Management Process.
Decision Analysis - Problem Tacking - Risk Analysis
Business Analysis Approach
Specific - Measurable - Achievable - Relevant - Time-bound Objectives must be SMART.
Conduct Elicitation Activity

41. Rules that are intended to help determine when something is or is not true - or when things fall into a specific category. They are expressed as rules because they describe categorizations that may change over time.
Parametric Estimation
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Data Flow Diagrams - Process Models - Focus Groups - Interviews - Survey/Questionnaire - Organizational Modeling - Problem Tracking - Risk Analysis - SWOT Analysis - Force Field Analysis
Structural Rules
Underlying Competencies

42. What are the Cultural diversity issues that should be taken into account when planning communication?
Business Analysis Communication Plan
Personal Organization
Decision Analysis - Risk Analysis - MoSCoW Analysis - Timeboxing/Budgeting - Voting
Relationship to Time - Relationship to Task Completion - Relationship to Contracts - Relationships to Formal and Informal Authority

43. What are the Composite Data Elements?
Budgeting
Requirements (Prioritized and Approved) - Solution (Designed) - Solution Scope
Sequences - Repetitions - Optional Elements
Facilitation & Negotiation - Leadership & Influencing - Teamwork

44. What are the techniques used in the task Conduct Stakeholder Analysis?
User Story
Organizational Readiness Assessment
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
Business Need - Enterprise Architecture - Organizational Process Assets

45. 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.
Solution Scope
Focus Group
Requirements Workshop
Monitoring

46. 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.
Business Principles & Practices
Business Rules Analysis - Data Flow Diagrams - Process Modeling - Organization Modeling - Data Modeling
Sequence Diagrams
Key Performance Indicator (KPI )

47. 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
Data Flow Diagrams
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Metrics & KPIs - Prototyping - Risk Analysis - Structured Walkthrough
Specific - Measurable - Achievable - Relevant - Time-bound Objectives must be SMART.
Rolling Wave

48. This will impose constraints to the effort to deploy the solution - including relationships that may exist between solution components.
Business Analysis Performance Metrics - Business Analysis Plan - Organization Performance Standards - Requirements Management Plan
Evaluation Criteria
Relationships - Impact Analysis - Configuration Management System
Dependencies

49. What are the internal factors in a SWOT Analysis?
Implementation SME
Strengths - Weaknesses
Name - Value/Meanings - Description
Decision Analysis - Risk Analysis - MoSCoW Analysis - Timeboxing/Budgeting - Voting

50. What is the output of the task - Maintain Requirements for Re-use?
Use Case
Conduct Elicitation Activity
Requirements (Maintained and Reusable)
Requirements (Prioritized and Approved) - Solution (Designed) - Solution Scope