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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning
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1. The goal of this task is to meet with stakeholder(s) to gather information regarding their needs.
Compliance with regulatory or other standards
Facilitation & Negotiation - Leadership & Influencing - Teamwork
Conduct Elicitation Activity
Business Case; Stakeholder - Solution or Transition Requirements (Verified)
2. What are the elements of the task Plan Requirements Management Process?
Repository - Traceability - Requirement Attributes - Prioritization Process - Change Management - Tailoring the Requirements Management Process
Data Flow Diagrams
Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving - Behavioral Characteristics - Business Knowledge - Communication Skills - Interaction Skills - Software Application
Metrics & KPIs
3. Techniques used in the task Plan Requirements Management Process.
Business Need
Brings them to a Communication on understanding
Decision Analysis - Problem Tacking - Risk Analysis
Business Rules Analysis - Data Flow Diagrams - Data Modeling - Functional Decomposition - Organizational Modeling - Process Modeling - Scenarios & Use Cases - Scope Modeling - User Stories
4. When performing root cause analysis as part of the Validate Solution task - what stakeholder may be involved?
Implementation SME
Acceptance Criteria
Business Need - Enterprise Architecture - Organizational Process Assets
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Problem Tracking - Structured Walkthrough - Checklists
5. What are the inputs for the task - Define Solution Scope?
Stakeholder Lists - Roles & Responsibilities
Metrics & KPIs
Solution Knowledge
Assumptions & Constraints - Required Capabilities - Solution Approach
6. What are the inputs to the task - Define Business Need?
Implementation Approach
Business Goals & Objectives - Requirements (Stated)
Requirements (Prioritized and Approved) - Solution (Designed) - Solution Scope
Business Principles & Practices
7. Use of a similar project as the basis for developing estimates for the current project. Also known as "top-down" estimating. This is usually done at the beginning of the project or project phase and more detailed estimates follow as more is known.
Influence on the project - organizational - project health and other stakeholders
Solution Assessment & Validation
Analogous Estimation
Business Analysis Approach - Business Analysis Plan - Organizational Process Assets
8. Confidence in the problem solving process that a selected solution is correct - new solution options can be evaluated effectively using the problem solving framework - selected solutions meet the defined objectives and solve the underlying problem -
Define Transitional Requirements
Key Performance Indicator (KPI )
Problem Solving
The Sponsor
9. What are the techniques used in the task - Assess Proposed Solution?
Cognitive Conflict
Data Flow Diagrams
Reporting
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Decision Analysis - Vendor Assessment
10. Communicated Requirements mean what to stakeholders?
That they understand them and the current state the requirements are in
Coverage Matrix - Table or spreadsheet used to manage tracing.
Business Need - Solution Scope & Business Case - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities
Benchmarking
11. To assess the ability of a potential vendor to meet commitments regarding a product or service
Opportunity Cost
Requirements (Traced)
Vendor Assessment
Business Rules Analysis - Data Flow Diagrams - Process Modeling - Organization Modeling - Data Modeling
12. What are the inputs to the task - Validate Solution?
Compliance with regulatory or other standards
Confirm Elicitation Results
Elicitation
Solution (Constructed) - Requirements (Prioritized and Validated)
13. Confidence in the decision analysis process that a decision is correct - new information or alternative that cause a decision to be revisited are new and not simply overlooked - decisions are effective in addressing underlying problem - impact of unc
Decision Making
Scenarios & Use Cases
Solution Assessment & Validation
Budgeting
14. Elicitation Results are the inputs for the ____________
Benefits - Costs - Risk Assessment - Results Measurement
Problem or Vision Statement
Document Elicitation Results task
Focus Group
15. Industry Knowledge - Organization Knowledge - Solution Knowledge What are the elements of Business Knowledge?
Elicitation
MoSCoW Analysis
Business Principles & Practices
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Business Rules Analysis - Decision Analysis - Functional Decomposition - Process Modeling - Scenarios & Use Cases
16. 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.
Business Case; Stakeholder - Solution or Transition Requirements (Verified)
Activity List
Scheduled Resources - Supporting Materials
Decision Analysis
17. 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
Assess Organization Readiness
Benefits - Costs - Risk Assessment - Results Measurement
Requirements Structure
That they understand them and the current state the requirements are in
18. What stakeholder receives noticeable negative impact if information is incorrectly transferred from the old to new solution?
Solution Scope Definition - Implementation Approach - Dependencies
Structured Walkthrough
Customer
Assumptions & Constraints - Required Capabilities - Solution Approach
19. What are the inputs to the task Manage Business Analysis Performance?
Goals
Structured Walkthrough
Business Case - Business Need - Requirements - Requirements Management Plan - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities
Business Analysis Performance Metrics - Business Analysis Plan - Organization Performance Standards - Requirements Management Plan
20. This knowledge area describes the problem definition and analysis - business case development - feasibility studies and the definition of solution scope.
Glossary
Enterprise Architecture - Solution Scope - Solution (Designed) - Stakeholder Concerns
Enterprise Analysis
Bottom-up Estimation
21. Define the requirements that must be met in order for a solution to be considered acceptable to key stakeholders.
Acceptance & Evaluation Technique
Requirements (Allocated)
Emotional and Cognitive
Expert Judgment
22. An important tool in defining the scope of work and developing estimates. Decomposes the project scope into smaller and smaller pieces - creating a hierarchy of work.
Impact Analysis
Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring
Acceptance Criteria
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
23. 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
Emotional and Cognitive
Business Analysis Approach - Business Analysis Plan - Organizational Process Assets
Formal Documentation - Presentation - Model
24. 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
Bottom-up Estimation
Relationships - Impact Analysis - Configuration Management System
Glossary
Rolling Wave
25. 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
Rolling Wave
Description - Raised by - Date Identified - Impact - Priority - Need by Date - Owner - Status - Action Needed to be Resolved - Responsible for Action - Completion Date of Action - Outcome
Facilitation
Business Analysis Plan
26. What is the output of the task Plan Business Analysis Communication?
Decision Analysis - Process Modeling - Structured Walkthrough
Business Analysis Communication Plan
Organizational Process Assets - Requirements (Stated) - Solution Scope
Data - Ongoing Work - Organizational Change
27. What techniques are used in the task Prepare for Elicitation?
Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Prototyping - Requirements Workshop - Survey/Questionnaire
Requirements (Analyzed)
Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring
Stakeholder Matrix - Onion Diagram
28. 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.
Allocate Requirements
Description - Raised by - Date Identified - Impact - Priority - Need by Date - Owner - Status - Action Needed to be Resolved - Responsible for Action - Completion Date of Action - Outcome
Requirements Management & Communication
Define Business Case
29. What are the techniques used in the task Document Elicitation Results?
Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Problem Tracking - Prototyping - Requirements Workshop - Survey/Questionnaire
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Metrics & KPIs - Prototyping - Risk Analysis - Structured Walkthrough
Risk - assumptions - constraints - etc.
Organizational Process Assets - Requirements
30. The people involved - the interactions between them - the external forces affecting their behavior and all other relevant elements and factors.
System
Stakeholder Lists - Roles & Responsibilities
Business Need - Organizational Process Assets - Requirements Management Plan - Scheduled Resources - Solution Scope & Business Case - Supporting Materials
Conduct Elicitation Activity
31. What is the output of the task - Prioritize Requirements?
Transition Requirements
Required Capabilities
Elimination
Requirements (Prioritized)
32. What are the inputs for the task - Define Transitional Requirements?
Problem Solving
Organizational Readiness Assessment - Requirements (Stated) - Solution (Deployed) - Solution (Designed)
Scope Modeling
Advantages of Document Analysis
33. What are the techniques used in the task Confirm Elicitation Results?
Data Modeling
Underlying Competencies
Interviews - Observation
Elimination
34. What are the techniques used in the task - Define Business Case?
Requirements Structure
Sequences - Repetitions - Optional Elements
Decision Analysis - Estimation - Metrics & KPIs - Risk Analysis - SWOT Analysis - Vendor Assessment
Requirements (Any Except Stated)
35. What is the output of the task - Manage Requirements Traceability?
Requirements (Traced)
Facilitation & Negotiation - Leadership & Influencing - Teamwork
Benchmarking - Brainstorming - Decision Analysis - Estimation - SWOT Analysis - Feasibility Analysis
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
36. A formal written specification with possible walk-thru - an informal one is possibly verbal or email Communication
Formal requirements presentation to stakeholders
User Story
Structured Walkthrough
Problem Tracking - Risk Analysis
37. What are the factors of influence by stakeholders on a project?
Business Rules Analysis - Data Flow Diagrams - Process Modeling - Organization Modeling - Data Modeling
Stakeholder Matrix - Onion Diagram
Influence on the project - organizational - project health and other stakeholders
Name - Value/Meanings - Description
38. What is the output of the task - Define Business Case?
Business Case
Opportunity Cost
Decision Analysis
Prepare for Elicitation - Conduct Elicitation Activity - Document Elicitation Results - Confirm Elicitation Results
39. Forecast the cost and effort involved in pursuing a course of action. Used to develop a better understanding of the possible range of costs and effort associated with any initiative
Prepare Requirements Package
Identified Defects - Mitigating Actions - Solution Validation Assessment
System
Estimation
40. Benefits that could have been achieved with an alternative investment rather than this one.
Share - Enhance - Exploit
Primary stakeholders in the Organize Requirements task
Vendor Assessment
Opportunity Cost
41. What are the techniques used in the task - Determine Solution Approach?
Decision Analysis - Focus Groups - Observation - Survey/Questionnaire
Bottom-up Estimation
Benchmarking - Brainstorming - Decision Analysis - Estimation - SWOT Analysis - Feasibility Analysis
Operative Rules
42. What is the output of the task - Specify & Model Requirements?
Evolutionary or Functional Prototype
Requirements Workshop - Structured Walkthrough
Automate or Simplify Work - Improve Access to Information - Reduce Complexity of Interfaces - Increase Consistency of Behavior - Eliminate Redundancy
Requirements (Analyzed)
43. Ensure that the solution meets the business need and determine the most appropriate response to identified defects.
Stakeholder Concerns
Validate Solution
Reliability - Performance Efficiency - Operability - Security - Compatibility - Maintainability - Transferability
Organizational Knowledge
44. 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
Evaluation Criteria
Cohesive - Complete - Consistent - Correct - Feasible - Modifiable - Unambiguous - Testable
Assess Organization Readiness
Timeboxing
45. What are the elements to the task - Define Business Case?
Benefits - Costs - Risk Assessment - Results Measurement
Assumptions & Constraints - Requirements (Prioritized and Approved) - Solution Options
Requirements (Analyzed)
Use Case
46. 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
Prototyping
Requirements (Analyzed)
Requirements Management & Communication
Primary stakeholders in the Organize Requirements task
47. Investigating how a solution is actually used after it is deployed and assessing the effect it has had - both positive and negative.
Interviews - Observation
Evaluate Solution Performance
Required Capabilities
Ethics
48. What is the output of the task - Define Business Need?
Solution Scope Definition - Implementation Approach - Dependencies
Business Need
Scope Modeling
Visual Learner - Auditory Learner - Kinesthetic Learner
49. This will impose constraints to the effort to deploy the solution - including relationships that may exist between solution components.
Interviews - Observation
Solution (Constructed) - Requirements (Prioritized and Validated)
Dependencies
Implementation SME
50. Two types of conflict.
Emotional and Cognitive
Requirements (Prioritized and Approved) - Solution (Designed) - Solution Scope
Business Analysis Communication Plan - Organizational Process Assets - Requirements - Requirements Structure
Stakeholder Lists - Roles & Responsibilities
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