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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning
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1. 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 -
Enterprise Analysis
Assess Proposed Solution - Allocate Requirements - Assess Organizational Readiness - Define Transition Requirements - Validate Solution - Evaluate Solution Performance
Term and Fact Model
Automate or Simplify Work - Improve Access to Information - Reduce Complexity of Interfaces - Increase Consistency of Behavior - Eliminate Redundancy
2. This technique shows how information is input - processed - stored and output from a system in a visual representation.
Facilitation & Negotiation - Leadership & Influencing - Teamwork
Business Analysis Communication Plan
Data Flow Diagrams
Organizational Readiness Assessment - Requirements (Stated) - Solution (Deployed) - Solution (Designed)
3. Performed to communicate - verify and validate requirements. Is a working session where invited participants review and discuss a set of requirements
Structured Walkthrough
Data Dictionary
Decision Analysis - Risk Analysis - MoSCoW Analysis - Timeboxing/Budgeting - Voting
Delphi Estimation
4. 7 knowledge areas of ________ : Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring - Elicitation - Requirements Management & Communication - Enterprise Analysis - Requirements Analysis - Solution Assessment & Validation - Underlying Competencies
Validate Solution
BABOK
Non-functional Requirements Analysis
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Problem Tracking - Structured Walkthrough - Checklists
5. 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
Root Cause Analysis
Brings them to a Communication on understanding
Name - Value/Meanings - Description
Structured Walkthrough
6. 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.
Horizontal Prototype
Requirements (Analyzed)
Industry Knowledge
Business Requirements - Stakeholder Requirements - Solution Requirements - Transition Requirements
7. What are some examples of stakeholder concerns?
Systems Thinking
Risk - assumptions - constraints - etc.
Interviews
Data Dictionary & Glossary - Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Prototyping - Requirements Workshops - Survey/Questionnaire
8. What is the output of the task - Assess Capability Gaps?
Requirements (Analyzed)
This person will be involved in monitoring the performance and effectiveness of a solution or its components.
Delphi Estimation
Required Capabilities
9. What is the output of the task - Validate Requirements?
Business Need - Organizational Process Assets - Requirements Management Plan - Scheduled Resources - Solution Scope & Business Case - Supporting Materials
Requirements (Validated)
MoSCoW Analysis
Share - Enhance - Exploit
10. While eliciting requirements it is important to guard against scope creep - This activity will ensure that the requirements should be included since they meet the business goal/objectives.
Acceptance Criteria
Tracing Requirements
Formal requirements presentation to stakeholders
Underlying Competencies
11. What are the techniques for the task - Verify Requirements?
Solution Assessment & Validation
Requirements (Any Except Stated)
The Sponsor
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Problem Tracking - Structured Walkthrough - Checklists
12. What are the inputs to the task - Specify & Model Requirements?
Stakeholder Lists - Roles & Responsibilities
Benefits - Costs - Risk Assessment - Results Measurement
Requirements (Stated) - Requirements Structure
Clear - Relevant - Economical - Adequate - Quantifiable
13. What are the inputs to the task - Verify Requirements?
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Data Flow Diagrams - Process Models - Focus Groups - Interviews - Survey/Questionnaire - Organizational Modeling - Problem Tracking - Risk Analysis - SWOT Analysis - Force Field Analysis
Onion Diagram
Business Analysis Approach - Business Analysis Plan - Organizational Process Assets
Requirements (Any Except Stated)
14. A specific - actionable - testable directive that is under the control of an organization and supports a business policy.
Activity List
Business Rule
The Sponsor
Monitoring
15. What is the output of the task - Determine Solution Approach?
Historic Analysis
Solution Approach
Focus Group
Interviews
16. Name the 2 types of Stakeholder maps.
Non-functional Requirements Analysis
Visual Learner - Auditory Learner - Kinesthetic Learner
Stakeholder Matrix - Onion Diagram
Formal requirements presentation to stakeholders
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
Relationship to Time - Relationship to Task Completion - Relationship to Contracts - Relationships to Formal and Informal Authority
Brainstorming
Requirements Structure
Parametric Estimation
18. 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.
Assumptions & Constraints - Requirements (Prioritized and Approved) - Solution Options
Business Analysis Plan
Evaluation
Stakeholder Concerns
19. What are the inputs to the task - Prioritize Requirements?
Reliability - Performance Efficiency - Operability - Security - Compatibility - Maintainability - Transferability
Business Need - Organizational Process Assets - Required Capabilities
Business Analysis Process Assets
Business Case - Business Need - Requirements - Requirements Management Plan - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities
20. Most optimistic estimate; most pessimistic estimate; most likely estimate
Interviews - Lessons Learned Process - Metrics and KPIs - Problem Tracking - Process Modeling - Root Cause Analysis - Survey/Questionnaire - Variance Analysis
Requirements (Stated) - Stakeholder Concerns
Three-point Estimation
Influence on the project - organizational - project health and other stakeholders
21. Business value can be delivered through requirements that support _______________ - alignment with internal standards or policies of the organization - or increased satisfaction for stakeholders - even if those things do not have a direct measurable
Compliance with regulatory or other standards
State Diagrams
Metrics & KPIs
MoSCoW Analysis
22. What are the strategies for a negative risk?
Specific - Measurable - Achievable - Relevant - Time-bound Objectives must be SMART.
Acceptance - Transfer - Avoidance - Mitigation
Cultural Assessment - Operational or Technical Assessment - Stakeholder Impact Analysis
Clear - Relevant - Economical - Adequate - Quantifiable
23. 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
Estimation
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
Business Analysis Approach
Assumptions & Constraints
24. What are stakeholder requirements?
The Sponsor
Business Principles & Practices
They describe what a solution must be capable of doing to meet the needs of one or more stakeholder groups
Compliance with regulatory or other standards
25. Rules that the organization chooses to enforce as a matter of policy. They are intended to guide the actions of people working within the organization. They may oblige people to take certain actions - prevent people from taking actions - or prescribe
Metrics & KPIs
Operative Rules
Validate Solution
Vendor Assessment
26. What are the techniques used in the task - Assess Organizational Readiness?
Business Need - Expert Judgment - Organizational Process Assets
Enterprise Analysis - often the starting point for initiating a new project
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Data Flow Diagrams - Process Models - Focus Groups - Interviews - Survey/Questionnaire - Organizational Modeling - Problem Tracking - Risk Analysis - SWOT Analysis - Force Field Analysis
Functional Decomposition
27. 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 -
Problem Solving
Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Prototyping - Requirements Workshop - Survey/Questionnaire
Expert Judgment
Relationship to Time - Relationship to Task Completion - Relationship to Contracts - Relationships to Formal and Informal Authority
28. The goal of this task is to ensure that all requirements support the delivery of value to the business - fulfill its goal and objectives and meet a stakeholder need.
Validate Requirements
Benchmarking
Use Case
Name - Value/Meanings - Description
29. What are the different types of learning styles?
Evolutionary or Functional Prototype
Visual Learner - Auditory Learner - Kinesthetic Learner
Business Rule
User Story
30. Approach to decision making that examines and models the possible consequences of different decisions. Make an optimal decision under conditions of uncertainty.
Decision Analysis
Cultural Assessment - Operational or Technical Assessment - Stakeholder Impact Analysis
Assumptions & Constraints - Requirements (Prioritized and Approved) - Solution Options
Scope Modeling
31. What are the inputs to the task - Assess Organizational Readiness?
Operative Rules
Ethics - Trustworthiness - Personal Organization
Acceptance Criteria
Enterprise Architecture - Solution Scope - Solution (Designed) - Stakeholder Concerns
32. 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
Reporting
Conduct Elicitation Activity
Evolutionary or Functional Prototype
33. 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
Advantages of Document Analysis
Requirements Management Plan - Solution Scope - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities - Stakeholder/Solution or Transition Requirements (Communicated or Traced)
Allocate Requirements
Organize Requirements
34. This knowledge area describes the behaviors - knowledge and other characteristics that support the effective performance of a BA.
Requirements (Approved)
Reliability - Performance Efficiency - Operability - Security - Compatibility - Maintainability - Transferability
Underlying Competencies
Elimination
35. This describes how the chosen solution will deliver the solution scope - may break delivery down into releases or provide a roadmap that indicates the timeframe in which a capability is expected.
Implementation Approach
Organizational Process Assets - Requirements (Stated) - Solution Scope
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Problem Tracking - Root Cause Analysis
Business Case
36. What are the inputs to the task - Validate Solution?
Structured Walkthrough
Solution Assessment & Validation
The Sponsor
Solution (Constructed) - Requirements (Prioritized and Validated)
37. What are the inputs for the task Plan Business Analysis Activities?
Verify Requirements
Business Analysis Approach - BA Performance Assessment - Organizational Process Assets - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities
Key Performance Indicator (KPI )
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
38. 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
Systems Thinking
Plan Business Analysis Approach - Conduct Stakeholder Analysis - Plan Business Analysis Activities - Plan Business Analysis Communication - Plan Requirements Management Process - Manage BA Performance
Use Case
Solution Approach
39. What are the likely sources of transition requirements?
Customer
Expert Judgment
Data - Ongoing Work - Organizational Change
Business Requirements - Stakeholder Requirements - Solution Requirements - Transition Requirements
40. What are the output(s) of the task - Validate Solution?
Conduct Elicitation Activity
Identified Defects - Mitigating Actions - Solution Validation Assessment
Ethics - Trustworthiness - Personal Organization
Business Need
41. What describes how - when and why the business analyst will work with stakeholders?
Assessment of Proposed Solution
The Business Analysis Communication Plan
Requirements (Verified)
Verify Requirements
42. 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.
Prepare Requirements Package
Organize Requirements
Observation
Business Need - Solution Scope & Business Case - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities
43. What are the techniques used in the task - Define Transition Requirements?
Business Rules Analysis - Data Flow Diagrams - Process Modeling - Organization Modeling - Data Modeling
Emotional and Cognitive
Enterprise Architecture - Solution Scope - Solution (Designed) - Stakeholder Concerns
Data Dictionary & Glossary
44. A requirement that does not deliver direct or indirect value to a stakeholder is a strong candidate for what?
Elicitation
Systems Thinking
Elimination
Organize Requirements
45. Models a deep - and usually narrow slice of the entire system's functionality.
Vertical Prototype
To record the conflict in the Requirements Issues Log.
Business Analysis Approach
Use Case
46. What are the characteristics of a Problem Record?
Solution Knowledge
Decision Analysis - Focus Groups - Observation - Survey/Questionnaire
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 (Stated - Unconfirmed) - Stakeholder Concerns (Unconfirmed)
47. What are the techniques used in the task Conduct Stakeholder Analysis?
Elicitation Results
Elimination of Dominated Alternative - Ranking Objects on a Similar Scale
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
Assess Proposed Solution - Allocate Requirements - Assess Organizational Readiness - Define Transition Requirements - Validate Solution - Evaluate Solution Performance
48. Shows how the behavior of a concept - entity or object changes in response to events during its lifetime - and defines which events cause a transition between those states.
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Problem Tracking - Structured Walkthrough - Checklists
State Diagrams
Dependencies
Structural Rules
49. To assess the ability of a potential vendor to meet commitments regarding a product or service
Assumptions & Constraints - Business Need - Solution Scope - Stakeholder Concerns
Vendor Assessment
Scheduled Resources - Supporting Materials
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
50. 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
Prepare Requirements Package
Facilitation & Negotiation - Leadership & Influencing - Teamwork
Unique Number - Activity Description - Assumptions - Dependencies - Milestones
Requirements Management Plan