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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 -






2. This technique shows how information is input - processed - stored and output from a system in a visual representation.






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






4. 7 knowledge areas of ________ : Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring - Elicitation - Requirements Management & Communication - Enterprise Analysis - Requirements Analysis - Solution Assessment & Validation - Underlying Competencies






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






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.






7. What are some examples of stakeholder concerns?






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






9. What is the output of the task - Validate Requirements?






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.






11. What are the techniques for the task - Verify Requirements?






12. What are the inputs to the task - Specify & Model Requirements?






13. What are the inputs to the task - Verify Requirements?






14. A specific - actionable - testable directive that is under the control of an organization and supports a business policy.






15. What is the output of the task - Determine Solution Approach?






16. Name the 2 types of Stakeholder maps.






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






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.






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






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






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






22. What are the strategies for a negative risk?






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






24. What are stakeholder requirements?






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






26. What are the techniques used in the task - Assess Organizational Readiness?






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 -






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.






29. What are the different types of learning styles?






30. Approach to decision making that examines and models the possible consequences of different decisions. Make an optimal decision under conditions of uncertainty.






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






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.






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






34. This knowledge area describes the behaviors - knowledge and other characteristics that support the effective performance of a BA.






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.






36. What are the inputs to the task - Validate Solution?






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






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






39. What are the likely sources of transition requirements?






40. What are the output(s) of the task - Validate Solution?






41. What describes how - when and why the business analyst will work with stakeholders?






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.






43. What are the techniques used in the task - Define Transition Requirements?






44. A requirement that does not deliver direct or indirect value to a stakeholder is a strong candidate for what?






45. Models a deep - and usually narrow slice of the entire system's functionality.






46. What are the characteristics of a Problem Record?






47. What are the techniques used in the task Conduct Stakeholder Analysis?






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.






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






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