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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

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1. Defines the key terms and data relevant to a business domain.
Identified Defects - Mitigating Actions - Solution Validation Assessment
Requirements (Stated) - Stakeholder Concerns
Requirements - Requirements Management Plan
Data Dictionary & Glossary

2. 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
Data Modeling
Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Prototyping - Requirements Workshop - Survey/Questionnaire
Focus Group
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Metrics & KPIs - Prototyping - Risk Analysis - Structured Walkthrough

3. What are the inputs to the Plan Business Analysis Approach?
Business Need - Expert Judgment - Organizational Process Assets
Functional Decomposition - Interface Analysis - Scope Modeling - User Stories - Problem or Vision Statement
Manage Solution Scope & Requirements - Manage Requirements Traceability - Maintain Requirements for Re-use - Prepare Requirements Package - Communicate Requirements
Stakeholder Concerns

4. A non-actionable directive that supports a business goal.
Business Need - Solution Scope & Business Case - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities
Stakeholder Concerns
Business Policy
Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving

5. 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 -
Underlying Competencies
Business Domain - Corporate Culture & Environment - Skills of the Analyst - Requirement Deliverable
Requirements (Prioritized and Approved) - Solution (Designed) - Solution Scope
Problem Solving

6. 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.
Problem Tracking - Risk Analysis
Manage Solution Scope & Requirements - Manage Requirements Traceability - Maintain Requirements for Re-use - Prepare Requirements Package - Communicate Requirements
Creative Thinking - Decision Making - Learning - Problem Solving - Systems Thinking
Business Analysis Performance Metrics - Business Analysis Plan - Organization Performance Standards - Requirements Management Plan

7. Define the requirements that must be met in order for a solution to be considered acceptable to key stakeholders.
Elicitation
Decision Analysis - Focus Groups - Observation - Survey/Questionnaire
Vendor Assessment
Acceptance & Evaluation Technique

8. Checklist of characteristics to consider when considering non-functional requirements.
Strengths - Weaknesses
Elicitation
Reliability - Performance Efficiency - Operability - Security - Compatibility - Maintainability - Transferability
Reporting

9. What are the techniques for the task - Verify Requirements?
Leadership
Data Flow Diagrams
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Problem Tracking - Structured Walkthrough - Checklists
Requirements (Approved)

10. What are the techniques used in the task Conduct Elicitation Activity?
Data Dictionary & Glossary - Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Prototyping - Requirements Workshops - Survey/Questionnaire
Automate or Simplify Work - Improve Access to Information - Reduce Complexity of Interfaces - Increase Consistency of Behavior - Eliminate Redundancy
User Classes - Profiles or Roles; Concepts & Relationships - Events - Processes - Rules
Requirements Structure

11. Elicitation Results are the inputs for the ____________
Requirements Structure
Solution Scope Definition - Implementation Approach - Dependencies
Requirements Structure
Document Elicitation Results task

12. What is the output of the task - Determine Solution Approach?
Solution Approach
Requirements (Any Except Stated)
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Enterprise Architecture - Solution Scope - Solution (Designed) - Stakeholder Concerns

13. 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.
Reliability - Performance Efficiency - Operability - Security - Compatibility - Maintainability - Transferability
State Diagrams
Prioritize Requirements - Organize Requirements - Specify & Model Requirements - Define Assumptions & Constraints - Verify Requirements - Validate Requirements
Solution Scope

14. The goal of tracing is to ensure that requirements are linked back to a business objective. Creation of this relationship helps in what other traceability activities?
Solution Assessment & Validation
Scheduled Resources - Supporting Materials
Impact Analysis - Requirements Coverage - Requirements Allocation
Creative Thinking - Decision Making - Learning - Problem Solving - Systems Thinking

15. What is the output of the task - Assess Capability Gaps?
Assumptions & Constraints - Requirements (Prioritized and Approved) - Solution Options
Required Capabilities
Requirements (Prioritized)
Budgeting

16. What is the output of the task - Define Transition Requirements?
Benchmarking - Brainstorming - Business Rules Analysis - Focus Groups - Functional Decomposition - Root Cause Analysis
Elimination
Creative Thinking - Decision Making - Learning - Problem Solving - Systems Thinking
Transition Requirements

17. Long-term - ongoing and qualitative statements of a state or condition that the organization is seeking to establish and maintain.
Advantages of Document Analysis
Requirements Analysis
Document Elicitation Results task
Goals

18. Models a shallow - and possibly wide view of the system's functionality. It typically does not have any business logic running behind the visualization.
Survey/Questionnaire
Horizontal Prototype
Business Analysis Approach
Vendor Assessment

19. Combination of expert judgment and history. Individual estimates - sharing the estimates with experts - and having several rounds until consensus is reached. An average of the three estimates is used
BABOK
Coverage Matrix - Table or spreadsheet used to manage tracing.
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Decision Analysis - Vendor Assessment
Delphi Estimation

20. Measures progress towards a strategic goal or objective.
Key Performance Indicator (KPI )
Advantages of Document Analysis
Creative Thinking - Decision Making - Learning - Problem Solving - Systems Thinking
This person will be involved in monitoring the performance and effectiveness of a solution or its components.

21. 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
Solution Performance Assessment
Acceptance & Evaluation Technique
Requirements Management & Communication
Focus Group

22. 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
Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Problem Tracking - Prototyping - Requirements Workshop - Survey/Questionnaire
Problem Tracking
Timeboxing
Data - Ongoing Work - Organizational Change

23. Approach to decision making that examines and models the possible consequences of different decisions. Make an optimal decision under conditions of uncertainty.
Fishbone Diagram - Five Whys
Decision Analysis
Glossary
Brings them to a Communication on understanding

24. What are the inputs to the task - Allocate Resources?
Strengths - Weaknesses
Solution Knowledge
Requirements (Prioritized and Approved) - Solution (Designed) - Solution Scope
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Data Flow Diagrams - Process Models - Focus Groups - Interviews - Survey/Questionnaire - Organizational Modeling - Problem Tracking - Risk Analysis - SWOT Analysis - Force Field Analysis

25. An excellent way to foster creative thinking about a problem. The goal is to produce numerous new ideas and to derive themes for further analysis. - Ability to elicit many ideas in a short time period. - - Non-judgmental environment enables creative
Brainstorming
Elicitation Results
Reliability - Validity - Timeliness
Stakeholder Matrix

26. This task determines if an organization can justify the investment required to deliver a proposed solution.
Requirements Analysis
Business Rules Analysis - Data Flow Diagrams - Process Modeling - Organization Modeling - Data Modeling
Define Business Case
Business Rules Analysis - Data Flow Diagrams - Data Modeling - Functional Decomposition - Organizational Modeling - Process Modeling - Scenarios & Use Cases - Scope Modeling - User Stories

27. What are the elements to the task - Define Business Case?
Benefits - Costs - Risk Assessment - Results Measurement
Evolutionary or Functional Prototype
Business Analysis Process Assets
Problem Tracking - Risk Analysis

28. Who is the primary stakeholder in the Define Business Case task?
Cultural Assessment - Operational or Technical Assessment - Stakeholder Impact Analysis
General Purpose Applications & Specialized Applications
Requirements Structure
The Sponsor

29. When performing root cause analysis as part of the Validate Solution task - what stakeholder may be involved?
Implementation SME
Goals
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Metrics & KPIs - Prototyping - Risk Analysis - Structured Walkthrough
Clear - Relevant - Economical - Adequate - Quantifiable

30. This technique shows how information is input - processed - stored and output from a system in a visual representation.
Business Need - Organizational Process Assets - Required Capabilities
Data Flow Diagrams
Use Case
Data Modeling

31. 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.
Determine the Process - Who will Authorize Changes - Impact Analysis - Wording of the Request - Coordinate Prioritization of Change
Survey/Questionnaire
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Decision Analysis - Vendor Assessment

32. 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.
Sequence Diagrams
Organization Modeling
Validate Solution
Primary stakeholders in the Organize Requirements task

33. What are the inputs to the task Manage Requirements Traceability?
Requirements Workshop
Functional Decomposition - Interface Analysis - Scope Modeling - User Stories - Problem or Vision Statement
Requirements - Requirements Management Plan
MoSCoW Analysis

34. Stakeholders involved the BA in decision making - acceptance of the BA's recommendations - willingness to discuss difficult or controversial topics with the BA - stakeholders willing to support or defend the BA when problems occur.
Business Analysis Process Assets
Trustworthiness
Business Analysis Communication Plan - Organizational Process Assets - Requirements - Requirements Structure
Impact Analysis

35. The process of informing stakeholders of metrics of indicators in specified formats at specified intervals.
Reporting
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Specific - Measurable - Achievable - Relevant - Time-bound Objectives must be SMART.
Compliance with regulatory or other standards

36. What are the inputs to the task - Assess Proposed Solution?
Requirements Analysis
Assumptions & Constraints - Requirements (Prioritized and Approved) - Solution Options
Data Dictionary
Organize Requirements

37. What are the tasks of the Elicitation Knowledge Area?
Bottom-up Estimation
Business Analysis Communication Plan - Requirements - Requirements Package
Requirements (Approved)
Prepare for Elicitation - Conduct Elicitation Activity - Document Elicitation Results - Confirm Elicitation Results

38. This technique represents the types of peoples - places - things and concepts that are important to the business - attributes associated with them and the significant business relationships among them.
Functional Decomposition
Data Modeling
A statement of the needs of a particular stakeholder or class of stakeholders
Enterprise Analysis - often the starting point for initiating a new project

39. Using this technique the business analyst has collected the deliverables - activities - tasks - and estimates from all the involved stakeholders and rolls them up to get a total for all the activities and tasks.
Requirements (Analyzed)
Three-point Estimation
Bottom-up Estimation
General Purpose Applications & Specialized Applications

40. 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.
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Solution Assessment & Validation
Evaluation
Benefits - Costs - Risk Assessment - Results Measurement

41. What is the output of the task - Assess Organizational Readiness?
Timeboxing
Requirements Management Plan
Determine the Process - Who will Authorize Changes - Impact Analysis - Wording of the Request - Coordinate Prioritization of Change
Organizational Readiness Assessment

42. What is the output of the task - Assess Proposed Solution?
Primary stakeholders in the Organize Requirements task
Enterprise Architecture - Solution Scope - Solution (Designed) - Stakeholder Concerns
Assessment of Proposed Solution
Enterprise Analysis

43. What are the inputs for the task Confirm Elicitation Results?
Elimination of Dominated Alternative - Ranking Objects on a Similar Scale
Requirements (Stated) - Requirements Structure
Enterprise Analysis - often the starting point for initiating a new project
Requirements (Stated - Unconfirmed) - Stakeholder Concerns (Unconfirmed)

44. What are the inputs for the task - Prepare Requirements Package?
Business Analysis Communication Plan - Organizational Process Assets - Requirements - Requirements Structure
BABOK
Business Value - Business or Technical Risk - Implementation Difficulty - Likelihood of Success - Regulatory or Policy Compliance - Relationship to Other Requirements - Stakeholder Agreement - Urgency
Three-point Estimation

45. What are the techniques used in Plan Business Analysis Activities?
Business Need - Enterprise Architecture - Solution Performance Assessment
Underlying Competencies
Estimation - Functional Decomposition - Risk Analysis
Benchmarking - Brainstorming - Decision Analysis - Estimation - SWOT Analysis - Feasibility Analysis

46. What techniques are used in the task - Define Solution Scope?
Fishbone Diagram - Five Whys
Functional Decomposition - Interface Analysis - Scope Modeling - User Stories - Problem or Vision Statement
Stakeholder Lists - Roles & Responsibilities
Bottom-up Estimation

47. What is the output of the task - Organize Requirements?
Validate Requirements
Requirements Structure
Business Need
Interviews

48. What are the Primitive Data Elements?
Assess Organization Readiness
Parametric Estimation
Name - Aliases - Values/Meanings - Description
Horizontal Prototype

49. What are the characteristics of quality for a requirements?
Solution Knowledge
Requirements Structure
Key Performance Indicator (KPI )
Cohesive - Complete - Consistent - Correct - Feasible - Modifiable - Unambiguous - Testable

50. What are the techniques used in the task - Validate Solution?
Elicitation
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Problem Tracking - Root Cause Analysis
Compliance with regulatory or other standards
Unique Number - Activity Description - Assumptions - Dependencies - Milestones