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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

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






2. What is the output of the Manage Business Analysis Performance task?






3. What are the Primitive Data Elements?






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






5. What are the internal factors in a SWOT Analysis?






6. What is the output of the task - Prepare Requirements Package?






7. A continuous process of collecting data to determine how well a solution has been implemented compared to expected results.






8. According to the BABOK 2.0 - what type of analysis generates STAKEHOLDER requirements?






9. What are some of the commonly used requirement attributes?






10. The people involved - the interactions between them - the external forces affecting their behavior and all other relevant elements and factors.






11. Documents terms unique to a domain.






12. 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.






13. What are some of the key variables used in determining the priority of a requirement?






14. A systematic approach designed to elicit information from a person or group of people in an informal or formal setting by talking to an interviewee - asking relevant questions and documenting the responses.






15. To define the rules that govern decisions in an organization and that define - constrain or enable organization operations.






16. What are the techniques used in the task - Allocate Resources?






17. How is the Operational Support stakeholder utilized in the Evaluate Solution Performance task?






18. Three types of organizational structures






19. A package should contain a consistent - cohesive and coherent set of requirements. This describes the ____________.






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






21. Are written to describe how an actor interacts with a solution to accomplish one or more of that actor's goals - or to respond to an event.






22. A brief description of functionality that users need from a solution to meet a business objective. The goal they are trying to accomplish - and any additional information that may be critical to understanding the scope of the story.






23. What is the output of the task - Prioritize Requirements?






24. What are the techniques used in the task Manage Solution Scope & Requirements?






25. What is the output of the task Plan Requirements Management Process?






26. Knowing the dependencies and relationships between requirements helps when determining the sequence in which requirements are to be addressed. Common relations are:






27. 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.






28. The purpose is to describe the required qualities of a system - such as its usability and performance characteristics.






29. Measures progress towards a strategic goal or objective.






30. What are the underlying competencies a BA should possess?






31. Define the requirements that must be met in order for a solution to be considered acceptable to key stakeholders.






32. What is the output of the task - Assess Proposed Solution?






33. Estimating relies on the expertise of those who have performed the work in the past. These experts can be internal or external to the project team or to the organization.






34. Elements identified for each activity and task.






35. Familiarity with the range of commercially available solutions or suppliers can assist with the identification of possible alternatives.






36. This knowledge area involves analyzing stakeholder needs to define solutions that meet those needs - assessing the current state of the business to identify and recommend improvements and the verification and validation of the resulting requirements.






37. Means of eliciting information from many people - sometimes anonymously - in a relatively short period of time






38. Defines the key terms and data relevant to a business domain.






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






40. 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






41. What are the inputs to the task Plan Requirements Management Process?






42. What are the inputs for the task - Define Solution Scope?






43. Checklist of characteristics to consider when considering non-functional requirements.






44. This prototype seeks to quickly uncover and clarify interface requirements using simple tools - sometimes just paper and pencil. The focus is on functionality that is not easily elicited by other techniques - has conflicting viewpoints - or is diffic






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.






46. Organizational culture - Stakeholder preference - complexity - organizational maturity and availability of resources are all factors used to do what?






47. Requires the team to focus on examining the premises - assumptions - observations and expectations of the team members. This type of conflict can have a beneficial effect of strengthening the foundations of the analysis and the solution.






48. 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.






49. What are the inputs for the task Prepare for Elicitation?






50. Techniques used in the task Plan Requirements Management Process.