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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning
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1. This task ensures that requirement specifications and models meet the necessary standard of quality to allow them to be used effectively to guide further work. Requirements have been defined correctly.
Business Requirements - Identified Defects - Solution Performance Metrics - Solution (Deployed)
Verify Requirements
Monitoring
Structural Rules
2. Involved motivating people to act in ways that enable them to work together to achieve shared goals and objectives.
Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving
Leadership
Organizational Process Assets - Requirements (Stated) - Solution Scope
Identified Defects - Mitigating Actions - Solution Validation Assessment
3. What are the techniques used in the task - Define Assumptions & Constraints?
Scheduled Resources - Supporting Materials
Non-functional Requirements Analysis
Business Analysis Process Assets
Problem Tracking - Risk Analysis
4. Industry Knowledge - Organization Knowledge - Solution Knowledge What are the elements of Business Knowledge?
Advantages of a Data Dictionary & Glossary
Reporting
Business Principles & Practices
Strengths - Weaknesses
5. This technique shows how information is input - processed - stored and output from a system in a visual representation.
Clear - Relevant - Economical - Adequate - Quantifiable
Brings them to a Communication on understanding
Data Flow Diagrams
Emotional and Cognitive
6. 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.
Implementation SME
State Diagrams
Decision Analysis - Process Modeling - Structured Walkthrough
Cognitive Conflict
7. 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
Non-functional Requirements Analysis
Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Prototyping - Requirements Workshop - Survey/Questionnaire
Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring
Facilitation
8. What are the tasks in Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring?
Impact Analysis - Requirements Coverage - Requirements Allocation
Plan Business Analysis Approach - Conduct Stakeholder Analysis - Plan Business Analysis Activities - Plan Business Analysis Communication - Plan Requirements Management Process - Manage BA Performance
Activity List
Interviews - Lessons Learned Process - Metrics and KPIs - Problem Tracking - Process Modeling - Root Cause Analysis - Survey/Questionnaire - Variance Analysis
9. What are the characteristics of Interaction Skills?
Facilitation & Negotiation - Leadership & Influencing - Teamwork
Data Modeling
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Problem Tracking - Structured Walkthrough - Checklists
Ethics
10. Ensure that the solution meets the business need and determine the most appropriate response to identified defects.
Acceptance Criteria
Validate Solution
Business Analysis Communication Plan - Organizational Process Assets - Requirements - Requirements Structure
Specific - Measurable - Achievable - Relevant - Time-bound Objectives must be SMART.
11. 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
Acceptance - Transfer - Avoidance - Mitigation
Advantages of Document Analysis
Business Analysis Approach
The Business Analysis Communication Plan
12. 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
Focus Group
State Diagrams
Business Analysis Approach
Learning
13. What are the techniques used in the task - Communicate Requirements?
Business Rules Analysis - Data Flow Diagrams - Process Modeling - Organization Modeling - Data Modeling
Decision Analysis - Risk Analysis - MoSCoW Analysis - Timeboxing/Budgeting - Voting
Scheduled Resources - Supporting Materials
Requirements Workshop - Structured Walkthrough
14. What are the techniques used in Plan Business Analysis Communication?
Structured Walkthrough
Business Analysis Approach
Reliability - Validity - Timeliness
Define Business Need - Access Capability Gaps - Determine Solution Approach - Define Solution Scope - Define Business Case
15. The purpose is to measure the performance of solutions - solution components - and other matters of interest to stakeholders.
Determine the Process - Who will Authorize Changes - Impact Analysis - Wording of the Request - Coordinate Prioritization of Change
Automate or Simplify Work - Improve Access to Information - Reduce Complexity of Interfaces - Increase Consistency of Behavior - Eliminate Redundancy
Prototyping
Metrics & KPIs
16. This knowledge area describes how the BA assesses proposed solutions and determines which solution best fits the business need - identifies gaps and shortcomings to solutions and determines necessary workarounds or changes to the solution.
Unique Number - Activity Description - Assumptions - Dependencies - Milestones
Solution Assessment & Validation
Document Elicitation Results task
Compliance with regulatory or other standards
17. What is the output of the task Conduct Elicitation Activity?
Business Analysis Process Assets
Elicitation Results
Cultural Assessment - Operational or Technical Assessment - Stakeholder Impact Analysis
Requirements (Verified)
18. What are the techniques used in the task Manage Solution Scope & Requirements?
Formal requirements presentation to stakeholders
Focus Group
Timeboxing
Problem Tracking - Baselining - Signoff
19. The purpose is to describe the required qualities of a system - such as its usability and performance characteristics.
Absolute Reference - Author - Complexity - Ownership - Priority - Risks - Source - Stability - Status - Urgency
Requirements (Allocated)
Coverage Matrix - Table or spreadsheet used to manage tracing.
Non-functional Requirements Analysis
20. Strengths - Weaknesses - Opportunities - Threats - A valuable tool to quickly analyze various aspects of the current state of the business process undergoing change.
Business Analysis Approach - Business Analysis Plan - Organizational Process Assets
Transition Requirements
SWOT Analysis
Evaluation Criteria
21. Elicitation Results are the inputs for the ____________
Document Elicitation Results task
Structural Rules
Implementation Approach
Throw-away Prototype
22. The process of informing stakeholders of metrics of indicators in specified formats at specified intervals.
Requirements Management Plan
Verify Requirements
Business Principles & Practices
Reporting
23. What are the inputs for the task Plan Business Analysis Activities?
Business Analysis Approach - BA Performance Assessment - Organizational Process Assets - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities
Influence on the project - organizational - project health and other stakeholders
Business Analysis Approach - Business Analysis Plan - Organizational Process Assets - Stakeholder Lists - Roles & Responsibilities
Business Need - Organizational Process Assets - Requirements Management Plan - Scheduled Resources - Solution Scope & Business Case - Supporting Materials
24. What are the inputs to the task - Assess Organizational Readiness?
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Business Analysis Performance Metrics - Business Analysis Plan - Organization Performance Standards - Requirements Management Plan
Implementation Approach
Enterprise Architecture - Solution Scope - Solution (Designed) - Stakeholder Concerns
25. What are the techniques used in the task Conduct Elicitation Activity?
Data Flow Diagrams
Goals
Responsible - Accountable - Consulted - Informed
Data Dictionary & Glossary - Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Prototyping - Requirements Workshops - Survey/Questionnaire
26. What is the output of the task - Define Transition Requirements?
Business Policy
Visual Learner - Auditory Learner - Kinesthetic Learner
SWOT Analysis
Transition Requirements
27. What is the output of the Plan Business Analysis Approach?
Assess Organization Readiness
Automate or Simplify Work - Improve Access to Information - Reduce Complexity of Interfaces - Increase Consistency of Behavior - Eliminate Redundancy
Business Analysis Approach
Visual Learner - Auditory Learner - Kinesthetic Learner
28. This knowledge area describes the behaviors - knowledge and other characteristics that support the effective performance of a BA.
Customer
Problem Tracking - Risk Analysis
Analogous Estimation
Underlying Competencies
29. A diagram indicating how involved the stakeholder is with the solution.
Perform tailoring exercises
Onion Diagram
Requirements (Validated)
Manage Solution Scope & Requirements - Manage Requirements Traceability - Maintain Requirements for Re-use - Prepare Requirements Package - Communicate Requirements
30. What is a STAKEHOLDER requirement - according to the BABOK 2.0?
Implementation Approach
Functional Decomposition - Interface Analysis - Scope Modeling - User Stories - Problem or Vision Statement
A statement of the needs of a particular stakeholder or class of stakeholders
Throw-away Prototype
31. 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.
Industry Knowledge
Business Analysis Communication Plan - Requirements - Requirements Package
BABOK
Strengths - Weaknesses
32. Revised process and templates for BA deliverables should be analyzed and documented and lessons learned should be recorded.
Business Analysis Process Assets
Functions - Markets - Matrix
Communicated Requirements
Impact Analysis - Requirements Coverage - Requirements Allocation
33. What are the techniques used in the task - Assess Capability Gaps?
General Purpose Applications & Specialized Applications
Document Analysis - SWOT Analysis
Non-functional Requirements Analysis
Scheduled Resources - Supporting Materials
34. The purpose of _______________ is to ensure that a stakeholder's actual underlying needs are understood - rather than the their stated or superficial desires.
Elicitation
Goals
Define Business Need - Access Capability Gaps - Determine Solution Approach - Define Solution Scope - Define Business Case
Prototyping
35. What are some examples of stakeholder concerns?
Enterprise Architecture - Solution Scope - Solution (Designed) - Stakeholder Concerns
Rolling Wave
Risk - assumptions - constraints - etc.
Communicated Requirements
36. The objective of this technique is to determine how companies achieve their superior performance levels and use that information to design projects to improve operations of the enterprise.
Opportunity Cost
Reporting
Share - Enhance - Exploit
Benchmarking
37. Business rules require a defined glossary of terms and an understanding of the relationships between them - this is known as:
Term and Fact Model
Root Cause Analysis
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
Personal Organization
38. What are the techniques used in the task - Organize Requirements?
Business Value - Business or Technical Risk - Implementation Difficulty - Likelihood of Success - Regulatory or Policy Compliance - Relationship to Other Requirements - Stakeholder Agreement - Urgency
Business Rules Analysis - Data Flow Diagrams - Data Modeling - Functional Decomposition - Organizational Modeling - Process Modeling - Scenarios & Use Cases - Scope Modeling - User Stories
Requirements Structure
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Problem Tracking - Structured Walkthrough - Checklists
39. What are the Primitive Data Elements?
Scheduled Resources - Supporting Materials
Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Prototyping - Requirements Workshop - Survey/Questionnaire
Business Need
Name - Aliases - Values/Meanings - Description
40. When a requirement is changed - the BA can easily review all the related requirements and software components in order to understand the impact of the change.
Solution Approach
Impact Analysis
Monitoring
Define Transitional Requirements
41. What are the inputs to the Plan Business Analysis Approach?
Define Transitional Requirements
Throw-away Prototype
Business Need - Expert Judgment - Organizational Process Assets
Business Goals & Objectives - Requirements (Stated)
42. Is generally understood to describe just one way that an actor can accomplish a particular goal
Scenario
Oral Communications - Teaching - Written Communication
Rolling Wave
Assumptions & Constraints - Business Need - Solution Scope - Stakeholder Concerns
43. Set of requirements that will be used to choose between multiple solutions.
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Metrics & KPIs - Prototyping - Risk Analysis - Structured Walkthrough
Business Value - Business or Technical Risk - Implementation Difficulty - Likelihood of Success - Regulatory or Policy Compliance - Relationship to Other Requirements - Stakeholder Agreement - Urgency
Prepare for Elicitation - Conduct Elicitation Activity - Document Elicitation Results - Confirm Elicitation Results
Evaluation Criteria
44. What are the techniques used in the task - Prioritize Requirements?
Define Transitional Requirements
Decision Analysis - Risk Analysis - MoSCoW Analysis - Timeboxing/Budgeting - Voting
Verify Requirements
Business Analysis Process Assets
45. What are the techniques used in the task Document Elicitation Results?
Business Principals
Interviews - Lessons Learned Process - Metrics and KPIs - Problem Tracking - Process Modeling - Root Cause Analysis - Survey/Questionnaire - Variance Analysis
Requirements (Validated)
Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Problem Tracking - Prototyping - Requirements Workshop - Survey/Questionnaire
46. What techniques are used in the task - Prepare Requirements Package?
Solution Assessment & Validation
Stakeholder Lists - Roles & Responsibilities
Timeboxing
Requirements Documentation - Requirements for Vendor Selection
47. What are the attributes of a Data Model?
Structural Rules
Name - Value/Meanings - Description
SWOT Analysis
Requirements Workshop
48. Means of eliciting information from many people - sometimes anonymously - in a relatively short period of time
Organize Requirements
Business Goals & Objectives - Requirements (Stated)
Survey/Questionnaire
Data - Ongoing Work - Organizational Change
49. Prioritizes requirements based on a allocated fixed amount of money.
Business Requirements - Identified Defects - Solution Performance Metrics - Solution (Deployed)
Implementation Approach
Budgeting
Enterprise Architecture - Solution Scope - Solution (Designed) - Stakeholder Concerns
50. Useful for ensuring that all stakeholders are in agreement on the format and content of relevant information. Capturing these definitions in a single model ensures that these terms will be used consistently.
Advantages of a Data Dictionary & Glossary
Impact Analysis - Requirements Coverage - Requirements Allocation
Focus Group
Assumptions & Constraints