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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

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1. What are the inputs to the task - Define Business Need?






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






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






4. What is the output of the task Plan Business Analysis Activities?






5. 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.






6. 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.






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






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






9. Elements identified for each activity and task.






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






11. Ensure that the solution meets the business need and determine the most appropriate response to identified defects.






12. Documents terms unique to a domain.






13. What are the techniques used in the task Confirm Elicitation Results?






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?






15. This prototype extends the initial interface requirements into a fully functioning system and requires a specialized prototyping tool or language.






16. What are the inputs to the task Conduct Stakeholder Analysis?






17. 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 -






18. What is the output of the task Manage Solution Scope & Requirements?






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






20. 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.






21. 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






22. What is the output of the task Confirm Elicitation Results?






23. Communication of requirements does what for stakeholders?






24. What stakeholder receives noticeable negative impact if information is incorrectly transferred from the old to new solution?






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






26. Confidence in the decision analysis process that a decision is correct - new information or alternative that cause a decision to be revisited are new and not simply overlooked - decisions are effective in addressing underlying problem - impact of unc






27. What is the output of the task - Organize Requirements?






28. Involved motivating people to act in ways that enable them to work together to achieve shared goals and objectives.






29. Two types of conflict.






30. This knowledge area describes the problem definition and analysis - business case development - feasibility studies and the definition of solution scope.






31. What are the inputs to the task - Allocate Resources?






32. What are the inputs of the task Plan Business Analysis Communication?






33. What are the classifications used to describe requirements






34. What is the output of the task - Maintain Requirements for Re-use?






35. Use of parameters - multiplied by the number of hours. (COCOMO II - Function Point Counting - Use Case Points - and Story Points)






36. Industry Knowledge - Organization Knowledge - Solution Knowledge What are the elements of Business Knowledge?






37. 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.






38. 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






39. What does SMART stand for?






40. When a conflict arises between stakeholders on one or more documented requirements - the first thing that needs to take place is what?






41. What are the elements of the task - Define Solution Scope?






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






43. Models a shallow - and possibly wide view of the system's functionality. It typically does not have any business logic running behind the visualization.






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






45. 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.






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






47. 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.






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






49. What is the output of the task - Verify Requirements?






50. Rules that are intended to help determine when something is or is not true - or when things fall into a specific category. They are expressed as rules because they describe categorizations that may change over time.