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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

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1. What are the inputs for the task - Define Solution Scope?
Requirements Workshop
Goals
Assumptions & Constraints - Required Capabilities - Solution Approach
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

2. Who is the primary stakeholder in the Define Business Case task?
The Sponsor
Influence on the project - organizational - project health and other stakeholders
Business Principals
Bottom-up Estimation

3. Name the 2 types of Software categories that assist in BA productivity.
General Purpose Applications & Specialized Applications
Root Cause Analysis
Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring
Organize Requirements

4. A requirement that does not deliver direct or indirect value to a stakeholder is a strong candidate for what?
Analogous Estimation
Business Need - Organizational Process Assets - Required Capabilities
Business Need - Solution Scope & Business Case - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities
Elimination

5. 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.
Requirements (Stated - Confirmed) - Stakeholder Concerns (Confirmed)
Document Analysis - SWOT Analysis
Tracing Requirements
Cohesive - Complete - Consistent - Correct - Feasible - Modifiable - Unambiguous - Testable

6. 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
Decision Analysis
MoSCoW Analysis
Advantages of Document Analysis
Vertical Prototype

7. What are the inputs to the task Conduct Stakeholder Analysis?
Requirements (Stated) - Requirements Structure
Business Analysis Approach - Business Analysis Plan - Organizational Process Assets - Stakeholder Lists - Roles & Responsibilities
Requirements (Prioritized and Approved) - Solution (Designed) - Solution Scope
Business Need - Enterprise Architecture - Organizational Process Assets

8. What are the inputs to the Plan Business Analysis Approach?
Requirements (Prioritized and Approved) - Solution (Designed) - Solution Scope
Business Need - Expert Judgment - Organizational Process Assets
Implementation SME
Use Case

9. What are the different types of learning styles?
Visual Learner - Auditory Learner - Kinesthetic Learner
System
Monitoring
Business Rules Analysis

10. A formal written specification with possible walk-thru - an informal one is possibly verbal or email Communication
Business Rules Analysis - Data Flow Diagrams - Process Modeling - Organization Modeling - Data Modeling
Formal requirements presentation to stakeholders
Decision Analysis
Evolutionary or Functional Prototype

11. Techniques used in the task Plan Requirements Management Process.
Decision Analysis - Problem Tacking - Risk Analysis
Decision Analysis - Focus Groups - Observation - Survey/Questionnaire
Define Business Case
Scenario

12. This technique shows how information is input - processed - stored and output from a system in a visual representation.
Data Flow Diagrams
Data Dictionary & Glossary
Business Analysis Communication Plan - Requirements - Requirements Package
Name - Value/Meanings - Description

13. What are the inputs to the task Manage Requirements Traceability?
Requirements - Requirements Management Plan
Visual Learner - Auditory Learner - Kinesthetic Learner
Requirements (Prioritized and Approved) - Solution (Designed) - Solution Scope
Business Need

14. What are the inputs to the task Manage Business Analysis Performance?
Business Analysis Performance Metrics - Business Analysis Plan - Organization Performance Standards - Requirements Management Plan
Primary stakeholders in the Organize Requirements task
Define Transitional Requirements
Document Analysis

15. What does RACI stand for?
Business Need - Organizational Process Assets - Required Capabilities
Non-functional Requirements Analysis
Responsible - Accountable - Consulted - Informed
Customer

16. What are the inputs to the task - Define Business Case?
Assumptions & Constraints - Business Need - Solution Scope - Stakeholder Concerns
Data Dictionary
Functional Decomposition
Brings them to a Communication on understanding

17. What is the output of the task - Prepare Requirements Package?
Requirements Package
Solution Assessment & Validation
Key Performance Indicator (KPI )
Survey/Questionnaire

18. 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
Three-point Estimation
The Sponsor
Brainstorming
Define Business Need - Access Capability Gaps - Determine Solution Approach - Define Solution Scope - Define Business Case

19. Performed to communicate - verify and validate requirements. Is a working session where invited participants review and discuss a set of requirements
Activity List
Structured Walkthrough
Business Need - Organizational Process Assets - Required Capabilities
Data Dictionary & Glossary

20. What is the output of the task - Define Assumptions & Constraints?
Identified Defects - Mitigating Actions - Solution Validation Assessment
Define Transitional Requirements
Assumptions & Constraints
Assumptions & Constraints - Business Need - Solution Scope - Stakeholder Concerns

21. Two types of conflict.
Bottom-up Estimation
Functions - Markets - Matrix
Emotional and Cognitive
Horizontal Prototype

22. What are the techniques used in the task - Evaluate Solution Performance?
Elimination
Decision Analysis - Focus Groups - Observation - Survey/Questionnaire
Estimation
Solution Approach

23. What are the techniques used in the task - Organize Requirements?
Facilitation
Organizational Readiness Assessment - Requirements (Stated) - Solution (Deployed) - Solution (Designed)
This person will be involved in monitoring the performance and effectiveness of a solution or its components.
Business Rules Analysis - Data Flow Diagrams - Data Modeling - Functional Decomposition - Organizational Modeling - Process Modeling - Scenarios & Use Cases - Scope Modeling - User Stories

24. What is the output of the task - Organize Requirements?
Requirements (Analyzed)
Conduct Elicitation Activity
Business Analysis Approach - Business Analysis Plan - Organizational Process Assets
Requirements Structure

25. What is the output of the task - Prioritize Requirements?
Requirements (Prioritized)
Requirements Analysis
Assess Organization Readiness
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

26. What techniques are used in the task Prepare for Elicitation?
Reporting
Assumptions & Constraints
Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Prototyping - Requirements Workshop - Survey/Questionnaire
Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving

27. What are the attributes of a Data Model?
Name - Value/Meanings - Description
General Purpose Applications & Specialized Applications
Business Analysis Approach - Business Analysis Plan - Organizational Process Assets - Stakeholder Lists - Roles & Responsibilities
Brainstorming

28. This prototype extends the initial interface requirements into a fully functioning system and requires a specialized prototyping tool or language.
Acceptance & Evaluation Technique
Evaluation
Determine the Process - Who will Authorize Changes - Impact Analysis - Wording of the Request - Coordinate Prioritization of Change
Evolutionary or Functional Prototype

29. 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.
Glossary
Interviews
Requirements Management & Communication
Term and Fact Model

30. What are the factors of influence by stakeholders on a project?
Customer
Business Need - Solution Scope & Business Case - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities
Requirements (Verified)
Influence on the project - organizational - project health and other stakeholders

31. Communication of requirements does what for stakeholders?
Brings them to a Communication on understanding
Three-point Estimation
Solution Knowledge
Business Analysis Process Assets

32. What are the techniques used in the task - Allocate Resources?
Requirements (Approved)
Decision Analysis
Functional Decomposition - Interface Analysis - Scope Modeling - User Stories - Problem or Vision Statement
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Business Rules Analysis - Decision Analysis - Functional Decomposition - Process Modeling - Scenarios & Use Cases

33. 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
Solution Performance Assessment
Scope Modeling
Solution (Constructed) - Requirements (Prioritized and Validated)

34. What are the inputs to the task - Validate Solution?
Industry Knowledge
Estimation
Solution (Constructed) - Requirements (Prioritized and Validated)
Underlying Competencies

35. Benefits that could have been achieved with an alternative investment rather than this one.
Impact Analysis - Requirements Coverage - Requirements Allocation
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Decision Analysis - Vendor Assessment
Opportunity Cost
Advantages of Document Analysis

36. 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?
Impact Analysis - Requirements Coverage - Requirements Allocation
Structured Walkthrough
Business Need - Enterprise Architecture - Solution Performance Assessment
Expert Judgment

37. Maps the level of stakeholder influence and interest in a project.
Stakeholder Matrix
Dependencies
Requirements (Analyzed)
Manage Solution Scope & Requirements - Manage Requirements Traceability - Maintain Requirements for Re-use - Prepare Requirements Package - Communicate Requirements

38. What are the internal factors in a SWOT Analysis?
Business Case; Stakeholder - Solution or Transition Requirements (Verified)
Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring
Cultural Assessment - Operational or Technical Assessment - Stakeholder Impact Analysis
Strengths - Weaknesses

39. Issues that may influence the replacement or elimination decision of a system include:
Enterprise Architecture - Solution Scope - Solution (Designed) - Stakeholder Concerns
Ongoing Cost versus Initial Investment - Opportunity Costs - Necessity - Sunk Costs
Brings them to a Communication on understanding
Business Analysis Approach - BA Performance Assessment - Organizational Process Assets - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities

40. 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
Business Need - Organizational Process Assets - Requirements Management Plan - Scheduled Resources - Solution Scope & Business Case - Supporting Materials
Requirements (Validated)
Delphi Estimation
Decision Analysis - Problem Tacking - Risk Analysis

41. Characteristics that are common to all organizations with a similar purpose and structure - whether or not the are in the same industry.
Business Principals
Cultural Assessment - Operational or Technical Assessment - Stakeholder Impact Analysis
Requirements (Traced)
Requirements Workshop - Structured Walkthrough

42. Approach to decision making that examines and models the possible consequences of different decisions. Make an optimal decision under conditions of uncertainty.
Decision Analysis
Assumptions & Constraints - Required Capabilities - Solution Approach
Required Capabilities
Influence on the project - organizational - project health and other stakeholders

43. The purpose is to compile and document successes - opportunities for improvement - failures - and recommendations for improving the performance of future projects or project phases
Lessons Learned Process
Sequence Diagrams
Decision Making
Define Business Need - Access Capability Gaps - Determine Solution Approach - Define Solution Scope - Define Business Case

44. What are the techniques used in the task - Assess Proposed Solution?
Data - Ongoing Work - Organizational Change
Required Capabilities
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Decision Analysis - Vendor Assessment
Non-functional Requirements Analysis

45. What are the inputs to the task - Verify Requirements?
Requirements (Any Except Stated)
Metrics & KPIs
Acceptance Criteria
Document Elicitation Results task

46. What are the underlying competencies a BA should possess?
Automate or Simplify Work - Improve Access to Information - Reduce Complexity of Interfaces - Increase Consistency of Behavior - Eliminate Redundancy
Benchmarking - Brainstorming - Business Rules Analysis - Focus Groups - Functional Decomposition - Root Cause Analysis
Business Need - Organizational Process Assets - Requirements Management Plan - Scheduled Resources - Solution Scope & Business Case - Supporting Materials
Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving - Behavioral Characteristics - Business Knowledge - Communication Skills - Interaction Skills - Software Application

47. Three key factors when assessing the quality of indicators and their metrics
Decision Analysis - Estimation - Metrics & KPIs - Risk Analysis - SWOT Analysis - Vendor Assessment
Plan Business Analysis Approach - Conduct Stakeholder Analysis - Plan Business Analysis Activities - Plan Business Analysis Communication - Plan Requirements Management Process - Manage BA Performance
Reliability - Validity - Timeliness
System

48. Elements identified for each activity and task.
Industry Knowledge
Acceptance Criteria
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Business Rules Analysis - Decision Analysis - Functional Decomposition - Process Modeling - Scenarios & Use Cases
Unique Number - Activity Description - Assumptions - Dependencies - Milestones

49. What are the elements of the task - Define Solution Scope?
Strengths - Weaknesses
The Sponsor
Plan Business Analysis Approach - Conduct Stakeholder Analysis - Plan Business Analysis Activities - Plan Business Analysis Communication - Plan Requirements Management Process - Manage BA Performance
Solution Scope Definition - Implementation Approach - Dependencies

50. Most optimistic estimate; most pessimistic estimate; most likely estimate
Business Need - Organizational Process Assets - Requirements Management Plan - Scheduled Resources - Solution Scope & Business Case - Supporting Materials
Data Dictionary & Glossary
Three-point Estimation
Prototyping