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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

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1. What are the techniques used in the task - Organize Requirements?
Business Need - Enterprise Architecture - Organizational Process Assets
Tracing Requirements
Data - Ongoing Work - Organizational Change
Business Rules Analysis - Data Flow Diagrams - Data Modeling - Functional Decomposition - Organizational Modeling - Process Modeling - Scenarios & Use Cases - Scope Modeling - User Stories

2. What is the output of the task - Assess Proposed Solution?
Assessment of Proposed Solution
Goals
Risk Analysis
Business Analysis Approach - Business Analysis Plan - Organizational Process Assets - Stakeholder Lists - Roles & Responsibilities

3. The people involved - the interactions between them - the external forces affecting their behavior and all other relevant elements and factors.
System
Glossary
Organization Modeling
Assessment of Proposed Solution

4. What is the output of the task - Define Transition Requirements?
Assumptions & Constraints
Transition Requirements
Primary stakeholders in the Organize Requirements task
Tracing Requirements

5. This prototype extends the initial interface requirements into a fully functioning system and requires a specialized prototyping tool or language.
Evolutionary or Functional Prototype
Creative Thinking - Decision Making - Learning - Problem Solving - Systems Thinking
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Business Rules Analysis - Decision Analysis - Functional Decomposition - Process Modeling - Scenarios & Use Cases
Historic Analysis

6. What are the elements of the task - Define Solution Scope?
Reliability - Performance Efficiency - Operability - Security - Compatibility - Maintainability - Transferability
Identified Defects - Mitigating Actions - Solution Validation Assessment
Solution Scope Definition - Implementation Approach - Dependencies
System

7. What are the classifications used to describe requirements
Business Requirements - Stakeholder Requirements - Solution Requirements - Transition Requirements
Advantages of a Data Dictionary & Glossary
Stakeholder Matrix - Onion Diagram
Evaluate Solution Performance

8. What factors guide technique selection?
Delphi Estimation
Data Flow Diagrams
Business Domain - Corporate Culture & Environment - Skills of the Analyst - Requirement Deliverable
Requirements Management Plan

9. What are the inputs to the task - Define Assumption & Constraints?
Decision Analysis - Estimation - Metrics & KPIs - Risk Analysis - SWOT Analysis - Vendor Assessment
Formal Documentation - Presentation - Model
Stakeholder Concerns
Fishbone Diagram - Five Whys

10. 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.
Expert Judgment
Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring
Organizational Readiness Assessment
Business Need - Enterprise Architecture - Solution Performance Assessment

11. What are the techniques used in the task - Assess Proposed Solution?
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Decision Analysis - Vendor Assessment
Name - Aliases - Values/Meanings - Description
Specific - Measurable - Achievable - Relevant - Time-bound Objectives must be SMART.
Enterprise Analysis

12. What are the 3 elements in the Assess Organizational Readiness?
Cultural Assessment - Operational or Technical Assessment - Stakeholder Impact Analysis
Requirements (Traced)
Data Dictionary & Glossary - Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Prototyping - Requirements Workshops - Survey/Questionnaire
Responsible - Accountable - Consulted - Informed

13. Checklist of characteristics to consider when considering non-functional requirements.
Risk Analysis
Business Need - Expert Judgment - Organizational Process Assets
User Classes - Profiles or Roles; Concepts & Relationships - Events - Processes - Rules
Reliability - Performance Efficiency - Operability - Security - Compatibility - Maintainability - Transferability

14. What are the inputs to the task Manage Business Analysis Performance?
Discounted Cash Flow - Net Present Value - Internal Rate of Return - Average Rate of Return - Pay Back Period - Cost-Benefit Analysis
Business Analysis Performance Metrics - Business Analysis Plan - Organization Performance Standards - Requirements Management Plan
Requirements (Prioritized and Approved) - Solution (Designed) - Solution Scope
Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring

15. 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
Decision Analysis
Data Dictionary
Problem Tracking
Sequence Diagrams

16. What are the inputs to the task Manage Requirements Traceability?
Determine the Process - Who will Authorize Changes - Impact Analysis - Wording of the Request - Coordinate Prioritization of Change
Data Flow Diagrams
Requirements - Requirements Management Plan
Solution Knowledge

17. What are the inputs to the task - Assess Proposed Solution?
Key Performance Indicator (KPI )
Assumptions & Constraints - Requirements (Prioritized and Approved) - Solution Options
Name - Aliases - Values/Meanings - Description
Assumptions & Constraints

18. What are the techniques used in the task - Validate Solution?
Vertical Prototype
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Problem Tracking - Root Cause Analysis
Lessons Learned Process
Business Analysis Communication Plan - Organizational Process Assets - Requirements - Requirements Structure

19. Documents terms unique to a domain.
Glossary
Business Analysis Communication Plan
Goals
Business Principals

20. Technique involving refinement of estimates. Estimate the details for activities in the current iteration or increment and provide an analogous estimate for the entire scope of work. As the end of the iteration approaches - estimates for the next ite
Observation
Rolling Wave
Customer
Business Analysis Communication Plan - Organizational Process Assets - Requirements - Requirements Structure

21. What are the techniques used in the task - Assess Organizational Readiness?
Decision Analysis - Estimation - Metrics & KPIs - Risk Analysis - SWOT Analysis - Vendor Assessment
Focus Group
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Data Flow Diagrams - Process Models - Focus Groups - Interviews - Survey/Questionnaire - Organizational Modeling - Problem Tracking - Risk Analysis - SWOT Analysis - Force Field Analysis
Organizational Readiness Assessment - Requirements (Stated) - Solution (Deployed) - Solution (Designed)

22. A good indicator has 5 characteristics:
Responsible - Accountable - Consulted - Informed
The Sponsor
Clear - Relevant - Economical - Adequate - Quantifiable
Solution Assessment & Validation

23. What are the internal factors in a SWOT Analysis?
Automate or Simplify Work - Improve Access to Information - Reduce Complexity of Interfaces - Increase Consistency of Behavior - Eliminate Redundancy
Strengths - Weaknesses
Stakeholder Matrix - Onion Diagram
Business Analysis Performance Assessment - Business Analysis Process Assets - Includes a comparison of planned versus actual performance - understanding the root cause of variances from the plan and other information to help understand the level of

24. The purpose is to describe the required qualities of a system - such as its usability and performance characteristics.
Functions - Markets - Matrix
Non-functional Requirements Analysis
Requirements (Any Except Stated)
Business Analysis Plan

25. Techniques used in the task Plan Requirements Management Process.
Business Analysis Approach
Activity List
Define Transitional Requirements
Decision Analysis - Problem Tacking - Risk Analysis

26. What are the strategies for a positive risk?
Share - Enhance - Exploit
Assumptions & Constraints - Required Capabilities - Solution Approach
Scenarios & Use Cases
Analogous Estimation

27. Business rules require a defined glossary of terms and an understanding of the relationships between them - this is known as:
Business Need - Expert Judgment - Organizational Process Assets
Term and Fact Model
Industry Knowledge
Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving - Behavioral Characteristics - Business Knowledge - Communication Skills - Interaction Skills - Software Application

28. What is the output of the task - Specify & Model Requirements?
Assess Organization Readiness
Facilitation
Requirements Analysis
Requirements (Analyzed)

29. 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
Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving - Behavioral Characteristics - Business Knowledge - Communication Skills - Interaction Skills - Software Application
Parametric Estimation
Facilitation
Assumptions & Constraints - Business Need - Solution Scope - Stakeholder Concerns

30. 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
This person will be involved in monitoring the performance and effectiveness of a solution or its components.
Delphi Estimation
Organizational Readiness Assessment - Requirements (Stated) - Solution (Deployed) - Solution (Designed)
Impact Analysis

31. According to the BABOK 2.0 - what type of analysis generates STAKEHOLDER requirements?
Lessons Learned Process
Requirements Analysis
Ongoing Cost versus Initial Investment - Opportunity Costs - Necessity - Sunk Costs
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

32. What are the tasks in the knowledge area - Solution Assessment & Validation?
Formal requirements presentation to stakeholders
Requirements Structure
Assess Proposed Solution - Allocate Requirements - Assess Organizational Readiness - Define Transition Requirements - Validate Solution - Evaluate Solution Performance
Solution Approach

33. What is the output of the task - Define Business Need?
Problem Solving
Solution Assessment & Validation
Required Capabilities
Business Need

34. 7 knowledge areas of ________ : Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring - Elicitation - Requirements Management & Communication - Enterprise Analysis - Requirements Analysis - Solution Assessment & Validation - Underlying Competencies
Name - Aliases - Values/Meanings - Description
BABOK
Determine the Process - Who will Authorize Changes - Impact Analysis - Wording of the Request - Coordinate Prioritization of Change
Business Rule

35. What are the inputs for the task Prepare for Elicitation?
Business Need - Solution Scope & Business Case - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities
Trustworthiness
Business Domain - Corporate Culture & Environment - Skills of the Analyst - Requirement Deliverable
Brings them to a Communication on understanding

36. 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.
Assumptions & Constraints - Requirements (Prioritized and Approved) - Solution Options
Business Goals & Objectives - Requirements (Stated)
This person will be involved in monitoring the performance and effectiveness of a solution or its components.
Scenarios & Use Cases

37. Use of a similar project as the basis for developing estimates for the current project. Also known as "top-down" estimating. This is usually done at the beginning of the project or project phase and more detailed estimates follow as more is known.
Data Dictionary & Glossary - Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Prototyping - Requirements Workshops - Survey/Questionnaire
Analogous Estimation
Organize Requirements
Requirements Management Plan

38. What is the output of the Plan Business Analysis Approach?
Business Analysis Approach
Solution Assessment & Validation
Organizational Process Assets - Requirements
Manage Solution Scope & Requirements - Manage Requirements Traceability - Maintain Requirements for Re-use - Prepare Requirements Package - Communicate Requirements

39. The purpose is to measure the performance of solutions - solution components - and other matters of interest to stakeholders.
Facilitation & Negotiation - Leadership & Influencing - Teamwork
Metrics & KPIs
Ongoing Cost versus Initial Investment - Opportunity Costs - Necessity - Sunk Costs
Perform tailoring exercises

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.
Primary stakeholders in the Organize Requirements task
Business Need - Expert Judgment - Organizational Process Assets
Cohesive - Complete - Consistent - Correct - Feasible - Modifiable - Unambiguous - Testable
Impact Analysis

41. What are the Composite Data Elements?
Share - Enhance - Exploit
Requirements (Analyzed)
Sequences - Repetitions - Optional Elements
Systems Thinking

42. What are the techniques used in Plan Business Analysis Approach?
Requirements (Stated) - Stakeholder Concerns
Business Need - Enterprise Architecture - Organizational Process Assets
Organization Modeling
Decision Analysis - Process Modeling - Structured Walkthrough

43. Two techniques used in Root Cause Analysis?
Define Business Need - Access Capability Gaps - Determine Solution Approach - Define Solution Scope - Define Business Case
Solution (Constructed) - Requirements (Prioritized and Validated)
Responsible - Accountable - Consulted - Informed
Fishbone Diagram - Five Whys

44. A non-actionable directive that supports a business goal.
Business Policy
Document Analysis
Business Need
Data Flow Diagrams

45. What are the inputs to the task Conduct Stakeholder Analysis?
Acceptance - Transfer - Avoidance - Mitigation
Business Analysis Communication Plan
Business Need - Enterprise Architecture - Organizational Process Assets
Acceptance & Evaluation Technique

46. Defines the key terms and data relevant to a business domain.
Influence on the project - organizational - project health and other stakeholders
Assumptions & Constraints - Required Capabilities - Solution Approach
Data Dictionary & Glossary
Elicitation Results

47. Strengths - Weaknesses - Opportunities - Threats - A valuable tool to quickly analyze various aspects of the current state of the business process undergoing change.
Coverage Matrix - Table or spreadsheet used to manage tracing.
Budgeting
SWOT Analysis
Business Requirements - Stakeholder Requirements - Solution Requirements - Transition Requirements

48. What are some of the ways a BA can help to improve the operations of a business? Acceptance and Evaluation Criteria Definition - Business Rules Analysis - Data Dictionary and Glossary - Data Flow Diagrams - Data Modeling - Functional Decomposition -
Benefits - Costs - Risk Assessment - Results Measurement
Automate or Simplify Work - Improve Access to Information - Reduce Complexity of Interfaces - Increase Consistency of Behavior - Eliminate Redundancy
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Metrics & KPIs - Prototyping - Risk Analysis - Structured Walkthrough
Business Requirements - Stakeholder Requirements - Solution Requirements - Transition Requirements

49. 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 Structure
Confirm Elicitation Results
Requirements (Stated - Confirmed) - Stakeholder Concerns (Confirmed)
Bottom-up Estimation

50. Communicated Requirements mean what to stakeholders?
Compliance with regulatory or other standards
That they understand them and the current state the requirements are in
Business Analysis Performance Metrics - Business Analysis Plan - Organization Performance Standards - Requirements Management Plan
Throw-away Prototype