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CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

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1. This knowledge area describes the behaviors - knowledge and other characteristics that support the effective performance of a BA.






2. A non-actionable directive that supports a business goal.






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






4. 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.






5. What are the techniques used in the task Define Business Need?






6. What are the inputs for the task - Evaluate Solution Performance?






7. 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






8. What are the techniques used in Plan Business Analysis Communication?






9. 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






10. What are the characteristics of Interaction Skills?






11. 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






12. To identify and manage areas of uncertainty that can impact an initiative - solution - or organization.






13. An organized structure for the requirements and a documented set of relationships between them. Is used so the analyst and stakeholders know where a specific requirement should be found. Should have a clear implicit scope (clear to the stakeholders w






14. What are the likely sources of transition requirements?






15. Business value can be delivered through requirements that support _______________ - alignment with internal standards or policies of the organization - or increased satisfaction for stakeholders - even if those things do not have a direct measurable






16. What is the output of the task - Specify & Model Requirements?






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






18. What are the 3 elements in the Assess Organizational Readiness?






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






20. What are the tasks in the knowledge area - Enterprise Analysis?






21. Performed to communicate - verify and validate requirements. Is a working session where invited participants review and discuss a set of requirements






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






23. What is the output of the Plan Business Analysis Approach?






24. A means of eliciting requirements by conducting an assessment of the stakeholder's work environment. This technique is appropriate when documenting details about current processes or if the project is intended to enhance or change a current process.






25. Investigating how a solution is actually used after it is deployed and assessing the effect it has had - both positive and negative.






26. Describes the effect a new solution will have on an organization and whether the organization is prepared for the organizational change the solution implementation will cause.






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






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






29. What is the output of the task Prepare for Elicitation?






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






31. Three types of organizational structures






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






33. What are the inputs for the task Plan Business Analysis Activities?






34. Define requirements for capabilities needed to move from an existing solution to a new solution.






35. Who is the primary stakeholder in the Define Business Case task?






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






37. What are the tasks in the knowledge area - Solution Assessment & Validation?






38. Communicated Requirements mean what to stakeholders?






39. What is the output of the task - Manage Requirements Traceability?






40. 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






41. What are the techniques used in Plan Business Analysis Approach?






42. The purpose is to compile and document successes - opportunities for improvement - failures - and recommendations for improving the performance of future projects or project phases






43. 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.






44. Business rules require a defined glossary of terms and an understanding of the relationships between them - this is known as:






45. What are the Primitive Data Elements?






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






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






48. 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.






49. 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






50. What are the inputs to the task - Define Assumption & Constraints?