BA Techniques (BABoK) Flashcards

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10.1. Acceptance and Evaluation Criteria

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AC are used to define the requirements, outcomes, or conditions that must be met in order for a solution to be considered acceptable to key SHs. (p.217 of BABoK + p. 22 of pers notes)

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10.2. Backlog Management

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10.3. Balanced Scorecard

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10.4. Benchmarking and Market Analysis

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10.5. Brainstorming

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is a technique intended to produce a broad or diverse set of options. p. 227

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10.6. Business Capability Analysis

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10.7. Business Cases

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provides a justification for a course of action based on the benefits to be realized by using the proposed solution, as compared to the cost, effort, and other considerations to acquire and live with that solution. p. 234

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10.8. Business Model Canvas

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10.9. Business Rules Analysis

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BRs analysis is used to identify, express, validate, refine, and organize the rules that shape day-to-day business behaviour and guide operational business decision-making. p. 240

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10.10. Collaborative Games

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10.11. Concept Modeling

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10.12. Data Dictionary

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is used to standardize a definition of a data element and enable a common interpretation of data elements. p. 247

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10.13. Data Flow Diagrams

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show where data comes from, which activities process the data, and if the output results are stored or utilized by another activity or external entity. p. 250 p. 226 of Wiegers

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10.14. Data Mining

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10.15. Data Modelling

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describes the entities, classes or data objects relevant to a domain, he attributes that are used to describe them, and the relationships among them to provide a common set of semantics for analysis and implementation p. 246 of BABoK + p. 245 Wiegers + p. 13 pers notes

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10.16. Decision Analysis

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10.17. Decision Modelling

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10.18. Document Analysis

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is used to elicit BA info, including contextual understanding and req-s, by examining available materials, that describe either the business environment or existing organizational assets. p. 269 BABoK

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10.19. Estimation

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10.20. Financial Analysis

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10.21. Focus Groups

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10.22. Functional Decomposition

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10.23. Glossary

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defines key terms relevant to a business domain p. 286 BABoK

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10.24. Interface Analysis

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10.25. Interviews

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is a systematic approach designed to elicit BA info from a person or group[ of people by talking to the interviewee(s), asking relevant questions, and documenting the responses. p. 290 BABoK

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10.26. Item Tracking

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10.27. Lesson Learned

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10.28. Metric and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

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10.29. Mind Mapping

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is used to articulate and capture thoughts, ideas, and info. p. 299 BABoK

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10.30. Non-Functional Requirements Analysis

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10.31. Observation

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10.32. Organizational Modelling

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is used to describe the roles, responsibilities, and reporting structures that exist within an organization and to align those structures with the organization’s goals. p. 308 BABoK

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10.33. Prioritization

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10.34. Process Analysis

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10.35. Process Modelling

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is a standardized graphical model to show how work is carried out and is a foundation for process analysis. p. 318 BABoK + p. 3 (UML) & p. 15 (BPMN) pers notes

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10.36. Prototyping

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10.37. Reviews

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10.38. Risk Analysis an Management

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10.39. Roles and Permissions Matrix

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10.40. Root Cause Analysis

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is used to identify and evaluate the underlying causes of a problem. p. 335 BABoK

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10.41. Scope Modeling

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10.42. Sequence Diagrams

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are used to model the logic of usage scenarios by showing the info passed btw objects in the system through the execution of the scenario. p. 341 BABoK + p. 4 pers notes

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10.43. Stakeholder List, Map, or Personas

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SH lists, maps, and personas assits the BA in analyzing SHs and their characteristics. p. 344 BABoK

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10.44. State Modelling

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is used to describe and analyze the different possible states of an entity within a system, how that entity changes from one state to another, and what can happen to the entity when it is in each state. p. 348 BABoK + p. 6 pers notes

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10.45. Survey or Questionnaire

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10.46. SWOT Analysis

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is a simple yet effective tool used to evaluate an organization’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats to both internal and external conditions. p. 353 BABoK

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10.47. Use Cases and Scenarios

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describe how a person or system interacts with the solution being modeled to achieve a goal. p. 356 BABoK + p. 32 (UC) & p. 2 (UCd) pers notes

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10.48. User Stories

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represents a small, concise statement of functionality or quality needed to deliver value to a specific SH. p. 359 BABoK = p. 20 pers notes

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10.49. Vendor Assessment

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10.50. Workshops

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