BABOK: Identify Tasks

Question 1

Which Task defines appropriate methods to conduct business analysis activities?

Answer 1

Plan Business Analysis Approach

Question 2

Which Task plans an approach for establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with stakeholders?

Answer 2

Plan Stakeholder Engagement

Question 3

Which Task defines how decisions are made about requirements and designs, including reviews, change control, approvals, and prioritisation?

Answer 3

Plan Business Analysis Governance

Question 4

Which Task develops an approach for how business analysis information will be stored and accessed?

Answer 4

Plan Business Analysis Information Management

Question 5

Which Task monitors how business analysis work is performed and reccomends actions to improve processes where required?

Answer 5

Identify Business Analysis Performance Improvements

Question 6

Which Task helps understand the scope of elicitation activites, select appropriate techniques, and plan for (or procure) appropriate supporting materials and resources?

Answer 6

Prepare for Elicitation

Question 7

Which Task peforms elicitation activities to draw out, explore, and identify information relevant to the change?

Answer 7

Conduct Elicitation

Question 8

Which Task checks the information gathered during an elicitation session for accuracy and consistency with other information?

Answer 8

Confirm Elicitation Results

Question 9

Which Task communicates gathered information to ensure stakeholders have a shared understanding of business analysis information?

Answer 9

Communicate Business Analysis Information

Question 10

Which Task describes working with stakeholders to engage them in the overall business analysis process and work towards a common goal?

Answer 10

Manage Stakeholder Collaboration

Question 11

Which Task analyses and maintains relationships between requirements, ensures alignment between requirements at different levels, and manage the effects of the change?

Answer 11

Trace Requirements

Question 12

Which Task ensures that requirements and designs are accurate and current from inception to retirement, and facilitate the reuse of requirements where appropriate?

Answer 12

Maintain Requirements

Question 13

Which Task assesses the relative importance of requirements and designs based on value, urgency, and risks to ensure analysis or delivery work is completed for important requirements?

Answer 13

Prioritise Requirements

Question 14

Which Task evaluates the implications of proposed changes to requirements and designs and determines if action is required?

Answer 14

Assess Requirement Changes

Question 15

Which Task involves working with stakeholders involved in the governance process to obtain agreement and approval on requirements and designs for business analysis work to continue and/or solution construction to proceed?

Answer 15

Approve Requirements

Question 16

Which Task helps understand how the enterprise functions, why an enterprise needs to change some aspect of how it operates and what would be directly or indirectly affected by the change?

Answer 16

Analyse Current State

Question 17

Which Task determines the necessary conditions that will demonstrate that the business need has been satisfied and defines what parts of the enterprise need to change?

Answer 17

Define Future State

Question 18

Which Task understands uncertainties around the change, considers the effect those uncertainties may have on the ability to deliver value through a change, and recommends actions to address risks where appropriate?

Answer 18

Assess Risks

Question 19

Which Task performs a gap analysis between current and future state, assesses options for achieving the future state, and recommends the highest value approach for reaching the future state?

Answer 19

Define Change Strategy

Question 20

Which Task analyses, synthesises, and refines elicitation results into requirements and designs?

Answer 20

Specify and Model Requirements

Question 21

Which Task ensures that requirements and designs meet quality standards, are usable for the purpose they serve, and are of high quality?

Answer 21

Verify Requirements

Question 22

Which Task ensures that requirements and designs align to the business requirements and support the delivery of needed value?

Answer 22

Validate Requirements

Question 23

Which Task structures all requirements of a change to ensure they collectively support one another to fully achieve business objectives?

Answer 23

Define Requirements Architecture

Question 24

Which Task identifies, explores and describes different design options capable of achieving the desired future state?

Answer 24

Define Design Options

Question 25

Which Task estimates the potential value of design options and recommends the solution option that delivers the greatest value?

Answer 25

Analyse Potential Value and Recommend Solution

Question 26

Which Task defines appropriate solution performance measures and collects data to evaluate the effectiveness of a solution in relation to the value it brings?

Answer 26

Measure Solution Performance

Question 27

Which Task examines information regarding solution performance to understand the value delivered to the enterprise and stakeholders, and determines whether it is meeting current business needs?

Answer 27

Analyse Performance Measures

Question 28

Which Task investigates issues within the scope of a solution that may restrict the full realisation of value or prevent it from meeting current business needs?

Answer 28

Assess Solution Limitations

Question 29

Which Task investigates issues outside the scope of a solution that may restrict the full realisation of value that a solution is capable of providing to the enterprise?

Answer 29

Assess Enterprise Limitations

Question 30

Which Task understands the factors which create differences between potential value and actual value, and recommends actions the enterprise can take to increase value realisation?

Answer 30

Recommend Actions to Increase Solution Value