CAPM MOD 4

Question 1

1. Strategic business analysis
2. Eliciting and analyzing requirements
3. Feasibility studies and definition of new business opportunities
4. Scoping and opportunity and identifying a preliminary solution
5. Preparation of a business case for a solution
6. Monitors changes in requirements and updates the appropriate documents
7. Suggest methodologies for planning
8. Work with diverse stakeholders to determine who can best help with business needs

Answer 1

Functions of a business analyst

Question 2

condition or capability that is necessary in a product, service, or result to satisfy a business need from stakeholders like legal, customers, etc.

Answer 2

Requirement

Question 3

where requirements are tracked

Answer 3

Requirement traceability matrix

Question 4

another place requirements can be tracked as “user stories”

Answer 4

Product backlog

Question 5

can capture stakeholder needs; must focus on what the need is and not how to deliver on it
 Ex: customers want to view available seats before ticket is purchased

Answer 5

User stories

Question 6

high level statement of a business objective or goal; why a project should be undertaken (any requirements that’s not technical).
o Formula: To _ the company must _

Answer 6

Business requirement

Question 7

specific characteristics of a solution

Answer 7

• Solution requirements

Question 8

describe solution’s specific behaviors ex: calculate total ticket cost including local sales tax

Answer 8

functional requirement

Question 9

describe environmental conditions or qualities for the product to be effective ex: system must support 10,000 concurrent connections to be able to show available seats

Answer 9

non functional requirement

Question 10

how solution will be deployed and released into production.
o Temporary and not done again after project is done
 Ex: trained support staff available during first month

Answer 10

transition requirements

Question 12

how the requirements will be analyzed, documents, and managed

Answer 12

Requirements management plan

Question 13

table of business rules and related attributes

Answer 13

business rules catalog

Question 14

user stories are further detailed with additional information until ready for development

Answer 14

story elaboration

Question 15

conditions that team agrees to complete before user story is considered understood so that work can begin to construct it

Answer 15

definition of ready

Question 16

split epics or user stories from higher to lower level

Answer 16

story slicing

Question 17

all definitions for terms and acronyms about a product

Answer 17

glossary

Question 18

describes system user interactions to achieve successful completion of goal. Frequently used to identify and elaborate requirements

Answer 18

use case

Question 19

, business analyst creates requirements, puts them in a requirements traceability matrix, as they work with the project team, their role will be to ensure work delivers business value

Answer 19

predictive approach

Question 20

business analyst creates user stories, puts them in a product backlog, and their role will be to maintain alignment between business need and project deliverables and minimize changes

Answer 20

adaptive approach

Question 21

process of gathering and analyzing information to determine whose interest should be taken into account throughout the project. Must keep confidential

Answer 21

stakeholder analysis

Question 22

o continuous cycle that ends until the project ends
 Identify
 Understand
 Analyze
 Prioritize
 Engage
 Monitor
o Want to understand their power (authorize or decision making), impact (scope, costs, timelines), attitude (pos or neg), beliefs (approaches, convictions), expectations, influence (extent of using their power), proximity (how close their role is associated with project), interest (micromanage because they are so interested/vested in it)

Answer 22

Six stages of stakeholder analysis

Question 23

external, project and product team, business, management

Answer 23

4 types of stakeholders

Question 24

Defines roles of stakeholders

R – person who owns project task/work
A – Person who signs off on work, judging competition and how it meets standards
C – people who have ability or knowledge to complete work so they provide feedback
I – people who must be kept informed but not necessarily consulted

Answer 24

Responsibility assignment matrix

Question 25

structured sequential progression among well-defined phases
Usually do the planning and predicting requirements before project starts. Changes can create risks.

Answer 25

predictive approach

Question 26

Performs the same business analysis tasks as they do in predictive but repeatedly since information comes as the project progresses. Don’t know all requirements or the depth of them upfront, they keep evolving as project goes on.

Answer 26

Agile/Adaptive approach