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Test

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What is the definition of business analysis?

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The set of tasks and techniques used to work as a liaison among stakeholders in order to understand the structure, policies and operations of an organization, and to recommend end solutions that enable the organization to achieve its goals.

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What is the definition of a business analyst?

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Any person who performs business analysis activities no matter what their job title or organizational role may be.

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A business analyst performs business analysis in order to do what?

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Align the needs of the business units with the capabilities delivered by information technology.

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What is the definition of a solution?

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A set of changes to the current state of an organization that are made in order to enable that organization to meet a business need, solve a problem, or take advantage of an opportunity.

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What is the definition of a requirement?

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A condition or capability needed by a stakeholder to solve a problem or achieve an objective OR A condition or capability that must be met or possessed by a solution or solution component to satisfy a contract, standard, specification or other formally imposed documents OR A documented representation of a condition or capability

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According to the BABOK 2.0, what type of analysis generates BUSINESS requirements?

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Enterprise Analysis

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What is a BUSINESS requirement, according to the BABOK 2.0?

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A high level statement of the goals or objectives or needs of the enterprise

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What is a STAKEHOLDER requirement, according to the BABOK 2.0?

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A statement of the needs of a particular stakeholder or class of stakeholders

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According to the BABOK 2.0, what type of analysis generates STAKEHOLDER requirements?

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Requirements Analysis

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What is a SOLUTION requirement, according to the BABOK 2.0?

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A characteristic of the solution that meets the business requirements and stakeholder requirements.

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SOLUTION Requirements are comprised of what two types of requirements?

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Functional and Non-functional requirements

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According to the BABOK 2.0, when are SOLUTION requirements gathered?

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Requirements Analysis

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What is a TRANSITION requirement, according to the BABOK 2.0?

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A requirement that describes the capabilities the solution must have to facilitate the transition from current to future state of the enterprise, but will not be needed after the transition

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According to the BABOK 2.0, when are TRANSITION requirements gathered?

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Solution Assessment and Validation

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What is the definition of a knowledge area?

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They define what a practitioner of business analysis needs to understand and the tasks that a practitioner must be able to perform

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How many Knowledge Areas are identified in the BABOK 2.0 and what are they?

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There are 7: Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring Elicitation Enterprise Analysis Solution Assessment and Validation Requirements Analysis Requirements Management and Communication Underlying Competencies

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What is the objective of the Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring knowledge area?

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To show how the BA determines which activities are necessary in order to complete a business analysis effort

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What is the objective of the Elicitation knowledge area?

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To show how the BA works with stakeholders to identify and understand their needs and concerns, and understand the environment in which they work

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What is the purpose of elicitation?

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To ensure that the stakeholders_ underlying needs are understood, rather than their stated or superficial desires

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What is the objective of the Requirements Management and Communication knowledge area?

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To define how a BA manages conflict, issues and changes in order to ensure the stakeholders and the project team remain in agreement on the solution scope

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What is the objective of the Enterprise Analysis knowledge area?

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To define how a BA identifies a business need, refines and clarifies the need and defines the solution scope that can be feasibly implemented

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What is the objective of the Requirements Analysis knowledge area?

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To define how a BA prioritizes and progressively elaborates stakeholder and solution requirements in order to enable the project team to implement a solution

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What is the objective of the Solution Assessment and Validation knowledge area?

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To define how the BA assesses proposed solutions to determine which solution fits best the business need, indentifies gaps in solutions, determines necessary workarounds or changes to the solution

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What is the objective of the Underlying Competencies knowledge area?

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To describe the behaviors, knowledge and other characteristics that support the effective performance of business analysis

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What are the characteristics of a task?

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Accomplishes a result that creates value Is complete Is a necessary part of the purpose of the knowledge area

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True or False The BA is a stakeholder in all business analysis activities?

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TRUE

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What is the definition of a Domain Subject Matter Expert (SME)

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Any individual with in-depth knowledge of a topic relevant to the business need or solution scope

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What is the definition of a customer?

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A stakeholder outside the boundary of a given organization/unit who makes use of products/services delivered by the organization

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What is the definition of an end user?

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A stakeholder who interacts directly with the solution

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What is an Implementation Subject Matter Expert (SME)

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Individuals responsible for designing and implementing potential solutions and of providing expertise in design and construction of the solution

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What do Organizational Change Professionals do, according to the BABOK 2.0?

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They are responsible for facilitating acceptance and adoption of new solutions and overcoming resistance to change

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What’s a usability professional do?

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A usability professional is responsible for external interaction design of technological solutions and for making the design as simple to use as feasible

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An output is the necessary result of the work described in a WHAT?

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Task

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What is a technique?

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It provides additional information on different ways that a task may be performed or forms the output of the task may take

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How many underlying competencies are there and what are they?

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There are 6 Analytical Thinking and Problem Solving Behavioral Characteristics Business Knowledge Communication Skills Interaction Skills Software Applications

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What are the tasks associated with the Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring knowledge area?

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There are 6 Conduct Stakeholder Analysis Plan BA Approach Plan BA Activities Plan BA Communication Plan Requirements Mgmt Process Manage BA Performance

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What are the inputs to the Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring knowledge area tasks?

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There are 5 Analysis performance metrics Business Needs Enterprise Architecture Expert Judgment Organizational process assets

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What are the inputs to plan the Business Analysis Approach?

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Business Need Organizational Process Assets Expert Judgment

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The understanding of the business need in planning the Business Analysis approach helps to determine which approach to take. What are the two types of approaches?

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Plan-driven Change-driven

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What are the differences between plan and change-driven analysis approaches?

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Plan-driven focuses on minimizing up-front uncertainty (risk reduction), fully defined requirements, fully detailed documentation and controlled change. Change-driven focuses rapid delivery of functionality in iterations, higher risk, prioritized high-level requirements that reside in a backlog, detailed documentation only as necessary and later in the process usually after implementation, enhanced collaboration

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What are some factors that impact project complexity?

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Number of stakeholders Number of business areas affected Amount and type of risk Uniqueness of requirements Number of tech resources required

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What are the recommended techniques to assist in planning the business analysis approach?

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There are 3 Decision Analysis Process Modeling Structured Walk-thrus

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What is the definition of the business analysis approach?

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A definition of the approach that will be taken for business analysis in a given initiative.

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A business analysis approach specifies what?

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Roles, deliverables, analysis techniques, timing/frequency of stakeholder interaction

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Stakeholder Analysis is part of what knowledge area?

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Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring

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What does enterprise architecture do?

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Describes the organizational units that exist and their interactions with other organizational units

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What are organizational process assets?

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Policies and procedures, suggested methodologies, templates and guidelines

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Can change-driven analysis approaches eliminate risk? Why?

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No, because late identification of stakeholders or needs can alter the previous outcomes

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What are the elements of stakeholder analysis?

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There are 4 Identification Complexity Attitude and Influence Authority Levels for BA Work

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What are the complexity factors regarding stakeholder groups?

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Number and variety of stakeholder groups Number of interfacing business processes and automated systems

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What are the factors of stakeholder attitude directed at?

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There are 5 Business goals approach Business Analysis Collaboration Sponsor Team members

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What are the factors of influence by stakeholders on a project?

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Influence on the project, organizational, project health and other stakeholders

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Stakeholder authority over business analysis takes what forms?

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Approval of deliverables Inspection/Approval of requirements Approval of requirements process Traceability Veto of proposed requirements or solutions

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What is a RACI matrix?

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It describes the roles of individuals involved in business analysis activities

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What do the initials RACI stand for?

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Responsible Accountable Consulted Informed

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What is a stakeholder map?

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A visual diagram that depicts the relationships of stakeholders to solutions

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What are the two forms of stakeholder maps?

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Matrix and Onion Diagram

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What does an onion diagram depict?

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The level of stakeholder involvement with the solution

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What is the purpose of planning analysis activities?

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Determining activities to be performed Estimation Identify Management tools to measure progress

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What are the inputs to planning the business analysis activities?

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There are 4 Business Analysis Approach Business Analysis Performance Assessment Organizational process assets Stakeholder List

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What does a Business Analysis Performance Assessment define?

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Prior analysis experience is used to determine effort for analysis activities

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What are the elements of planning business analysis activities?

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There are 3 Geographic Distribution of Stakeholders Type of Project Analysis Deliverables

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What are the two types of geographic distribution of stakeholders?

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Collocated Dispersed

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Name 2 of the 7 project/initiative types

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Feasibility studies Process improvement Organizational change: New software dev Outsourced new software dev Software Maintenance or enhancement Software package selection

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What are the methods for identifying analysis deliverables?

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There are 3 Interviews/facilitated session with stakeholders Review of project docs Review of organizational assets

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What 3 tasks consume the Define Business Analysis Plan task?

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Planning the BA Communication Planning Requirement Management Process Manage BA Performance

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What 5 knowledge areas consume the Business Analysis Plan?

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Elicitation Enterprise Analysis Requirement Management and Communication Requirement Analysis Solution Assessment and Validation

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What is the definition of a milestone?

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A significant event that measures the progress of a project and compares actual progress to earlier estimates

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Decomposition of the project tasks often using a WBS is the definition of what?

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Functional Decomposition

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What is the purpose of Planning Business Analysis Communication?

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To describe the proposed structure and schedule for Communications re: business analysis activities

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Appropriate audience, appropriate delivery method, approach and physical location are all considerations of what?

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Planning the BA Communication

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The BA Communication Plan is consumed by what 2 tasks?

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Prepare Requirements Package Communicate Requirements

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What are the elements of planning the Business Analysis Communication Plan?

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Time Task Completion Contracts Formal/Informal Authority

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What are the factors that can increase or decrease the need for formal Communications on a project?

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Project Size Domain Complexity Inclusion of new technologies Delivery to external vendors/suppliers Regulatory Concerns Stakeholder Request

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One of the most recommended on approaches to requirements Communication is what?

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Structured Walk-thru

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What describes how, when and why the business analyst will work with stakeholders?

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The Business Analysis Communication Plan

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What is the purpose of planning the Requirements Management Process?

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To describe the approach that will be used to approve requirements for implementation and manage changes to the solution scope

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The Requirements Management Process includes what factors?

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Approving stakeholders Requirements traceability Change process Requirement Attributes

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What are the inputs to planning the Requirements Management Process?

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There are 3 Business Analysis Approach Business Analysis Plan Organizational Process Assets

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What tasks consume the Requirements Management Plan?

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There are 5: Manage BA Performance Manage Requirements Traceability Conduct Elicitation Manage Solution Scope and Requirements Prioritize Requirements

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A method of storing requirements that are approved, under development, and under review describes what term?

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Repository

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What provides information about requirements?

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An attribute

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What focuses on what requirements should be investigated first?

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Requirements Prioritization

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Requirements prioritization assesses priority based on what?

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Risk

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Is a component Communication on, cardinal, optional or an attribute?

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An Entity Relationship Diagram has four main components: Entities: an entity represents a group of uniquely identifiable people, places, things or concepts about which a business area needs information. (e.g., Customers, Products, Employees, Invoices, etc.). Attributes: an attribute is one of the individual pieces of information that describes an entity (e.g., Customer Name, Product Price, Employee Number, and Invoice Date). Unique Identifiers: a unique identifier is an attribute, or a combination of attributes, that will uniquely identify each separate occurrence of an entity (e.g., Customer Number, Invoice Number, and Social Insurance Number). Relationships: a relationship is a significant business association between two entities. It reflects how data from one entity needs to be used in conjunction with data from another entity. It also reflects a business rule of the enterprise. At each end of a relationship line, a notation indicates the minimum and maximum number of occurrences of one entity that may be associated with the other entity. This notation is known as the cardinality of the relationship. A variety of notations are in popular use, all expressing the same general concept. The possible permutations of minimum and maximum cardinality are: Zero or one Zero or more One and only one One or more

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Regarding quality assurance, should the BA find defects in the system or provide input into how to test the system?

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The Quality Assurance process includes development of a test plan/strategy for the solution, execution of the test plan, and incident (defect) tracking of problems. The Business Analyst will assist these activities by providing detailed business knowledge and helping to find the cause of any problems

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What is the Final task in requirements Communication? A. answer questions from requirements final review, B. make a requirements final review C. present the requirements to senior management D. obtain requirements signoff

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D. obtain requirements signoff

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What is the benefit of feature list decomposition?

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A feature is a service that the solution provides to fulfill one or more stakeholder needs. Features are high-level abstractions of the solution that must later be expanded into fully described functional and supplemental requirements. They allow for early priority and scope management and for validating the stakeholders_ view of the solution.

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Functional decomposition identifies what?

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Functional decomposition identifies the high-level functions of an organization or proposed solution and then breaks down those processes into sub-processes and activities. This can be done as part of a systems development or business process analysis project. The goal is to break functions down into smaller pieces to allow for analysis of the detail processes and to ensure coverage of all significant processes

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In the Business Architecture planning endeavor the BA should determine what?

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Appropriate framework and approach

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Who are the primary consumers of requirements?

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The project team, who will use them in the design and development of the system

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Functional requirements can be expressed in what forms?

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Use cases and text

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The business domain can be described with what types of diagrams?

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Activity Diagrams, Data Flow Diagrams, Flowcharts, Sequences Diagrams, State Machine Diagrams

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The Component Business Model describes what?

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Component Business Model identifies a basic building block of the business, and includes the people, processes and technology needed by the component to deliver value to the customer.

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Enterprise architecture encompasses what 3 elements?

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People, processes, technology

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What do the letters of the CRUD Matrix stand for?

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Create read, update delete rights to users and groups. Good in software system development. Not applicable to business process analysis.

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When a conflict arises between stakeholders on one or more documented requirements, the first thing that needs to take place is what?

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….to record the conflict in the Requirements Issues Log.

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What are the Components of an ERD?

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An Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD) is a visual representation of a data structure. Because they describe things that are significant to the enterprise (e.g., Customers, Products, Employees, Invoices, etc.), ERDs are useful in describing the structure of the business itself, and many of the rules by which it is governed.

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What is described in the Enterprise Architecture people processes?

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Each model identifies a basic building block of the business, and includes the people, processes and technology needed by the component to deliver value to the customer.

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What are the measures on a balanced scorecard?

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The balanced scorecard (Robert Kaplan and David Norton 1996) provides an effective technique to frame strategic goals. In this model, goals are partitioned into four dimensions: financial, customer, internal operations, and learning and innovation.

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What does the abbreviation PLC stand for?

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Project Life Cycle

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What is the minimum structural set of requirements of a presentation whether it is formal or informal?

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Introduction of parties attending presentation Statement of presentation objectives Project background Presentation/review of deliverable Agreement of actions/changes required Review of deliverable status (e.g., signed off, not signed off, etc.)

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What is the ISO 9241-11 definition of usability?

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The extent to which a product can be used by specified users to achieve specified goals with effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction in a specified context of use.

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What does a logical model represent?

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Entities that are in the problem domain and the relationships between them

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When are logical models used by BAs?

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To represent requirements of a business area

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What is the difference between a view and a model decomposition?

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A view is not exclusive and its requirements may be referenced in all views that are relevant

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What is a view with regard to modeling?

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The capture of requirements from a specific perspective

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Modeling benefits are?

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Simplification of reality to allow focus Comprehension of complexity Explanation from varying perspectives Ensures all aspects are considered Translate easily into solution design

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Modeling is often used when?

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When the problem domain is well known When the solution is easy to construct When there is little collaboration needed When there is little need for ongoing maintenance When the scope is unlikely to grow

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What is the definition of a model?

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A template for expressing requirements that may combine textual elements, matrices, and diagrams

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Authorization resources, process identification, impact assessment and correct wording are all aspects of what?

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Change Management

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What does a Change Control Board do?

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Considers requested changes and decides on the merits of the request prior to approving or declining it.

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What are the aspects to a change request that are important?

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Cost and time to implement Benefits and Risk Course of action and alternate solutions Coordinated prioritization

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What major methodology utilizes a project/product backlog?

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Agile or Scrum

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Organizational culture, Stakeholder preference, complexity, organizational maturity and availability of resources are all factors used to do what?

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Perform tailoring exercises

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What are the techniques used in planning requirements management?

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There are 3 Decision analysis Problem tracking Risk analysis

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What is the output of planning requirements management activities?

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The Requirements Management Plan

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What does the Requirements Management Plan describe?

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Traceability approach Definition of requirement attributes Requirement prioritization process Requirement change process

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Metrics are used to do what?

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Measure business analysis performance throughout the lifecycle.

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There are 4 inputs to the Manage BA Performance activity. What are they?

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Business Analysis Performance Metrics Business Analysis Plan Organizational Performance Standards Requirements Management Plan

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The Manage BA Performance activity is part of what knowledge area?

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Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring

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What are the 6 activities that occur within the Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring knowledge area?

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Plan Business Analysis Approach Conduct Stakeholder Analysis Plan Business Analysis Communication Plan Requirements Management Process Manage Business Analysis Performance

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What are the 4 activities that occur within the Elicitation knowledge area?

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Prepare for Elicitation Conduct Elicitation Document Elicitation Results Confirm Elicitation Results

124
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What are the activities that occur within the Requirements Management & Communication knowledge area?

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There are 5 Manage Solution Scope and Requirements Manage Requirements Traceability Maintain Requirements for Re-use Prepare Requirements Package Communication of Requirements

125
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What are the activities that are part of the Enterprise Analysis knowledge area?

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There are 5 Define the Business Need Assess Capability Gaps Determine Solution Approach Define Solution Scope Define Business Case

126
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What are the activities contained within the Requirements Analysis knowledge area?

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There are 6 Prioritize Requirements Organize Requirements Specify and Model Requirements Define Assumptions and Constraints Verify Requirements Validate Requirements

127
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What are the activities that are part of the Solutions Assessment and Validation knowledge area?

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There are 6 Assess Proposed Solution Allocate Requirements Assess Organizational Readiness Define Transition Requirements Validate Solution Evaluate Solution Performance

128
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What are the Underlying Competencies described in the BABOK?

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There are 6 Analytical Thinking and Problem Solving Behavioral Characteristics Business Knowledge Communication Skills Interaction Skills Software Applications

129
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How many different techniques does the BABOK 2.0 describe?

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34

130
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The BA Performance Assessment is used by what downstream task as an input?

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Plan BA Activities

131
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The BA Process Assets are children of what?

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Organizational Process Assets

132
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What does the Plan BA Activities task consume as an input?

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BA Performance Assessment

133
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There are several elements of the Manage BA Performance activity. What are they?

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Performance Measures Performance Reporting Preventive and Correction Action

134
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What are performance measures used for?

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To set expectations regarding what constitutes effective business analysis work in the context of an organization or project

135
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What are some performance measures?

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Deliverable due date deliverables Frequency of change Number of review cycles

136
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The business analyst should assess the performance measures to determine what?

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Where problems in execution of business analysis activities are occurring or opportunities for improvement exist

137
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There are several techniques defined for use in the Manage Business Analysis Performance activity. What are they?

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There are 7 Interviews Lessons Learned Metrics and KPIs Problem Tracking Process Modeling Root Cause Analysis Survey/Questionnaire

138
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What is root cause analysis?

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An investigation into the underlying cause of a failure or problem

139
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What is Variance Analysis?

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A technique used to analyze discrepancies between planned and actual performance and to determine the magnitude of the differences

140
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What knowledge are is Variance Analysis used in and why?

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Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring. It is used as part of the Manage Business Analysis Performance activity to manage performance in an ongoing project

141
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What is a KPI?

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Key Performance Indicator These are metrics used to help an organization define and evaluate how successful it is, typically in terms of making progress towards its long-term organizational goals

142
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Define elicit.

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To draw forth, call forth or bring out

143
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What phases of the SDLC are requirements elicited in?

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Throughout the SDLC

144
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Name 3 of the 9 elicitation techniques.

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3 of the following: Brainstorming Document Analysis Focus Groups Interface analysis Interviews Observations Prototyping Requirements Workshop Survey/Questionnaire

145
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What are the tasks described in the Elicitation knowledge area?

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There are 4 Prepare for Elicitation Conduct Elicitation Activity Document Elicitation Results Confirm Elicitation Results

146
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What are the inputs to Elicitation?

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Business Case Business Need Organizational process assets Requirements Management Plan Solution Scope Stakeholder List

147
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What are the outputs of Elicitation?

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There are 4 Elicitation Results Scheduled Resources Stakeholder Concerns Supporting Materials

148
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What is the purpose of preparing for elicitation?

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To ensure that all resources are organized and scheduled for conducting the elicitation exercise

149
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What are two things used to capture elicitation knowledge?

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Data Dictionary & Glossary

150
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What does a glossary typically contain?

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Key Domain terminology and business definitions

151
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What is metadata?

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Data about data

152
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What are the three elements of elicitation discussed in the BABOK?

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Tracing requirements Capturing Requirements Attributes Metrics

153
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What is the input to the Document Elicitation Results activity?

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The elicited requirements

154
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According to the BABOK 2.0, elicited requirements may undergo analysis directly with prototyping, without documentation. True or False

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True. Prototyping may be used to perform analysis on requirements without the need to document

155
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What tasks consume the documented elicited requirements?

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There are 5 Confirm Elicitation Results Prioritize Requirements Define the Business Need Specify and Model Requirements Define Transition Requirements

156
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What else does elicitation produce?

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Stakeholder concerns

157
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What tasks consume stakeholder concerns?

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Confirm Elicitation Results Define Business Case Define Assumptions and Constraints Assess Org Readiness

158
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What are some examples of stakeholder concerns?

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Risk, assumptions, constraints, etc.

159
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What is the purpose of confirming elicitation results?

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To validate that the stated concerns that are expressed by the stakeholder match the stakeholders’ understanding of the problem and needs

160
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What are the inputs to the Confirm Elicitation Results task?

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Requirements and Stakeholder Concerns, both unconfirmed

161
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What are two techniques that are used to confirm elicitation results?

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Interviews and Observation

162
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What are the outputs of the Confirm Elicitation Results task?

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Requirements and Stakeholder Concerns, both confirmed

163
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What tasks consume CONFIRMED requirements?

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There are 4 Define Business Need Prioritize Requirements Specify and Model Requirements Define Transition Requirements

164
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What tasks consume CONFIRMED stakeholder concerns?

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There are 3 Define Business Case Define Assumptions and Constraints Assess Organizational Readiness

165
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What does the Requirements Management and Communication knowledge area describe?

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The activities and considerations for managing and expressing requirements to a broad audience

166
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Communication of requirements does what for stakeholders?

A

Brings them to a Communication on understanding

167
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Performance of all Requirements Management and Communication activities is governed by what?

A

Business Analysis plan

168
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What are the tasks/activities of the Requirements Management and Communication knowledge area?

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There are 5 Manage Solution Scope Manage Requirements traceability Manage Requirements for Re-Use Prepare Requirements Package Communication Requirements

169
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What are the inputs into the Requirements Management and Communication knowledge area tasks/activities?

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There are 6 BA Communication Plan Organizational process assets Requirements Requirements Management Plan Solution Scope Stakeholder List/Responsibilities

170
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What are the outputs from the tasks/activities in the Requirements Management and Communication knowledge area?

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There are 5 Approved Requirements Traced Requirements Communicated Requirements Maintained and Reusable Requirements Requirements Package

171
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What is the purpose of the Manage Solution Scope and Requirements task/activity?

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To obtain consensus among stakeholders on overall solutions scope

172
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What occurs during the Manage Solution Scope and Requirements task/activity?

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Securing approval of requirements Management of issues from elicitation

173
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What is base lining?

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In essence, the approval of a set of requirements (in this context) that allows no change to occur to the set without a way to control change

174
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What should the requirements do in order to be approved?

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Support the solution scope

175
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Why is the solution scope carried forward into the Requirement Management and Communication knowledge area?

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To ensure that the requirements conform to the approved solution scope

176
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How is the solution scope used to manage change in the Requirements Management and Communication knowledge area?

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All requested changes to requirements are assessed against the solution scope to ensure of alignment

177
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The Requirements Management Plan is an input to the Requirements Management and Communication knowledge area. Why?

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It is used to define the process to be followed in managing the solution scope and the requirements

178
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What are the elements of the Manage Solution Scope & Requirements task/activity?

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Solution Scope Management Conflict and Issue Management Presenting Requirements for Review Approval

179
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What’s the difference between a formal and informal requirements presentation to stakeholders?

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One is formal written specification with possible walk-thru and the other is possibly verbal or email Communication

180
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What are the techniques used to Manage Solution Scope and requirements?

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Base lining and Signoff

181
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What is the purpose of managing requirements traceability?

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To create and maintain relationships between business objectives, requirements, other deliverables

182
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What does requirements traceability define?

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Lineage of requirements, including backwards and forwards traceability.

183
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What is derivation?

A

Backwards traceability

184
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What is allocation?

A

Forward traceability

185
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What is the value of traceability?

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It helps ensure conformation to the overall solution for each individual requirements and assists is scope and change Management

186
Q

What is used to potentially find missing functionality or identify unrequested functionality?

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Requirements traceability

187
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What is the overall goal of requirements traceability?

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To requirements, solution components are linked directly or indirectly back to the original business objectives

188
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What are the inputs to the Manage Requirements Traceability task/activity?

A

Requirements and the Requirements Management Plan

189
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What task/activity consumes traced requirements?

A

Manage Solution Scope and Requirements

190
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Why are relationships an element of Manage Requirements Traceability?

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Knowing dependent relationships between requirements can help determine the sequence of when each will be addressed

191
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What are the 5 type of relationships between requirements?

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Necessity Effort Subset Cover Value

192
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What is the Cover type of requirement relationship?

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When a requirement completely includes another requirement. It is a subset in which the top-level requirement is the sum of the sub-requirements

193
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What is the Value type of requirement relationship?

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When including a requirement affects the desirability of a related requirement (increase or decrease)

194
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Why is traceability useful in performing impact analysis?

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Because when requirements change and they are linked to other requirements, the related items are identified as a result of the link, as well as potential changes in the relationship

195
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What is a Configuration Management System

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A specialized tools that is generally used to trace large volumes of requirements

196
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What is a coverage matrix?

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A table or spreadsheet used to manage tracing. Also called a trace matrix. Used when there are few requirements.

197
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What is the purpose of the Maintain requirements for Re-Use task/activity?

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To manage the knowledge of requirements following their implementation

198
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What occurs in the Maintain Requirements for Re-Use task/activity?

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To identify requirements that are good candidates for long-term usage

199
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What are the two inputs to Maintain Requirements for Re-Use task/activity?

A

Organizational process assets and Requirements

200
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Reusable requirements are consumable where?

A

Enterprise Architecture and Future Initiatives

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