Chap 3: Business Analysis, Planning, and Monitoring

Question 1

describes the planning of business analysis work from creation or selection of a methodology to planning the individual activities, tasks, and deliverables.

BA planning & monitoring

Answer 1

Plan Business Analysis Approach

Question 2

describes understanding which stakeholders are relevant to the change, what business analyst need from them, what they need for BA’s, and the best way to collaborate.

BA planning & monitoring

Answer 2

Plan Stakeholder Engagement

Question 3

defines the components of business
analysis that are used to support the governance function of the organization. It helps ensure that decisions are made properly and consistently, and follows a process that ensures decision makers have the information they need. Examples of this include requirements management, business analysis risk management, and allocation of business analysis resources.

BA planning & monitoring

Answer 3

Plan Business Analysis Governance

Question 4

defines how information developed by business analysts (including requirements and designs) is captured, stored, and integrated with other information for long-term use.

BA planning & monitoring

Answer 4

Plan Business Analysis Information Management

Question 5

describes managing and monitoring how business analysis work is performed to ensure that commitments are met and continuous learning and improvement opportunities are realized.

BA planning & monitoring

Answer 5

Identify Business Analysis Performance Improvements

Question 6

Core Concept: Change - the act of transformation in response to a need

Answer 6

are responsible for determining how changes to business analysis results will be requested and authorized

Question 7

Core Concept: Need - a problem or opportunity to be addressed

Answer 7

choose a business analysis approach that provides adequate analysis for the change

Question 8

Core Concept: Solution - a specific way of satisfying one or more needs in a context

Answer 8

evaluate if business analysis performance was a key contributor to the successful needs and account for stakeholder characteristics

Question 9

Core Concept: Value - the worth, importance, or usefulness of something to a stakeholder within a context.

Answer 9

conduct performance analysis to ensure business analysis activities continue to produce sufficient value for the stakeholders

Question 10

Core Concept: Context - the circumstances that influence, are influenced by, and provide understanding of the change

Answer 10

ensure a complete understanding of the context under analysis in order to develop an efficient business analysis approach.

Question 11

Core Concept: Stakeholder - a group or individual with a relationship to the change, the need, or the solution.

Answer 11

Perform a stakeholder analysis to ensure planning and monitoring activities reflect stakeholder needs and account for stakeholder characteristics

Question 12

used to identify possible business analysis activities,
techniques, risks and other relevant items to help build the business analysis
approach.

Techniques

Answer 12

Brainstorming

Question 13

used to understand whether elements of the problem or
opportunity are especially time-sensitive, high-value, or whether there is any particular uncertainty around elements of the possible need or solution.

Techniques

Answer 13

Business Cases

Question 14

used to review existing organizational assets that might assist in planning the approach

Techniques

Answer 14

Documentation Analysis

Question 15

used to determine how long it may take to perform business analysis activities

Techniques

Answer 15

Estimation

Question 16

used to access how different approaches (and supported delivery options) affect the value delivered.

Techniques

Answer 16

Financial Analysis

Question 17

used to break down complex business analysis processes or approaches into more feasible components.

Techniques

Answer 17

Functional decomposition

Question 18

used to help build the plan with an individual or small group

Techniques

Answer 18

Interviews

Question 19

used to track any issues raised during planning activities with stakeholders. Can also track risk related items raised during discussions when building the approach.

Techniques

Answer 19

Item tracking

Question 20

used to identify an enterprise’s previous experience (both
successes and challenges) with planning business analysis approach.

Techniques

Answer 20

Lessons learned

Question 21

used to define and document the business analysis approach

Techniques

Answer 21

Process modeling

Question 22

used to validate the selected business analysis approach with stakeholders

Techniques

Answer 22

Reviews

Question 23

used to assess risks in order to select the proper business analysis approach

Techniques

Answer 23

Risk analysis and management

Question 24

used to determine the boundaries of the solution as an
input to planning and to estimating.

Techniques

Answer 24

Scope modeling

Question 25

used to identify possible business analysis activities, techniques, risks and other relevant items to help build the business analysis approach. Techniques

Answer 25

Survey or questionaire

Question 26

used to help build the plan in a team setting Techniques

Answer 26

Workshops