Chapter 2 Flashcards

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BA Information

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Broad and diverse set of information at any level of detail which are analyzed, transformed and reported by BAs. Ex) elicitation results, requirements, solution options, traceability matrix, etc

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Business requirements

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Goals, objectives and outcomes which indicate the reason for initiating change (project)

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Stakeholder Requirements

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Stakeholder needs which must be met to achieve business requirements; user stories

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Solution Requirements

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Capabilities and qualities of a solution that meets stakeholder requirements. Broadly classified into: function requirements and non functional requirements (quality of service requirements)

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5
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Sponsor

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Authorizes work to be done and controls the budget and scope of the initiative

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Project Manager

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Ensures project objectives are met considering several project factors; manages all work required to deliver a project

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Stakeholders

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Individuals or groups with which BAs interact with directly or indirectly; Major source of requirements assumptions or constraints

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End user

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Those who directly use the product or solution

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Domain Subject Matter Expert

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People with in depth knowledge of a topic relevant to business need or solution scope

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Implementation SME

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Has specialized knowledge pertaining to implementation of solution components

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Operational Support

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Responsible for managing and maintaining the system or product on daily basis

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Regulator

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  • responsible for defining and enforcing standards

- Satutory (by parliament/assembly, taxes) or regulatory (typically industry specific)

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Supplier

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provides products or services to the organization and may have contractual obligations; they are outside the boundary of the organization; supplier provides cots products

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tester

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carries out verification process and determines whether the solution meets requirements and quality standards

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15
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Risk

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Effect of uncertainty on the value of a change, solution or enterprise is

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Solution Requirements

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Capabilities and qualities of a solution that meets stakeholders needs

17
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Domain SME

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Domain SMEs are usually folks with good business knowledge. They have deep knowledge of business processes.

18
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Atomic requirements

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Requirements at lowest levels

19
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Implicit Requirements

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Requirements which are not expressed by stakeholders but are needed are known as

20
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5 perspectives of a BA

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Agile, Business Intelligence, Information Technology, Business Architecture, Business Process Management

21
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Example of functional requirement

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New data that supports changes to any business process will be included in the new system; data belongs to functional requirements

22
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non functional requirements

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does not directly relate to the functionality of the solution

23
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regulatory bodies

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taxes are typically the jurisdiction of regulatory bodies

24
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Non functional requirements or quality of service requirements

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Do not relate directly to the behaviour of functionality of the solution but rather describe conditions under which a solution must remain effective or qualities that a solution must have

25
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Information architect

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specialized knowledge regarding the implementation of one or more solution components

26
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Domain SMEs

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provide process requirements

27
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RACI

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Responsible, accountable, consulted, informed

28
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Capabilities

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example: a software application with features the organization anticipates using in the future

29
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COTS

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commercial off the shelf; a prepackaged solution available in the marketplace which address all or most of the common needs of a large group of buyers of those solutions

30
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CRUD Matrix

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specific information technology system roles and responsibility may be identified in a CRUD (create, read , update, and delete)

31
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Entity relationship diagram

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Diagram depicting relationship between data objects

32
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Association

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Relationships between actors and use cases are called associations

33
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Metadata

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A description of data to help understand how to use that data, either in terms of the structure and specification of the data, or the description of a specific instance of an object

34
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governance process

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a process by which appropriate decision makers use relevant information to make decisions regarding a change or solution including the means of obtaining approvals and priorities

35
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horizontal prototype

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a prototype that is used to explore requirements and designs at one level of a proposed solution, such as the customer-facing view or the interface to another organization

36
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SIPOC

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Suppliers, inputs, process, outputs, and customers

37
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SoW

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statement of work- a written description of the services or tasks that are required to be performed