Chapter 7

Question 1

The Requirements Analysis and Design Definition knowledge area describes

Answer 1

tasks that business analysts perform to structure and organize requirements discovered during elicitation activities, specify and model requirements and
designs, validate and verify information, identify solution options that meet business needs, and estimate the potential value that could be realized for each
solution option.

Question 2

The main difference between requirements and designs

Answer 2

is in how they are used and by whom.

Question 3

The Requirements Analysis and Design Definition knowledge area includes the following tasks:

Answer 3

Specify and Model Requirements, Verify Requirements, Validate Requirements, Define Requirements Architecture, Define Solution Options, Analyze Potential Value and Recommend Solution

Question 4

During Requirements Analysis and Design what is change?

Answer 4

transform elicitation results into requirements and designs in order to define the change.

Question 5

During Requirements Analysis and Design what is need?

Answer 5

analyze the needs in order to recommend

a solution that meets the needs.

Question 6

During Requirements Analysis and Design what is solution?

Answer 6

define solution options and recommend the one that is most likely to address the need and has the most value.

Question 7

During Requirements Analysis and Design what is stakeholder?

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tailor the requirements and designs so that they are understandable and usable by each stakeholder group.

Question 8

During Requirements Analysis and Design what is value?

Answer 8

analyze and quantify the potential value of the solution options.

Question 9

During Requirements Analysis and Design what is context?

Answer 9

model and describe the context in formats that are understandable and usable by all stakeholders.

Question 10

The purpose of Specify and Model Requirements

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is to analyze, synthesize, and refine elicitation results into requirements and designs.

Question 11

What is the input of specify and model requirements?

Answer 11

Elicitation results

Question 12

business analysts determine specific categories and specific models within categories to be used. Model categories can include:

Answer 12

People and Roles, Rationale, Activity Flow, Capability, Data and Information,

Question 13

What are the techniques of specify and model requirements?

Answer 13

Acceptance and Evaluation Criteria, Business Capability Analysis, Business Model Canvas, Business Rules Analysis, Concept Modelling, Data Dictionary, Data Flow Diagrams, Data Modelling, Decision Modelling, Functional Decomposition, Glossary, Interface Analysis, Non-Functional Requirements Analysis, Organizational Modelling, Process Modelling, Prototyping, Roles and Permissions Matrix, Root Cause Analysis, Scope Modelling, Sequence Diagrams, Stakeholder List, Map, or Personas, State Modelling, Use Cases and Scenarios, User Stories,

Question 14

What are the outputs of specify and model requirements?

Answer 14

Requirements (specified and modeled):

Question 15

The purpose of Verify Requirements

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to ensure that requirements and designs specifications and models meet quality standards and are usable for the purpose they serve.

Question 16

What is the input of verify requirements?

Answer 16

Requirements (specified and modelled)

Question 17

acceptable quality requirements exhibit many of the following characteristics:

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Atomic, Complete, Consistent, Concise, Feasible, Unambiguous, Testable, Prioritized, Understandable

Question 18

Verification activities include:

Answer 18

• checking for compliance with organizational performance standards
• checking for correct use of modelling notation, templates, or forms,
• checking for completeness within each model,
• comparing each model against other relevant models,
• ensuring the terminology used in expressing the requirement is understandable to stakeholders and consistent with the use of those terms within the organization,
• adding examples where appropriate for clarification.

Question 19

What are the guidelines and tools of verifying requirements?

Answer 19

Requirements Life Cycle Management Tools

Question 20

What are the techniques of verifying requirements?

Answer 20

Acceptance and Evaluation Criteria, Item Tracking, Metrics and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Reviews,

Question 21

The purpose of Validate Requirements

Answer 21

ensure that all requirements and designs align to the business requirements and support the delivery of needed
value.