Chapter 7: Elements

Question 1

Which Element from Requirements Analysis & Design Definition describes descriptive and visual ways to convey information to a specific audience to support analysis, communication, and understanding? Models may also be used to confirm knowledge, and identify information gaps and duplicates.

Answer 1

Model Requirements (Specify and Model Requirements)

Question 2

Which Element from Requirements Analysis & Design Definition describes further examining business analysis information for anything which must be changed or stay the same to meet the business need, missing or unnecssary components and any constraints or assumptions that impact the components?

Answer 2

Analyse Requirements (Specify and Model Requirements)

Question 3

Which Element from Requirements Analysis & Design Definition describes explicitly representing requirements and their attributes as part of the elicitation results, and categorising requirements to ensure traceability?

Answer 3

Represent Requirements and Attributes (Specify and Model Requirements)

Question 4

Which Element from Requirements Analysis & Design Definition describes ensuring requirements and designs exhibit acceptable quality characteristics; atomic, complete, consistent, coincide, feasible, unambiguous, testable, prioritized, understandable?

Answer 4

Characteristics of Requirements and Designs Quality (Verify Requirements)

Question 5

Which Element from Requirements Analysis & Design Definition describes iteratively performing activities such as checking requirements for compliance with organisational perforamance standards, checking for correct use of modelling notations and templates and ensuring terminology used is consistant and understandble?

Answer 5

Verification Activities (Verify Requirements)

Question 6

Which Element from Requirements Analysis & Design Definition describes utilising checklists for quality control to ensure that items determined to be important are included in the final deliverables, or that steps required for the verification process are followed? Checklists may include include a standard set of quality attributes or be specifically developed to capture.

Answer 6

Checklists (Verify Requirements)

Question 7

Which Element from Requirements Analysis & Design Definition describes ensuring assumptions are identified and defined so that associated risks can be managed?

Answer 7

Identify Assumptions (Validate Requirements)

Question 8

Which Element from Requirements Analysis & Design Definition describes the criteria and metrics used to evaluate the success of a change after a solution has been implemented?

Answer 8

Define Measurable Evaluation Criteria (Validate Requirements)

Question 9

Which Element from Requirements Analysis & Design Definition describes evaluating requirements to ensure value is delivered to stakeholders, and adjusting the future state, solution scope or designs if required, or eliminating the requirement?

Answer 9

Evaluate Alignment with Solution Scope (Validate Requirements)

Question 10

Which Element from Requirements Analysis & Design Definition describes sets of conventions used to define how requirements are represented, organised, and related? Examples include models, attributes and notations.

Answer 10

Requirements Viewpoints and Views (Define Requirements Architecture)

Question 11

Which Element from Requirements Analysis & Design Definition describes utilising existing architectural frameworks (a collection of standardised viewpoints) as starting templates for defining requirements architecture?

Answer 11

Template Architectures (Define Requirements Architecture)

Question 12

Which Element from Requirements Analysis & Design Definition describes ensuring the entire set of requirements can be understood by the audience, and that no requirements are missing, inconsistent or contradictory with others?

Answer 12

Completeness (Define Requirements Architecture)

Question 13

Which Element from Requirements Analysis & Design Definition describes examining and analysing requirements to define and trace the relationships between requirements? Business analysts examine each relationship to ensure that the relationships satisfy the following quality criteria: defined, necessary, correct, unambiguous, consistent.

Answer 13

Relate and Verify Requirements Relationships (Define Requirements Architecture)

Question 14

Which Element from Requirements Analysis & Design Definition describes the information architecture (the structure of the business analysis information) as a component of the requirements architecture because it describes the relationships between business analysis information during a change?

Answer 14

Business Analysis Information Architecture (Define Requirements Architecture)

Question 15

Which Element from Requirements Analysis & Design Definition describes whether solution components will be created, purchased, or a combination of both, and assesses the merits of each approach?

Answer 15

Define Solution Approaches (Define Design Options)

Question 16

Which Element from Requirements Analysis & Design Definition describes identifying opportunities to improve business operations including increasing efficiency, improving access to information, and identifying additional capabilities?

Answer 16

Identify Improvement Opportunities (Define Design Options)

Question 17

Which Element from Requirements Analysis & Design Definition describes assigning requirements to solution components and releases to best achieve the objectives and maximise the value of a solution depending on how requirements are implemented and when the solution becomes available to stakeholders?

Answer 17

Requirements Allocation (Define Design Options)

Question 18

Which Element from Requirements Analysis & Design Definition describes investigating, defining, and measuring the performance of design options while considering the desired future state to ensure the design option is valid?

Answer 18

Describe Design Options (Define Design Options)

Question 19

Which Element from Requirements Analysis & Design Definition describes the positive value that a solution is intended to deliver to stakeholders?

Answer 19

Expected Benefits (Analyse Potential Value & Recommend Solution)

Question 20

Which Element from Requirements Analysis & Design Definition describes the potential negative value associated with a solution, including acquisition costs, any negative effects it may have on stakeholders, and ongoing maintenance costs?

Answer 20

Expected Costs (Analyse Potential Value & Recommend Solution)

Question 21

Which Element from Requirements Analysis & Design Definition describes the potential (positive or negative) value of a solution to a stakeholder based on the benefits delivered and its associated costs?

Answer 21

Determine Value (Analyse Potential Value & Recommend Solution)

Question 22

Which Element from Requirements Analysis & Design Definition describes assessing design options based on the expected potential value and reccomending the option or options which are the most valuable?

Answer 22

Assess Design Options and Recommend Solution (Analyse Potential Value & Recommend Solution)