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RACI matrix

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See responsible, accountable, consulted, and informed matrix

Question 2

regulator

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A stakeholder from outside the organization who is responsible for the definition and enforcement of standards

Question 3

repository

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A real or virtual facility where all information on a specific topic is stored and is available for retrieval

Question 4

request for information (RFI)

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A formal elicitation method intended to collect
information regarding a vendor’s capabilities or any other information relevant to a potential upcoming procurement

Question 5

request for proposal (RFP)

Answer 5

A requirements document issued when an
organization is seeking a formal proposal from vendors. An RFP typically requires that the proposals be submitted following a specific process and using sealed bids which will be evaluated against a formal evaluation methodology

Question 6

request for quote (RFQ)

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A procurement method of soliciting price and solution
options from vendors

Question 7

request for tender (RFT)

Answer 7

An open invitation to vendors to submit a proposal for goods or services.

Question 8

requirement

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A usable representation of a need

Question 9

requirements attribute

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A characteristic or property of a requirement used to
assist with requirements management

Question 10

requirements allocation

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The process of assigning requirements to be
implemented by specific solution components

Question 11

requirements architecture

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The requirements of an initiative and the
interrelationships between these requirements

Question 12

requirements artifact

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A business analysis artifact containing information about requirements such as a diagram, matrix, document or model

Question 13

requirements defect

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A problem or error in a requirement. Defects may occur because a requirement is poor quality (see requirements verification) or because it does not describe a need that, if met, would provide value to stakeholders (see requirements validation)

Question 14

requirements document

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See requirements package

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requirements life cycle

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The stages through which a requirement progresses from inception to retirement

Question 16

requirements management

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Planning, executing, monitoring, and controlling any
or all of the work associated with requirements elicitation and collaboration, requirements analysis and design, and requirements life cycle management

Question 17

requirements management plan

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A subset of the business analysis plan for a
specific change initiative, describing specific tools, activities, and roles and responsibilities that will be used on the initiative to manage the requirements. See business analysis plan

Question 18

requirements management tool

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Special-purpose software that provides support
for any combination of the following capabilities: elicitation and collaboration, requirements modelling and/or specification, requirements traceability, versioning and baselining, attribute definition for tracking and monitoring, document generation, and requirements change control

Question 19

requirements model

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An abstract (usually graphical) representation of some aspect of the current or future state

Question 20

requirements package

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A specialized form of a business analysis package
primarily concerned with requirements. A requirements package may represent a baseline of a collection of requirements

Question 21

requirements traceability

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he ability for tracking the relationships between sets
of requirements and designs from the original stakeholder need to the actual implemented solution. Traceability supports change control by ensuring that the source of a requirement or design can be identified and other related requirements and designs potentially affected by a change are known

Question 22

requirements validation

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Work done to evaluate requirements to ensure they
support the delivery of the expected benefits and are within the solution scope

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requirements verification

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Work done to evaluate requirements to ensure they are defined correctly and are at an acceptable level of quality. It ensures the requirements are sufficiently defined and structured so that the solution development team can use them in the design, development, and implementation of the solution

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requirements workshop

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A structured meeting in which a carefully selected group of stakeholders collaborate to define and/or refine requirements under the guidance of a skilled neutral facilitator

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residual risk

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The risk remaining after action has been taken or plans have been put in place to deal with the original risk

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retrospective

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See lessons learned process

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return on investment (ROI) (business analysis)

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A measure of the profitability of a project or investment

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responsible, accountable, consulted, and informed matrix (RACI matrix)

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A tool used to identify the responsibilities of roles or team members and the activities or deliverables in which they will participate, by being responsible
(doing the work), accountable (approving the results), consulted (providing input) or informed of the completed item after it has been completed

Question 29

RFI

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See request for information

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RFP

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See request for proposal

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RFQ

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See request for quote

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RFT

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See request for tender

Question 33

risk (business analysis)

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The effect of uncertainty on the value of a change, a
solution, or the enterprise. See also residual risk

Question 34

risk assessment

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Identifying, analyzing and evaluating risks

Question 35

ROI

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See return on investment

Question 36

root cause

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The cause of a problem having no deeper cause, usually one of several possible causes

Question 37

root cause analysis

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A structured examination of an identified problem to
understand the underlying causes