R Flashcards
RACI matrix
See responsible, accountable, consulted, and informed matrix
regulator
A stakeholder from outside the organization who is responsible for the definition and enforcement of standards
repository
A real or virtual facility where all information on a specific topic is stored and is available for retrieval
request for information (RFI)
A formal elicitation method intended to collect
information regarding a vendor’s capabilities or any other information relevant to a potential upcoming procurement
request for proposal (RFP)
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
request for quote (RFQ)
A procurement method of soliciting price and solution
options from vendors
request for tender (RFT)
An open invitation to vendors to submit a proposal for goods or services.
requirement
A usable representation of a need
requirements attribute
A characteristic or property of a requirement used to
assist with requirements management
requirements allocation
The process of assigning requirements to be
implemented by specific solution components
requirements architecture
The requirements of an initiative and the
interrelationships between these requirements
requirements artifact
A business analysis artifact containing information about requirements such as a diagram, matrix, document or model
requirements defect
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)
requirements document
See requirements package
requirements life cycle
The stages through which a requirement progresses from inception to retirement
requirements management
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
requirements management plan
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
requirements management tool
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
requirements model
An abstract (usually graphical) representation of some aspect of the current or future state
requirements package
A specialized form of a business analysis package
primarily concerned with requirements. A requirements package may represent a baseline of a collection of requirements
requirements traceability
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
requirements validation
Work done to evaluate requirements to ensure they
support the delivery of the expected benefits and are within the solution scope
requirements verification
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
requirements workshop
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
residual risk
The risk remaining after action has been taken or plans have been put in place to deal with the original risk
retrospective
See lessons learned process
return on investment (ROI) (business analysis)
A measure of the profitability of a project or investment
responsible, accountable, consulted, and informed matrix (RACI matrix)
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
RFI
See request for information
RFP
See request for proposal
RFQ
See request for quote
RFT
See request for tender
risk (business analysis)
The effect of uncertainty on the value of a change, a
solution, or the enterprise. See also residual risk
risk assessment
Identifying, analyzing and evaluating risks
ROI
See return on investment
root cause
The cause of a problem having no deeper cause, usually one of several possible causes
root cause analysis
A structured examination of an identified problem to
understand the underlying causes
