Sections 12-14

Question 1

What are the two stages for requirements in agile

Answer 1

1. Stage one - when establishing product backlog
2. Stage two - when maintaining product backlog, i.e. sprint planning

Question 2

What must the product backlog never contain

Answer 2

Low-level tasks

Question 3

What are the two forms of traceability?

Answer 3

1. Horizontal - tracing requirements from inception to delivery and vice-versa
   2, Vertical - tracing requirements up and down the requirements hierarchy

Question 4

Stages of waterfall lifecycle

Answer 4

1. Feasibility study
2. Analysis
3. Design
4. Development
5. Testing
6. Implementation

Question 5

Which part of the waterfall cycle does TOR fall under

Answer 5

Feasibility study

Question 6

In which part of the waterfall cycle are requirements obtained

Answer 6

Analysis

Question 7

Explain the V model

Answer 7

four stages and testing activities are linked to development activities

1. Analyse business needs -> business case -> Review benefits
2. Define requirements -> acceptance criteria -> ensure user acceptance
3. Define solution -> system test criteria -> test solution
4. Develop solution -> unit test criteria -> test modules

Question 8

What part of the V model is the BA responsible for

Answer 8

User acceptance testing and benefits review

Question 9

Requirements for the incremental lifecycle

Answer 9

Requirements for all increments must be known at the start. All components are designed built and tested separately.

Question 10

Four methods of delivering requirements

Answer 10

1. Waterfall
2. V model
3. Incremental
4. Iterative

Question 11

What methods of delivering requirements need a detailed set of requirements to start

Answer 11

Waterfall, V model and incremental

Question 12

Stages of business change lifecycle

Answer 12

1. Alignment
2. Definition
3. Design and development
4. Implementation
5. Realisation

Question 13

Four business readiness assessment models

Answer 13

1. The McKinsey 7S framework (Shared values, structure, systems, style, staff, skills, strategy)
2. CPPOLDAT (customer, product, process, organisation, location, data, application, technology)
3. POPIT
4. SARAH model

Question 14

Explain benefits dependency network

Answer 14

1. Start on right with business objective
2. Expand to left on benefits
3. Expand to left on business changes
4. Expand to left on enabling these changes