Techniques Flashcards
_________________ is used to define the requirements, outcomes, or conditionsthat must be met in order for a solution to be considered acceptable to key stakeholders.
_________________ are the measures used to assess a set of requirements in order to choose between multiple solutions.
Acceptance criteria, Evaluation criteria
The ________________ is used to record, track, and prioritize remaining work items.
backlog
A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_may contain, but is not limited to, any combination of the following items: • use cases, • user stories, • functional requirements, • non-functional requirements, • designs, • customer orders, • risk items, • change requests, • defects, • planned rework, • maintenance, • conducting a presentation, or • completing a document.
backlog
The ______________________ is used to manage performance in any business model,
organizational structure, or business process.
It is composed of four dimensions:
• Learning and Growth (To achieve our vision, how will we sustain our ability to change and improve?)
• Business Process (To satisfy our shareholders and customers, what business processes must we excel at?)
• Customer (To achieve our vision, how should we appear to our customers?
• Financial (To succeed financially, how should we appear to our shareholders?)
balanced scorecard
____________________ are conducted to improve organizational
operations, increase customer satisfaction, and increase value to stakeholders.
Benchmarking and market analysis
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_is an excellent way to foster creative thinking about a problem. The aim of this technique is to produce numerous new ideas, and to derive from them themes for further analysis. It consist of 3 elements : 1- Preparation 2- Session 3- Wrap-up
Brainstorming
________________ provides a framework for scoping and planning by generating a shared understanding of outcomes, identifying alignment with strategy, and providing a scope and prioritization filter.
Business capability analysis
A ________________ provides a justification for a course of action based on the benefits to be realized by using the proposed solution, as compared to the cost, effort, and other considerations to acquire and live with that solution.
It captures the rationale for undertaking a change and is used to:
• define the need,
• determine the desired outcomes,
• assess constraints, assumptions, and risks, and
• recommend a solution.
business case
A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_describes how an enterprise creates, delivers, and captures value for and from its customers. It is comprised of nine building blocks that describe how an organization intends to deliver value: • Key Partnerships, • Key Activities, • Key Resources, • Value Proposition, • Customer Relationships, • Channels, • Customer Segments, • Cost Structure, and • Revenue Streams.
business model canvas
______________________is used to identify, express, validate, refine, and organize the rules that shape day-to-day business behaviour and guide operational business decision making.
Sometimes definitions and structures from _____________________ or____________can be helpful.
Business rules analysis , data dictionaries , data models
________________________ encourage participants in an elicitation activity to collaborate
in building a joint understanding of a problem or a solution.
Collaborative games
A___________________is used to organize the business vocabulary needed to consistently and thoroughly communicate the knowledge of a domain.
It put a premium on high-quality, design independent definitions that are free of data or implementation biases and emphasize rich vocabulary.
It identifies the correct choice of terms to use in communications, including all business analysis information. It is especially important where high precision and subtle distinctions need to be made.
concept model
A _______________________ is used to standardize a definition of a data element and enable a common interpretation of data elements.
They are sometimes referred to as metadata repositories and are used to manage the data within the context of a solution.
data dictionary
________________ show where data comes from, which activities process the data, and if the output results are stored or utilized by another activity or external entity.
The data defined should be described in a _________________.
They use Gane-Sarson Notation and/or Yourdon Notation
Data flow diagrams, data dictionary
_________________is used to improve decision making by finding useful patterns and insights from data.
It is an analytic process that examines large amounts of data from different perspectives and summarizes the data in such a way that useful patterns and relationships are discovered.
It is a general term that covers descriptive, diagnostic, and predictive techniques.
Data mining
A ______________ describes the entities, classes or data objects relevant to a domain, the attributes that are used to describe them, and the relationships among them to provide a common set of semantics for analysis and implementation.
There are several variation : conceptual, logical, and physical.
Use Crow’s Foot Notation and UML
data model
_________________ formally assesses a problem and possible decisions in order to
determine the value of alternate outcomes under conditions of uncertainty.
This technique approach use the following activities:
1. Define Problem Statement
2. Define Alternatives
3. Evaluate Alternatives
4. Choose Alternative to Implement
5. Implement Choice
It includes :
• pro versus con considerations,
• force field analysis,
• decision tables,
• decision trees,
• comparison analysis,
• analytical hierarchy process (AHP),
• totally-partially-not (TPN),
• multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA), and
• computer-based simulations and algorithms.
Decision analysis
_______________ shows how repeatable business decisions are made.
Decision modelling
_________________ is used to elicit business analysis information, including contextual understanding and requirements, by examining available materials that describe either the business environment or existing organizational assets.
Document analysis
___________________is used by business analysts and other stakeholders to forecast the cost
and effort involved in pursuing a course of action.
It is used to support decision making by predicting attributes such as:
• cost and effort to pursue a course of action
• expected solution benefits
• project cost
• business performance
• potential value anticipated from a solution
• costs of creating a solution
• costs of operating a solution
• potential risk impact
Common methods include:
• Top-down
• Bottom-up
• Parametric Estimation
• Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM)
• Rolling Wave
• Delphi
• PERT
Estimation
