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Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring, Elicitation, Requirements Management & Communication,
Enterprise Analysis, Requirements Analysis, Solution Assessment & Validation, Underlying Competencies
- correct answer ✔✔What are the 7 knowledge areas of the BABOK
Business Requirements, Stakeholder Requirements, Solution Requirements, Transition Requirements -
correct answer ✔✔What are the classifications used to describe requirements
Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring - correct answer ✔✔The knowledge area that covers how BAs
determine which activities are necessary in order to complete a business analysis effort.
Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring - correct answer ✔✔This knowledge area covers the
identification of stakeholders, selection of business analysis technique, the process that will be used to
manage requirements and how to assess the progress of the work.
Elicitation - correct answer ✔✔The knowledge area that describes how the BA will work with
stakeholders to identify and understand their needs and concerns, and understand the environment in
which they work.
elicitation - correct answer ✔✔The purpose of _______________ is to ensure that a stakeholder's actual
underlying needs are understood, rather than the their stated or superficial desires.
Requirements Management & Communication - correct answer ✔✔The knowledge area that describes
how a BA manages conflicts, issues and changes in order to ensure that stakeholders and the project
team remain in agreement on the solution scope, how requirements are communicated to stakeholders
and how knowledge gained by the BA is maintained for future use.
Enterprise Analysis - correct answer ✔✔This knowledge area describes how a BA identifies a business
need, refines and clarifies the definition of that need, and defines a solution scope that can be feasibly
implemented by the business.
,Enterprise Analysis - correct answer ✔✔This knowledge area describes the problem definition and
analysis, business case development, feasibility studies and the definition of solution scope.
Requirements Analysis - correct answer ✔✔This knowledge area describes how the BA prioritizes and
progressively elaborates stakeholder and solution requirements in order to enable the project team to
implement a solution that will meet the need of the sponsoring organization and stakeholders.
Requirements Analysis - correct answer ✔✔This knowledge area involves analyzing stakeholder needs to
define solutions that meet those needs, assessing the current state of the business to identify and
recommend improvements and the verification and validation of the resulting requirements.
Solution Assessment & Validation - correct answer ✔✔This knowledge area describes how the BA
assesses proposed solutions and determines which solution best fits the business need, identifies gaps
and shortcomings to solutions and determines necessary workarounds or changes to the solution.
Solution Assessment & Validation - correct answer ✔✔This knowledge describes how BAs assess a
deployed solution to see how well they met the original need so that the sponsoring organization can
assess the performance and effectiveness of the solution.
Underlying Competencies - correct answer ✔✔This knowledge area describes the behaviors, knowledge
and other characteristics that support the effective performance of a BA.
Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving, Behavioral Characteristics, Business Knowledge, Communication
Skills, Interaction Skills, Software Application - correct answer ✔✔What are the underlying competencies
a BA should possess (6)?
Ethics, Trustworthiness, Personal Organization - correct answer ✔✔What are the Behavioral
Characteristics a BA should exhibit (3)?
Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving - correct answer ✔✔Involves assessing a situation, understanding
it as fully as possible, and making judgments about possible solutions to the problem.
,Business Need, Expert Judgment, Organizational Process Assets - correct answer ✔✔What are the inputs
to the Plan Business Analysis Approach?
Decision Analysis, Process Modeling, Structured Walkthrough - correct answer ✔✔What are the
techniques used in Plan Business Analysis Approach?
Plan Business Analysis Approach, Conduct Stakeholder Analysis, Plan Business Analysis Activities, Plan
Business Analysis Communication, Plan Requirements Management Process, Manage BA Performance -
correct answer ✔✔What are the tasks in Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring?
Business Analysis Approach - correct answer ✔✔What is the output of the Plan Business Analysis
Approach?
Business Need, Enterprise Architecture, Organizational Process Assets - correct answer ✔✔What are the
inputs to the task Conduct Stakeholder Analysis?
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition, Brainstorming, Interviews, Organizational Modeling, Process
Modeling, Requirements Workshop, Risk Analysis, Scenarios & Use Cases, User Stories, Scope Modeling,
Survey/Questionnaire, RACI Matrix, Stakeholder Maps - correct answer ✔✔What are the techniques
used in the task Conduct Stakeholder Analysis?
Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, Informed - correct answer ✔✔What does RACI stand for?
Stakeholder Matrix, Onion Diagram - correct answer ✔✔Name the 2 types of Stakeholder maps.
Onion Diagram - correct answer ✔✔A diagram indicating how involved the stakeholder is with the
solution.
Stakeholder Matrix - correct answer ✔✔Maps the level of stakeholder influence and interest in a
project.
Stakeholder Lists, Roles & Responsibilities - correct answer ✔✔What is the output of the task Conduct
Stakeholder Analysis?
, Business Analysis Approach, BA Performance Assessment, Organizational Process Assets, Stakeholder
List, Roles & Responsibilities - correct answer ✔✔What are the inputs for the task Plan Business Analysis
Activities?
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) - correct answer ✔✔An important tool in defining the scope of work
and developing estimates.
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) - correct answer ✔✔Decomposes the project scope into smaller and
smaller pieces, creating a hierarchy of work.
Unique Number, Activity Description, Assumptions, Dependencies, Milestones - correct answer
✔✔Elements identified for each activity and task.
Activity List - correct answer ✔✔The decomposition of activities and tasks creates?
Estimation, Functional Decomposition, Risk Analysis - correct answer ✔✔What are the techniques used
in Plan Business Analysis Activities?
Business Analysis Plan - correct answer ✔✔What is the output of the task Plan Business Analysis
Activities?
Business Analysis Approach, Business Analysis Plan, Organizational Process Assets, Stakeholder Lists,
Roles & Responsibilities - correct answer ✔✔What are the inputs of the task Plan Business Analysis
Communication?
Structured Walkthrough - correct answer ✔✔What are the techniques used in Plan Business Analysis
Communication?
Relationship to Time, Relationship to Task Completion, Relationship to Contracts, Relationships to Formal
and Informal Authority - correct answer ✔✔What are the Cultural diversity issues that should be taken
into account when planning communication?