Babok Chapter 1

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What is the definition of business analysis?

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The set of tasks and techniques used to work as a liaison among stakeholders in order to understand the structure, policies and operations of an organization, and to recommend end solutions that enable the organization to achieve its goals.

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What is the definition of a business analyst?

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Any person who performs business analysis activities no matter what their job title or organizational role may be.

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A business analyst performs business analysis in order to do what?

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Align the needs of the business units with the capabilities delivered by information technology.

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What is the definition of a solution?

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A set of changes to the current state of an organization that are made in order to enable that organization to meet a business need, solve a problem, or take advantage of an opportunity.

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What is the definition of a requirement?

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A condition or capability needed by a stakeholder to solve a problem or achieve an objective
OR
::A condition or capability that must be met or possessed by a solution or solution component to satisfy a contract, standard, specification or other formally imposed documents
::OR
::A documented representation of a condition or capability

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According to the BABOK 2.0, what type of analysis generates BUSINESS requirements?

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Enterprise Analysis

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What is a BUSINESS requirement, according to the BABOK 2.0?

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A high level statement of the goals or objectives or needs of the enterprise

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What is a STAKEHOLDER requirement, according to the BABOK 2.0?

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A statement of the needs of a particular stakeholder or class of stakeholders

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According to the BABOK 2.0, what type of analysis generates STAKEHOLDER requirements?

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Requirements Analysis

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What is a SOLUTION requirement, according to the BABOK 2.0?

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A characteristic of the solution that meets the business requirements and stakeholder requirements.

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SOLUTION Requirements are comprised of what two types of requirements?

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Functional and Non-functional requirements

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According to the BABOK 2.0, when are SOLUTION requirements gathered?

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Requirements Analysis

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What is a TRANSITION requirement, according to the BABOK 2.0?

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A requirement that describes the capabilities the solution must have to facilitate the transition from current to future state of the enterprise, but will not be needed after the transition

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According to the BABOK 2.0, when are TRANSITION requirements gathered?

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Solution Assessment and Validation

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What is the definition of a knowledge area?

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They define what a practitioner of business analysis needs to understand and the tasks that a practitioner must be able to perform

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How many Knowledge Areas are identified in the BABOK 2.0 and what are they?

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There are 7:
::Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring
::Elicitation
::Enterprise Analysis
::Solution Assessment and Validation
::Requirements Analysis
::Requirements Management and Communication
::Underlying Competencies

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What is the objective of the Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring knowledge area?

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To show how the BA determines which activities are necessary in order to complete a business analysis effort

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What is the objective of the Elicitation knowledge area?

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To show how the BA works with stakeholders to identify and understand their needs and concerns, and understand the environment in which they work

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What is the purpose of elicitation?

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To ensure that the stakeholders’ underlying needs are understood, rather than their stated or superficial desires

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What is the objective of the Requirements Management and Communication knowledge area?

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To define how a BA manages conflict, issues and changes in order to ensure the stakeholders and the project team remain in agreement on the solution scope

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What is the objective of the Enterprise Analysis knowledge area?

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To define how a BA identifies a business need, refines and clarifies the need and defines the solution scope that can be feasibly implemented

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What is the objective of the Requirements Analysis knowledge area?

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To define how a BA prioritizes and progressively elaborates stakeholder and solution requirements in order to enable the project team to implement a solution

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What is the objective of the Solution Assessment and Validation knowledge area?

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To define how the BA assesses proposed solutions to determine which solution fits best the business need, indentifies gaps in solutions, determines necessary workarounds or changes to the solution

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What is the objective of the Underlying Competencies knowledge area?

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To describe the behaviors, knowledge and other characteristics that support the effective performance of business analysis

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What are the characteristics of a task?

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::Accomplishes a result that creates value
::Is complete
::Is a necessary part of the purpose of the knowledge area

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True or False
::The BA is a stakeholder in all business analysis activities?

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TRUE

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What is the definition of a Domain Subject Matter Expert (SME)

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Any individual with in-depth knowledge of a topic relevant to the business need or solution scope

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What is the definition of a customer?

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A stakeholder outside the boundary of a given organization/unit who makes use of products/services delivered by the organization

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What is the definition of an end user?

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A stakeholder who interacts directly with the solution

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What is an Implementation Subject Matter Expert (SME)

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Individuals responsible for designing and implementing potential solutions and of providing expertise in design and construction of the solution

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What do Organizational Change Professionals do, according to the BABOK 2.0?

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They are responsible for facilitating acceptance and adoption of new solutions and overcoming resistance to change

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What's a usability professional do?

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A usability professional is responsible for external interaction design of technological solutions and for making the design as simple to use as feasible

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An output is the necessary result of the work described in a WHAT?

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Task

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What is a technique?

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It provides additional information on different ways that a task may be performed or forms the output of the task may take

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How many underlying competencies are there and what are they?

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There are 6
::Analytical Thinking and Problem Solving
::Behavioral Characteristics
::Business Knowledge
::Communication Skills
::Interaction Skills
::Software Applications