Pmi-Pba - Foundations

Front 1

What is a "Project"?

Back 1

A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product or service

Front 2

What are the five primary domains of Business Analysis?

Back 2

Needs Assessment, Planning, Analysis, Traceability & Monitoring, Evaluation

Front 3

What are the major themes of the PMI-PBA exam?

Back 3

Understand Stakeholders, Be Flexible and Adaptable, Control Scope, Elicitation Keys

Front 4

A skilled __ is needed to effectively elicit requirements

Back 4

Facilitator

Front 5

When facilitating, rely on __ and __ __

Back 5

Agendas and Ground Rules

Front 6

What should be used to control scope?

Back 6

Traceability Matrix

Front 7

What type of skill is critical to eliciting good requirements

Back 7

Interviewing

Front 8

What is the goal of the Needs Assessment domain?

Back 8

To fully articulate the purpose and goals for developing an effective solution

Front 9

The activities in which domain contribute to the development of the business case and subsequent charter for a project

Back 9

Needs Assessment

Front 10

What is the goal of the "Planning" domain?

Back 10

To plan the activities to be completed and the business analysis processes that the project will utilize

Front 11

Which domain includes planning for requirements elicitation, management, approval, communications, and version control?

Back 11

Planning

Front 12

The BA Plan is a typical input to what?

Back 12

A Project Plan

Front 13

Planning focuses on both the __ and __ led by the business analyst as well as the process that will be used by the project team to support the BA work

Back 13

Deliverables and Activities

Front 14

What is the goal of the "Analysis" domain?

Back 14

To use appropriate techniques to elicit and analyze processes that the project will utilize

Front 15

Elicitation, analysis, decomposition, approval, specification and validation of requirements describe what domain?

Back 15

Analysis

Front 16

What is the goal of the "Traceability & Monitoring" domain?

Back 16

To manage requirements through the project lifecycle

Front 17

The tasks related to managing requirements through the project, including communicating requirements status to stakeholders described what domain?

Back 17

Traceability & Monitoring

Front 18

What is the goal of the "Evaluation" domain?

Back 18

To evaluate the deliverables and solution to ensure it will meet the business need

Front 19

Evaluating that the delivered solution will meet the requirements and business need describes what domain?

Back 19

Evaluation

Front 20

A BA must utilize what type of skill in order to effectively work with others?

Back 20

Soft Skills

Front 21

"A project lifecycle, also known as change-driven or agile,methods, this is intended to facilitate change and requires a high degree of ongoing stakeholder involvement" is what?

Back 21

Adaptive Life Cycle

Front 22

What is the definition of "Business Analysis"?

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The set of activities performed to identify business needs, recommend relevant solutions; and elicit, document, and manage requirements

Front 23

Who a Business Analyst?

Back 23

Someone who perform the set of activities to identify business needs; recommend relevant solutions; and elicit, document, and manage requirements

Front 24

What solves a problem or takes advantage of an opportunity to meet a business need?

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Solution

Front 25

Solutions may result in what?

Back 25

Products, Services, or End Results of a project or program

Front 26

A condition or capability that is required to present in a product, service, or results to satisfy a contract or other formally imposed specification describes what?

Back 26

Requirement

Front 27

What are the various types of requirements?

Back 27

Business, Stakeholder, Solution, Transition, Project, Quality

Front 28

What are the two types of solution requirements?

Back 28

Functional, Non-functional

Front 29

What type of requirements describe the higher-level needs of the organization as a whole?

Back 29

Business

Front 30

What type of requirements describe the needs of the stakeholder or stakeholder group?

Back 30

Stakeholder

Front 31

What type of requirements describe the features, functions, and characteristics of the product, service, or result that will meet the business and stakeholder requirements

Back 31

Solution

Front 32

What are "Functional" requirements?

Back 32

They describe the behaviors of the product

Front 33

What are "Non-functional" requirements?

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They describe the environmental conditions or qualities required for the product to be effective

Front 34

What type of requirements describe the temporary capabilities such as data conversion, and training requirements needed to transition from the current "as-is" state to the future "to-be" state?

Back 34

Transition

Front 35

What are "Project" requirements?

Back 35

They describe the actions, processes or other conditions the project needs to meet

Front 36

What type of requirements capture any condition or criteria needed to validate the successful completion of a project deliverable or fulfillment of other project requirements?

Back 36

Quality Requirements

Front 37

What is a "Predictive Life Cycle"?

Back 37

A form for project life cycle in which the project scope and the time and cost required to deliver that scope, are determined early in the life cycle as possible

Front 38

What describes the discrete pieces of work to perform business analysis

Back 38

Tasks

Front 39

True or False: Tasks are generally performed only once during a project

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FALSE. Tasks may be performed one or more times during a project

Front 40

What are "techniques"?

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Disciplines or methods for carrying out a task

Front 41

What are "Tools"?

Back 41

Activities used in performing an activity and aid in completing a task given a specific technique

Front 42

An individual, group, or organization who may affect, be affected by, or perceive itself to be affected by a decision, activity, or outcome of a project describes what?

Back 42

Stakeholder

Front 43

What is another term for agile?

Back 43

Adaptive

Front 44

What is another terms for predictive?

Back 44

Traditional

Front 45

Which business analysis approach is the primary focus of this exam?

Back 45

Predictive

Front 46

A __ approach usually has sequential phases and is more formal

Back 46

Waterfall (Predictive)

Front 47

An __ approach focuses on collaboration and is best with co-located teams

Back 47

Agile (Adaptive)

Front 48

What is true of a predictive project?

Back 48

Documentation and approvals tend to be more formal

Front 49

Which types of projects are often used when there is complexity?

Back 49

Predictive

Front 50

True or False: Agile means there is no documentation

Back 50

FALSE. There is documentation in agile, but just the right amount, at just the right time

Front 51

What is an increment?

Back 51

A small release

Front 52

New __ are added with each increment

Back 52

Features

Front 53

Iterative projects are what?

Back 53

Time-boxed, can have multiple phases