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33 Cards in this Set
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Business Analysis |
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 solutions that enable the organization to achieve its goals. |
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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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Domain
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A specific area that is undergoing analysis. It may correspond to the boundaries of an organization or organizational unit, as well as key stakeholders outside those boundaries.
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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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Project
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A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product or service.
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Stakeholder
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Groups or classes of people who are affected by a project/solution. They are people who the business analyst typically interacts with in specific ways.
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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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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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End user
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A stakeholder who interacts directly with the solution.
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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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Requirement
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- A condition or capability needed by a stakeholder to solve a problem or achieve an objective
- 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 - A documented representation of a condition or capability |
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What is the mnemonic for the Requirements Classification Scheme?
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BSFNT (Bus Font)
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Requirements Classification Scheme
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- Business Requirements
- Stakeholder Requirements - Solution Requirements (Functional, Non-functional) - Transition |
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Business Requirement
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A high level statement of the goals, objectives or needs of the enterprise.
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Stakeholder Requirement
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A statement of the needs of a particular stakeholder or class of stakeholders.
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Solution Requirement
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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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Functional Requirement
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Describe behaviors and capabilities that the system will perform.
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Non–Functional Requirements
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Specify environmental conditions a solution must operate under or qualities a solution must have to be successful.
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Transition Requirement
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A temporary requirement that describes the capabilities the solution must have to facilitate the transition from current to desired future state. Not needed after implementation.
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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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BABOK Knowledge Areas
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- 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 Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring?
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To determine which activities are necessary in order to complete a business analysis effort.
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What is the objective of Elicitation?
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To work 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 Requirements Management and Communication?
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To manage conflicts, issues and changes in order to ensure that stakeholders and the project team remain in agreement on the solution scope.
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What is the objective of Enterprise Analysis?
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To identify a business need, refine and clarify the need and define the solution scope that can be feasibly implemented. |
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What is the objective of Requirements Analysis?
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To prioritize and progressively elaborate stakeholder and solution requirements in order to enable the project team to implement a solution.
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What is the objective of Solution Assessment and Validation?
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To assess proposed solutions to determine which solution fits best the business need, indentifie gaps in solutions, determine necessary workarounds or changes to the solution.
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What is the content of Underlying Competencies?
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Behaviors, knowledge and other characteristics that support the effective performance of business analysis. |
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Most solutions are? |
Systems of interacting solution components each of which are potentially solutions in their own right |
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Requirements can be? |
- Derived, stated, implied and managed. - Implied by or derived from other requirements |
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Business analysis tasks can be? |
- Iterative or simultaneous |
