When using a change-driven approach, the business analyst may create an initial list of high-level requirements for the initiative. This high-level requirements list is also known as what term?
A. Requirements envisioning
B. Project scope
C. Product scope
D. Requirements foundation
You are the business analyst for your organization and are leading a presentation about an identified problem. This presentation will help the stakeholders to understand the problem and it will help you when you begin to elicit requirements from the stakeholders. Which type of learner learns best through the presentation of models?
A. Kinesthetic learners
B. Auditory learners
C. Communication model learners
D. Visual learners
A business analyst wants to elicit requirements from a large group of stakeholders. One of her primary goals of this event is to produce a broad set of options for solutions. Which elicitation technique would you recommend for this business analyst?
A. Business rules analysis
B. Brainstorming
C. Benchmarking
D. Data flow diagrams
Which of the following defines all of the features and functions of the thing, solution, or service the project or organization will create?
A. Requirements envisioning
B. Project scope
C. Requirements foundation
D. Product scope
Which elicitation activity is best described to ensure that the needed resources are organized and available for the elicitation?
A. Confirming elicitation results
B. Preparing for elicitation
C. Planning for elicitation
D. Managing stakeholder requirements
You are the business analyst for your organization. You are currently working with Steve on the organize requirements process. You and Steve have elected to use the user stories approach for this process. What is the user stories approach for requirements organization?
A. Stakeholders' objectives are described to identify the requirements that the solution will need to support.
B. Stakeholders are interviewed and their stories are recorded as part of the requirements.
C. Stakeholders are interviewed and their experiences are recorded to help identify the requirements.
D. Stakeholders' experiences equate to the stakeholder requirements.
Which one of the following terms is not a business analysis planning and monitoring approach?
A. Structured walkthroughs
B. Decision analysis
C. Requirements elicitation
D. Process modeling
There are four methods to generate the business need in an organization. Which approach is described as the need to achieve a strategic goal?
A. From the bottom up
B. From external drivers
C. From the top down
D. From middle management
A business analyst (BA) has just started a large project and is collaborating with stakeholders to define requirements. Another BA is joining soon to help with this initiative. What action should the BA take to ensure that the new BA understands the project?
A. Delay elicitation activities until the new BA joins
B. Run elicitation sessions in parallel to speed up the process
C. Ask the new BA to define the stakeholder engagement approach
D. Document outcomes of discussions with stakeholders
A stakeholder has requested an extremely detailed resolution to an issue during current state analysis that may consume about 20% of the estimated project effort. How should the business analyst (BA) handle the situation?
A. Ask the project sponsor for additional funding
B. Escalate the request to the project manager for reevaluation of the plan
C. Spend the required effort to develop the detail D. Explain that the degree of effort may not be necessary at this stage