Before selecting a design solution, a company wants to ensure that stakeholder, solution, and transition requirements align to the business requirements and also that the design satisfies the requirements. What process is the business analyst (BA) completing?
A certain stakeholder requirement has been analyzed and broken down into several solution requirements, each affecting a different IT system. After solution design, the business analyst (BA) receives feedback that one of the IT systems will take longer than anticipated to implement. What requirements artifact or technique will assist the BA in better understanding the related requirements?
A project has experienced several schedule delays. A business analyst (BA) is assigned to the project to help get it back on track. The project manager believes that incomplete requirements are causing the missed milestones. What tool will help address the project manager's concern?
Stakeholder requirements where approved for a business process reengineering initiative along with the Creation of a | roadmap. Due to market conditions, the product roadmap is modified to move the default process to the next iteration. What should the business analyst (BA) modify in the stakeholder requirements?
As a business analyst, you'll often have to coach stakeholders on the processes, knowledge areas, and tasks you'll complete for an organization. One of the knowledge areas is enterprise analysis. This knowledge area completes all of the following activities except for which one?
A business analyst in her organization has identified all of the terminology of the solution, the acronyms the organization will use, and the nomenclature of her department where the endeavor will take place. Where should all of this information actually be stored?
A business analyst (BA) is working to identity the business need, specifically the problems with the current state of a process. At which level of the enterprise can the BA identify problems with the current state?
A business analyst (BA) is working on a project for a media company. The BA has verified, validated, and prioritized the requirements based on business benefits. During the development phase, the team discovered that the current viewer will no longer be supported by the provider. The technical team needs to either upgrade to the newer version with different features or find an alternate viewer. Given this new information, what is the next step for the BA?
A business analyst (BA) is working on a complex project involving many stakeholders for which the business case has been previously completed and signed off. After an organizational restructure, new stakeholders have been assigned to the project working group, but do not see the value in the project outcomes and refuse to collaborate. What is a guideline or tool the BA can use to focus stakeholders on a common goal?
You are the business analyst for your organization and you and your staff are creating as many solutions as possible to an identified problem in the solution approach process. What is this activity element called?
A business analyst (BA) working with a large insurance corporation interviewed an industry thought leader who predicted that many of the regulations currently imposed by the government will change very soon. The BA communicated the observation to the leadership team of the organization because many on-going projects were triggered by those regulations. The leadership team unanimously decided to cancel the initiatives that were driven by the government regulations. What is the corporation's attitude towards risk?
You are the business analyst for your organization and you're notifying the key stakeholders of a need to gather requirements for an endeavor. One of the stakeholders that you'll need to attend your requirements workshop is the project manager. What role will the project manager have in this workshop?
A lead business analyst (BA) has received negative feedback on the deliverables produced by BAs in the organization. A major concern was ambiguous requirements. What technique will help ensure business analysis information is clear and understandable?
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of a company presents a new corporate strategy that will introduce a new system to the organization. The CEO has expressed a concern about the impact to the staff once the strategy has been implemented. What must the business analyst (BA) do to address concerns of the CEO?