Projects have been managed well and completed on schedule and on budget. However, successful completion of the projects has not improved the company's performance and profitability.
Which of the following should have been implemented to ensure that the projects would improve the company's performance and profitability?
After implementation of the product, the customer reports defects. What is the best course of action to take?
A company is in the final phases of implementing a project for a client. Which tool or technique could the business analyst use to iteratively validate the solution?
How should a business analyst determine whether a solution satisfies business requirements?
A company has completed a major project within time, cost, and scope and satisfied high-level quality standards and marketing requests. However, the product was considered a complete failure by shareholders and the market due to low return on investment.
From the business analysis perspective, the main reason for this business failure was a failure to:
During user acceptance testing, a defect is logged by a user from a department that did not participate in the requirements analysis. To avoid this situation and minimize impact on the project, the user should have been:
During the initial phase of a project, which technique could assist in identifying and categorizing the stakeholders?
A project that was going well for the last few months has encountered a situation-regulatory authorities have deemed that the project does not meet their requirements. Although regulatory requirements were identified during an earlier phase of the project, there is no substantial evidence to prove that the requirements were formally rejected.
This could have been avoided if:
In order to reduce product and project risk for a large, complex project, a business analyst is asked to help develop a change process that includes formal authorization and tracking throughout the life cycle of the project. The business analyst needs a capability that will help ensure that the product conforms to approved requirements, changes can be documented, and the status of each change can be reported.
What should the business analyst use?
A business analyst is trying to determine which analysis technique will be best suited to elicit information from a large number of users in a short period of time. Which elicitation technique is best suited for this purpose?
A business analyst has been assigned to a project that will design and build two new bridges and, at the same time, redesign a failing bridge for a local structural engineering company. All three bridges must be constructed and meet all safety requirements before flood season next spring.
How would the business analyst define the scope of this project?
A company is developing a new e-commerce platform to enter a new market segment. Development is well under way when the government issues a new set of regulations.
Which course of action should the business analyst take?
A national company with offices in every state in the country has deployed a solution to allow employees to view their health benefits online. The business analyst on the project team is validating solution results to assess whether or not the solution has achieved the desired business result.
Which is the best technique to gather information from employees regarding their satisfaction with the solution?
Company A has been awarded a contract to finalize the development of a product that Company B was not able to finish. The business analyst is given a copy of the documentation left by Company B.
To which of the following documents should the business analyst pay the most attention to ensure the project succeeds this time?