Any methodology that emphasizes formal documentation, reduction of risk, and control over outcomes over the rapid delivery of a solution.
What is Plan-Driven Methodology? (2.1.4.1)
100
A point-in-time view to serve as a basis for further development.
What is Baselining? (4.1.5.2)
100
Any simplified representation of a complex reality that is useful for understanding that reality and making decisions regarding it.
What is a model? (6.3.4.3)
100
Describes whether stakeholders are prepared to accept the change associated a solution and are able to use it effectively.
What is Organizational Readiness Assessment? (7.3.2)
100
The set of tasks and techniques used to work with stakeholders in order to understand the structure, policies and operations of an organization, and recommend solutions that enable the organization to achieve its goal.
What is Business Analysis? (1.2)
200
The work to identify who may be impacted by a proposed initiative and the work to assess their interests and likely participation.
What is Stakeholder Analysis? (2.2.1)
200
A requirements document issued to solicit vendor input when the issuing organization is uncertain regarding available options.
What is Request For Information (RFI)? (4.4.5.2)
200
A table is the simplest form of this.
What is a Matrix? (6.3.4.2)
200
Capabilities that must be developed in order for an organization migrate to a solution.
What is Transition Requirements? (7.4.7)
200
One or two sentences long and provides the minimum information necassary to allow a developer to estimate the work required to implement it.
What is User Story?
300
The ability to identify lineage, derivation, allocation, and relationship to other requirements.
What is Traceability? (2.5.4.2)
300
What Elicitation technique has synonyms of storyboarding, navigation flow, and screen flows?
What is Prototyping? (Figure 3-1)
300
All In, All Out, and Selective are approaches to this prioritization technique.
What is Time boxing/Budgeting? (6.1.5.3)
300
Analysis gathering requirements describing the qualities of a system, such as its usability and performance characteristics.
What is Non-functional Requirements Analysis? (9.17.1)
400
Description of the requirement development including activities involving change control, attribute definitions, traceability, and prioritization.
What is Requirements Management Plan? (2.5.7)
400
The output of this task are requirements which are agreed to by stakeholders and ready for use in subsequent business analysis or implementation efforts.
What is Manage Solution Scope and Requirements? (4.1.7 and Figure 4-6)
400
Dividing requirements into categories of:
1. success depends on completion,
2. high priority and should be provided if possible,
3. desirable but not necessary, and
4. agreed will not be implemented in the given release?
What is MoSCoW analysis?
400
Functions, Location, Tasks, and Concerns may be considered when using this technique to understand how change will affect a group.
What is Stakeholder Impact Analysis? (7.3.4.3)
400
The entity that determines when something is or is not true or when things fall into a certain category.
What is Structural Rule?
500
The knowledge area that governs the performance of all other business analysis tasks.
What is Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring? (1.4)
500
The two outputs of the Document and Confirm Elicitation Results.
What are (1) Requirements and (2) Stakeholder Concerns? (Figure 3-5 and 3-6)
500
The justification for a project in terms of value (qualitative and quantitative) to be added to the business as a result of a deployed solution, as compared to the cost to develop and operate the solution.
What is Define Business Case? (5.5.2)
500
Describes the current state of the organizational structure, business processes, systems, and information.
What is Enterprise Architecture? (7.3.3)
500
The acronym for SWOT Analysis.
What is Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats? (9.32)