The requirements baseline is ready for sign-off when the requirements are:
A company’s management team has decided to deploy a new product. However, there is concern that users may not accept a new product that forces them to change existing practices.
The business analyst should:
A type of requirements document that would be the most valuable to a database administrator would be:
A business analyst in organization Y is assigned to elicit requirements in a project within a defined timeline. The business analyst has identified and invited key stakeholders to a requirements workshop. However, the stakeholders are not giving clear and concise requirements; their opinions about requirements are changing and conflicting with each other in the meeting. In the end, the business analyst could not elicit and define the requirements and therefore adjourned the meeting.
Which tool or technique could have been used by business analyst to avoid this situation?
A business analyst is working on a highly complex project and has elicited a large number of requirements from stakeholders in several departments. Due to the large number of requirements, the stakeholders have determined that they would like to prioritize them to minimize a potentially large scope.
Which technique could the business analyst use to manage requirements?
A business analyst is assigned to the lead analyst role for a project. This project is one of the largest in the history of the company and includes several components and complex interfaces. The system in development will be used by a wide variety of stakeholders.
Which tool should the business analyst use to trace the large number of requirements that will be generated by 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?
The business analyst generated a design specification for a new product. What is the best type of formal review to conduct with the customer to establish an approved requirements baseline?
In the middle of a project, a new requirement was added to the scope. The business analyst must determine if any impacts, dependencies, or risks are associated with the addition to the scope.
What task should the business analyst perform in order to identify these impacts?
The sales team of a company has won a time-and-material project. The business analyst discovers that the sales team has underestimated the required budget and schedule.
Which course of action should the business analyst take?
Company A would like to enter into a new market. The business analyst has been assigned to a project for which nobody in Company A has any prior experience. The project manager has asked the business analyst to assist in resource planning.
What should the business analyst recommend to the project manager?
The human resources, engineering, and marketing departments have provided feedback on the business needs for a new product. After analyzing the feedback from the three departments, it would be best to:
A stakeholder has rejected a project's deliverable because it does not meet the original business need. It is further determined that the deliverable does not meet the requirements identified in the baseline.
What is the best approach to resolve this issue?
The technology department identified a defect in the company's software, which leads to an increase in human resource requirements to perform manual transactions as a workaround for tasks that should have been automated. The company begins losing money, so it hires a business analyst to produce a business case that outlines the problem/opportunity, potential options, and a recommendation for how to proceed.
Which of the following analyses must the business analyst perform in order to complete the business case and arrive at a solid
recommendation?
A business analysis team has collected the main business requirements from the major stakeholders of a project. The team wants to be sure that each stakeholder has a clear understanding of the areas of analysis that will be in scope.
Which model should the team employ to ensure the most effective representation of analysis boundary?
A financial company deployed a new online product to their customers to invest in the stock market. The company notices a problem regarding financial calculations and starts the problem analysis. The company discovers that the new rules for taxes and fees were not implemented.
This problem could have been avoided by:
One of the main purposes for creating a requirements traceability matrix is to:
The stakeholders for a newly approved project are subject matter experts who are very knowledgeable in the client's business and will provide the project requirements. The project team scheduled separate sessions with each subject matter expert to identify and prioritize the requirements.
Which technique is being used?
Two weeks prior to the delivery date, a customer changes the business requirements. What should the business analyst do?
A document is being created that will detail the customer's needs for a product and will include a functional model, a data model, and a glossary of terms. This document is called a:
The customer generated a design specification for a new product. What is the best action to take to establish an approved requirements baseline with the customer?
A business analyst has been asked to investigate a problem. This investigation will provide input towards developing a business case. The business analyst wants to first understand the company's current business processes.
Which technique should the business analyst use?
The business analyst is seriously concerned about the possibility of differing interpretations of data items mentioned in the requirements documents. Which course of action should the business analyst take to minimize the risk of misunderstanding?
The best way to ensure the integrity of requirements is to:
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?
The business analyst wants to ensure that requirement changes can be formally tracked after the product is baselined. What will the business analyst need to evaluate the proposed change?
Testing on a project has been completed. In order to proceed with deployment, a decision is needed.
Who should the business analyst contact to review the testing results and get approval to proceed with deployment?
What should be done to ensure that the product design meets the stated requirements?
A business analyst is conducting a cost-benefit analysis of potential solution options. The stakeholders have indicated that the estimated growth rate is very important to them.
Which technique will allow the business analyst to determine this information?
During a requirements workshop, sponsors and managers from different departments express varying points of view and priorities about the product's functions and requirements. The business analyst struggles with facilitating the group to reach an agreement.
What should the business analyst have defined to avoid this?
A project's requirements baseline is established and approved. A stakeholder then submits a new requirement through the change control process.
How can the business analyst determine the impact on existing requirements?
Last year, a company registered a high number of complaints about its customer service. Which of the following tools or techniques can help to identify the high-priority changes needed to improve that service?
What should the business analyst do to ensure that all requirements meet a quality checklist before the development and testing phase?
The business analyst is conducting a feasibility study to understand how well a potential solution fits into the organization. What kind of feasibility assessment is the business analyst undertaking?
A business analyst created requirements for production of a product extract file for several systems. After reviewing the complex systems and dividing the processes into manageable tasks, the business analyst is able to identify the tasks required to implement the deliverable.
Which analysis technique has the business analyst used?
The software developers have delivered a completed solution. The quality assurance team has passed the solution. What should the business analyst do next?
What are some of the components of a requirements management plan?
Which solution should be chosen according to the completed weighted-ranking matrix?
How should a business analyst determine whether a solution satisfies business requirements?
A few months into a project, the business analyst determines that the costs are exceeding the perceived benefits. The business analyst wants to address the possible risks of having to cancel the product.
Which of the following documents should be used?
The document that defines the process for managing requirements revisions is the:
An organization is evaluating the possibility of conducting business internationally. Which factors should be investigated at the onset of the initiative?
A major stakeholder of a project is surprised to learn that a particular requirement was not implemented during the latest launch.
The business analyst tells the stakeholder that the requirement status was changed to "deferred ”
What could have prevented the stakeholder from being surprised about the status change?
A project affects the marketing unit and procurement unit. The project manager gives the business analyst an overview of the project for the first time.
What should the business analyst do immediately after the discussion?
A business analyst from Company A has been assigned a project to document and identify requirements for a new commercial software implementation. The first step is to break down the business analysis deliverables into activities and tasks. Then, the business analyst
will add an estimate of the time needed to complete the work.
Which type of estimation technique is the business analyst using?
When faced with a tight timeline, the project sponsor suggests that the project team start development without creating traceability artifacts. What should the business analyst do?
Which of the following is an example of a functional requirement?
Once the requirements are compared to internal and external quality standards, what should the business analyst do next?
The business analyst has completed the requirements gathering and documentation processes in developing a baseline document. Several signoffs are needed. During the joint review process with the key stakeholders, the stakeholders announce that they are still not ready to sign off due to a communication gap.
Which technique should the business analyst have followed to ensure consensus?
The requirements traceability matrix should primarily be used to:
A stakeholder wants to modify an existing feature. Which of the following would be used to determine the scope of the change on the product?
A new business analyst has taken over on a project that is in the development phase. The project manager is looking for an update on requirements status.
What should the business analyst use to help communicate the status?
A business analyst is attempting to elicit requirements on a current project. The business subject matter experts (SMEs) from various departments in the company question how the solution will work with their various systems. Which modeling technique should the business analyst use to depict how the solution will work with all of the company's systems?
A company is working on the next big release of their best-selling product. The requirements will be validated through in-person validation sessions.
What would be the most viable technique to use in this scenario?
A business analyst captures an application's current limitations and consults with end users to identify new features for the next version.
What can be used to analyze this information and determine project scope?
A company is developing a new product for a customer and is required to verify and validate the product against the customer's acceptance test plan and requirements. The product was successfully verified against the acceptance test criteria, but the customer
does not believe that the product meets the requirements.
This occurred because the customer's acceptance test plan:
After several meetings with different groups of users, a business analyst has gathered the requirements for a large IT project. Now, the business analyst needs to document those requirements in a way that is clearly understood by the development team and provides
enough information to check if the requirement has been met.
Which of the following would work best in this case?
Which of the following would be the best practice in product validation?
The business analyst has been assigned to a project which delivers functionality for a much larger solution. The project has many requirements but has not received adequate funding. In addition, the stakeholders’ views conflict.
Which tools and techniques should the business analyst use to maximize business value while establishing the requirements baseline?