A business analyst (BA) is identifying the functions and features required for a new enterprise software solution. The BA reviews historical documents about the current business processes and then interviews each stakeholder group individually, asking questions about current business processes. The BA compares the information during the stakeholder interviews with the information gathered from the historical documents. Which activity is the BA performing with this approach?
A business analyst (BA) is preparing for a requirements review with a group of stakeholders. The BA must determine how best to model the requirements for the review. Which of the following guidelines and tools will the BA use?
A project is being initiated to enhance an online product because sales have declined for over a year. The company leaders are confident that all of the skills needed to improve the product exist within the company. By enhancing the product, sales will increase, and new customers will emerge. A business analyst (BA) will help the enhancement project by first:
A business analyst (BA) is working on a project that has a release date that cannot be changed. The BA engaged with stakeholders and completed the business requirements elicitation task. Upon review with the rest of the project team, it is determined that not all requirements can be implemented by the set deadline. What must the BA do to ensure maximum business value?
A business analyst (BA) is tasked with developing requirements that can be implemented by the development team iteratively. Which characteristic should the requirements exhibit?
A software company wants to make a gradual change from its traditional way of developing requirements to a more adaptive approach. A business analyst (BA) is hired to quantify the probability that the solution will meet the company’s needs and assess the relevant risks. Which element of risk assessment does the BA need to consider?
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 on staff once the strategy has been implemented. What must the business analyst (BA) do to address the concerns of the CEO?
A business analyst (BA) elicits requirements from end users for a new application and then documents a set of use cases and use case scenarios. What should the BA do next?
An organization's board of directors has funded a new mobile application to support external customers. The business case was developed with an emphasis on objectives to broaden the organization's brand and increase customer engagement. The business analyst (BA) is reviewing a group of user stories with the product owner. One of these user stories is:
"As a customer service representative, I need to enter my time on the mobile application so that I can leave work to pick up my sick daughter from school."
The product owner wants to take advantage of this opportunity to provide the staff with a way to enter their time away from the office and create an interface to the Payroll application. How must the BA evaluate alignment with the existing objectives?
The Business Requirements Document (BRD) prepared by the business analyst (BA) was circulated to stakeholders for approval. Some stakeholders objected to the Use Case diagrams and could not understand them. Why would these be included in the document?
A business analyst (BA) is facilitating a meeting with subject matter experts (SMEs) in which the SMEs are answering questions about the major business processes and associated activities the business performs. The BA will create a deliverable from this discussion that will assist in defining scope. What technique is the BA using?
A business analyst (BA) is in the process of specifying the confirmed results of a requirements elicitation workshop. Which of the following helps ensure that the correct information about the requirements is provided to the participants?
A business owner has marked certain requirements as high priority for the upcoming release. After performing some analysis, the project team concluded that some of these requirements are not actually high priority and can be implemented in later releases. How should the project team proceed with prioritizing requirements?
After a number of requirements elicitation workshops, the business analyst (BA) notices that two business stakeholders did not speak up during any of the discussions. What should the BA do in the next workshop?
A business analyst (BA) has spent the week conducting work sessions with key stakeholders. Together, they have been reviewing user requirements and high-level design flowcharts to ensure that they have been correctly defined and documented. Which of the following describes the purpose of their work?
