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This answer considers scalability as the most important aspect of a potential solution for NTO’s security challenge. Scalability refers to the ability of a system to handle increased workload or demand without compromising performance or functionality. Since NTO plans to significantly grow its workforce, it needs a security solution that can accommodate more users, data, and features without compromising security or efficiency. References: https://trailhead.salesforce.com/en/content/learn/modules/security_basics/security_basics_intro

User stories should follow the "Who, What, Why" format to ensure clarity and relevance:

Avoiding Ambiguity: The feedback about the unclear definition of "case" highlights a lack of context in the user story. Following the "Who, What, Why" format ensures that stories are understandable to all stakeholders.

Best Practices: Salesforce recommends well-structured user stories to communicate functionality clearly during demos and workshops.

Stakeholder Alignment: Including the "why" links functionality to business value, helping stakeholders understand the purpose of features showcased.

A functional requirements specification (FRS) is a document that defines what features and functions a system should provide to meet the business needs and objectives. It describes how users will interact with the system and what outcomes they expect from it. An FRS typically includes use cases, user stories, acceptance criteria, data models, business rules, workflows, diagrams, mockups, and other details that describe how the system should work. A BA should create an FRS to define the enhancement features for the current Salesforce CPQ implementation that must be configured in the next phase of the project. References: https://trailhead.salesforce.com/en/content/learn/modules/business-analysis-functional-requirements/understand-functional-requirements

The business analyst’s responsibilities during the analyze phase of the Salesforce implementation lifecycle are to gather business requirements, create process maps, and write user stories. These activities help the business analyst understand the current state, future state, and gaps of the business processes and translate them into clear and actionable requirements for the solution design and development teams. Completing testing, building training materials, and eliciting requirements for the next iteration are responsibilities during the validate phase of the Salesforce implementation lifecycle. Creating a data dictionary, writing end user documentation, and reviewing test scripts are responsibilities during the prepare phase of the Salesforce implementation lifecycle. References: https://trailhead.salesforce.com/content/learn/modules/business-analysis-for-salesforce-projects/understand-the-salesforce-implementation-lifecycle https://trailhead.salesforce.com/content/learn/modules/business-analysis-for-salesforce-projects/analyze-business-processes-and-requirements

The user story should focus on customer experience. Customer experience is the perception and feeling that a customer has when interacting with a product or service. Customer experience is a key factor that influences customer satisfaction, loyalty, retention, and advocacy. A user story should focus on customer experience because it helps to define the value or benefit that the customer expects from the product or service, and provides a basis for designing and developing the solution that meets or exceeds the customer’s needs and expectations. The other options are either irrelevant or incomplete. Option A does not focus on customer experience, but rather on sales margins, which are an internal metric that may not reflect the customer’s perception or feeling. Option C does not focus on customer experience, but rather on product functionality, which is only one aspect of customer experience and may not address the customer’s emotional or psychological needs. References: https://trailhead.salesforce.com/en/content/learn/modules/business-analysis-user-stories/write-user-stories

The minimum viable product (MVP) is the version of a product that has just enough features to satisfy early customers and provide feedback for future development. The MVP should focus on the items that are essential to the business value and goals, not on the items that are nice to have or preferred by some users. Therefore, the business analyst should prioritize the items that are crucial to the business over the items that are user-friendly features or requested by the majority of users. References:

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The goal of user acceptance testing (UAT) is to ensure what was originally requested is being delivered by the development team. UAT is the final phase of testing before a solution is released to production. UAT involves users or stakeholders who validate that the solution meets their needs and expectations, based on the user stories and acceptance criteria. UAT helps to verify that the solution is fit for purpose and ready for launch. References: https://trailhead.salesforce.com/content/learn/modules/user-story-creation/user-acceptance-testing

The tasks that a business analyst should do to be successful during the first phase of an inventory project are elicit requirements, create flows and process diagrams, and understand business analytics. These tasks will help them understand the current state of NTO’s inventory system, capture the needs and expectations of stakeholders, map out how NTO tracks its clothing manufacturing and sales processes, and measure how NTO’s inventory affects its business performance. Building automation and deploying a solution are tasks for later phases of the project after validating and testing prototypes. Architecting a solution and configuring a sandbox are tasks for developers or architects based on user stories. References: https://trailhead.salesforce.com/content/learn/modules/salesforce-business-analyst-certification-prep/customer-discovery https://trailhead.salesforce.com/content/learn/modules/salesforce-business-analyst-certification-prep/business-process-mapping https://trailhead.salesforce.com/content/learn/modules/salesforce-business-analyst-certification-prep/user-stories

When the marketing team expresses a need for a new field to track ROI, the BA should explore existing Salesforce functionalities before customizing. Salesforce provides robust features around Leads, Campaigns, and Opportunities that can potentially track marketing efforts and their outcomes. By asking follow-up questions, the BA can understand the specific requirements and assess whether these can be met with standard features, which is often more efficient and sustainable than adding custom fields. This approach aligns with Salesforce best practices of leveraging out-of-the-box functionality to meet business needs, ensuring system simplicity and maintainability.