Stakeholder requirements where approved for a business process reengineering initiative along with the Creation of a | roadmap. Due to market conditions, the product roadmap is modified to move the default process to the next iteration. What should the business analyst (BA) modify in the stakeholder requirements?

Requirement performance measures

The emergence of self-driving vehicles has disrupted the auto insurance industry. The Chief Information Officer (CIO) has asked the business analyst (BA) to modify the existing business model to include self-driving vehicles. Which of the following will be valuable information for the BA to use?

Business architecture framework

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 to the staff once the strategy has been implemented. What must the business analyst (BA) do to address concerns of the CEO?

Identify required cultural changes

Perform a cost-benefit analysis of the strategy

Ensure requirements are easily accessible

Align the new capabilities to the company's architecture

The business analyst (BA) has an item logged in the action items register requiring the verification of forthcoming legislation in the next 3 months that might have an impact on the proposed architecture. What should the BA do next?

Transfer the item to the legal department

Determine the performance measures

Present the item to the project manager

Stakeholder requirements were approved for a business process reengineering initiative along with the creation of a roadmap.Due to market conditions, the product roadmap is modified to move the default process to the next iteration. What should the business analyst (BA) modify in the stakeholder requirements?Requirement attribute valuesRequirement descriptionRequirement performance measures

Requirement performance measures

A finance manager wants to begin a new project to replace the existing expense processing system. The finance manager feels that the current expense submission-to-reimbursement process takes too long and is substantiated by 50% more complaints regarding incorrect reimbursement amounts than the same time last year. What should the business analyst (BA) investigate first?

Business process to uncover inefficiencies and failing control points

Finance solution vendors for inclusion in a Request for Information

Enterprise information model to ensure definitions are still valid

Submission processes to determine which activities can be fully automated

After an initial project kick-off meeting, the business analyst (BA) determined that the project has a short deadline and a regulatory mandate with stiff penalties for non-compliance. The stakeholders do not want to risk missing the deadline, and management is willing to commit any amount of resources to meet the deadline. Which kind of approach is suitable for the initiative?

Crystal clear development process

A business analyst (BA) has been tasked with examining and analyzing the relationship between a set of requirements by verifying that they are unambiguous. What will the BA be looking for?

That there is a genuine relationship and that the type of relationship is described.

That the relationship is necessary for understanding the requirements holistically.

That relationships are described in the same way, using the same set of standard descriptions.

That there is a genuine relationship and that the type of relationship is described.

That there are no relationships that link elements in two different and conflicting ways.

Project work is taking place to evaluate whether a system's requirements can be met via creating internally, purchasing from others, or a combination of the two. What goal is addressed by this analysis?

Outlining the change control strategy

A new regulation results in organizations needing to change online contractual wording. A business analyst (BA) has elicited the requirements and documented them in a change control request. Where will the BA find out which stakeholder has the authority to approve, deny, or defer the change request?

Stakeholder engagement approach

The claims intake workflow of an insurance company is being standardized across all branch offices. The business analyst (BA) assigned to this project has interviewed users individually in all the offices and plans to schedule a workshop with all the users. What should the BA do to prepare for the workshop?

Build an entity-relationship diagram

Develop a work breakdown structure

A project manager (PM) is planning the project timelines along with a business analyst (BA), and they come across the task of requirement allocation. The PM wants to know what the dependencies are before the requirement allocation task is initiated and seeks the BA's advice. Which of the following is a dependency that the BA will highlight as a prerequisite for requirement allocation?

Solution approach has been determined

Requirements architecture is approved

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?

Review business objectives and determine potential value.

Add the functionality to the list of requirements.

Review business objectives and determine potential value.

Ask the product owner to rank this user story against the existing product backlog.

Suggest that the story be included with a change to the solution scope or be removed.

A business owner has identified a high-priority requirement that needs to be implemented immediately. The project manager has asked the business analyst (BA) to conduct an impact analysis of this change. Which factor will the BA need to consider?

Number of systems being affected by the requirement.

Selection of the elicitation techniques for the requirement.

Number of systems being affected by the requirement.

Original source of the requirement.

Method of requirement communication.

A business analyst (BA) wants to check the completeness of requirements defined after meeting with project stakeholders. A group of subject matter experts (SMEs) has been identified and invited to a workshop to walk through the requirements. What must the BA do to ensure a shared understanding of requirements?

Determine the format to present the requirements to the SMEs attending the workshop.

Prioritize requirements according to expected stakeholder value.

Ensure requirements attributes are consistent for ease of access.

Align requirements to the organizational strategy.

Determine the format to present the requirements to the SMEs attending the workshop.

The product backlog refinement meeting for a project is complete, but two stakeholders do not agree on the priority of several product backlog items. What should the business analyst (BA) do to help move the project forward?

Schedule a walkthrough with the two stakeholders.

Confirm the authority of the two stakeholders.

Apply the previous backlog priority.

Schedule a walkthrough with the two stakeholders.

A business analyst (BA) conducted a requirements elicitation session with project stakeholders and communicated the results. The project sponsor expressed concern with certain requirements that address the federal government legislation. What must the BA do to address the concern of the project sponsor?

Compare requirements with compliance requirements.

Ensure requirements are traceable up to user acceptance testing.

Reassure the project sponsor that testing will be conducted diligently.

Determine the communication plan for requirements.

Compare requirements with compliance requirements.

A lead business analyst (BA) has received negative feedback on the deliverables produced by BAs in the organization. A major concern was ambiguous requirements. What technique will help ensure business analysis information is clear and understandable?

Choose the appropriate format to communicate requirements

Ensure all requirements are testable

Choose the appropriate format to communicate requirements

Align test scenarios with business needs

Use checklists for quality control

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is concerned about how two client bases are going to be integrated and serviced in the newly formed company after a merger. A project has been initiated to implement a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system for the new company that will contain the client information from both companies. What must the business analyst (BA) do to address the concerns of the CEO?

Create merged viewpoints of the requirements

Demonstrate the functionality of the new CRM

Create merged viewpoints of the requirements

Ensure all regulatory requirements are documented

Reuse requirements models from each company

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?

Ask all attendees for their input, ensuring that each stakeholder is given time to speak and provide their opinion.

Allow only the two stakeholders to speak so that other stakeholders hear their input.

Ask all attendees for their input, ensuring that each stakeholder is given time to speak and provide their opinion.

Omit the two stakeholders from the next meeting since they do not seem to be engaged.

Proceed as normal, assuming that the two business stakeholders will speak up if and when they are ready.

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:

Implementing a suitable solution

A newly implemented personal loan financing system has been in operation for one month. The business objective is to reduce the loan processing time from 11 days to 3 days, but it is currently occurring in 4.5 days. What must the business analyst (BA) do next?

Validate the performance measures

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