IIBA CCBA Practice Test - Questions Answers, Page 28

Progressive elaboration describes the project management approach of refining requirements and project scope.

Answer C is incorrect. Iterative is not a valid business analysis approach.

Answer A is incorrect. The plan-driven approach defines business analysis activities. This approach is used to focus on minimizing up-front uncertainty and to ensure that the solution is fully defined before implementation begins in order to maximize control and minimize risk. It is preferred when requirements are effectively defined in advance of implementation.

Answer B is incorrect. Change-driven approaches to business analysis deal with rapid delivery of the business value. The business value is delivered in short iterations in return for acceptance of a higher degree of uncertainty regarding the overall delivery of the solution.

The change-driven approaches are preferred while taking an exploratory approach for incremental improvement of an existing solution.

Change Control Board is a collection of managers, requirement owners, and key stakeholders that review the validity, need, impact, and full consideration of a change request to determine whether the change should be approved or declined. This approach is the most likely answer for a plan-driven business analysis environment.

Answer B is incorrect. The requirements owner isn't the best answer for a plan-driven approach.

Answer C is incorrect. The project sponsor won't make this decision.

Answer D is incorrect. The project manager rarely has change control authority over requirements, so this choice is not valid.

Models do not address risk and reward for requirements. The risk identification and analysis process is responsible for identifying the risk to reward ration.

Answer C is incorrect. Models do define boundaries for business domains and they can define the components within each boundary.

Answer B is incorrect. Models do categorize requirements and they can create hierarchies of items within the categorization.

Answer D is incorrect. Requirements can show business logic and link the requirements to goals, strategies, or the business value of the requirements.

Risk identification is not an input to the plan business analysis activities. The four inputs to the plan business analysis activities are organizational process assets, business analysis approach, stakeholder list, roles, and responsibilities, and the business analysis performance assessment.

Answer B is incorrect. The organizational process assets are inputs to the plan business analysis activities. Answer C is incorrect. The business analysis approach is an input to the plan business analysis activities. Answer A is incorrect. The stakeholder list, roles, and responsibilities is one of the four inputs to the plan business analysis approach.

A business case is what the business analyst can create to justify the additional expense for the resources in order to gain more business value in the delivery. For example, adding more labor may generate costs, but the delivery may happen faster.

Answer D is incorrect. Benefits-cost ratio may be part of the business case, but as a standalone factor, this isn't correct.

Answer B is incorrect. Cost analysis will be part of the business case, but not on its own.

Answer C is incorrect. Risk assessment with positive risk analysis isn't applicable to this scenario.

Stakeholder tolerance for risk is not a valid input for planning business analysis activities. Answer A,

D, and C are incorrect. Following are the inputs in Plan Business Analysis Activities: Business Analysis Approach Business Analysis Performance Assessment Organizational Process Assets Stakeholder List, Roles, and Responsibilities

The third component of the textual requirements is that Wanda must also identify any constraints that will prevent the solution from fulfilling the requirement.

Answer D is incorrect. To express only one requirements at a time is a guideline for the process, but not a component of the process.

Answer B is incorrect. To describe a situation or problem is a guideline for the modeling formats.

Answer C is incorrect. Writing in the active voice is good guideline for the textual requirements, but it is not part of the text requirements.

The most common business analysis planning and monitoring activities are. identifying stakeholders, defining roles and responsibilities of stakeholders in the business analysis effort, developing estimates for business analysis tasks, planning how the business analyst will communicate with stakeholders, planning how requirements will be approached, traced, and prioritized, determining the deliverables that the business analyst will produce, defining and determining business analysis processes, and determining the metrics that will be used for monitoring business analysis work.

Answer A is incorrect. Job shadowing is an elicitation process that is a part of job observation. In this process, the observer is required to keep an eye on those workers whose work routine is down and who are unable to explain their work. The observer has to understand their work process for better assessment of the modifications of the work required. The following are the approaches for this technique:

Passive/Invisible. In this approach, the observer does not ask Questions from the user about his work while the user is working.

Active/Visible. In this approach, the observer does ask Questions from the user about his work even when the user is working.

Before Ralph can begin defining the requirements at a deeper level, the initial requirements must be formally approved by the relevant stakeholders.

Answer B is incorrect. The initial requirements do not need to undergo a feasibility study at this time.

Answer D is incorrect. The Delphi Technique is useful to gain consensus on requirements, but it's not a mandatory activity or needed (usually) with the initial requirements.

Answer A is incorrect. The requirements don't need to be tested for time, cost, quality, and risk at this time.