RE18: BCS Practitioner Certificate in Requirements Engineering 2018

A business analyst has interviewed project stakeholders and has a robust list of requirements.

At which stages in the requirements engineering framework would he check that these requirements support the business objectives defined at the start of the project?

One of the requirements of a new accounts management system is that it must allow users to scale the size of text on the screen. The requirement states that the text can be reduced to 10% of normal size and increased up to 500% of normal size, depending on the preference of the user.

What would this requirement be classified as?

A business analyst is working on a project seeking to deliver a new online booking system for a luxury conference center. The conference center includes three business areas:

• Customer Services

• Finance

• Regulation and Quality Assurance

The following list of requirements has been compiled from a range of elicitation activities:

An international travel operator has a customer services department responsible for investigating complaints made by holidaymakers. The department has five members of staff based in its head office.

A business analyst is working on a project to replace the existing holiday management system and has compiled the following requirements from a range of elicitation activities:

During his yearly appraisal, a member of the sales team is given the following feedback:

'Your approach to your sales target has been successful, but you have not applied the approach widely enough. Your target for next year is to use your recent experience to double your sales- this will ensure your contribution is in line with the team's increased target'.

After discussion, this target is agreed on and is added to his written appraisal.

The organization recognizes four facets of knowledge:

A) Individual

B) Corporate

C) Explicit

D) Tacit

Which combination describes the appraisal target given above?

A business analyst working on a project has been informed that changes are required in a particular requirement; she has revisited the requirement set and is unable to determine other requirements that might be impacted by such changes.

Which element of requirements management appears to be missing?

A zoo is in the process of introducing a new IT system to improve its processes and drive greater efficiency in its operations. It has received permission from the board of directors for a phased approach to introduce new business functionality and to replace manual processes with digital solutions.

The key areas for inclusion in the first phase are a new animal health monitoring system, which will allow the zookeepers to utilize the power of data analytics to monitor and proactively manage the health of the animals. It will also provide them with a way of accurately recording the birth of new animals and record loans of animals to other zoos around the world.

On the public-facing side, the project will provide customers with an adoption scheme, which will raise much-needed funds.

A business analyst has constructed a use case diagram for the zoo:

The following potential statements have been made about the diagram:

A) The diagram is a correct representation of the scenario.

B) There are aspects of the scenario which are incorrectly represented in the diagram.

C) There are aspects of the scenario which are incorrectly omitted from the diagram.

D) The notation used in the diagram is incorrect.

Which of them is/are true?

At Tiny Toys Ltd, business analyst Sophie has been employed to investigate and improve the invoicing process. To help her understand the data required in the system, she intends to request and review a sample of completed invoices.

What elicitation technique will she be using?

Spicer, an herbs and spices company, is building a new website to grow its business online. A meeting is taking place to prioritize the requirements for inclusion in the first release of the website, which will take place in July. The second release of the website is planned for September.

Miranda, the company buyer is the owner for a requirement that states: 'The system shall provide screens for adding new products'. Miranda informs the meeting that new products are added to the system every three months and that she needs this functionality to be in place before the system goes live. In her view, it is a mandatory requirement.

Peter, who is developing the system, has stated that he can do a one-off upload of all the products into the database ready for launch in July, meaning that the website can initially go live without the 'add new product' functionality.

What priority is Miranda's requirement for the July release?