A type of requirements document that would be the most valuable to a database administrator would be:

Which of the following techniques contrasts the current and desired business views to analyze possible business changes?

A project affects the marketing unit and procurement unit. The project manager gives the business analyst an overview of the project for the first time.

What should the business analyst do immediately after the discussion?

The requirements baseline is ready for sign-off when the requirements are:

During the initial phase of a project, which technique could assist in identifying and categorizing the stakeholders?

A sponsor requests a new requirement. The business analyst explains that most of the information needed for this requirement does not exist and that the requirement cannot be implemented. The business analyst recommends deferring the requirement until the needed information is available and then adding it to a subsequent project. The sponsor agrees.

What should the business analyst do next?

A project team has been assembled to streamline accounts payable processes in all divisions of the company. As part of the planning activities, the business analyst is working to identify stakeholders.

Which of the following techniques would the business analyst use to identify stakeholders?

A project team delivers a solution based on the approved requirements and is confident that it meets the defined acceptance criteria.

What should the business analyst do to obtain signoff?

How can a SWOT analysis help when deciding between several possible options to address a business problem?

The quality function deployment is best suited to assist in the process of:

A business analyst is working on a project to implement a new call management system for a help desk. They expected the average time interval to answer a call to decrease over time, but the interval has increased instead.

Which technique should the business analyst use to investigate the problem?

When a change request is received, the business analyst is responsible for:

A business analyst is reviewing a discrepancy report after a test session. The discrepancy report has revealed a defect that the business analyst must address.

Which of the following criteria should the business analyst use to identify the appropriate response to the defective test result?

The customer and the business analyst are collaborating in the development of a solution scope. It is important for the customer to:

In the first few weeks after a large implementation of a new web-based application, a critical report failed. Further Investigation determined that a worker had been using a field that was not supposed to be used. This issue was not identified in testing.

Which technique could have prevented this problem from occurring?

The business analyst has completed the requirements gathering and documentation processes in developing a baseline document. Several signoffs are needed. During the joint review process with the key stakeholders, the stakeholders announce that they are still not ready to sign off due to a communication gap.

Which technique should the business analyst have followed to ensure consensus?

A stakeholder wants to modify an existing feature. Which of the following would be used to determine the scope of the change on the product?

A company is awarded a contract to design and build a custom product. The contract references a detailed technical specification. What is the best action to take to ensure the design meets customer requirements?

A company is developing a new risk management system. The company expects the system to evolve in the near future due to changing government regulations.

Which approach will better cope with the requirements’ volatility?

A document is being created that will detail the customer's needs for a product and will include a functional model, a data model, and a glossary of terms. This document is called a:

The business analyst wants to ensure that requirement changes can be formally tracked after the product is baselined. What will the business analyst need to evaluate the proposed change?

A business analyst needs to estimate the effort associated with project requirements. However, the lack of detail is concerning.

What technique could the business analyst use to help alleviate this concern?

Prior to the design phase, the project team needs to conduct a requirements review with the customer. To prepare for the review, it would be best for the team to:

The sales team of a company has won a time-and-material project. The business analyst discovers that the sales team has underestimated the required budget and schedule.

Which course of action should the business analyst take?

To reduce the amount of time and effort needed to create a product specification for a project, the business analyst plans to reuse:

Which of the following can be used to determine if requirements align to the product's objectives?

Once a new project has been identified, the business analyst works with project team members to define what will be included in and excluded from the new system. Which of the following has the business analyst defined?

Which tool should be used to improve the communication of product needs with the stakeholders and to improve their understanding?

Which solution should be chosen according to the completed weighted-ranking matrix?

What should the business analyst do during the first steps of a project?

In order to reduce product and project risk for a large, complex project, a business analyst is asked to help develop a change process that includes formal authorization and tracking throughout the life cycle of the project. The business analyst needs a capability that will help ensure that the product conforms to approved requirements, changes can be documented, and the status of each change can be

reported.

What should the business analyst use?

A project team has completed the system use cases along with accompanying screen mockups. The business analyst schedules a review meeting with the client team to walk through the artifacts.

What is the purpose of this meeting?

A company is developing a new product for a customer and is required to verify and validate the product against the customer's acceptance test plan and requirements. The product was successfully verified against the acceptance test criteria, but the customer

does not believe that the product meets the requirements.

This occurred because the customer's acceptance test plan:

Company A has initiated a project to update their online ordering system. The business analyst has noticed that the purchasing department, a primary stakeholder, is excluded from the list of stakeholders.

In which reference material can the business analyst find information about the missing project stakeholders?

A company’s management team has decided to deploy a new product. However, there is concern that users may not accept a new product that forces them to change existing practices.

The business analyst should:

A business analyst has been assigned to Project Y. After a requirements gathering session, the project manager asks the business analyst to identify which requirements would be considered in scope and out of scope, based on the business need.

What document should the business analyst use to determine the relationship of the requirement to the business need?

A new business analyst has taken over on a project that is in the development phase. The project manager is looking for an update on requirements status.

What should the business analyst use to help communicate the status?

What is a standardized, effective, and efficient way to manage changes to project documentation?

A startup company sells organic vegetable and fruit smoothies. Management is tracking a rapid decrease in sales of their best-selling juice, so they contract a business analyst to identify solutions in order to increase sales by comparing similar products offered by competitors.

Which technique or tool should be used?

When determining the value of a business case, which tool or technique should be used?

The business managers had clearly stated that the delivered website must simultaneously accommodate millions of users around the globe. However, within the first week of the production launch, the website crashes frequently.

This situation could have been averted if:

The business analyst has worked with the stakeholders to capture their views of organizational improvement for the company. It would be best to align these with the:

A business analyst is trying to determine which analysis technique will be best suited to elicit information from a large number of users in a short period of time. Which elicitation technique is best suited for this purpose?

Several interviews with stakeholders to develop an inventory management system in a new architectural environment have revealed a significant concern about system and architectural stability. In which tool should the business analyst include this attribute to ensure that the requirement meets the acceptance criteria?

A company has launched a new online sales application and engaged a focus group to test how quickly the customer could place an order. The focus group also provided feedback on their satisfaction.

Which metrics tool should the business analyst use to record the results?

Company A has been awarded a contract to finalize the development of a product that Company B was not able to finish. The business analyst is given a copy of the documentation left by Company B.

To which of the following documents should the business analyst pay the most attention to ensure the project succeeds this time?

The project team is working on test scripts to test a solution. Which source can be used for building tests of end-to-end business processes across business functions and systems?

A national company with offices in every state in the country has deployed a solution to allow employees to view their health benefits online. The business analyst on the project team is validating solution results to assess whether or not the solution has achieved the desired business result.

Which is the best technique to gather information from employees regarding their satisfaction with the solution?

A major stakeholder of a project is surprised to learn that a particular requirement was not implemented during the latest launch.

The business analyst tells the stakeholder that the requirement status was changed to "deferred ”

What could have prevented the stakeholder from being surprised about the status change?

The stakeholders for a newly approved project are subject matter experts who are very knowledgeable in the client's business and will provide the project requirements. The project team scheduled separate sessions with each subject matter expert to identify and prioritize the requirements.

Which technique is being used?

When faced with a tight timeline, the project sponsor suggests that the project team start development without creating traceability artifacts. What should the business analyst do?

Which of the following is an example of a functional requirement?

Which statement accurately depicts what changes can be made to requirements after they are baselined?

A business analyst anticipates receiving requirements changes. What should the business analyst do to avoid scope creep?

The business analyst receives multiple changes from different stakeholders during the requirements gathering phase of a project. How should the business analyst track the requirements throughout the lifecycle of the project to secure the delivery of the expected solution?

Which of the following is a method for requirements change control?

Change control systems include provisions to implement changes without formal review in the event of an emergency. When this provision is utilized:

A stakeholder requests to add new critical requirements the day before the scheduled baseline requirements approval meeting. The stakeholder insists that these requirements must be taken into account despite time and budget constraints.

What is the most effective way to manage this situation?

A stakeholder has rejected a project's deliverable because it does not meet the original business need. It is further determined that the deliverable does not meet the requirements identified in the baseline.

What is the best approach to resolve this issue?

When eliciting requirements, a good time to consider using the interviewing method is when: