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1/5 · Delivering the Business Solution · easy
Which statement best describes the business analyst's role during the design, development (build) and testing stages of a project, once the requirements have been signed off?
AThe BA supports design and build by clarifying and interpreting requirements for developers, and contributes to testing by helping define test cases and confirming that acceptance criteria have been met.
BThe BA's sole responsibility during these stages is to manage the project schedule and budget on behalf of the project manager.
CThe BA has no further involvement once requirements are signed off, since design, build and testing are purely technical activities for developers and testers.
DThe BA formally becomes the test manager for the duration of the project and takes full ownership of the test strategy.
2/5 · Delivering the Business Solution
A large insurance company is replacing its claims processing system. The board is highly risk-averse and requires that the old and new systems be operated side by side on live data, so results can be compared and confidence built, before the old system is finally switched off - even though this means extra work for staff during the transition. Which transition method is being described?
ADirect changeover.
BParallel running.
CPhased implementation.
DPilot implementation.
3/5 · Delivering the Business Solution · hard
Six months after a new CRM system went live, the anticipated benefit of reduced customer-complaint handling time has not been achieved. Investigation shows the IT system was delivered on time and to specification, but the customer service team never adopted the revised complaint-handling process that was supposed to accompany it. Which technique, if used effectively during planning, would have most clearly shown that this process change was a necessary link between the IT enabler and the intended benefit?
AThe individual benefits profile.
BThe RASCI responsibility matrix.
CThe benefits dependency network.
DThe stakeholder wheel diagram.
Answer: C. The benefits dependency network makes explicit the chain from an IT enabler, through the enabling changes and business (process/people) changes it requires, to the business benefits that ultimately depend on all of these being completed. In this scenario, the CRM system (IT enabler) alone could not deliver the benefit without the accompanying business change to the complaint-handling process, and the dependency network is designed precisely to surface such prerequisites during planning. A benefits profile records detail about an individual benefit but does not, by itself, expose these cross-dependencies.
Source: the BCS Business Analysis Foundation syllabus v4.1 + 'Business Analysis, 4th Edition' (Paul & Cadle, BCS 2020) - Delivering the Business Solution
4/5 · Delivering the Business Solution · easy
A project sponsor states that because the delivery team has adopted an agile approach, formal business analysis is no longer needed, since requirements will simply emerge through ongoing collaboration between developers and users. Which statement best reflects the syllabus's position?
AThe sponsor is correct: agile approaches remove the need for structured business analysis techniques such as prioritisation and requirements documentation.
BBusiness analysis is entirely replaced by the product owner role, so the business analyst has no further involvement once an agile approach is adopted.
CBusiness analysis techniques are still applied, but delivered iteratively and incrementally - for example, requirements are captured and prioritised as user stories on a continually refined backlog rather than in one upfront specification.
DAgile approaches apply business analysis techniques only once, during an initial upfront phase, after which no further analysis takes place.
Answer: C. The syllabus is clear that agile approaches do not eliminate the need for business analysis; instead, familiar techniques such as elicitation, modelling and prioritisation are applied iteratively and incrementally, often expressed through artefacts like user stories and a prioritised backlog rather than a single comprehensive specification produced upfront.
Source: the BCS Business Analysis Foundation syllabus - Delivering the Business Solution
5/5 · Delivering the Business Solution · hard
A programme was approved on the basis of a year-on-year sales increase that starts at 5% in the first year and rises to 50% in year five. The sponsor asks the business analyst when the benefits realisation review should take place. Which timing is most appropriate?
Aat the end of year five, comparing the full target with the figure in the business case
Bafter year one, checking that sales are on a trajectory towards the year five figure
Cat project closure, before later business changes distort the assessment
Dstraight after go-live, checking that benefit measures are defined for each benefit
Answer: B. Technique 99 asks whether we should really wait five years to see if a project has succeeded, noting that changes in the business environment complicate assessment and that finding a shortfall that late is too late to act. The suggested approach is to initiate the review after year one, check that sales are on the right trajectory, and identify further actions to secure it.
Source: Paul, Cadle, Turner (eds), Business Analysis Techniques, 2nd ed., BCS, Technique 99: Benefits realisation, p. n/a
Source: the BCS Business Analysis Foundation syllabus v4.1 + 'Business Analysis, 4th Edition' (Paul & Cadle, BCS 2020) - Investigating the Business Situation
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