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CBAP® practice questions: Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring
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1/5 · Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring
Midway through a logistics-platform initiative, two regional managers and the product owner keep overriding each other's decisions on accepted requirement changes, causing rework and delays. Each insists they have the authority to approve scope changes. The project sponsor asks the business analyst to address the root cause so this does not recur. Which planning task should the business analyst revisit to resolve the underlying problem?
APlan Business Analysis Information Management, to control where change records are stored
BPlan Business Analysis Governance, to clarify the change decision-making, approval, and prioritization authority
CPlan Stakeholder Engagement, to improve communication frequency with the regional managers
DPlan Business Analysis Approach, to switch from an adaptive to a predictive lifecycle
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B is correct. The conflict stems from ambiguous decision-making authority over requirement changes. Plan Business Analysis Governance specifically defines the approach to decision making, change control, approvals, and prioritization, including identifying who holds authority. Clarifying these governance elements addresses the root cause, whereas the other tasks address communication, storage, or lifecycle, none of which assigns approval authority.
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2/5 · Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring
When planning the business analysis approach, a business analyst wants to anticipate threats that could undermine the planned work—such as a key subject matter expert being unavailable, scope being unclear, or stakeholders resisting the chosen methodology—and decide how to respond before work begins. Which technique is most appropriate to incorporate into the approach for this purpose?
AData modelling, to represent the entities and relationships relevant to the solution.
BRisk analysis and management, to identify and assess risks to the planned business analysis effort and determine responses.
CFunctional decomposition, to break the solution into smaller components for analysis.
DGlossary development, to ensure consistent use of terminology across stakeholders.
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B is correct. Plan Business Analysis Approach considers risks to the business analysis work itself, and risk analysis and management is the technique used to identify, assess, and plan responses to those risks. Threats such as unavailable SMEs, unclear scope, or methodology resistance are addressed proactively when risk management is built into the approach.
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3/5 · Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring
Midway through requirements work, two business units submit conflicting requirements and each insists its version is mandatory. The BA finds there is no documented agreement on who resolves such disagreements or what happens when consensus cannot be reached. Which governance element was inadequately planned, and what should the BA establish?
AThe change control process; define how baselined requirements are formally modified
BThe requirements prioritization scheme; rank both requirements by business value to pick a winner
CThe information management approach; decide where the conflicting requirements will be stored
DThe decision-making process; define who participates, who decides, and how disputes are escalated and resolved
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D is correct. Plan Business Analysis Governance defines how decisions are made, how changes are approved, and how requirements are prioritized. The scenario describes a missing decision-making process — there is no defined authority, participants, or escalation path for resolving disagreements. Change control, prioritization, and information management address different governance or planning concerns.
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4/5 · Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring
A BA is producing a plan for the analysis work and the sponsor asks for a credible estimate of effort and duration for the analysis tasks, noting that some elicitation may be needed before the full scope is known. Which estimation behavior best fits the situation as described in planning the analysis approach?
ADelegate all estimation to the development team since they own delivery effort
BEstimate the analysis activities now using available information, and refine the estimates as more becomes known
CDecline to estimate until every requirement is fully elicited and approved
DProvide a single fixed estimate that cannot change, to give the sponsor certainty
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B is correct. When planning the business analysis approach, the BA identifies the analysis activities and estimates the effort and time to perform them, using the information available and refining estimates as the work progresses and uncertainty decreases. Declining to estimate, fixing estimates rigidly, or fully delegating them all misrepresent this practice.
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5/5 · Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring
Midway through an initiative, two senior stakeholders disagree about whether a proposed requirements change should be accepted, and each insists the other lacks the standing to decide. Work has stalled while the dispute continues. When the business analysis governance approach was being planned, what element, had it been defined, would most directly have prevented this impasse?
AA risk register capturing the probability and impact of scope changes
BA defined decision-making process identifying who has authority and responsibility to approve changes and resolve conflicting positions
CA more detailed requirements traceability matrix linking each requirement to its source
DA communication plan specifying the frequency and channels for stakeholder updates
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B is correct. Plan Business Analysis Governance defines the process for making decisions, prioritizing, approving changes to requirements and designs, and resolving disagreements. Defining decision-making authority and the escalation/conflict-resolution path up front prevents impasses where stakeholders dispute who has the right to decide.
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