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CCBA® practice questions: Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring
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1/5 · Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring
Midway through an initiative, several stakeholders begin submitting requirement change requests directly to developers, and the team is unsure who is authorized to approve these changes or how trade-offs should be evaluated. Which planning task did the team most likely fail to perform adequately?
APlan Business Analysis Governance
BIdentify Business Analysis Performance Improvements
CPlan Business Analysis Information Management
DPlan Stakeholder Engagement
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A is correct. Plan Business Analysis Governance establishes the approach for making decisions, prioritizing, and controlling changes to requirements and designs, including who has authority to approve them. Uncontrolled change submission and unclear approval authority indicate this governance approach was not defined or followed.
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2/5 · Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring · hard
An analyst tracking business analysis performance notices that the number of requirements changes after sign-off has been consistently high across the last three releases, slowing delivery. After investigating, the team concludes the root cause is that elicitation sessions repeatedly miss a key regulatory stakeholder. What should the analyst do as part of identifying performance improvements?
ADetermine corrective or preventive actions—such as updating stakeholder engagement and elicitation planning—to address the underlying cause
BEscalate to governance to tighten change control so fewer changes are approved after sign-off
CReassign the metric to the project manager because change volume is a schedule issue, not a business analysis concern
DRecord the change rate as an accepted baseline and continue, since metrics are only for reporting status
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A is correct. Identify Business Analysis Performance Improvements assesses performance against agreed metrics, analyzes results (including root causes), and recommends preventive or corrective actions. A high change rate traced to a consistently omitted stakeholder calls for actions like improving stakeholder engagement and elicitation planning, not tightening approvals or reassigning ownership.
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3/5 · Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring · hard
While planning engagement, a business analyst maps stakeholders and finds a regional compliance officer who has no decision authority and contributes no requirements, yet can block the solution at audit if not satisfied. The analyst wants to capture how to treat this stakeholder. Which characterization best fits, and what is the appropriate planning response?
AHigh influence, low interest — keep the officer informed enough to avoid surprises and address compliance concerns proactively
BLow influence, high interest — provide detailed updates and solicit ongoing input on requirements
CHigh influence, high interest — manage closely as a key collaborator on every requirement
DLow influence, low interest — monitor with minimal effort and exclude from engagement planning
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A is correct. Plan Stakeholder Engagement uses stakeholder analysis to characterize attitude, influence, and interest. A stakeholder with high influence but low interest must be kept satisfied and informed so they do not derail the solution late, even though they are not active contributors. Matrices such as influence/interest grids support this analysis.
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4/5 · Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring · hard
Two senior stakeholders repeatedly disagree on which requirements are most important, and each insists their judgement should prevail. The disputes consume meetings and delay analysis. Which governance planning decision would best prevent these standoffs going forward?
AIncrease the frequency of elicitation sessions to surface more requirements
BDocument additional requirement attributes such as source and complexity
CAdopt a change-driven approach so priorities can shift each iteration
DAgree in advance on the prioritization process, including the criteria and who has authority to set final priority
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D is correct. Governance planning includes defining the prioritization approach: the criteria used and, critically, who has the authority to make final priority decisions. Establishing this upfront gives a clear, agreed mechanism to settle disagreements rather than relitigating them in every meeting.
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5/5 · Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring
When planning business analysis information management, the analyst must decide how requirements and other BA artifacts will be structured, stored, accessed, and reused across the initiative. Which of the following decisions falls within the scope of this task?
AThe acceptance criteria each requirement must meet to be considered done
BWhether requirements will be stored in a shared repository with defined levels of abstraction and traceability so they can be retrieved and reused later
CWhich competing solution option delivers the highest net business value
DHow frequently the sponsor will receive formal status briefings
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B is correct. Plan Business Analysis Information Management governs how BA information is organized, the level of detail and abstraction, the approach to traceability and attributes, and how artifacts are stored, accessed, and reused — making the shared repository and reuse decision the in-scope choice.
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