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CCBA® practice questions: Requirements Life Cycle Management
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1/5 · Requirements Life Cycle Management
A business analyst documented a set of well-defined business rules and data definitions during a project to automate invoice processing. The project has shipped, but the same rules and definitions will apply to two upcoming projects in the same business domain. To get the most long-term value, what should the analyst do with these requirements?
ARe-baseline them against the new projects before either project's scope is defined
BRetire them now that the invoice automation solution is in production
CArchive them as read-only project artifacts and recreate them from scratch if a future project needs them
DMaintain them in a reusable form, decoupled from the original solution context, so they can be leveraged by future initiatives
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D is correct. Maintain Requirements ensures that requirements and designs remain correct and current after they are approved, and it includes maintaining attributes and maintaining requirements for reuse. Stable, broadly applicable requirements such as enterprise business rules and data definitions are prime candidates to keep in a reusable, solution-independent form so future initiatives benefit without re-elicitation.
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2/5 · Requirements Life Cycle Management · hard
A backlog contains a requirement that, on its own, would be ranked low for delivery in the next release. However, three high-value requirements scheduled for that release cannot function unless this requirement is implemented first. When prioritizing, which basis most directly justifies elevating the low-ranked requirement?
APenalties, because not implementing it would breach a regulatory obligation
BDependencies, because the implementation of higher-value requirements relies on it
CBenefit, because the requirement delivers significant standalone value to stakeholders
DStability, because the requirement is unlikely to change before the release
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B is correct. Prioritize Requirements uses several bases including benefit, penalty, cost, risk, dependencies, time sensitivity, stability, and regulatory/policy compliance. A dependency — where other high-value requirements cannot be delivered without this one — is the basis that justifies raising its priority despite its low standalone ranking.
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3/5 · Requirements Life Cycle Management
A stakeholder submits a proposed change to add multi-currency support to a billing solution that is already 60% built. Before recommending a disposition, the analyst evaluates how the change relates to the desired future state, whether the in-progress design and completed components would need rework, and what new risks the change introduces. Which aspect of assessing the change is the analyst primarily performing when checking whether the change supports the goals and objectives the organization is trying to achieve?
AAssessing cost
BAssessing urgency
CAssessing impact
DAssessing benefit
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D is correct. Assess Requirements Changes weighs benefit, cost, impact, schedule, and urgency. Assessing benefit specifically looks at the benefit relative to the desired future state and whether the change supports the organization's goals and objectives. The other elements (cost, impact, urgency) address different facets of the same task.
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4/5 · Requirements Life Cycle Management · easy
Before an analyst can perform the Approve Requirements task, which input must generally be available?
AA signed contract with an external vendor
BAn implemented and tested solution in production
CRequirements (verified) and designs
DA completed benefits realization report
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C is correct. The Approve Requirements task uses verified requirements (and designs) as input. Stakeholders with appropriate authority review and approve them, resolving conflicts and recording sign-off per the governance approach. The other options are downstream artifacts or unrelated to the approval input.
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5/5 · Requirements Life Cycle Management · hard
A delivery team can implement only part of the backlog in the upcoming release. Requirement R1 delivers high customer value but depends on R2, which delivers modest value on its own. R3 is a regulatory mandate with a legal deadline within the release window, and R4 is high value but technically risky and not yet well understood. Given only this information, which prioritization basis most strongly justifies placing R3 ahead of the others for this release?
ABusiness value, because R3 inherently delivers more customer value than R1 or R4
BRegulatory or policy compliance, because an externally imposed deadline constrains when the requirement must be satisfied
CDependencies, because R3 must be built before R1 and R2 can function
DImplementation difficulty, because regulatory items are always the easiest to build
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B is correct. Prioritize Requirements weighs factors including business value, business or technical risk, implementation difficulty, likelihood of success, regulatory/policy compliance, relationship to other requirements (dependencies), stakeholder agreement, and urgency. Here, R3's externally imposed legal deadline falling within the release window is the regulatory-compliance basis, which is the strongest justification for prioritizing it ahead of higher-value but unconstrained items.
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