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1/5 · Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring
Which of the following is the BEST description of the purpose of the 'Plan Business Analysis Information Management' task in BABOK v3?
ATo select the elicitation techniques that will be used with each stakeholder group
BTo define the metrics used to monitor the quality and timeliness of business analysis work
CTo define how business analysis information will be stored, accessed, and reused over time
DTo determine the sequence and timing of business analysis activities and tasks across the initiative
Answer: C. Plan Business Analysis Information Management addresses how the information produced by business analysis activities (requirements, designs, models, etc.) is structured, stored, accessed, controlled for level of detail, and made reusable. It is distinct from approach sequencing, performance measurement, and elicitation technique selection.
Source: BABOK v3 — Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring
2/5 · Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring · easy
Which of the following is a primary purpose of the Plan Stakeholder Engagement task?
ATo approve the project budget and schedule baseline before business analysis work begins
BTo write the detailed functional requirements that the solution must satisfy at its release
CTo select the final solution among competing design options presented to the sponsor
DTo understand stakeholders and plan the best way to collaborate and communicate with them
Answer: D. Plan Stakeholder Engagement involves conducting a thorough stakeholder analysis and defining the best collaboration and communication approach so that stakeholders are appropriately involved throughout the initiative.
Source: BABOK v3 — Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring
3/5 · Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring · easy
In BABOK v3, what is the primary OUTPUT of the Plan Stakeholder Engagement task?
AElicitation Activity Plan
BStakeholder Engagement Approach
CGovernance Approach
DInformation Management Approach
Answer: B. Plan Stakeholder Engagement produces the Stakeholder Engagement Approach, which describes the stakeholders, their attributes and complexity, and the planned approach to collaboration and communication. The other options are outputs of the governance, information management, and elicitation tasks respectively.
Source: BABOK v3 — Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring
4/5 · Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring · hard
A business analyst is assigned to an initiative that is already committed to delivering working software in short, repeating iterations with frequent stakeholder feedback. When planning the business analysis approach, what should the analyst do about the planned timing and detail of business analysis deliverables?
AAvoid planning the business analysis work at all, since iterative initiatives need no business analysis approach
BPlan business analysis work to be performed iteratively and just in time, so deliverables align with the chosen delivery method
CInsist on completing all detailed requirements documentation before any iteration begins
DIgnore the delivery method and apply a purely predictive, phase-gated business analysis plan
Answer: B. Plan Business Analysis Approach must be consistent with the overall approach the initiative uses to deliver value. In an adaptive, iterative environment, business analysis is planned to be performed incrementally and just in time, with deliverables aligned to iterations and stakeholder feedback cycles. Forcing predictive, fully up-front documentation, or skipping planning entirely, both conflict with that alignment.
Source: BABOK v3 — Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring
5/5 · Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring
A business analyst has just finished defining how business analysis work will be conducted on an initiative, including the methods, deliverables, and timing to be used. A teammate asks what should logically happen with this output next. According to BABOK v3, the completed Business Analysis Approach is MOST directly used as an input to which subsequent activity?
AThe other planning tasks, such as Plan Stakeholder Engagement and Plan Business Analysis Governance
BMeasure Solution Performance, to set the production performance baselines that business analysis will track
CApprove Requirements, to obtain final stakeholder sign-off on the business analysis deliverables
DDefine Design Options, so that business analysis can choose between build and buy alternatives
Answer: A. In BABOK v3, the Business Analysis Approach is produced first within the knowledge area and then serves as an input to the remaining planning tasks — Plan Stakeholder Engagement, Plan Business Analysis Governance, and Plan Business Analysis Information Management — shaping how each is carried out. The other options point to tasks in different knowledge areas that do not take the approach as their direct, defining input.
Source: BABOK v3 — Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring
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