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1/5 · Elicitation and Collaboration · easy
A business analyst wants to understand how warehouse staff actually perform their daily picking process, including informal workarounds the workers may not mention in an interview. Which elicitation technique is MOST appropriate for directly seeing the work as it is performed?
AObservation
BBrainstorming
CDocument Analysis
DSurvey or Questionnaire
Answer: A. Observation (also called job shadowing) is the elicitation technique used to study people performing their work in context. It is especially valuable for surfacing tacit knowledge and informal practices that stakeholders cannot easily describe, which makes it the best fit for understanding the real warehouse picking process.
Source: BABOK v3 — Elicitation and Collaboration
2/5 · Elicitation and Collaboration
Midway through a project, a key stakeholder group that was once engaged stops attending sessions and responds slowly to requests. Under the Manage Stakeholder Collaboration task, what should the business analyst do first?
AReassign their responsibilities to more responsive stakeholders to keep the work moving
BIdentify the change in their engagement and work to understand and address its causes
CEscalate immediately to the project sponsor to have the disengaged stakeholders replaced
DProceed without their input since the schedule cannot wait for them
Answer: B. Manage Stakeholder Collaboration is an ongoing task that monitors stakeholder engagement and responds to changes. When involvement declines, the analyst seeks to understand the cause and acts to re-establish effective collaboration rather than ignoring or bypassing the stakeholders.
Source: BABOK v3 — Elicitation and Collaboration
3/5 · Elicitation and Collaboration
After a workshop, a business analyst reviews the captured notes with the participants and notices that one stated rule about order approvals contradicts a process description gathered earlier from the same group. What is the analyst primarily doing by surfacing this contradiction?
ASpecifying and modeling requirements from the captured workshop notes
BConducting elicitation by introducing a new collaborative technique to draw out more detail
CConfirming elicitation results by checking their consistency with other information
DManaging stakeholder collaboration by escalating the conflict to the sponsor for a decision
Answer: C. Confirm Elicitation Results checks the captured information for accuracy and consistency with other information already gathered and with the stakeholders' understanding. Spotting that a stated rule conflicts with an earlier process description is exactly this consistency check.
Source: BABOK v3 — Elicitation and Collaboration
4/5 · Elicitation and Collaboration · easy
When preparing for elicitation, why does BABOK emphasize determining the desired outcomes and scope of the activity before selecting techniques?
ABecause techniques must always be chosen by the project sponsor in advance
BBecause BABOK requires exactly one technique per elicitation activity
CBecause the intended outcomes guide which elicitation techniques and logistics are most appropriate
DBecause outcomes determine the final wording of approved requirements
Answer: C. Prepare for Elicitation begins with understanding the scope and desired outcomes of the activity. These guide which techniques fit and what logistics, participants, and materials are needed, so clarifying outcomes first leads to better technique selection.
Source: BABOK v3 — Elicitation and Collaboration
5/5 · Elicitation and Collaboration
A business analyst prepares an interview using a fixed list of pre-defined questions asked in the same order to every interviewee, so the responses can be compared consistently across participants. Which type of interview is the analyst conducting?
AUnstructured interview
BFocus group
CStructured interview
DStakeholder list interview
Answer: C. The Interviews technique distinguishes structured interviews, which use predefined questions in a set order to enable consistent comparison, from unstructured interviews, which adapt freely to the conversation. The described fixed, ordered question set defines a structured interview.
Source: BABOK v3 — Elicitation and Collaboration
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