ECBA® practice questions: Elicitation and Collaboration

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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

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A is correct. 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.
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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

BIdentify the change in their engagement and work to understand and address the underlying issues

CEscalate immediately to the project sponsor to have the stakeholders replaced

DProceed without their input since the schedule cannot wait

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B is correct. 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.
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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

BConducting elicitation by introducing a new collaborative technique

CConfirming elicitation results by checking them for consistency against other information

DManaging stakeholder collaboration by escalating a conflict

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C is correct. 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.
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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

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C is correct. 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.
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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

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C is correct. 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.
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