Which of the following roles works with the project team to understand the deliverables and then teaches the users of the deliverables how to utilize the project's product?
Which of the following charts is described in the statement below?
"It shows the causes of a certain event. A common use of this diagram is to identify potential factors causing an overall effect. It helps identify causal factors and contributing causes."
Which of the following can be used in root cause analysis?
Which of the following processes includes tasks and roles, risk categories, schedules for risk management activities, definitions of probability and impact, and the stakeholders' tolerances?
A software company has won a contract to implement its product for a client. As part of the implementation work, a business analyst (BA) is asked to elicit information about the other client applications that will interface with the new system and provide the information graphically. The technical staff needs to understand the message interaction within the systems for key business transactions.
Which type of diagram should the BA use?
A company that specialized in manufacturing vending machines for books has been in business for 10 years. As the e-book and online retailing grow, the company perceived that a change is required to respond to the new emerging market forces. However, the change should focus on reusability as much as possible to reduce expenses. After analyzing the current state with the business subject matter experts, the business analyst
(BA) proposed investing in a new business line of vending machines that sell pay per use mobile device phone fast charging stations.
Due to the urgency of this change, the BA was asked to finalize requirements elicitation in the shortest possible time.
Customers who want to utilize the pay per use mobile device fast charging stations may choose one of two features: fully charged (F1) or partially charged (F2). If partially charged is selected, the customer needs to specify their charging needs.
What is the relationship between F1 and F2?
A local manufacturer that serves about 1000 retail stores is experiencing a slow yet steady decrease of its customer base over the last couple of years. Attributing the situation to increased competition, management has hired a team of sales representatives to attract new clients and promote the manufacturer's products. However, after four months there is still no progress. Management has engaged a business analyst (BA) to investigate this issue.
What should the BA do first?
A card printing solution is comprised of 4 stages: Loading, Printing, Packaging and Sorting. Loading and sorting of cards is done manually through operators, while printing and packaging are automated. The loading stage requires the operator to load 100 cards after an alarm is raised. Sorting requires an operator to distribute each package based on the printed address into the appropriate delivery box.
Which stage should be assessed as the most likely to increase process inefficiencies?
Which of the following graphical presentations of a project plan is most appropriate for presenting to upper management?
A big construction company has grown into a group of 17 companies spread across the country. The rationale behind forming the group was to become more competitive in bidding for federal and regional government contracts. Another reason was to increase consolidated profitability by lowering the cost of materials and using combined assets more efficiently. Disjointed technological capabilities of the individual companies impede gathering the data needed to make decisions on both handling materials and allocating the resources.
What improvement opportunity does this represent?
