A business analyst (BA) has set up a number of elicitation workshops with key subject matter experts (SMEs) on a new project. All SMEs have accepted the workshop invitations except forthe legal SME, who has not responded to any invitations. The first workshop is scheduled for next week, and the BA has tried unsuccessfully to reach the legal SME by phone. How should the BA proceed?
The business analyst (BA) has an item logged in the action items register requiring the verification of forthcoming legislation in the next three months that might impact the proposed architecture. What should the BA do next?
A long-established company selling ice cream is entering its crucial sales period leading up to summer. Based on the company's risk tolerance, a business analyst (BA) has advised against replacing the most popular flavors with new untested flavors. What is the company's attitude toward risk, as assessed by the BA?
A business analyst (BA) is preparing the elicitation activity plan for a project. How will understanding the elicitation assist the BA with the elicitation activity?
A global organization is implementing a new Knowledge Management System, and communication to the different regions has been informal. The approach is to convert the few remaining regions iteratively. The team has experienced variances at this point but feels confident in these final conversions. How should the business analyst (BA) communicate the information?
A business analyst (BA) is tasked with performing a gap analysis between two existing systems to combine into a single system or run just one system. Which of the following modeling formats will show the requirements for both systems side by side?
A business owner has marked certain requirements as high priority for the upcoming release. After performing some analysis, the project team concluded that some of these requirements are not actually high priority and can be implemented in later releases. How should the project team proceed with prioritizing requirements?
A business analyst (BA) has discovered an old checklist prepared for another initiative, which includes the following characteristics:Complete, Feasible, Unambiguous, Testable. What is the purpose of this checklist?
Stakeholders initially agreed to an implementation schedule for a set of reports based on the value to business users. The development team provided a detailed estimate of the time required to develop each report based on the business requirements. What should the business analyst (BA) and the stakeholders do with the estimates?
The business analyst (BA) has prepared a requirements package, and it is now ready to present to the stakeholders. What is the purpose of presenting the package?
A business analyst (BA) develops a template to document the product feature requirements for an enterprise software solution. Within the template, the BA includes the following additional information: source, priority level, level of complexity, and last modified date. What does the additional information describe?
During a lesson learned session, stakeholders had a heated discussion on the performance measures being employed and why they are necessary. The business analyst (BA) explained that performance measures are required to:
A new product that is tablet-enabled is being considered to replace an older product to process orders. The data captured is sent to existing downstream applications which are not being updated. What is the first thing that a business analyst (BA) should consider?
After an initial project kick-off meeting, the business analyst (BA) determined that the project has a short deadline and a regulatory mandate with stiff penalties for non-compliance. The stakeholders do not want to risk missing the deadline, and management is willing to commit any amount of resources to meet the deadline. Which kind of approach is suitable for the initiative?
A business analyst (BA) decided to capture requirements by inviting all the stakeholders to meet at an office location. After invitations were sent, it turned out that not everyone could attend this meeting because of their individual dispersed locations.
Which of the following does the BA need to adjust to handle this situation?
