2 - Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring

Using the provided case study, and considering the need for you as the lead business analyst to plan the business analysis approach for the project, which one of the following should you include as a key input in your planning activities?

• A. A stakeholder list

• B. The systems used

• C. The needs

• D. Performance measures

Using the provided case study and the following additional information you obtained from the project manager, choose which approach you believe he is in favor of. They said to you “In all my years at the bank, the project methodology has always been a waterfall methodology and I think it will be too risky to change the methodology for this high profile project:”

• A. A reactive approach

• B. A proactive approach

• C. A change-driven approach

• D. A plan-driven approach

Considering the nature of the project described in the case study, what level of detail in the business analysis documentation would you suggest is the most appropriate, considering the complexity, uncertainty, and risk associated with this project?

• A. A high level of detail will likely be appropriate.

• B. A minimum level of detail will likely be appropriate.

• C. A conceptual level of detail will likely be appropriate.

• D. A low level of detail will likely be appropriate.

Using the provided case study, is the following statement a reasonable assessment of the stakeholder engagement level that should be implemented as part of the business analysis approach? "The primary stakeholders are not physically available at our geographical location and they are very busy at this time of year, so due to these reasons, we will only send them an email every month to let them know how we are progressing with this project." Choose whether this is an acceptable or unacceptable approach to stakeholder engagement

• A. Unacceptable for a project of this nature

• B. Acceptable for a project of this nature

Using the provided case study and planning the change control process to document as part of the business analysis planning activities, which of the following would be relevant factors for you to consider? Choose the correct option:

• A. The willingness of team members to help write up change requests

• B. The level of change fatigue in the group

• C. The process for requesting changes

• D. The technology solution the project chooses to implement

When you define the business analysis information management for the project, which of the following are some of the attributes you should include when planning what information to capture for each requirement?

• A. The absolute reference, author, complexity, ownership, priority, and risks

• B. The absolute reference, author, category, ownership, priority, and risks

• C. The absolute reference, author, category, ownership, priority, and role

• D. The absolute reference, author, complexity, trace code, priority, and risks

Using the provided case study and after having another conversation with the project manager about the business analysis activities for the project, you discovered that the project manager is very serious about adhering to the timeline for this project. He made it very clear that the business analysis team will have to perform well against the project's planned timelines due to the high profile nature of the project. Considering this conversation, which one of the following assessment measures would be most important to include when you define the content for the business analysis performance assessment? Select the correct answer from these options:

• A. Adherence to the change control procedures

• B. The number of revisions needed to finalize a deliverable

• C. Adherence to project timelines

• D. Meeting stakeholder expectations for delivery

Using the provided case study, when you are starting to plan the most appropriate stakeholder collaboration approach, which one of the following options would be the most important consideration to include in your plans? Select the correct answer from the choices:

• A. The content of collaboration

• B. The location and available collaboration tools

• C. The preferences of stakeholders

• D. The influence of stakeholders

Using the provided case study, would you say that the nature of this project will have any impact on the business analysis approach for the project?

• A. Yes, the nature of the project environment will impact the business analysis approach taken.

• B. No, every business analysis approach is the same regardless of the project environment.

The BABOK® v3 Guide defines some specific inputs for the Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring tasks. Which of the following options are inputs for the knowledge area's tasks? Select the correct answer from the choices:

• A. Performance objectives (external)

• B. Performance objectives (internal)

• C. A stakeholder list

• D. A governance approach