1. What is the definition of business analysis?

The set of tasks and techniques used to work as a liaison among stakeholders in
order to understand the structure, policies and operations of an organization, and to
recommend end solutions that enable the organization to achieve its goals.
2. What is the definition of a business analyst?
Any person who performs business analysis activities no matter what their job title
or organizational role may be.
3. A business analyst performs business analysis in order to do what?
Align the needs of the business units with the capabilities delivered by information
technology.
4. What is the definition of a solution?
A set of changes to the current state of an organization that are made in order to
enable that organization to meet a business need, solve a problem, or take
advantage of an opportunity.
5. What is the definition of a requirement?
A condition or capability needed by a stakeholder to solve a problem or achieve an
objective
OR
::A condition or capability that must be met or possessed by a solution or solution
component to satisfy a contract, standard, specification or other formally imposed
documents
::OR
::A documented representation of a condition or capability
6. What type of analysis generates BUSINESS requirements?
Enterprise Analysis
7. What is a BUSINESS requirement?
A high level statement of the goals or objectives or needs of the enterprise
8. What is a STAKEHOLDER requirement?
A statement of the needs of a particular stakeholder or class of stakeholders
9. What type of analysis generates STAKEHOLDER requirements?
Requirements Analysis
10. What is a SOLUTION requirement?
A characteristic of the solution that meets the business requirements and
stakeholder requirements.
11. SOLUTION Requirements are comprised of what two types of requirements?
Functional and Non-functional requirements
12. What is a TRANSITION requirement?
A requirement that describes the capabilities the solution must have to facilitate the
transition from current to future state of the enterprise, but will not be needed after
the transition
13. What is the definition of a knowledge area?
They define what a practitioner of business analysis needs to understand and the
tasks that a practitioner must be able to perform
14. How many Knowledge Areas are identified in the BABOK and what are they?
There are 7:
::Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring
::Elicitation
::Enterprise Analysis
::Solution Assessment and Validation
::Requirements Analysis
::Requirements Management and Communication
::Underlying Competencies
15. What is the objective of the Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring
knowledge area?
To show how the BA determines which activities are necessary in order to complete
a business analysis effort
16. What is the objective of the Elicitation knowledge area?
To show how the BA works with stakeholders to identify and understand their needs
and concerns, and understand the environment in which they work\
17. What is the purpose of elicitation?
To ensure that the stakeholders underlying needs are understood, rather than their
stated or superficial desires
18. What is the definition of a Domain Subject Matter Expert (SME)
Any individual with in-depth knowledge of a topic relevant to the business need or
solution scope
19. What is the definition of a customer?
A stakeholder outside the boundary of a given organization/unit who makes use of
products/services delivered by the organization
20. What is the definition of an end user?
A stakeholder who interacts directly with the solution