Business Analysis Final Exam – Flashcards
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What does the acronym OSCAR stand for?
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Objectives, Scope, Constraints, Authority, and Resources
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What term refers to two stakeholder viewpoints that are not reconcilable, but are mutually exclusive Weltanschauung (viewpoints)?
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a duckrabbit
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What are the steps in the requirements engineering process?
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(1) Requirements elicitation (2) Requirements analysis (3) Requirements validation (4) Requirements documentation (5) Requirements management
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Who are the business representatives in the requirements process?
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Project sponsor, domain expert, business users (pg 154).
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Who are the project team representatives in the requirements process?
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Project manager, business analyst, developer.
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What are types of Individual Tacit knowledge?
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(1) Skills (2) Values (3) Taken for granted knowledge (4) Intuitiveness
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What are types of Corporate Tacit knowledge?
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(1) Norms (2) Back story (3) Culture (4) Communities of practice (5) Organization history
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What are types of Individual Explicit knowledge?
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(1) Task definitions (2) Job descriptions (3) Targets (4) Volumes (5) Frequencies
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What are types of Corporate Explicit knowledge?
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(1) Procedures (2) Style guides, (3) Processes (4) Knowledge sharing repositories (5) Manuals (6) Company reports
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What are the approaches for uncovering tacit knowledge?
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(1) Apprentice (2) Observe (3) Recount (4) Enact
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What are 5 Project Manager concerns?
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(1) Breakdown (Like planning's WBS (2) Allocate (Like planning's resource allocation) (3) Schedule (Like planning's schedule) (4) Monitor (Like Monitoring) (5) Take corrective action (Like controlling)
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______ is concerned with the likely level of acceptance of a requirement by a business.
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Business feasibility. (pg 163)
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What are 8 ways to confirm the quality of a requirement?
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Make sure the requirement is... (1) Clear (2) Concise (3) Consistent (4) Relevant (5) Unambiguous (6) Correct (7) Testable (8) Traceable
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Every requirement must be well-formed and _____.
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SMART S = specific M = measurable A = achievable R = relevant T = time-framed
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The two roles that MUST be filled in a requirements review are ______ and ______.
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Chairperson-responsible for controlling the review. Business Analyst- responsible for providing information about the requirements document or possibly presenting it to the review meeting.
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The Content of the Requirements Document (slide 8-9, PPT ch 10) may include what 6 things?
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1. Introduction and background 2. Business process models (to-be models, as-is don't have to be there) 3. Function models (use case diagrams, context diagrams) 4. Data model (class modeling) 5. Requirements catalogue 6. Glossary of terms
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What is an example of a function model?
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A Use Case Diagram
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What are examples of business process models?
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To-be process models and as-is process models.
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What are the two broad, business categories of requirements?
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General and technical. (pg 171)
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What are the two broad, solution categories of requirements?
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Functional and non-functional. (pg 171)
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What are 7 types of general requirements?
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a) Business constraints b) Business policies c) Legal d) Branding e) Cultural f) Language g) Business continuity
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What are 4 types of technical requirements?
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(a) hardware (b) software (c) interface/interoperability (d) Internet
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What are 4 types of functional requirements?
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(a) data entry (b) data maintenance (c) procedural (d) retrieval
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What are 8 types of non-functional requirements?
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(a) performance (b) security (c) legal and access (d) backup and recovery (e) archiving and retention (f) maintainability (g) availability (h) usability (i) capacity
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What type of requirement is "data entry"?
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functional
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What type of requirement is "data maintenance"?
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functional
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What type of requirement is "procedural"?
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functional
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What type of requirement is "retrieval"?
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functional
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What type of requirement is "business constraints"?
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general
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What type of requirement is "business policies"?
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general
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What type of requirement is "legal"?
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general
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What type of requirement is "branding"?
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general
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What type of requirement is "cultural"?
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general
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What type of requirement is "language"?
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general
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What type of requirement is "business continuity"?
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general
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What are the two forms of traceability? (think forms as in over time)
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-"Backwards from" traceability (what was the source for this requirement) -"Forwards to" traceability (what happened to this requirement)
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What are the 6 elements of requirements management?
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(1) requirements identification, (2) requirements cross-referencing, (3) requirements origin and ownership, (4) software support, (5) change control, (6) configuration management. pg 181
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What does DSDM stand for?
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Dynamic systems development method (DSDM) is an agile project delivery framework, primarily used as a software development method. (Google)
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What is configuration management?
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It is concerned with controlling any changes made to project deliverables, such as documents, ensuring that changes are made in a disciplined manner and traceability is sustained. Basically Monitoring and controlling.
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What are the two areas of configuration management?
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Configuration identification and configuration control.
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What is a function?
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A function is a set of actions that the business users want the IT system to support in order to achieve a specific goal. Ex: "Record customer"
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What is an actor?
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Whoever or whatever expects a service form the system. May be user roles, external systems, or time.
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What is a use case?
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Shown as an oval, a use case represents a function that the system will perform in response to a trigger from the actor. We use the "verb-noun" convention to name use cases, for example "Set up project."
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What is a system boundary?
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Pertaining to a use case diagram, a system boundary is indicated by a large box around all of the use cases with the actors outside of the box. Helps show the scope of the system, but, as the prof said, is redundant.
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Pertaining to a use case diagram, what is an association?
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Associations- indicate which actors will need to interact with which use cases. Lines are drawn linking actors with the appropriate use cases.
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What are the 6 factors used in deciding the delivery approach of requirements?
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(1) Context (2) Lifecycle (3) Approach (4) Roles (5) Deliverables (6) Techniques
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What does the Business Change Lifecycle show?
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Unlike the waterfall lifecycle, etc., the Business change lifecycle indicates HOW the solution is to be developed and delivered. The Business Change Lifecycle shows the Area of business change activity needed. (pg 209)
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What is the order of the waterfall lifecycle of requirement delivery?
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FADDTI Feasibility study Analysis Design Develpment Testing Implementation
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In the Extended V model, what is the name of the testing step that corresponds with analyze business needs? And what is this pair called?
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Analyze business needs------Review benefits, called business case
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In the Extended V model, what is the name of the testing step that corresponds with define requirements? And what is this pair called?
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Define requirements-----Ensure user acceptance called acceptance criteria
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In the Extended V model, what is the name of the testing step that corresponds with Design solution? And what is this pair called?
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Design solution-----Test solution called system test criteria.
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In the Extended V model, what is the name of the testing step that corresponds with Develop solution? And what is this pair called?
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Develop solution----Test modules called unit test criteria
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What are the typical roles of a project team?
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BA, PM, developer, tester
