Across
- 3. Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, Informed
- 7. The process of how the business analyst will receive, distribute, access, update, and escalate information from their stakeholders based on their plan
- 11. A signigicant event realized during the course of the project. It can be used to measure progress and compare that progress to estimates
- 12. Decomposes the project scope into smaller and smaller pieces, creating a hierarchy of work. May break down the project into iterations, releases, or phases; break deliverables into work packages; or break activities into smaller tasks
- 15. Knowledge Area that covers how business analysts determine which activities are necessary in order to complete a business analysis effort. Covers identification of stakeholders, selection of business analysis techniques, the process that will be used to manage requirements, and how to assess the progress of work. Tasks in this knowledge area govern the performance of all other business analysis tasks
- 16. Mnemonic for commonly used requirements attributes
- 17. To be a compelling force on or produce effects on others. Proactively shift thinking, actions, and even emotional states of other people
- 19. The ability to track a requirement through the development life cycle. It should be bi-directional; to trace requirements back to the business need for them, and forward through implementation
- 21. Have a logical relationship that identifies which activities must be completed before other tasks can begin
- 22. Determine activities that must be performed and the deliverables that must be produced to estimate the effort, identify tools and measurements
- 23. The ability to manage and measure the activities of the business analyst for an effective and successful outcome
- 24. A list of activities needed to produce deliverables on a project
Down
- 1. Process Assets Can be used by including elements of previous business analysis approaches in the company to assist with the current business analysis approach(es) for the initiative. One of the inputs to Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring
- 2. Analysis Plan Depending on the business analysis approach and the overall methodology being used, this often includes: description of the scope of work, a WBS, an activity list, estimates for each activity and task, and a description of when and how the plan should be changed in response to changing conditions
- 4. Factors that are considered to be true and that haven’t been proven so. BABOK mentions that scope and requirements are affected by assumptions, constraints, and dependencies
- 5. Describes the process the business analyst will go through to select the activities that will be performed for a given project or initiative, the techniques used, the deliverables produced and which stakeholders need to be involved
- 6. Matrix A stakeholder map that often include lines of communication between stakeholders. It shows the influence of and impact to stakeholders
- 8. Reference A unique numeric (preferred) or textual identifier that identifies a given requirement. This reference should not be altered or reused even if the requirement is moved, changed or deleted
- 9. Determiens the process for requirements change, identifying stakeholders that are consulted, informed or approve the change, and the need for requirements traceability
- 10. A plan or what, to whom, when, and how to communicate about requirements on a project. It sets the expectations for communications about business analysis among stakeholders
- 13. Task for identifying stakeholders affected by a potential or actual and/or share a common business need including identifying appropriate stakeholders for the project or project phase and determine stakeholder influence and/or authority over project deliverables
- 14. The difference between a planned, budgeted, or expected result, and the actual result
- 18. Judgment Draws on expertise that is provided from a wide range of sources that is used to determine the optimal business analysis approach. One of the inputs to Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring
- 20. A place or method for storing and retrieving things. May be short- or long-term storage