ECBA V3 Simulation Test Set 01 - Sample 2017
ECBA
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Simulation test questions
1. Which of the following group of models is used to analyze
business processes
a) Activity Diagrams, Entity-Relationship Diagrams, Workflow
Models.
b) Activity Diagrams, Flowcharts, Context Diagrams.
c) Sequence diagrams, Flowcharts, Workflow Models.
d) Activity Diagrams, Flowcharts, Workflow Models.
2. What is the best modeling technique to capture aspects
affecting a system?
a) Context diagram
b) State chart diagram
c) Data flow diagram
d) Sequence diagram.
3. Which among following is not a quality criterion for
requirements documents?
a) Unambiguity
b) Structured
c) Must use Use cases.
d) Complete.
4. Linking requirements to solution components is known as
a) Allocation
b) Derivation
c) Structured
d) Alignment.
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5. Attribute that indicates stability of a requirement is
a) Status
b) Maturity
c) Volatility
d) Value
6. Signoff may best occur in all the following ways
a) Recorded physically or electronically.
b) Verbally.
c) Face-to-face.
d) As decided during planning.
7. Which among following is not a quality criterion for
requirements?
a) Agreed
b) Signed off in a group review
c) Ranked
d) Traceable.
8. What are the outputs of preparing for elicitation?
a) Organizational assets, requirements management plan.
b) Plan, Stakeholder communication plan, risk analysis.
c) Observation, prototype, assigned resources.
d) Supporting materials, scheduled resources.
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9. The elicitation techniques are broadly classified into
______ types:
a) Two
b) Three
c) Four
d) Five
10. The ability to understand common business practices is?
a) Behavioural Characteristics
b) Business Knowledge
c) Communication Skills
d) Interaction Skills.
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1. Preface and Introduction
1.1 What is business analysis?
Your notes:
BABOK definition: BA is the practice of
enabling change in an enterprise by defining
needs and recommending solutions that deliver
value to stakeholders.
BA enables an enterprise to articulate its
needs, rationale for change and to design and
describe solutions that can deliver value.
BA can be performed within a project or across
the enterprise. It can be used to understand
the current state, Define future state and
determine activities required for transition.
BA can be performed from various perspectives
like agile, business intelligence, information
technology, business architecture, business
process management etc.
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Who is a Business analyst?
A person who performs BA tasks mentioned in
BABOK is considered a Business analyst
irrespective of his job title or organization
role.
Business analysts elicit
actual needs
of
stakeholders, not simply capture expressed
desires. They are also responsible for
discovering and analysing information from
various sources.
Common job titles for BAs are business
architect, system analyst, requirements
engineer, process analyst, management
consultant, product manager etc.
Business analysts help organizations define
the optimal solutions for their needs, given
the set of constraints (including time,
budget, regulations and others).
Key activities BAs perform are:
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Understand problems and goals of the
enterprise
Analyze needs and solutions
Devise strategies
Drive change
Facilitate stakeholder collaboration
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1.2 What is IIBA?
International Institute of BA (IIBA ) was
founded in Toronto, Canada in October of 2003
to support the BA community by:
Creating and developing awareness and
recognition of the value and contribution
of the business analyst.
Defining the BA body of knowledge
(BABOK).
Providing a forum for knowledge sharing
and contribution to the BA profession.
Publicly recognizing and certifying
qualified practitioners through an
internationally acknowledged
certification program.
What is BABOK?
BABOK contains a description of generally
accepted practices in the field of business
analysis. It gives a guidance on the skills
and knowledge that a business analyst must
possess. Contents of BABOK have been
verified thoroughly by practitioners.
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BABOK
does not
mandate that practices
described should be followed under all
circumstances.
Any set of practices MUST be tailored to the
specific BA conditions.
The goal of revising BABOK v2.0 and coming
up with the new version v3.0 are as follows:
Incorporate new concepts and practices
Address the evolving scope of the
profession
Incorporate lessons learnt form
practitioners
Enhance readability and usability of the
guide and consistency and quality of
texts and illustrations
Improve consistency with other generally
accepted BA standards
1.3 What and Why of ECBA
ECBA stands for Entry Certificate in
Business Analysis, 1st level certification
provided by International Institute of
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Business Analysis (IIBA), Canada (www.IIBA
.org).
Following are some of the benefits of
becoming a ECBA :
Be recognized for your competency in
business analysis.
Business analysis is the fastest growing
career opportunity for IT professionals.
People with domain experience can move
into IT sector by becoming a business
analyst.
Better job prospects.
Better salary.
Target Audience for ECBA
ECBA examination targets the following
audience:
Individuals entering the BA profession:
Students enrolled in BA academic programs
New graduates
Professionals transitioning careers
Functional managers who are not BAs but
manage them
Eligibility for ECBA
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High school (i.e., 12 years of education
is required. In India, this will be higher
secondary school) and above.
Prior business analysis-related work is
not required.
Professional development:
21
hours of
verifiable BABOK coursework in the last 4
years. Adaptive Processes is an authorized
EEP of IIBA, its trainings provide
desired PDUs for the ECBA certification
examination.
References: Not required.
Prior knowledge area expertise is not
required.
Signed code of conduct is required.
ECBA Question pattern
This will be a knowledge based
examination.
Basic multiple choice questions
50 questions
Testing knowledge
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1.5 hours
Examination weightage KA wise
Business Analysis Knowledge
Domain
% Distribution
Business Analysis & the BA
Professional
2.5%
Underlying Competencies
5%
Business Analysis Key
Concepts
Techniques
5%
12.5%
BABOK Guide Knowledge Areas
Domain
% Distribution
Business Analysis Planning
5%
and Monitoring
Elicitation and
20%
Collaboration
Requirements Life Cycle
20%
Management
Strategy Analysis
5%
Requirements Analysis and
24%
Design Definition
Solution Evaluation
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Additional Information
Application expires within 1 year from
approval
3 exams can be taken within a year without
requiring any waiting time in between
Certification process
Become an IIBA member at www.IIBA .org.
Benefits include free, unlimited access to
the BABOK and 500+ online books, local,
national and international networking
opportunities and ability to influence the
growth and direction of the BA profession.
Take required training from an IIBA EEP,
such as Adaptive Processes
(www.AdaptiveProcesses.com).
Download BABOK and start reading.
Join a study group, or start one.
Begin preparing for the application.
Preparing the application
Begin the application at least 2 weeks
before you plan to apply.
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It can take anywhere from 6-10 hours to
complete.
Download and use Adaptive BA experience
calculator.
Apply within 6 months of when you plan to
write.
You can download the CBAP handbook for a
detailed application process at IIBA website.
Tips for the certification examination
Please keep it in your mind that CBAP is
a test on your knowledge of BABOK, not
your knowledge on BA practice as you may
be following in your workplace.
Answers need to be as per
BABOK,
not
what you may think appropriate.
Questions are pretty much straight
forward.
No long descriptive questions. However,
there are questions with diagrams.
No long answers. All questions had single
statement answers.
Avoid answers which are prescriptive.
BABOK does not provide any specific level
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of rigor to be adopted in any activity.
Be careful with answers which say
something should be
100% or 0%
- Its
very hard to find such digital options in
life.
Avoid terms which are not mentioned in
BABOK. Such a term can be technically
correct, for example a specific company
may have a Wok Breakdown System however
BABOK does not have any such term. BABOK
term is Work breakdown structure.
Multiple options can be technically
correct; choose the
BEST
option.
Do not trust long lists.
Knowledge areas
Knowledge areas represent areas of specific
BA expertise.
There are 6 knowledge area in BABoK:
1. BA planning and monitoring
2. elicitation and collaboration
3. Requirements life cycle management
4. Strategy analysis
5.Requirements analysis and design definition
6. Solution evaluation
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Knowledge Areas
Description
BA planning and
Tasks BAs perform to organize and coordinate
monitoring
efforts of BAs and stakeholders
Elicitation and
Tasks BAs carry out to Prepare for
collaboration
elicitation, Conduct elicitation activities,
confirm results, communicate and collaborate
with stakeholders
Requirements
Tasks BAs perform to manage and maintain
life cycle
requirements and design information from start
management
till end
Strategy
Tasks BAs perform to identify a need of
analysis
strategic or tactical importance, how to
collaborate and enable stakeholders to address
that need etc.
Requirements
Tasks BAs carry out to organize elicited
analysis and
requirements, model them, validate and verify
design
them and identify and estimate Potential value
definition
of solution options
Solution
Tasks BAs perform to assess the performance
evaluation
and value delivered by a solution
Diagram below depicts the relationships between different
knowledge areas:
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Tasks
A task is an essential piece of work to be
performed as part of business analysis. Each
task should be performed
at least once
during most BA initiatives. There is no upper
limit to the number of times any task may be
performed. Tasks may be performed at any
scale from few minutes to few months.
In this book, tasks are structured in the
following manner:
Purpose: Short description as to why a BA performs a task and
the value derived from it
Inputs
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Outputs
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This section lists
This section lists
This section lists
the inputs for a
stakeholders who are
the results produced
task which will
likely to participate by performing a task
lead to outputs
in a task
Guidelines and Tools: This section lists resources which are
required to transform input into output.
Techniques: This section lists the techniques that can be used
to perform the BA task
1.4 Underlying competencies
Underlying competencies are skills, knowledge
and personal characteristics that support
effective performance of business analysis.
This is discussed in detail in Chapter 8.
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ECBA V3 Study Guide
Table of contents
Copyright notice
Introduction
Feedbacks and suggestions on the book
Unique benefits of working with us
Our key clients
Adaptive workshops catalogue
1.
Preface and Introduction 10
1.1 What is business analysis? 10
1.2 What is IIBA?
13
1.3 What and Why of ECBA 15
1.4 Underlying competencies
2.
24
BA key concepts 25
2.1 Key terms
25
2.2 Requirement Classification 26
2.3 Stakeholders
3.
27
BA planning and monitoring
29
3.1 Plan BA approach 32
3.2 Plan stakeholder engagement
3.3 Plan BA governance
39
45
3.4 Plan BA information management 49
3.5 Identify BA performance improvements 56
4.
Elicitation and collaboration 60
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4.1 Prepare for elicitation
4.2 Conduct elicitation
63
67
4.3 Confirm elicitation result 70
4.4 Communicate BA information 72
4.5 Manage stakeholder collaboration
76
5.
79
Requirements life cycle management
5.1 Trace Requirements
84
5.2 Maintain Requirements 87
5.3 Prioritize Requirements
89
5.4 Assess Requirements Changes
93
5.5 Approve Requirements 96
6.
Strategy analysis
98
6.1 Analyze current state 103
6.2 Define future state
6.3 Assess risks
108
113
6.4 Define change strategy
7.
117
Requirements analysis and design definition
121
7.1 Specify and model requirements 124
7.2 Verify requirements
128
7.3 Validate requirements 130
7.4 Define Requirements architecture
133
7.5 Define Design options 136
7.6 Analyze Potential value and Recommend Solution 139
8.
Solution evaluation 142
8.1 Measure Solution Performance
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8.2 Analyze Performance Measures
147
8.3 Assess Solution limitations
149
8.4 Assess enterprise limitations
152
8.5 Recommend actions to increase solution value
9.
Underlying Competencies
156
159
9.1 Analytical Thinking and Problem Solving
159
9.2 Behavioral Characteristics 161
9.3 Business Knowledge
163
9.4 Communication Skills 164
9.5 Interaction Skills
166
9.6 Tools and Technology 167
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Key facts
global player helping its clients
Consulting, training,
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staffing and products for
engineering capabilities and
BA and requirements
practices.
engineering.
200+ person-years
consulting experience.
200+ Clients across the
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Our key clients
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Adaptive workshops catalogue
Category
Course Name
Business analysis
Certified Business Analyst Professional (CBAP )
(Endorsed by IIBA , Canada)
Business analysis
Certification of Competency in Business Analysis
(CCBA) (Endorsed by IIBA , Canada)
Business analysis
Entry Certificate in Business Analysis (ECBA)
(Endorsed by IIBA , Canada)
Business analysis
Certified Professional in Requirements
Engineering(CPRE) (Endorsed by IREB, Germany)
Business analysis
Elicitation techniques
Business analysis
Requirements modeling using UML
Business analysis
Behavioral skills for BAs
Business analysis
The ACE BA program
Agile
Certified Agile Practitioner
Agile
Introduction to Agile and Scrum
BSC
Balance Score Card
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CMMI
CMMI for Services
CMMI
Introduction to CMMI for Development
CMMI
CMM Implementation Workshop
CoBIT
Introduction to COBIT
Excel
Excel for Executive Managers
ISO 27001
Certified ISO 27001 Implementer
ISO 27001
Certified ISO 27001 Internal Auditor
Project
Introduction to MS-Project
Management
Project
Project Management Basics
Management
Project
Program Management Professional
Management
Project
Stakeholder Management
Management
Six Sigma
Six Sigma Green Belt
Project
Certified Software Team Lead
Management
Software
Configuration Management
Engineering
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Software
Good Programming Practices
Engineering
Software
Introduction to Software Quality
Engineering
Software
Requirements Management
Engineering
Software
Software Engineering Principles
Engineering
Software
Introduction to Software QA
Engineering
Software
Software Reviews
Engineering
Software
Software Testing Principles
Engineering
Software
Software Metrics
Engineering
Software
Statistics for Project managers
Engineering
Software
Statistical Process Control
Engineering
Please note that we modify course catalog based on changing
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Answers to the test
Question Correct Explanation
number
option
1
These 3 techniques are useful show-casing
activities in a process.
Context diagram provides inputs on environment
that the system is going to operate in
There is no such expectation that requirements
have to be in Use case format
Definition
Definition
Sign-offs should be pre-defined
There is no such expectation that all
requirements have to be group reviewed
Straight from BABoK
Straight from BABoK
10
Definition
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