IIBA-ECBA Study Guide (BABOK Guide
V3) Questions and Answers
What is Business Analysis? - correct answers✅✅The practice of enabling
change in an enterprise by defining needs and recommending solutions that
deliver value to stakeholders.
Initiative - correct answers✅✅An introductory step
The Business Analysis Core Concept Model is what? - correct
answers✅✅A conceptual framework for business analysis, providing what
business analysis is and what it means.
6 Core Concepts in the BACCM: - correct answers✅✅•Change
•Need
•Solution
•Stakeholder
•Value
•Context
Change - correct answers✅✅The act of transformation in response to a
need.
Need - correct answers✅✅A problem or opportunity to be addressed
Solution - correct answers✅✅A specific way of satisfying one or more
needs in a context
Stakeholder - correct answers✅✅A group or individual with a relationship
to the change, the need, or the solution.
,IIBA-ECBA Study Guide (BABOK Guide
V3) Questions and Answers
Value - correct answers✅✅The worth, importance, or usefulness of
something to a stakeholder within a context
Context - correct answers✅✅The circumstances that influence, are
influenced by, and provide understanding of the change
Plan Business Analysis Approach (Purpose): - correct answers✅✅Defines
appropriate overall method to conduct business analysis activities on
a given initiative
Plan Business Analysis Approach (Description): - correct
answers✅✅•Describes how and when tasks will be performed &
deliverables produced
•Identifies initial set of techniques to use
•May be defined by a methodology or by organizational standards
•May be standardized and formalized and/or tailored to the needs of the
initiative
•May be developed in collaboration with stakeholders to determine how work
will be completed.
The Business Analysis Approach Should? - correct answers✅✅•Align to
overall goals of the change
•Coordinate business analysis tasks with activities and deliverables of
overall change
•Include tasks that manage those risks that could reduce business
analysis deliverables quality or impede task efficiency
•Leverage approaches and select techniques and tools that have historically
worked well
, IIBA-ECBA Study Guide (BABOK Guide
V3) Questions and Answers
Plan Business Analysis Approach (Elements) - correct answers✅✅1.
Planning Approach
2. Formality & Level of Detail of Business-Analysis Deliverables
3. Business Analysis Activities
4. Timing of Business Analysis Work
5. Complexity & Risk
6. Acceptance
Planning Approach - correct answers✅✅many different methods used
across different industries, such as the predictive approach & adaptive
approach. No matter the approach used, this is essential to ensure value is
delivered to an enterprise
predictive approaches - correct answers✅✅-focus on minimizing upfront
uncertainty and ensuring that the solution is defined before implementation
begins in order to maximize control and minimize risk
-typically call for formal documentation & representations, usually dependent
upon the companies methodologies
adaptive approaches - correct answers✅✅-focus on rapid delivery of
business value in short iterations in return for acceptance of a higher degree
of uncertainty regarding the overall delivery of the solution
-typically favor defining requirements & designs through team interaction &
gathering feedback (the formal documentation comes after the solution is
implemented)
Formality and Level of Detail of Business Analysis Deliverables - correct
answers✅✅When defining the business analysis approach, consider the
level of formality appropriate for approaching & planning the initiative
V3) Questions and Answers
What is Business Analysis? - correct answers✅✅The practice of enabling
change in an enterprise by defining needs and recommending solutions that
deliver value to stakeholders.
Initiative - correct answers✅✅An introductory step
The Business Analysis Core Concept Model is what? - correct
answers✅✅A conceptual framework for business analysis, providing what
business analysis is and what it means.
6 Core Concepts in the BACCM: - correct answers✅✅•Change
•Need
•Solution
•Stakeholder
•Value
•Context
Change - correct answers✅✅The act of transformation in response to a
need.
Need - correct answers✅✅A problem or opportunity to be addressed
Solution - correct answers✅✅A specific way of satisfying one or more
needs in a context
Stakeholder - correct answers✅✅A group or individual with a relationship
to the change, the need, or the solution.
,IIBA-ECBA Study Guide (BABOK Guide
V3) Questions and Answers
Value - correct answers✅✅The worth, importance, or usefulness of
something to a stakeholder within a context
Context - correct answers✅✅The circumstances that influence, are
influenced by, and provide understanding of the change
Plan Business Analysis Approach (Purpose): - correct answers✅✅Defines
appropriate overall method to conduct business analysis activities on
a given initiative
Plan Business Analysis Approach (Description): - correct
answers✅✅•Describes how and when tasks will be performed &
deliverables produced
•Identifies initial set of techniques to use
•May be defined by a methodology or by organizational standards
•May be standardized and formalized and/or tailored to the needs of the
initiative
•May be developed in collaboration with stakeholders to determine how work
will be completed.
The Business Analysis Approach Should? - correct answers✅✅•Align to
overall goals of the change
•Coordinate business analysis tasks with activities and deliverables of
overall change
•Include tasks that manage those risks that could reduce business
analysis deliverables quality or impede task efficiency
•Leverage approaches and select techniques and tools that have historically
worked well
, IIBA-ECBA Study Guide (BABOK Guide
V3) Questions and Answers
Plan Business Analysis Approach (Elements) - correct answers✅✅1.
Planning Approach
2. Formality & Level of Detail of Business-Analysis Deliverables
3. Business Analysis Activities
4. Timing of Business Analysis Work
5. Complexity & Risk
6. Acceptance
Planning Approach - correct answers✅✅many different methods used
across different industries, such as the predictive approach & adaptive
approach. No matter the approach used, this is essential to ensure value is
delivered to an enterprise
predictive approaches - correct answers✅✅-focus on minimizing upfront
uncertainty and ensuring that the solution is defined before implementation
begins in order to maximize control and minimize risk
-typically call for formal documentation & representations, usually dependent
upon the companies methodologies
adaptive approaches - correct answers✅✅-focus on rapid delivery of
business value in short iterations in return for acceptance of a higher degree
of uncertainty regarding the overall delivery of the solution
-typically favor defining requirements & designs through team interaction &
gathering feedback (the formal documentation comes after the solution is
implemented)
Formality and Level of Detail of Business Analysis Deliverables - correct
answers✅✅When defining the business analysis approach, consider the
level of formality appropriate for approaching & planning the initiative
