A business analyst for Company A has been assigned to a three-year project to assist health insurance Company B with implementing and testing a new set of medical codes. The business analyst has identified many stakeholders who will participate in the project. For example, Company A will designate technical staff to write and code the requirements and provide a testing team to test the new
functionality. The senior director of Company B will require weekly progress updates. The project manager from Company A will create
project plans, schedule meetings, and provide meeting minutes.
In the scenario above, what is the role of the technical staff and testing team from Company A?
The technical staff and testing team from Company A are responsible for writing and coding the requirements and testing the new functionality. Responsible means that the person or group is assigned to perform the work or activity. The responsible role is often indicated by the letter R in a RACI matrix, which is a tool for identifying roles and responsibilities of stakeholders.References: PMI Guide to Business Analysis, Chapter 4, Section 4.3.2.3; PMI Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA) Examination Content Outline, Domain II: Planning, Task 2.
After several meetings with different groups of users, a business analyst has gathered the requirements for a large IT project. Now, the business analyst needs to document those requirements in a way that is clearly understood by the development team and provides
enough information to check if the requirement has been met.
Which of the following would work best in this case?
Functional specifications are a type of requirements documentation that describes what the system or product should do in terms of functions, features, behaviors, inputs, outputs, etc. Functional specifications can help the business analyst to document the requirements in a way that is clearly understood by the development team and provides enough information to check if the requirement has been met. Functional specifications can also include acceptance criteria, test cases, data models, user interface designs, etc.References: = PMI Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA) Examination Content Outline (2019), page 10; Business Analysis for Practitioners: A Practice Guide (2015), page 39.
The business analyst wishes to clarify the project's key business drivers and ensure that requirements can be prioritized to provide maximum business value. Which question should the business analyst ask of stakeholders to help obtain this clarification?
During the project execution phase, the client requests the addition of a new feature. Which of the following would allow the business analyst to determine the impact for the specific requirement change?
A requirements traceability matrix is a tool that shows the relationship between each requirement and other project elements, such as objectives, deliverables, test cases, design components, etc. A requirements traceability matrix can help the business analyst to determine the impact for the specific requirement change by showing how the change affects other related requirements and project elements. A requirements traceability matrix can also help to assess the feasibility, scope, value, and risk of the change request.References: = PMI Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA) Examination Content Outline (2019), page 10; Business Analysis for Practitioners: A Practice Guide (2015), page 40.
