CBAP Exam BABOK V2.0 Flashcards

The Solution Assessment and Validation Knowledge Area describes the tasks that are performed in order to ensure that solutions meet the business need and to facilitate their successful implementation

To assess proposed solutions in order to determine how closely they meet stakeholder and solution requirements. business analyst determines whether the solution delivers enough business value to justify its implementation

Inputs:

6.4 - Assumptions and Constraints
4.1 / 6.1 - Requirements (Prioritized and Approved)
Solution Options

Outputs:

Assessment of Proposed Solution - If multiple options are available, a recommendation of the best solution should be made.

9.1 - Acceptance and Evaluation Criteria Definition
9.8 - Decision Analysis
9.34 - Vendor Assessment

1. Ranking of Solution Options
2. Identification of Additional Potential Capabilities

Allocate stakeholder and solution requirements among solution components and releases in order to maximize the possible business value given the options and alternatives generated by the design team.

Inputs:

4.1 / 6.1 - Requirements (Prioritized and Approved)
Solution [Designed]
5.4 Solution Scope

Outputs:

Requirements (Allocated)

9.1 - Acceptance and Evaluation Criteria Definition
9.4 - Business Rules Analysis
9.8 - Decision Analysis
9.12 - Functional Decomposition
9.21 - Process Modeling
9.26 - Scenarios and Use Cases

1. Solution Components

Each component implements a subset of the requirements. The allocation of requirements to solution components will be a primary driver of the cost to implement the solution and the benefits delivered by it. (Available Resources | Constraints on the solution | Dependencies between Requirements)

2. Release planning

Facilitate the decisions about which requirements will be included in each release/phase/iteration of the project

Assess whether the organization is ready to make effective use of a new solution

Inputs:

Enterprise Architecture
Solution [Designed]
5.4 - Solution Scope
3.3 - Stakeholder concerns

Outputs:

Organizational Readiness Assessment - Describes whether stakeholders are prepared to accept the change associated with a solution and are able to use it effectively. May lead to revisions in solution or project scope.

9.1 - Acceptance and Evaluation Criteria Definition
9.6 - Data Flow Diagrams | 9.21 - Process Models
9.11 - Focus Groups | 9.14 - Interviews | 9.31 - Survey/Questionnaire
9.19 - Organization Modeling
9.20 - Problem Tracking
9.24 - Risk Analysis
9.32 - SWOT Analysis

Force Field analysis

1. Cultural Assessment
2. Operational or Technical Assessment
3. Stakeholder impact analysis

To define requirements for capabilities needed to transition from an existing solution to a new solution.

Inputs:

7.3 - Organizational Readiness Assessment
3.3 - Requirements [stated]
Solution [deployed]
Solution [designed]