A company that specialized in manufacturing vending machines for books has been in business for 10 years. As the e-book and online retailing grow, the company perceived that a change is required to respond to the new emerging market forces. However, the change should focus on reusability as much as possible to reduce expenses. After analyzing the current state with the business subject matter experts, the business analyst (BA) proposed investing in a new business line of vending machines that sell pay per use mobile device phone fast charging stations.
Due to the urgency of this change, the BA was asked to finalize requirements elicitation in the shortest possible time.
The BA was able to complete requirements elicitation activities in a short period of time. Which type of elicitation approach did the BA use?
A business analyst (BA) has been writing requirements for a project that has several stakeholders with varying levels of product expertise.
What must the BA take into consideration to meet stakeholder perspectives?
Which of the following techniques involves determining and documenting the variance between business requirements and current capabilities?
You are the business analyst for your organization and are trying to determine the best solution for an identified problem. You have determined that you could create a software solution using inhouse resources for $65,000 and with an ongoing support of $5,600 per month. A vendor offers you a quote that they can create the software for $49,000 with an ongoing support of $6,100 per month. Which solution should you choose?
You are the business analyst for a large software development project. There are several issues that must be resolved by certain dates or the problem will prevent the project from advancing.
What technique can you use to track problems with the requirements?