You are the business analyst for your organization and you're working with Nancy, the Sales Director. You've been identifying requirements for Nancy about the sales force and her desire to add a customer management solution to the sales process. Nancy believes that the software can help automate the sales process, keep things better organized than the current approach, and ultimately create more sales for the organization. As a business analyst, which one of the following should you advise Nancy about her need?
A business analyst (BA) was asked by the vice president (VP) to evaluate the organization's claims processing capability and recommend improvements. The VP agreed to the BA's recommended solution approach and identified an external vendor to develop the modernized claims processing system. Before contracting with the external vendor, the BA realized that the budget should be approved by the Chief Financial Officer. What was missed by the BA when performing stakeholder analysis?
There are four inputs to the plan business analysis activities. Which one of the following is not an input to the plan business analysis activities process?
A business analyst (BA) is working on a complex project involving many stakeholders for which the business case has been previously completed and signed off. After an organizational restructure, new stakeholders have been assigned to the project working group, but do not see the value in the project outcomes and refuse to collaborate. What is a guideline or tool the BA can use to focus stakeholders on a common goal?
You are the business analyst for a new project. Part of this project is for the project team to manually install new workstations through the company's campus. Based on your research you have determined that the project team can install 25 new workstations per hour. Since there is a fixed amount of time that these workstations need to be installed you are considering adding additional labor for the implementation. You are also considering to adjust the prioritization of the project requirements based on the amount of workstations the project team can install per hour. What does the 25 workstations per hour represent in this scenario?
