Agile Business Analysis Practices and Principles, Exams of Advanced Education

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IIBA-AAC Team Sample

Questions/Answers 2023

1. A business analyst has been assigned to a project for 4 weeks. During this time, they have been instructed from the project management team to follow a specific documentation process to conduct all business analysis related documents. The product team has been voicing concerns on the lack collaboration and communication opportunities with the decision makers and do not find value over following a defined plan to develop all business documents. These concerns may be attributed to an expectation that is tied to which agile manifesto? a) Responding to change over following a plan b) Working software over comprehensive documentation c) Individuals and interactions over processes and tools d) Addressing change over contract negotiations - C
2. There has been an issue uncovered during the transformation of an organization to an agile environment. The lack of understanding of agile mindset from the decision makers are causing a negative impact on the team's productivity. What aspect of the agile mindset can a business analysis practitioner teach the decision maker to effectively adapt an agile mindset? a) Adapt to a single agile framework and apply a single combination of technique and process regarding to the context b) Identify business goals and objectives early and do not start any initiatives until they are all certain and predictive c) Deliver business value rapidly and consistently by collaboration, communication, accepting feedback to change d) Understanding the context and applying agile approach to tackle large business priorities into one iteration - C
3. The product team is planning a product and decides to use a model to set context and identify scope. When delivering the product, they elaborate upon the model and identify specific details of the need and the solution. This is an example of:

a) The team applying the principle of Avoid Waste and minimizing activities that do not contribute directly to satisfying the need b) The team mapping the principle of Get Real Using Examples to the BA core concept of Need c) The team employing the predictive planning approach d) The team applying the principle Think as a Customer and prioritizing solution components - B

4. If you are walking through the steps a user goes through to accomplish his/her objective, as in, going through a day in the customers life, what are the main 2 Agile principles you'd try to employ? a. Stimulate Collaboration and Continuous Improvement; Avoid Waste b. Think as a Customer; Get Real Using Examples c. See the Whole; Analyze to Determine what is Valuable d. Think as a Customer; Avoid Waste - B
5. Which technique will provide the best insight on how a product will perform within the organization's marketplace? a. MVP b. Personas c. Kano Analysis d. Behavior Driven Development (BDD) - C
6. What scenario would have the need to use the Agile Manifesto that focuses on the need to de-emphasized contract negotiations? a. Multiple document reviews are taking the team away from scheduling the next backlog refinement session b. The delivery team frustrated with changes being made to the project scope document, which all parties agreed to before the initiative kicked off c. The team has agreed that changes are necessary to the product roadmap, as a result of feedback received to the Most Viable Product delivered d. Discussions around the level of detail to be included in a Business Needs Document - B

Team is working on prioritization of features backlog. The team gets a feedback that there is a drastic change in the market and customer behavior. The team will need to revisit the backlog to re-prioritize the features. Which team provided this feedback? Strategy Planning Workshop Initiative Delivery - Strategy BAP focuses on changing needs, change in internal and external circumstances, and constantly evaluating decisions to reprioritize products, features, and user stories. In this scenario, which of the following options best fits for the scenario? Change Management Initiative Backlog Refinement Strategy - Strategy Agile business analysis involves breaking down systems and ideas into small parts to understand each component sufficiently to either create a new solution, solve a specific problem, or modify an existing solution. This applies to which horizon? Initiative Delivery Strategy Story Mapping - Strategy An airline company is reviewing their organizational resources and assetts and reviewing their strategic needs they wish to satisfy. What agile principle will apply to this? Analyze to determine what is valuable See the whole Understand what is doable

Stimulate collaboration and continuous improvement - Understand what is doable While the team is working on a Product re-prioritization, there was new information about new threats which will affect the current initiatives. The business analyst adds a new initiative to counter this threat and adjust the scope of the current initiatives. Where did is threat information come from? Backlog Refinement Planning Workshop Purpose Alignment Model Strategy Horizon - Strategy Horizon BAP is constantly reviewing the collection of strategic initiatives that are in the backlog, and currently in progress to increase the speed of delivery, manage resources, and reduce waste. What technique is the BAP using in this scenario? Backlog Refinement Retrospective Portfolio Kanban Product Roadmap - Portfolio Kanban