PMI-PBA Certification Elicitation Flashcards
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Which elicitation technique involves a business analyst accompanying a user through their daily tasks to observe work in its natural environment?
Answer: Observation / job shadowing
Observation (job shadowing) allows the BA to see actual workflows firsthand, uncovering tacit knowledge stakeholders may not think to mention.
An organization wants to identify requirements by examining competitor products and industry best practices. Which technique applies?
Answer: Benchmarking
Benchmarking compares an organization's processes or products against competitors or industry standards to identify improvement opportunities.
In PMI-PBA, what is the outcome of a successful elicitation session called?
Answer: Elicitation results
Elicitation results are the information gathered during elicitation activities, which are later confirmed and transformed into requirements.
Which question type is MOST useful for uncovering hidden assumptions during elicitation?
Answer: Probing questions
Probing questions dig deeper into responses to surface underlying assumptions and unstated needs.
A stakeholder provides a requirement but cannot explain the business reason behind it. What should the BA do?
Answer: Investigate the underlying business need to validate the requirement
Understanding the business rationale ensures requirements trace to real business needs and prevents unnecessary or misaligned features.
What is the key difference between elicitation and requirements gathering?
Answer: Elicitation actively draws out needs; gathering implies passively collecting stated requirements
Elicitation implies an active, skilled process of uncovering unstated needs, while 'gathering' suggests simply collecting what stakeholders volunteer.
A project is in an agile environment. Which elicitation practice is MOST aligned with agile principles?
Answer: Iterative elicitation tied to each sprint or iteration
Agile favors iterative elicitation aligned with sprints to allow requirements to evolve based on continuous feedback.
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