A business analyst is comparing the documentation practices between a predictive project and an adaptive project. Which statement accurately reflects a key difference?

Predictive projects require more documentation than adaptive projects.

Adaptive projects require more documentation than predictive projects.

Both approaches require the same amount of documentation.

Documentation is optional in predictive projects.

A business analyst is deciding which requirements technique to use. The project is predictive, and the stakeholders are geographically dispersed. Which technique is most appropriate?

Focus groups that meet informally without a structured agenda.

Questionnaires and surveys distributed electronically.

Facilitated workshops with all stakeholders in one location.

Daily stand-up meetings to gather requirements.

A business analyst is working on an agile project. The team is about to start a new sprint, and the product owner has provided a list of features. What is the BA's primary responsibility at this point?

Write a complete functional specification for all features before the sprint begins.

Assign the features to developers and track their progress.

Create a detailed project schedule for the entire release.

Break down the features into user stories and acceptance criteria with the team.

A business analyst is working on a predictive project. The project has a detailed requirements baseline. During the design phase, the team discovers that a requirement is technically infeasible as written. What should the BA do?

Work with stakeholders to identify an alternative solution and submit a change request.

Ask the team to implement the requirement as written and note the risk.

Remove the requirement from the project scope.

Modify the requirement to make it feasible and inform the team.

Which statement correctly compares the business analyst's stakeholder engagement in predictive versus adaptive projects?

Both approaches engage stakeholders equally throughout the project

Stakeholders are not involved in predictive projects after requirements are approved

Stakeholders are engaged mainly at the start in predictive projects and continuously in adaptive projects

Stakeholders are engaged continuously in predictive projects and only at the start in adaptive projects

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