A business analyst wants to improve the effectiveness of business analysis activities on a project. The BA has collected data on the number of requirements changes and the time spent on rework. What should the BA do with this data?

Use the data to justify increasing the project budget.

Ignore the data because rework is a normal part of projects.

Report the data to the project sponsor without analysis.

Analyze the data to identify trends and root causes of rework.

A business analyst is planning stakeholder engagement for a regulatory compliance project. The BA has identified a stakeholder who has high interest in the project's outcome but low influence over decisions. According to stakeholder analysis, what is the most appropriate engagement strategy for this stakeholder?

Manage the stakeholder closely by involving them in every decision.

Monitor the stakeholder's interest and involvement only if it changes.

Ignore the stakeholder because they have low influence on the project.

Keep the stakeholder informed through regular updates and targeted communications.

A business analyst is working on a project that has a powerful stakeholder who is resistant to change. The stakeholder has high influence and high interest, but is blocking progress. The BA has tried to engage the stakeholder but with limited success. What should the BA do to address this situation?

Reduce the stakeholder's influence by limiting their involvement.

Ignore the stakeholder and proceed with the project.

Work with the project sponsor to understand the stakeholder's concerns and develop a tailored engagement approach.

Escalate the issue to the steering committee and ask them to override the stakeholder.

A business analyst wants to measure the effectiveness of business analysis activities on a project. The BA has defined a set of metrics, but the project manager is concerned that the metrics are not actionable. What should the BA do to ensure the metrics are useful?

Define metrics after the project is completed to avoid bias.

Define metrics that are tied to specific business analysis deliverables and outcomes.

Use only qualitative metrics such as stakeholder satisfaction.

Select metrics that are easy to collect, regardless of their relevance.

A business analyst wants to monitor the quality of requirements on a project. The BA has defined a metric for the number of defects found during requirements review. What else should the BA do to ensure the metric is useful?

Report the metric to stakeholders at the end of the project.

Establish a target for the metric and a process for acting on the results.

Use the metric to compare projects of different sizes.

Define the metric after the project is completed.

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Questions 26–30

A business analyst wants to improve the effectiveness of business analysis activities on a project. The BA has collected data on the number of requirements changes and the time spent on rework. What should the BA do with this data?

A business analyst wants to measure the effectiveness of business analysis activities on a project. The BA has defined a set of metrics, but the project manager is concerned that the metrics are not actionable. What should the BA do to ensure the metrics are useful?

A business analyst wants to monitor the quality of requirements on a project. The BA has defined a metric for the number of defects found during requirements review. What else should the BA do to ensure the metric is useful?

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