Exam CBAP topic 1 question 491 discussion

Actual exam question from IIBA's CBAP

Question #: 491
Topic #: 1

A business analyst (BA) has defined a business analysis approach and presented the documents to the sponsors, the senior executives, the domain experts, the project manager, and the head of technology, to obtain agreement from all. At this juncture, the project manager objected to some of the estimates determined in the budget and refused to agree with the estimates. Which guideline or tool, if followed by the BA, would have helped in avoiding such disagreements?

A. Risk Analysis and Management
B. Business Analysis Performance Assessment
C. Requirements Classification Schema
D. Stakeholder Engagement Approach

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Suggested Answer: D 🗳️

by 1996sunny at Dec. 15, 2020, 1:02 p.m.

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1996sunny

Highly Voted 4 years, 1 month ago

Stakeholder Engagement Approach: understanding stakeholders and stakeholder groups helps identify and assess the potential impact of internal and external forces. BABOK v.3 6.3.5 Assess Risks

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HappyA

Highly Voted 3 years, 11 months ago

For Plan Business Analysis Approach ... Stakeholder Engagement Approach is one of the G&T

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37b2241

Most Recent 2 weeks, 3 days ago

Selected Answer: D

Let's understand the question together: The BA planned and produced the Business Analysis Approach document (as output) which was rejected by the project manager. The question is asking what guideline or tool should the BA have used to prevent this disagreement. My assessment: BABOK V3, Section 3.1.5 . The rejection likely happened because the project manager was not adequately involved in the planning process, which could have been avoided by leveraging the Stakeholder Engagement Approach.

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Farooq_95

8 months, 2 weeks ago

Selected Answer: D

"Stakeholder Engagement Approach is correct because this approach fosters transparency, communication, and collaboration, among stakeholders which can help prevent such disagreements and facilitate smoother project execution. (Refer BABOK v3 6.3.5) Risk Analysis and Management is not correct. It may help BA to deal with unpleasant situations in project execution when all other efforts to collaborate with stakeholders are done.

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786NB786

3 years, 1 month ago

In my opinion the right answer is B - BA Performance and Assessment - which says to review the historical estimates.

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