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Exam CBAP topic 1 question 306 discussion

Actual exam question from IIBA's CBAP
Question #: 306
Topic #: 1
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A sports wristwatch product manufacturer wants to add a blood sugar monitoring toolkit to the watch. Market research has confirmed that the most profitable segment of the manufacturer's target customer is looking for this feature. The business analyst (BA) worked with the product owner to finalize the set of requirements and design options and then defined multiple approaches for implementing the feature. At this point, the solutions' team agreed that they were unable to accurately assess the merits of each of the proposed solutions.
What is the possible reason?

  • A. Requirements are not allocated to solution components
  • B. Too many approaches are dividing the team
  • C. Business needs are unclear to the team
  • D. Requirements and design options are not detailed enough
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Suggested Answer: C 🗳️
Reference: IIBA BABOK v3 (178)

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rhsdeal
Highly Voted 2 years, 11 months ago
ANS. A BABOK V-3 7.5 Define Design Options pg.152: The purpose of Define Design Options is to define the solution approach, identify opportunities to improve the business, allocate requirements across solution components, and represent design options that achieve the desired future state. When designing a solution, there may be one or more design options identified. Each design option represents a way to satisfy a set of requirements.
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Wolfedale
1 year, 11 months ago
v3 7.5.4.1
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HappyA
Highly Voted 3 years, 2 months ago
pg 103, 6.1.2 Ans is C
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fepecy
Most Recent 7 months ago
At first thought Ans. A appears correct, then again in BABOK v.3 Pg 155 "Requirements allocation typically begins when a solution approach has been determined, and continues until all valid requirements are allocated. Allocation typically continues through design and implementation of a solution." In the question, multiple solution approaches have been defined already as further buttressed by the inability of the solution's team to accurately assess the merits of each of the PROPOSED SOLUTIONS(*Note solution approaches are available) so the correct answer is C because at this point the solution team needs to assess the solutions to the rationale(the business need) and if the business need isn't clear enough proper assessment wouldn't be possible.
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SavvyBA
2 years, 3 months ago
It's C, key word is "merits" which is another term that means "why", and "why" comes from business needs related to business requirements.
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semeg
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Yes, each of the solutions were analysed but the merits for all could not be accurately assessed, which means there is a missing link to All: - Business needs are unclear (C)
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NickMane
2 years, 7 months ago
I'd go with C
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binu801
2 years, 7 months ago
C- it says the team is unable to understand any of the solutions, if it's for all the soln then it has to be something with something fundamental and that is the business need.
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nit687
2 years, 8 months ago
Answer D
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ccie_cbap
2 years, 9 months ago
Answer is A- as it is logical for the preceding action (Finalize R&D) mentioned in the question.
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rupakarthik
2 years, 11 months ago
i blieve C is right.If requirements are not allocated to solution (Option A) then assessing design options is not possible since the question states that solutions team unable to accurately assess the options means need is not clear to them because the best option should address the need. .4 Assess Design Options and Recommend Solution Each design option is assessed based on the potential value it is expected to deliver. At any point in analyzing the design options, it may become necessary to re-evaluate the initial allocation of design elements between components. The reasons for re-evaluation include better understanding of the cost to implement each component and to determine which allocations have the best cost-to- benefit ratio.Page-159 Business analysts recommend the option or options deemed to be the most valuable solution to address the need. It is possible that none of the design options are worthwhile and the best recommendation is to do nothing.(Page-160)
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