Exam CBAP topic 1 question 220 discussion

according to BABOK (A Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge), software development life cycles (SDLCs) often involve a project being divided into distinct phases, and the project manager's primary focus is on controlling time, cost, and scope within those phases. This structured approach is particularly characteristic of predictive methodologies like Waterfall, where each phase must be completed before moving to the next.

The Waterfall methodology is a traditional software development life cycle (SDLC) that divides the project into distinct, sequential phases, typically including requirements gathering, design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance. Each phase must be completed before the next begins, and the project manager focuses heavily on controlling the project’s time, cost, and scope throughout these phases. The structured, linear nature of the Waterfall model emphasizes careful planning, documentation, and monitoring to ensure that the project stays on track within the defined constraints.

Waterfall = Predictive in BABOK V3

Predictive=Waterfall: structured processes which emphasize planning and formal documentation of the processes used to complete the change. Each phase of the process or sequence is completed before advancing to the next phase pg. 400

There's no waterfall terminology in Bk v3

I doubt it is agile, since there is no project manager, however if you want you could say the scrum master does act as PM and indeed controls time and scope

The keyword here is ''phases'' and that applies to the Agile methodology. So B is the correct answer.

Plan-driven approach