Question 1

BrightYourLife designs and manufactures low energy light solutions for homes and offices. A business analyst has undertaken a comprehensive review of the business and has reported the following findings:
The company has earned a reputation for being one of the best quality manufacturers in Europe.
The company has registered the name BrightYourLife as a trademark.
Budget has been approved for the proposed research into the "e-friendly" initiative.
Key performance indicators have been created to monitor success factors.
Which two of the following techniques did the business analyst use to discover their findings?
  • Question 2

    Bluesky Travel is an independent travel agency specialising in luxury bespoke holidays, which is introducing a new booking process. So far, the following key changes have been made:
    1) The new Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) software package for making bookings has been installed and is working
    2) Data is being migrated from the old computer system to the COTS software package
    3) The IT department has documented the configuration of the COTS system
    4) The legal department has confirmed that the new COTS system is compliant with company policies.
    In taking a holistic approach, which of the following areas of the POPII Model have NOT yet been addressed by the changes identified?
  • Question 3

    A business analyst is reviewing the stakeholder management strategy for a high profile Human Resources (HR) project Following an organisational restructure, Harvey's role has changed from Director of Operations to Director of HR and he has inherited sponsorship of the project Harvey was previously involved in the project, but had little interest because his focus was on the Operational Projects that he sponsored.
    Which of the following sets of stakeholder management strategies represent appropriate approaches for Harvey; firstly, for when the project started and secondly now that his role has changed?
  • Question 4

    Marketing is primarily concerned with the 4Ps: product, promotion, price and price. The institute of Analysis (IoA) offers qualification in system analysis. A number of interviews have been held with senior stakeholders, including the marketing Manager. Here are two five of the activities that have been identified by stakeholders:
    a) Agree new qualifications.
    b) Upgrade the website.
    c) Recruit new examiners.
    d) Register candidates.
    e) Analyze website activity.
    Which of these activities would reflect the business perspective of the Marketing Manager of the loA?
  • Question 5

    Ajay works I the payroll department of his organization. Payslips for every employee are printed automatically at the each month. He is about to distribute the monthly for each employee when he receives a notification from senior management explaining that the wish to give everyone a 10% bonus, for exceptional performance in the least quarter. Ajay is pleased with the bonus, but annoyed that the needs to re-print the monthly payslips.
    Which types of business events can be identified from this scenario?